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The Throttling of Free Discussion in Academia: Strong-arm Tactics by ABVP and Cave in by Azim Premji University

– A Free Speech Collective Commentary The vandalism and violence by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) against a proposed discussion on February 24, 2026, by “Spark”, an...

Allahabad HC asks SEC to explain deaths of 135 persons on election duty due to Covid

The court has issued a show cause notice to the State Election Commission to explain why it failed in checking non compliance of Covid guidelines

Covid-19: Guj HC does not accept the ‘rosy picture’ painted by state

The Bench, treating the state's affidavit with skepticism, has asked if they have a plan to deal with rising infections

Delhi: Angry mob vandalizes Apollo Hospital after Covid patient dies

Images and videos emerge on social media showing blood spilled on the hospital floor

Cannot be a mute spectator during crisis: SC on Covid-19 suo motu matter

SC has also asked the Centre to clarify the basis for vaccine pricing and consider invoking the Patent Act to regulate it

Are obituaries in Gujarat newspapers a better indicator of real Covid-deaths?

As crematorium workers refuse to talk in exact figures, local reporters reveal severe underreporting of Covid-deaths in urban and rural areas as well as crematorium conditions

The dead won’t come back to life: Haryana CM ML Khattar on data fudging charges 

Over 11,504 fresh Covid cases, 75 deaths were reported in Haryana in the past 24 hours, CM says ‘should not debate on data’ 

Plea in Bombay HC seeking FIR against BJP MP Sujay Patil for illegal procurement of Remdesivir

The plea states that political figures are encashing the pandemic for their vote bank at the risk of lives of many patients

Delhi: Privilege and priorities of the Covid-19 hit national capital

Ashoka Hotel booked to serve as a Covid-19 care centre for judges, judicial officers of Delhi High Court, their families, Central Vista project declared an ‘essential service’!

Pune reports decrease in Covid-19 cases but hospitals struggle to accommodate patients

Medical professionals hope that the decrease in number of cases will soon allay the changes in providing other medical facilities to patients.

Anger simmers as bodies pile up outside crematoria in Gujarat

Mismanagement of oxygen and life-saving drugs adds to people’s woes as the Rupani administration, and by extension the Modi regime come under fire for apathy and ineptitude

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