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Uttar Pradesh: A dozen more bodies surface in Ganga at Ghazipur
arun Posted On May 14, 2021


Residents cite lack of firewood in the five cremation ghats in the area and thus relatives, fearful of contracting the virus, could be dumping the bodies in the river By Piyush Srivastava     Lucknow , Around a dozen bloated and […]


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Tamil Nadu’s NGOs respond to Covid anxiety, bury abandoned bodies in state
arun Posted On May 14, 2021


SabrangIndia talks to NGOs carrying out funeral rituals for abandoned bodies during India’s Covid-crisis. Vallari Sanzgiri Karunai Ullangal Secretary Sayed Mubarak waited at Chennai’s Vadalur burial ground on May 11, 2021 to drop off the fourth body of the day, […]


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Covid-19  / Doctor  / Harassment  / Health  / HOSPITAL  / NATIONAL  / STATE  / UTTAR PRADESH
Uttar Pradesh: 14 doctors from rural hospitals quit citing harassment
arun Posted On May 14, 2021


Posted at Unnao, doctors say they are tired of being micromanaged and harassed by superiors. “We are being ‘reviewed’ all the time. Our teams are out on the field all day, giving medicines to Covid positive patients, helping them isolate, […]


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Covid-19  / Health  / Labour  / Lockdown  / Migrant Worker  / NATIONAL
Provide ration, transport, community kitchens for migrant workers: SC
arun Posted On May 14, 2021


The Supreme Court has directed Governments of Delhi, UP, Haryana to inform how they will address miseries of stranded migrant labourers Many migrant workers, especially those working in the northern states, continue to struggle as they find themselves stranded in […]


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Maharashtra: HPC directs re-release of prisoners amid Covid-19
arun Posted On May 14, 2021


There are 12,571 interim bail pleas pending before courts, that need to be decided within the next one week HT pune Following the Supreme Court order on May 7 and Bombay High Court direction on April 29, a meeting of […]


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Covid-19  / Doctor  / Health  / NATIONAL
Cow dung, urine don’t prevent Covid-19, can cause infections: Doctors
arun Posted On May 13, 2021


A dangerous myth has taken root in Gujarat where many are going to a gaushala to smear themselves with cow excreta mix to ‘protect’ themselves from Coronavirus That senior doctors have to talk to health workers telling them not to […]


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BIHAR  / COURT  / Covid-19  / Health  / NATIONAL  / STATE
Death due to lack of timely medical aid is a violation of right to life: Patna HC
arun Posted On May 13, 2021


The court has sought more information about rural Bihar and response from DCs about the bodies floating in Ganga The High Court has asked for an affidavit from the District Commissioners of Kaimur and Buxar, Bihar with regards to disposal […]


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Around 140 bodies found in river Ganga, officials yet to confirm them as Covid deaths
arun Posted On May 13, 2021


Residents of Purvanchal and Ghazipur districts were shocked to find more than a hundred bodies along the bank of River Ganga As many as 140 bodies have been discovered near the banks of River Ganga at Ghazipur district in Uttar […]


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COURT  / Covid-19  / DALIT  / Health  / Kerala  / Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
Complaint filed before Supreme Court panel as Dalit man dies of Covid
arun Posted On May 13, 2021


KOCHI: A Dalit man who had to undergo quarantine in his cattle shed for three days after he tested Covid positive has died at a private hospital where he was shifted after his condition deteriorated.Sasi, 45, of Manthattil house at […]


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ARTICLE  / Covid-19  / DALIT  / Health  / Labour  / Lockdown  / Migrant Worker  / NATIONAL
Labourers are backbone of a capitalist economy. India can’t leave them unattended in Covid
arun Posted On May 13, 2021


India’s working class, for whose betterment Ambedkar brought a series of legislation, is struggling to access social protection in the Covid crisis. By Aditi Narayani The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has forced many out of jobs and contributed […]


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