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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
FIR against 4 for attending Tablighi Jamaat
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Science, not Islam, is teaching Muslims how to deal with the coronavirus
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Several states announce monetary aid for workers stranded outside state
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26 sailors on shore-facility INS Angre test positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai
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Kerala Govt’s expert committee’s phased approach to withdrawal of the lockdown
In its extensive recommendation document submitted to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the committee flagged concerns over the economic hardships, and put the welfare of citizens at the core of its suggestions
Covid-19: What is India going to do about the Racism and Communalism epidemic that plagues it?
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Covid-19: Was Tablighi Jamaat event the only mass gathering leading up to the lockdown?
Are Indian Muslims being selectively targeted despite the fact that gatherings and events were organised by people of different faiths?
Stop targeting, discriminating against and attacking vendors and hawkers: National Hawker Federation
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Worli Koliwada: 129 people return after testing Covid -ve, but life is still challenging
Residents tell us about life in the area which has been designated a containment zone with almost 400 coronavirus positive cases
Is Justice Delivery not an Essential Commodity?
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