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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

65 Congress MLAs, Jignesh Mevani move Gujarat HC to utilise MPLAD funds for medical facilities

The MLAs have sought the amount of around 99 crores be used for providing necessary health and medical facilities

Hauling up officers won’t bring oxygen: SC stays Delhi HC’s contempt notice to Centre

The Supreme Court noted that Delhi is in a critical situation, but the Centre has not supplied 700 MT of oxygen as directed  

Uttar Pradesh: CM Adityanath gives special attention to cows, as citizens battle Covid-19

State government plans to set up help desks for protection of cows in every district; gaushalas, to follow Covid-19 protocols, get oximeters and thermal scanners for cows 

If drastic step is not taken, Covid situation will worsen: Patna HC

The court observed that despite repeated directions to the state, most of them have remained on paper

K’taka HC directs Centre to increase state’s oxygen quota

The court has given two days’ time to the Centre to reconsider allocation of Remdesivir drug to the state

Formulate medical scheme for migrant workers: Delhi HC to gov’t

The court held that the situation called for a structured response and directed the government to formulate a scheme in two weeks

EXCLUSIVE: 225 pilots Covid positive already but no vaccine or help from Air India: ICPA

Representative body of Indian Airlines Limited pilots condemns the national carrier’s behaviour towards its flying staff and threatens to stop work.

Death of Covid patients due to oxygen shortage is not less than genocide: Allahabad HC

The Court observed stories that went viral on social media showing poor citizens begging for oxygen cylinders

Did Gujarat get preference over other states in Covid vaccination for 18-44 year olds?

As per Union Health Ministry data, 86,023 people received their first dose across 11 states; 60 percent of them were in Gujarat!

Karnataka HC slams Centre for not increasing oxygen quota despite state’s request

The court heard the petitions a day earlier than scheduled considering the shortage of oxygen being reported across the state

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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

A quiet amendment shifts delayed birth and death registrations from executive officers to judicial magistrates, further hardening India's identity regime while offering little evidence that the new barriers are necessary

‘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