-NDTV.com Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra were given more oxygen than they asked for, the Delhi High Court said. New Delhi: States like Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra were given more oxygen than they asked for, but ARVind Kejriwal government's repeated appeals were not granted, the Delhi High Court said today, questioning the Centre about the rationale involved. The Central government has to either show justification for this or "make amends", said the two-judge...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Will You Ask Patients To Wait For Oxygen, Court Slams Centre -ARVind Gunasekar
-NDTV.com As the Delhi government said it had logged a record 32,000 cases in a single day yesterday, the High Court also raised questions on the Centre's distribution policy on oxygen and vaccines. New Delhi: Taking up allegations of oxygen shortage and discrimination in resources leaving Delhi hamstrung in its Covid fight, the High Court said today if medicines were not being sent to places that really needed them, "blood is on...
More »Thousands of Migrant Workers Head Home Despite Delhi CM Kejriwal's Assurance 'Main Hoon Na'
-PTI/ News18.com The police were also in talks with civil administration officials to either arrange transport for them or shelter homes for their temporary stay, the officer said. Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Anand Vihar ISBT here to catch a bus home, hours after Chief Minister ARVind Kejriwal announced a week-long lockdown and appealed to them with folded hands not to leave Delhi while sounding a word of assurance — "Main...
More »What Ashoka University controversy says about the failures of private institutions -Kiran Bhatty and Christophe Jaffrelot
-The Indian Express Greater push towards privatisation has implications for academic freedom and diversity in education institutions. For a more just, equal educational system, the state must have a role The resignations of Pratap Bhanu Mehta and ARVind Subramanian from Ashoka University have created ripples in the world of academia, not just in India but across the globe. While the immediate cause for the resignation is not known, it is surmised that...
More »Dismantling the labyrinth: What I learnt about power and privilege when I quit Ashoka in 2016 -Rajendran Narayanan
-Scroll.in To truly create sanctuaries of learning and questioning, the right to be heard impartially must be universal. Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s resignation from Ashoka University has been met with widespread condemnation from various academics. Rightly so. He is one of the foremost scholars and an articulate commentator on the Indian Constitution and politics. His resignation triggered the resignation of the renowned economist, ARVind Subramanain, who was India’s Chief Economic Advisor between 2014...
More »