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Anchal Bhatheja
Why Proposed Changes to Disabilities Act Must be Dropped
05 Jul 2020
These amendments would boost the ease of doing business at the cost of persons with disabilities.
Hiren Gohain
Surgical Strikes on Coronavirus in Assam and Beyond
05 Jul 2020
There’s utter mismanagement, so people are clueless. Some are terror-struck and others gadding about with masks dangling from their necks.
Subodh Varma
How Yogi Adityanath is ‘Fighting’ COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh
05 Jul 2020
Launching one of his schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Neelambaran A
TN This Week: COVID-19 Cases Cross 1 Lakh, Communal Propaganda of Sangh Outfits Continue, Manual Scavenging Claims 4 Lives
04 Jul 2020
The workers of the famed Tamil film industry, most of them being daily wage workers, are struggling to earn their income due to the lockdown.
Jaydeep Basu
Training Relief: Ranjit Bajaj Offers AIFF Minerva Facilities For Junior Teams’ Camps
04 Jul 2020
Despite being at loggerheads with the AIFF over various issues over the past few years, the Minerva head has offered up the Academy facilities for use of the U-16 boys and U-17 girls teams. With time…
Ronak Chhabra
Coal Miners’ 3-day Strike Draws Support from Local Community, Environment Activists
04 Jul 2020
The workers have resolved to continue their agitation against the Centre’s move to open up coal sector to private player through non-cooperation means.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: 181 Women Helpline Worker Dies by Suicide; 351 Workers not Paid for 11 Months
04 Jul 2020
The Uttar Pradesh government’s 181 helpline for women, launched on March 8, 2016, in 16 districts, by then CM Akhilesh Yadav, was later extended to 64 districts by current CM Yogi Adityanath.
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How Dharavi Succeeded in Containing COVID-19 by Following Kerala Model
04 Jul 2020
By April, Dharavi had 491 cases with a growth rate of 12% and a case doubling period of 18 days. The growth rate was reduced to 4.3% in May and 1.02% in June with BMC’s proactive measures.
RUCHIRA GUPTA, BABURAO BAGUL
Woman of the Street
04 Jul 2020
The term ‘sex-worker’ cannot erase the trauma of body-invasion.
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Delhi Riots: ‘Dr Anwar Falsely Referred, Remove Name from Chargesheet’
04 Jul 2020
“The naming of Dr. Anwar in the charge-sheet indicates the abuse of the law and its process at the hand of the police and appears to be communally motivated,” said the statement.