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Workers Cry for Justice!

The latest issue (dated April 25, 2026) of the popular magazine ‘Frontline’ has an incisive article entitled, ‘What Noida’s worker strikes tell us about the Labour Codes’ broken promise’....

Throwing people under the bus

Migrant labor and the Indian lockdown

Covid-19: State governments continue to release prisoners on parole and interim bail

Most inmates released are undertrials and convicts who face an offence duration of seven years or less

Covid Confusion: Do masks really protect you from the Covid-19 pandemic?

Just like WHO, the Indian gov’t says only specific people need to wear a mask, however a doctor at the epicenter of Covid-19 in Wuhan, says something different

Covid-19: Jharkhand Nagrik Prayas condemns the Centre’s inefficiency in implementing the lockdown

Prem Verma, Convener, JNP writes statement saying that the ill-prepared lockdown was a disastrous decision for the vast migrant force

COVID19 – Central govt advisories, notifications, guidelines

A comprehensive resource for all relevant documents released by the Centre in relation to COVID-19

Disease distancing, not social distancing during Covid-19

Prof. Kancha Ilaiah raises concerns about casteism and untouchability amidst social distancing measures

India should stop flying blind: John Hopkins COVID report

The report suggests that health care workers safety be prioritised and surveys on immunity building be conducted for better visibility

Covid-19: What’s in a name?

The WHO has laid down specific guidelines for the naming of infectious diseases

Stay where you are, UP govt tells migrants 

CM asks neighbouring states to ensure migrant workers from UP,  get facilities in situ

Shaheen Bagh: You can’t evict an idea

The protest became a symbol of hope and strength for many

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