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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

Purge incorrect, derogatory references to LGBTQIA+ persons: National Medical Commission

NMC issues advisory to medical colleges and textbook authors; decision flows from a landmark June 2021 judgment by Madras HC

Is a third wave of Covid-19 coming this festive season?

With major festivals coming up through the month of October, there are fears of the dreaded disease spreading again

Shrey Hospital Fire: Victims’ families move court demanding CBI inquiry

While victims’ families claim city cops have botched the investigation, DA Mehta inquiry commission report hauls hospital administration and state government over the coals

UP: After mystery viral, diarrhea cases put Azamgarh hospitals under stress

Barely out of the viral crisis, UP’s Azamgarh region now reports a worrying number of diarrhea cases

Uttar Pradesh: Any neta taking notice of recent dengue, rain related deaths?

Local news reports that over 100 may have succumbed to dengue, viral fever, 24 dead in rain-related incidents

Is India exploiting its ASHA workers?

Successive governments have ignored these baseline health workers who receive low remunerations that are often delayed; they aren’t even given proper Covid kits

At least 16 dengue deaths within 3 days in UP

Families faced with lack of hospital beds in dengue-ridden districts like Firozabad and Gorakhpur

MP High Court bats for prisoners’ right to health, calls for setting up PHCs in prisons

The court has sought a report from the state government in this regard and aims to follow up on how absence of basic medical care in prisons affects human rights of prisoners

Student leaders demand reopening of colleges, deem online education inadequate

Student representatives from JNU, JMI, AMU come together on the call of the SIO to discuss the urgent need to reopen campuses

Families of deceased UP teachers still waiting for ex-gratia payment

SabrangIndia speaks to families of primary teachers who died while carrying out panchayat election duties in Uttar Pradesh; the government is yet to disburse compensation money

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