-NDTV.com "India has consistently questioned WHO's own admission that data in respect of seventeen Indian states was obtained from some websites and media reports and was used in their mathematical model," the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. New Delhi: India has strongly refuted the World Health Organisation's use of mathematical model to calculate the number of Covid deaths, saying the "figure is totally removed from reality". Contending that the country...
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CJI Ramana flags ‘illegal’ arrests, custody torture and cop bias -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Chief Justice says the Union and state governments account for 50 per cent of the cases in the country Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday castigated “illegal arrests”, custody torture and biased investigations by police while spelling out why governments deserved most of the blame for the backlog of 4 crore court cases in the country. “If police investigations are fair, if illegal arrests and custodial torture come to...
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-Hindustan Times THE BIG STORY: How five Adivasi women and a Gandhian activist scored a huge win for anganwadi workers After 21 years of service when Maniben Maganbhai Bhariya, an Adivasi women working as an anganwadi helper in district Dahod, Gujarat, retired on February 20, 2006 she was drawing a salary of Rs 1,250 a month. Based on this, Maniben was entitled to a one-time gratuity of Rs 14,423. Seven years later when...
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-Newsclick.in The high healthcare costs were expected to be addressed through the introduction of health insurance by the Union Government, but it covers less than 30% of hospital charges leaving a heavy financial burden on the poor. Health outcomes have remained grossly unequal, with India's dalits and adivasis living shorter lives of poorer quality, as per a recent paper published by Oxfam India. Private infrastructure now accounts for nearly 62% of India's...
More »Arun Shourie joins sedition law fight in Supreme Court -R Balaji
-The Telegraph Advocate Prashant Bhushan calls for urgent hearing, but no firm assurance from CJI Ramana The NGO Common Cause and veteran journalist and former Union minister Arun Shourie on Thursday joined the chorus in the Supreme Court for striking down as unconstitutional the sedition law, alleging its increasing misuse by governments against citizens. The apex court has already listed for hearing on May 5 and 6 a bunch of similar petitions challenging...
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