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Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?
The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires
Concerned citizenry of Kerala call the Rs. 20 lakh crore package a “colossal betrayal”
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Guj HC cautions against politicising Covid crisis
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Trump ends relationship with WHO accusing it of helping China cover up the Coronavirus crisis
Continues tirade against China, blaming it for not only Covid-19, but also collapse of the American economy
Quarantine facilities across the country crumbling apart show findings
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Don’t charge migrants for any rail or bus fare, says SC; puts onus on states
The apex court, in the suo moto petition, has issued interim directions putting onus on states to take responsibility of transport, fare, meals and registration of migrants
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SC takes suo motu cognisance of migrant crisis
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Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the National Capital Region’s unpreparedness
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