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The Deadly Deadline: “I Can’t Do This Anymore”—India’s electoral revision turns into a graveyard for BLOs/teachers
From consuming poison in Uttar Pradesh to hanging in West Bengal, the ‘Deadly Deadline’ of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) triggers a suicide wave among teachers and Anganwadi workers, employees’ unions cry 'institutional murder' while families mourn loved ones broken by state pressure
Father Stan Swamy finally gets first Covid shot, health continues to deteriorate in jail
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Manipur: Journalist, activist post comment on cow dung, charged under NSA
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Shift Father Stan Swamy to hospital: Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha
The CJP has also written to Maharashtra CM urging him to recommend the release of BK-15
New virus variant a formidable enemy, we enabled its spread: Dr Shahid Jameel
The virologist who recently quit as the head of INSACOG had warned about negligence and apathy allowed the virus to spread and also raised concerns about undercounting of Covid deaths
CJP approaches Maharashtra Gov’t for release of BK-15
Friends and family have complained about lack of communication and shared harrowing accounts of deteriorating health of people who are essentially political prisoners
Nearly 500 districts record soaring Covid positivity rate, Centre draws up three tier structure
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Virologist Shahid Jameel quits INSACOG; offers no reason, but gov’t pressure suspected
The veteran scientist known to have openly criticised the central government for their poor management of the Covid-crisis in India, especially during the second wave of infection, said he had no obligation to give a reason for quitting.
Uttar Pradesh: Bodies in the river, more buried in the sands, tell tales of Govt apathy
More shallow graves continue to reveal themselves along the Ganga, after rains reveal more rushed burials
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The Deadly Deadline: “I Can’t Do This Anymore”—India’s electoral revision turns into a graveyard for BLOs/teachers
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