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You cannot stop people from eating non-vegetarian food, Gujarat HC tells Ahmedabad civic body

-Scroll.in The court was hearing a petition against the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, which had seized several vendors’ carts selling meat and egg dishes last month. The Gujarat High Court on Thursday told the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation that it could not stop the residents of the state from eating non-vegetarian food, Bar and Bench reported. Justice Biren Vaishnav made the statement while hearing a plea by vendors whose carts were seized from the main...

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Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report

The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...

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Suggested resources to understand the COVID-19 crisis better

These days a lot many articles, reports, documents, etc. are appearing in the public domain on Coronavirus infection and related issues. An attempt has been made in the present news alert to put together in one place some of the best articles, reports, blogs, webinars, podcasts, etc., which can be useful for our readers. We have divided the resources under various themes for the convenience of our readers and social media...

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How the Sabarmati became a sewer -Himanshu Kaushik

-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: For a long time the perils of dumping untreated faecal sludge into our rivers has been ignored in our government policies. Today, this neglect has manifested to become one our gravest public health threats. And now research has found the highest concentration of highly antibiotic resistant E.coli bacteria just besides Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram on the riverfront. It is exactly here that the Chandrabhaga drainage spews out...

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Government okays Rs 2,919cr Nirbhaya fund for creating 'safe cities'

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday approved projects worth Rs 2,919 crore under the Nirbhaya Fund for creating “safe cities” with special focus on women safety in public spaces and quick response systems to create deterrence against crime. Eight cities where these initiatives will take shape include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Lucknow. Between 2013 and 2017, the corpus of Nirbhaya Fund has grown to...

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