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Gujarat HC Bench that Lambasted State’s COVID Management Changed Abruptly
29 May 2020
Gujarat government has told the High Court that it won’t change its policy of not allowing private labs to test a patient for COVID-19 on basis of a doctor’s prescription, even as some have died…
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COVID-19: ‘Make in India’ Ventilator by Rajkot Company Under Scanner After Gujarat Doctors Seeks Ventilators from Centre
23 May 2020
Doctors claim that the ‘ventilators’ supplied by a Rajkot-based company to multiple hospitals in Gujarat are actually mechanised ambu-bags and are inefficient.
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Gujarat Journalist Slapped with Sedition, Arrested for Speculative Story on CM’s Replacement
12 May 2020
This will be the fourth journalist to be arrested in the country since the lockdown.
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Surat BJP Member Assaults Migrant Worker After Selling Rail Ticket at Hiked Price
10 May 2020
Surat, a hub of diamond, textile and industries at Hazira port that together employs more than 12 lakh migrant workers, has been in turmoil since the lockdown was suddenly announced. Workers have…
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Gujarat: Non-COVID Muslim Patients Face Discrimination in Hospitals
09 May 2020
In a case from Ahmedabad, a patient who had been undergoing dialysis at a private has been made to sign a declaration stating: “Mera Tablighi Jamaat se dur dur tak sambandh nahi hai...”
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Unsold Rabi, Unsown Kharif Crop – Farmers in Gujarat Dread a Looming Agrarian Crisis
18 Apr 2020
With APMC markets closed due to lockdown, several farmers are being forced to sell their produce to private buyers at throwaway prices.
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COVID Lockdown: We’ve Run Out of Food, Say Migrant Workers Stranded in Gujarat
01 Apr 2020
Several stranded workers also allege that they are being asked to vacate by houseowners, if they fail to pay the next month’s rent.
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COVID-19: Under Lockdown, Gujarat’s Daily-Wagers and Slum-Dwellers Have Run Out of Food
28 Mar 2020
“I have not eaten since yesterday. I can survive on water but my child needs to eat. Today, I fed him one biscuit that was left. I ran out of rice and essentials,” said Ramaben
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Gujarat: Farmers, Industries Hit Due to COVID-19 Lockdown
24 Mar 2020
Before the textile industry decided to close down amid lockdown of Surat from March 21, the majority of textile dyeing and printing mills were functioning at less than 50% of their capacity.
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COVID-19: Amid Shutdowns, Gujarat Workers Fear for Health and Employment
21 Mar 2020
Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association announced on March 20 that textile market and mills will remain shut from March 21 to March 24.