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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
Does the Karnataka Govt think migrant workers are bonded labourers?
Property developers’ lobby allegedly convinces state gov't to cancel special trains meant to take labourers safely home
Migrant workers wishing to return home forced to run pillar to post for registration
The return of migrant workers has also sparked a fear of the coronavirus spreading to rural areas
Death, harassment and apathy – there’s a long road before migrants go back home
Even today, migrants face harassment and marginalisation as they try to go back home
Health worker booked for alleging lack of food at Covid treatment facility
The ward boy, who had himself tested positive and was undergoing treatment at the facility, had alleged that he couldn’t fast during Ramzan as the hospital didn’t provide iftar and sehri meals
Call it ‘physical distancing’, not ‘social distancing’: Petition in SC
The petition states that use of social distancing tends to promote untouchability
Spending is the easiest way to revive the economy: Abhijit Banerjee
Lockdown homeschool for Indian adults: A simple economics class from a Nobel laureate, and a lesson on conducting TV interviews from a politician.
How the Muslim community is being ostracised and marginalised amidst the Covid-19 pandemic
Muslims all over India are being targeted, attacked and even boycotted, rendering them increasingly vulnerable
Bombay HC advises lawyers and litigants to download Aarogya setu App
The circular has effectively allowed the surveillance app to make inroads into judiciary
Migrants wanting to return home fleeced by Centre and states
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka shown to charge exoribitant fares for train and bus tickets
Community toilets, filthy conditions spike coronavirus cases
Videos of dilapidated quarantine centres and poor hygiene facilities have been posted on the internet by patients
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