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Nihar Gokhale
How Modi Govt's Policy Change Made Air Travel Expensive in India
05 May 2021
In 2017, the government changed how airport tariffs are calculated in India in order to attract private investment. An analysis of tariff orders since then shows that passengers and airlines are…
R. Ramakumar
Why Covid Vaccination Should be Free in India
23 Apr 2021
The policy shift of the Government of India towards deregulating vaccine prices and liberalising vaccine distribution has led to much debate.
Newsclick Report
NIA Raids Show Govt’s Determination to Suppress Dissenting Voices in J&K: Amnesty International
30 Oct 2020
By directly attacking and failing to protect civil society organisations, India stands in a clear violation of its human rights obligations, the international human rights defender noted in a report.
DR Padma Bhate Deosthali, Sangeeta Rege
Hathras Rape Case: Right to Medico-Legal Care for Survivors Has a Long Way to Go
06 Oct 2020
The Hathras case lays bare this apathy and is evident in the way hospitals have responded to a young Dalit girl and her family.
Newsclick Report
Tech, Health Activists Want Law to Protect Leakage, Use of Aarogya Setu Data
11 Sep 2020
Sensitive personal details collected in the name of COVID-19 are being provided to third parties such as research universities and private consultancy firms, the activists alleged.
Newsclick Report
Demands Action Against Those Posing Threat to Press Freedom Amid Pandemic
03 Apr 2020
The statement released by Foundation for Media Professionals also states that to lay the blame for flight of migrants at the door of the media is to deflect potential blame from the government and…
Neelambaran A
Tamil Nadu: State-owned Vaccine Manufacturing Unit on Verge of Shutdown
04 Mar 2020
While the Finance Ministry has rejected the sanctioning of additional funds for the HLL project, around 200 employees have not been paid their salary for the past eight months citing financial…
Sandipan Talukdar
Indian Scientists Call for Withdrawal of Research Plan on “Products from Indigenous Cows”
28 Feb 2020
The programme is led by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), while several other ministries and research councils are supposed to fund it.
Newsclick Report
Over 200 Scholars Demand Release of ‘Junked’ NSO Report on Consumer Spending
22 Nov 2019
Data from the ‘leaked’ Consumer Expenditure Survey for 2017-18, published by the Business Standard, showed spending at a four-decade low amid growing economic distress.
Prabir Purkayastha
What Is Ravishankar Prasad Hiding on WhatsApp Hack?
08 Nov 2019
Why is our IT Minister, instead of ordering a criminal investigation into the hacking of WhatsApp platform and citizens’ smartphones, hiding behind the plea that others did it first?