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Gujarat: A Painful Period in Salt Pans of Little Rann of Kutch
Women workers go through a cycle of agony in the eight months they toil in salt pans, where poor water availability and lack of medical help make monthly bleeding scary.
Covid-19: What happens to prisoners, now?
Iran has released thousands, measures to check infection in other countries, but how will India cope?
Anti-CAA-NPR-NRC protests may be suspended due to Corona Virus pandemic
The student led protests at Jamia Millia Islamia university are likely to be called off, or suspended for the time being, on Sunday March 22. The date marks 100 days of the protest.
States start using Disaster Relief fund to help combat COVID-19
The Centre recognised the disease as a “notified disaster” under the Disaster Management Act but has limited disbursement
Lives of the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ in the times of Corona
How exclusion and poverty make our underprivileged more vulnerable
Covid-19: No international flights to land on Indian soil starting March 22
The government has already banned entry of passengers from severely Covid-19 hit countries in India
RSS cancels meeting in B’luru over Covid-19; Twitter slams them for hyporcrisy
Tweeple pull up RSS asking why it cancelled the meeting if it and its affiliates promote cow urine as a cure for coronavirus
Statelessness a greater fear than COVID-19?
Apparently yes, as many people still queuing up to get their names corrected at Aadhaar centres and protestors still staying put.
Haji Ali, Mahim Dargah close for devotees amid Covid-19 pandemic
“People’s lives are of utmost importance,” said trustee Suhail Khandwani
Citizens pen five-point letter to Centre and State gov’t to tackle Covid-19
The letter talks about a subsistence scheme for vulnerable citizens and the postponement of discussion and implementationon contentious issues
COVID-19: Spain takes control of private hospitals, an example to follow?
Spain has resorted to such drastic health care measures to combat the spread of the disease, as situation worsens
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