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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

Siddique Kappan tests Covid positive, collapses: Plea in SC to transfer him to AIIMS

The journalist has been in jail since October last year under strict UAPA charges when he was on his way to cover the Hathras gang rape of a Dalit girl

Oxygen SOS: 25 critical patients die at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi

One of the top hospitals of the city, it had also flagged oxygen shortage, crisis continues, Max hospital chain announced it will not accept new patients till supply stabilises

13 killed in private Covid hospital fire at Virar, Mumbai

Around 90 patients were admitted to the hospital at the time of the incident. Visuals on social media soon showed the chaos after the incident as medical staff moved out other patients to safety

Can’t let Char Dham yatra become hotspot, Uttarakhand HC takes stock of Covid preparedness

The court has directed the government to inform about number of beds, testing capacity, stock of life saving drugs and so on

MHA orders free, unobstructed inter-state transport of oxygen

The order states that no restrictions can be imposed on oxygen manufacturers and suppliers to limit the oxygen supplies

Delhi: People scramble for beds, supplies while some succumb to the wait

Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson lost her grandfather while waiting for a bed to get him admitted for Covid treatment in Noida

HCs know local issues better; SC suo moto move draws flak from legal fraternity, SCBA

The apex court’s move to withdraw Covid related cases before high courts led to the SCBA filing an application to oppose it

Covid-19: Triple mutation in West Bengal virus raises concern among experts

Amidst election and coronavirus chaos, West Bengal medical staff now draws attention towards a triple mutation that may escape vaccine antibodies

As it stands, we all know this country is being run by God: Delhi HC

The court has held that any authority responsible for obstruction of oxygen supply will be criminally liable

Mr Prime Minister, Please save lives!

It’s a national crisis of humongous dimensions. But nothing in either the prime minister or home minister’s conduct reflects 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

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