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A Bill and some concerns

The Communal Violence (Suppression) Bill, drafted with the aim to check communal violence, is criticised as being a draconian and potentially dangerou
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A battle for sexual rights

The campaign for sexual rights gets a boost with the Supreme Court taking up an appeal against a High Court order dismissing a petition challenging Se
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Clampdown on degree shops

The Supreme Court strikes down as unconstitutional the Chhattisgarh Private Sector University Act under which 112 private universities sprang up in th
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Targeting Geelani

S.A.R. Geelani, the Delhi University lecturer who was acquitted in the Parliament House attack case, is shot at and injured in mysterious circumstance
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A costly prescription

The United Progressive Alliance government's promulgation of an ordinance amending the Patents Act of 1970, a model piece of legislation hailed around
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Unfounded optimism

As the Bharatiya Janata Party boasts of its pre-eminent status in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, it is reluctant to reveal the basis of this o
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Health, for a price

The government makes claims about setting up superspeciality hospitals when the need of the hour is the upgradation of basic health care facilities.
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The AIDS initiative

While welcoming the government's initiative to provide ARV treatment at reduced cost, the HIV/AIDS community hopes that it will also strengthen diagno
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Sexuality and the law

A movement is taking shape opposing the government stand against the repeal of Section 377 of the IPC, which criminalises private consensual sex betwe
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