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Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra: Neglected Brick Kiln Workers Struggle Amid the Second Lockdown this Year
15 May 2021
As they are mainly un-organised, the brick kiln workers have been literally left with nothing in a time which does not have prospects for work. Their struggle for survival is most horrific.
Vijay Prashad, Subin Dennis
Why One State in India Is Showing Promising Signs of Democracy as the World Goes More Authoritarian
15 May 2021
In Kerala, the re-elected Left government has prioritized making life better for all, even during crises—contrasting sharply with Narendra Modi’s right-wing central government’s devastating…
Prabhat Patnaik
People are More Important than Patents and Profiteering
15 May 2021
Anti-COVID vaccines have been developed not by private firms putting their money into the innovation but by governments putting taxpayers' money into such R&D.
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu: Big Factories Becoming COVID-19 Super Spreaders in Lockdown
14 May 2021
In a letter to the CM, the CITU has pointed out that several big industries were fully functioning under some plea or other, risking lives of workers and society in general.
Sabrang India
Maharashtra: HPC Directs Re-release of Prisoners Amid COVID-19
14 May 2021
There are 12,571 interim bail pleas pending before courts, that need to be decided within the next one week
Ruhi Bhasin
Mismanagement of the COVID-19 Crisis Increases Food Insecurity in India and Brazil
14 May 2021
During the second week of May, India recorded more than 400,000 daily infections and more than 4,000 deaths, surpassing earlier records, and has overtaken Brazil as having the second-largest number…
Shinzani Jain
Testing Drops as COVID-19 Crisis Grips Rural Madhya Pradesh
13 May 2021
As the second wave of COVID-19 continues to surge in India, alarms have been raised about the coronavirus hitting rural India.
PTI
COVID-19 Levels Fall by Almost Half in UK, at Lowest Since Last Year
13 May 2021
Vaccine roll-out plays key part. Health officials to review B.1.617.2 variant found in India that could be ‘more transmissible’.
PTI
Elgar Case: HC Asks Maharashtra Govt to Submit Sudha Bharadwaj's Medical Report
13 May 2021
Bharadwaj's counsel Yug Chaudhry told the bench that the lawyer-activist had severe co-morbidities. She suffers from diabetes, heart disease, and had a history of tuberculosis.
Sandip Chakraborty
COVID-19: Red Volunteers Battle One of the Highest Positivity Rates in Bengal
13 May 2021
Only Goa and Puducherry, at 49.6% and 42.8%, rank higher than West Bengal, where the recently concluded polls have had an impact.