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A health-care worker makes a public announcement about rapid antigen tests during a door-to-door COVID-19 awareness survey in Jakhan village in Gujarat, on September 22.

Gujarat: Gradual return to normalcy

The State government’s decision to adopt the testing and treatment method seems to have paid off, as reflected in its increased case recovery rate. Wi

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People gather at the “Vijay stambha” at Koregaon Bhima village in Pune district on January 1, 2020, to commemorate the 202nd anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon. Fifteen people are now in custody facing trial for their alleged involvement with banned extreme left-wing groups that apparently organised the Elgar Parishad on December 31, 2017, here.

Elgar Parishad arrests: Decimation drive

The recent arrest of three Dalit rights activists in connection with the Elgar Parishad is seen as an attempt to stifle dissent.

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Amnesty International India’s head office in Bengaluru. A file picture

Amnesty halts operations in India after government freezes its bank accounts

Amnesty International India has decided to halt its operations in the country from September 29. The move came after the Government of India froze all

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Rhea Chakraborty being arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai on September 8.

The sordid tale surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide

There are so many disturbing factors in the case around Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide that it is necessary to discuss it without the hysteria that th

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At a protest against the farm Bills in Thane, Maharashtra.

In Maharashtra, farmers, activists protest against Centre’s farm Bills

On September 25, over 50,000 peasants from 21 districts blocked national and state highways in Maharashtra to protest the farm Bills cleared by the Na

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At a protest by activists against the arrest of Sudhir Dhawale, a Dalit activist, in connection with the Elgar Parishad case in June 2018 in Mumbai. Recently, two more activists, Sagar Gorke and Ramesh Gaichor, both based in Pune, were arrested in connection with the case by the National Investigation Agency.

NIA arrests two Pune-based activists in Elgar Parishad case; totally 14 held so far

In another round of arrests in connection with the Elgar Parishad gathering, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken into custody the Pune-b

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Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Police confirms that Dawood man called Maharashtra Chief Minister’s residence

The Mumbai Police have confirmed that two calls were made from the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s Dubai office to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav T

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Hany Babu being produced in an NIA court on August 4.

Elgar Parishad case: Victims of vendetta

Hany Babu is the latest victim of the Bhima Koregaon case, which drags on with no end in sight for the arrestees who languish in jail without bail.

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Migrant workers wait for food packets being offered by a non-governmental organisation in Vijayawada on July 24.

The SWAN reports: Records of heroism by migrant workers

SWAN, a network of volunteers who banded together to help thousands of migrant workers in distress, has released reports that could prove valuable in

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At Null Bazar in South Mumbai on August 4, after heavy rain lashed the city.

Heavy winds, record single-day rainfall batter Mumbai

Cyclonic winds and heavy rainfall battered Mumbai on August 5. The fierce winds uprooted hundreds of trees, blew off signboards and shattered windows

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A health care worker takes a nasal swab of a resident of a housing society in Ahmedabad for testing for the coronavirus infection, on July 24.

Gujarat: The gloom lifts

The State seems to be in better control of the COVID situation now as aggressive testing and treatment measures start showing results.

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P. Sainath at the inauguration of two-day media festival Media Manthan 2020 at St. Aloysius College in Mangaluru on February 14.

P. Sainath’s People’s Archive of India wins the Prem Bhatia Award 2020

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