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SIR and the Making of a Stateless Citizen? | R. Rajagopal Speaks Out | Teesta Setalvad

Veteran journalist and former Editor of The Telegraph, R. Rajagopal, found himself excluded from West Bengal's electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. What followed, he says,...

Provide 10,000 vials of Remdesivir to Nagpur: Bombay HC to Maha Gov’t

The court has observed that the Covid situation is grave, with no adequate beds, oxygen supply, drugs, medical staff available

PIL in Delhi HC for release of prisoners on Covid bail

The petitioner has submitted that the existing healthcare system would not be able to deal with the rising cases of Covid infected undertrial prisoners and convicts

No lockdown or curfew in Bengal, but serious steps to tackle Covid, says Mamata

Even as West Bengal enters the final phase of...

Article 21 casts duty on state to provide life saving means such as oxygen and drugs: MP High Court

The Court has issued specific directions to the government to cope with supply of oxygen, overcharging by private hospitals and illegal trade of Remdesivir drug

SKM announces Operation Shakti in response to govt’s Operation Clean

Farmer leaders called for strong resistance arrangements against Covid-19 during ‘resistance week’ from April 20 to 26

Delhi HC directs state gov’t to provide meals to daily wage workers

The court also directed the government to inform availability of beds, oxygen

Covid-19: Telangana HC gives state gov’t 48 hrs to submit plan to control movement in public places

The court has also asked what steps were being taken to monitor people entering the state via road and railways

Unregistered hospitals allowed to function as Covid hospitals, Patna HC questions move

The court took on record a note filed by the amicus curiae which highlighted how the Bihar government had flouted rules while designating hospitals as Covid centres

It’s a shame govt did not plan things in advance: Allahabad HC

The court directs lockdown for 5 cities, but the state government govt refuses to implement the court’s orders

State courts revert to virtual hearings amid Covid-19 surge

The exponential rise in Covid infections and deaths have compelled the courts to re-start online hearings

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