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British Citizen of Indian Origin detained in India: A Legal Analysis of Dr Sangram Patil’s Detention

A UK based Health Consultant at NHS Dr Sangram Patil Detained in India appeals to HC for the Quashing of the FIR and rescinding of the LOC

IT Rules 2023: Union Government can now flag content relating to any of its “businesses” as “misleading”

The new form of censorship and govt control over information flow, in the 2021 amended Rules have been earlier challenged  by several digital media portals and their operation stayed by high courts, now stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra’s latest challenge is in the Bombay HC

Custodial torture victims are threatened, says People’s Watch: Tamil Nadu

In the latest conundrum over custodial torture in the...

Rajasthan’s Health Law: An ongoing saga of promises and protests

A worthy first of its kind legislation, loopholes in civil society representation and other issues need to be plugged for complete efficacy

The right to sell meat must give way to public’s right to food safety: Gujarat HC

Meat vendors, meat shop associations and owners had said that the state had failed in discharging its duties with regard to constructing slaughterhouses and dedicated meat markets.

BUJ deplores attempts to censor online content by Government fact check unit

The Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists deplores the Union Government’s attempt to regulate and censor news by a disingenuous and ambiguously-defined new device: a “fact -check unit” to identify  ‘fake or false or misleading online content’ in respect of “any business of the Central Government.”

Study Reveals Inequity in PM-JAY Implementation, Fails to Reach Most Vulnerable Sections

Analysis published in Lancet Regional Health shows discrepancy in health insurance utilisation among EWS in India

Women Protesters Join Mazdoor-Kisan Sangharsh Rally in Big Numbers

Women from farming households, the public sector and anganwadis demand a better life from the government.

In Photos | Massive rally by farmers and workers against government apathy

The 'Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally' was held at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi

Agri Workers Union Leader and Art Critic, Suneet Chopra, Passes Away

Chopra’s demise is a big loss, not only to the communist movement, but the entire democratic and progressive movement in India, AIAWU said in a release.

Forest Conservation Bill 2023: too many exemptions, discretion to Centre

The proposed bill makes forest clearance easier and exempts many categories of land from the purview of the Act

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