-The Telegraph The victims include a child and six women, aged between seven and 52, and a newly married couple Bolpur (Birbhum): The charred bodies of at least eight persons were found in two houses at Bogtui village on the outskirts of Birbhum’s Rampurhat on Tuesday amid allegations that they were burnt alive in retaliation to the killing of Bhadu Sheikh, a Trinamul leader, on Monday night. Calcutta High Court steps in, to...

-TheWire.in * The Parliamentary standing committee on chemicals and fertilisers has produced a report highlighting gaps in the availability of COVID-19 drugs and devices during the pandemic. * The committee has asked the national government why PSUs didn’t receive licenses to make COVID drugs when private manufacturers did. * The MPs on the committee also spotlighted widespread irrational drug use in COVID-19 management, despite the existence of a standard treatment protocol. New Delhi: The...

-IndiaToday.in Eleven migrant workers from Bihar were burnt alive when flames engulfed a scrap godown in Hyderabad. As many as six fire engines were required to bring the fire under control. Hyderabad: Eleven workers were burnt alive when a massive fire engulfed a scrap godown in Hyderabad’s Bhoiguda area on Wednesday morning. Six fire engines were required to bring the fire under control. One person managed to survive after he broke a window...

-Scroll.in India saw an unprecendented economic upheaval in the last two years. With it came a mental health crisis – and a wave of suicides. Trigger warning: This article contains references to suicide and some people might find it disturbing. In December 2020, in response to the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai decided to set up a dedicated mental-health helpline for slum residents of...

-ThePrint.in 'Indian Philanthropy Report' by global consultancy firm Bain and Co. and strategic philanthropy foundation Dasra derived from statistics available with London-based donor database. New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic wrecked economies around the world, devastating people’s livelihoods across sectors. But a new report points out that while some of India’s richest people made huge gains in their wealth during the period — like their counterparts across the world — the rise didn’t...