-The Indian Express Prolongation of these so-called criminal cases is unconscionable, as is forcing vulnerable people into remaining in hotspots of increased infection and fatal risk. Two recent incidents of Stan Swamy and Gautam Navlakha show up the state of our prisons today. Both are undertrial prisoners in the Bhima-Koregaon case. Both had to move the courts for the simplest of necessities. One, to get a sipper cup and a straw because...
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Only 59 patients undergoing Treatment at world's largest 10,000-bed Covid centre
-ANI/ Livemint.com Officials also claimed that this is the first time since its opening that the number of patients has reached close to 50. As the total number of COVID-19 patients has crossed the 1 crore-mark, the world's largest 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID centre in Delhi's Chhatarpur area has just 59 patients currently undergoing Treatment. According to the data compiled by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which is operating the centre, said that this...
More »Eluru ‘mystery’ illness: At least six suffer second seizure, readmitted -Sreenivas Janyala
-The Indian Express Officials said that all the scientists and public health experts are zeroing in on the possibility of water contamination by heavy metals. Hyderabad: At least six persons, who suffered seizures due to a mystery illness in Eluru town in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, have reported a second attack and were readmitted to the Eluru Government Hospital on Tuesday. In-charge Resident Medical Officer Dr P R Srinivas told The...
More »Caught red-handed: Chennai private tankers continue to dump raw sewage in stormwater drains -Omjasvin MD
-The New Indian Express The driver fled from the spot near Mogappair after seeing Express photojournalist clicking pictures of the illegal activity. CHENNAI: Illegal dumping of raw sewage into stormwater drains continues in the city and this time, The New Indian Express journalists spotted one such tanker dumping sewage in the SWDs along the Chennai bypass near Mogappair on Monday afternoon. As the driver saw the Express photojournalist clicking pictures, he immediately pulled...
More »How the Privatization of Medicine in India Is Accelerating Its COVID-19 Death Toll -Yogesh Jain
-Newsclick.in Health care profiteering in COVID times. Spiraling health care expenses in India have been pushing more than 55 million Indians into a state of abject poverty every year. COVID-19 has only worsened the trend for even more families—like Aghan Singh’s. To ensure that his sick mother received the best Treatment, Singh, a self-employed motor mechanic in the small town of Bilaspur, in Chhattisgarh, India, decided to take her to a popular private...
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