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Centre Publishes Draft ‘Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020’; Invites Suggestions/Objections From Stakeholders
14 Jul 2020
The draft rules inter-alia provide for the procedure to make an application for the issue of a certificate of identity under the Act.
Saurabh Sharma
COVID-19: How Lockdown has Pushed Rural Wedding Dancers in UP to Verge of Starvation
06 Jul 2020
“This wedding season we did not see the face of the stage, not even a single time. I personally have lost more than Rs 50,000 due to this coronavirus disease and today I am under a debt of Rs 20,000…
Prabir Purkayastha
COVID-19: Airborne Transmission and What Figures in Mumbai and Delhi Reveal
26 Jun 2020
Both Delhi and Mumbai have a ratio of infections to test numbers that are high, in the range of 25-30% in the last two weeks, which means that they need to ramp up testing.
M.G. Devasahayam
Indira’s Emergency and Modi’s Neo-Emergency
24 Jun 2020
Though the character and contents of the current neo-Emergency are different, there is a common thread between Emergency then and now- Governance by Force and Fear.
Ravi Kaushal
COVID-19 in Delhi: How State Govt, MCD and the Centre Failed Its People
24 Jun 2020
Public health experts maintain that majority of the efforts went in vain due to lack of coordination among the Delhi Government and municipal corporations which are run by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mukulika R, Rajan Gurukkal
“Aspirants of Fascism Use Crises to Make Their Power Absolute”
16 Jun 2020
Epidemics have altered the course of history in more ways than one since they have given rise to certain socio-political and cultural developments. They produce specific vulnerabilities and issues in…
Ravi Nair
What’s the Mystery Behind CSC SPV Bagging Govt Contracts Worth Thousands of Crores?
13 Jun 2020
In violation of Article 14 of the Constitution, the Modi government awarded contracts worth thousands of crores to a quasi-government company without inviting any competitive bids or evaluating its…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
PPE Prices High in Private Hospitals, Govt Hospitals Face Shortage
12 Jun 2020
Since the pandemic spread, India has witnessed protests and complaints by healthcare workers from the public sector about shortage and poor quality of PPE kits.
Subhash Rai
BJP Turns to Digital Politics Amid Pandemic
12 Jun 2020
What started off as an outreach programme by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates to attract diaspora Indians, has morphed into a well-oiled machinery with the emergence of social media…
Suhit K Sen
Looks Like India Flattened All the Wrong Curves
12 Jun 2020
The Centre woke up to the pandemic so late that India can now only look forward to high-velocity spread of the virus and a flailing economy.