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The Delhi government ramped up the State’s hospital bed capacity by setting up 500 beds at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. Here, workers loading oxygen into newly installed tanks to be used for COVID-19 patients at the maidan, on May 12.

The State government and the Centre continue to bicker with each other as the citizens of Delhi grapple with the pandemic

Although there appears to be a slight dip in the number of COVID-19 cases and in the positivity rate, neither the Centre nor the AAP government nor th

Security force personnel on patrol after an attack by Maoist fighters in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on April 4. International humanitarian law dictates that counterterrorism measures must not impede the exclusively humanitarian activities of impartial humanitarian organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, which can play a vital role in armed conflicts during times of epidemics and other health crises.

COVID-19 spreading into Chhattisgarh’s remote forest areas, and among Maoists

The infection seems to be spreading by leaps and bounds into the hinterland, including those areas under the control of armed left-wing extremists. Th

Ambulances carrying COVID-19 patients waiting outside a government COVID-19 hospital in Ahmedabad on April 27.

The courts' interventions over the COVID situation point to rudderless governance

The Supreme Court taking suo motu cognisance of the COVID situation and the interventions of some High Courts regarding State governments’ response du

Inside a tent installed by a gurdwara to provide oxygen for patients, in Ghaziabad on April 29.

Uttar Pradesh: Punishing the victims and volunteers

Even as people fall dead “like flies” in the State, the Yogi Adityanath administration is bent on punishing those who expose its shortcomings in deali

Migrant workers of Chhattisgarh, on their way home because of the surge in COVID cases, arrive at the Vijayawada railway station on April 12.

Sharp spike in COVID cases in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh’s public health structure is on the verge of breakdown as it faces a deadly second wave.

Rohingya refugees leaving their settlement for a centre following a police verification drive, in Jammu on March 7.

Rohingya refugees face deportation threat

The return of military rule in Myanmar has upended the lives of the Rohingya refugees in India where they face the terrifying prospect of being deport

Anil Chaudhary, president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.

‘The GNCTD Bill is unconstitutional and goes against the very nature of federalism,’ says Anil Chaudhary of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee

Interview with Anil Chaudhary, president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.

Rebecca Mammen John.

How the UAPA and the NIA are used to crush dissent

Senior advocate Rebecca Mammen John on how the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the National Investigation Agency are being “weaponised” again

Accused in the Akshardham case (from left to right), Mufti Abdul Qayyum, Maulvi Abdulla, Adambhai Ajmeri, Mohammed Salim and Mohammed Altaf, at a press conference in Mumbai in May 2014 after being acquitted by the Supreme Court.

Retreat of democracy: The terror of laws

The democratic space is shrinking in India as the government uses anti-terror legislation indiscriminately, leading to prolonged incarceration of inno

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At the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on January 22, ahead of the January 26 tractor rally. Between January 19 and 22, the administration served notices to thousands of farmers from various districts of Uttar Pradesh against taking out their tractors until the farmers’ agitation in Delhi was over.

Allahabad High Court halts the Uttar Pradesh government's attempts to intimidate farmers

The Allahabad High Court intervenes against the Uttar Pradesh government’s intimidation of protesting farmers.

Indian scholars downloaded about seven million papers in one year using Sci-Hub, according to an analysis by the All India People’s Science Network in 2016. Without Sci-Hub, it would have cost Indian universities or students around $200-250 million.

Cases against Sci-Hub and Libgen imply long-term consequences to research and education in India

The cases filed by publishers for a blanket ban of free online repositories Sci-Hub and Libgen will seriously undermine the ability of researchers to

Bhopal gas tragedy victims were used as guinea pigs for COVID vaccine trials

Bhopal gas tragedy victims were used as guinea pigs for COVID vaccine trials in total violation of ethical and medical norms.

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