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One Death Every Few Days, Zero Accountability: Sanitation workers protest at Jantar Mantar

From disputed death figures to continuing caste-based labour, the Safai Karmachari Andolan says India's sewer deaths are not accidents but preventable killings enabled by state inaction

K’taka HC seeks govt’s plan of procuring oxygen and vaccines

The Court also questioned the state government on maintenance of buffer stock of oxygen which was directed by the apex court in its April 30 order

Prisoners have right to access medical records under Article 21: Bom HC

The vacation bench was hearing a petition filed by Sudha Bharadwaj’s daughter for medical attention and interim bail

UP govt asks SEC to consider wider compensation for dependents of deceased polling officials

Claiming that SEC guidelines need revision in light of Covid-19, the UP government said it will ask more people to be included in the list of officials who died during election duty and are eligible for compensation.

Akhil Gogoi allegedly manhandled by cops before being sworn in as MLA

The jailed peasants’ rights activist had been granted special permission by the NIA court to attend his swearing in ceremony in Guwahati

Eminent environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna succumbs to Covid-19

He died at noon at Rishikesh’s AIIMS hospital where he was undergoing treatment

Silger police firing: Bela Bhatia, Jean Dreze stopped from meeting survivors

SP says the activists were not “not detained” but asked to get tested for Covid-19; IG says area needs to be “cleared” before any visit is allowed

Father Stan Swamy to remain in Taloja jail till June 7

The Bombay HC was willing to shift Father Swamy to a hospital of his choice for treatment, but the priest urged only for interim bail

Scientist and activist Prof. Dinesh Mohan passes away

The 75-year-old dedicated life to both science and human rights

TN’s IVC facility is lying dormant, use it for Covid vaccine production: Experts to CM

Civic organisation People First gathered signatures of over 50 experts in Tamil Nadu to suggest the use of the IVC facility at Chengalpattu, lying dormant since 2017

India records fewer new cases, recoveries rise too

National Recovery Rate is 86.74%, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala account for 75.11% of this

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One Death Every Few Days, Zero Accountability: Sanitation workers protest at Jantar Mantar

From disputed death figures to continuing caste-based labour, the Safai Karmachari Andolan says India's sewer deaths are not accidents but preventable killings enabled by state inaction

From Civil Registration to Identity Control: Parliament tightens India’s birth certificate regime without debate

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‘Deportation Cannot Begin without Nationality Verification’: Union’s Rajubala affidavit clarifies legal limits on executive power

In an affidavit filed in the Rajubala Das case, the Union reaffirms that deportation requires nationality verification, travel documents and acceptance by the receiving State, while setting out the legal framework governing detention pending deportation

Brij Bhushan Acquittal: The system vs the wrestlers

Three years after their protest shook Indian sport, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers prepare for another legal battle over a verdict they reject