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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
Covid continues to claim more lives, as many state gov’ts find themselves overwhelmed
Here is what has been happening across the country in just one day, from devotees testing positive for Covid-19 at Kumbh Mela, to overcrowded crematoria and burial grounds
WB potato farmers celebrate govt schemes but voice need for more initiatives
Potato farmers held on to their produce to reap major benefits, which shows better financial conditions, say government officials
West Bengal has highest number of hospital beds in government hospitals: CDDEP
Although the state did not score highest in terms of overall hospital beds, West Bengal offered more beds to the common people of India
Uttar Pradesh is reeling under Covid-19 crisis, who is in charge?
Ambulances not reaching patients in time, CMO is taking two days to give referral slips; Adityanath Cabinet minister's letter on poor handling of COVID-19 pandemic in Lucknow goes viral
CJP helps Assam woman declared foreigner get bail from Guwahati HC
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The Darrang based woman was declared foreigner in an ex parte judgment by the FT
SC seeks data on migrant children from all states
In a plea filed for enforcing rights of migrant children, the court has sought data on the benefits being provided to them
Covid-19: Centre fast tracks emergency approvals for foreign produced vaccines
Russian-made Covid vaccine Sputnik V cleared for emergency use by the DCGI on a day that India’s reported over 1,61,736 new cases
NHRC asks MP Chief Secy Bains to report on the 28 tortured prisoners in six weeks
Pointing out that it has been nearly three years since the NHRC first submitted its recommendations, many activists urged authorities to take cognisance of prisoners’ basic human rights.
Assam man declared foreigner gets bail from Guwahati HC with CJP’s help
The man was forced to defend his citizenship before an FT twice; the first time he was declared Indian, but the second time he was declared foreigner
Gauhati HC overturns FT order, declares man to be Indian citizen
The court observed that failure to disclose the names of all the members of the family cannot weaken his case and render his evidence unreliable
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