Tag Archives: Lockdown

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat This is the second part of my conversation with Dr Manisha Bangar in which she speaks about the health crisis in India and how the government is trying to privatise things, how our response during the Corona period was lacking things. She also gives us an …

Rights-based access to emergency contraception is a human rights issue and it should be included routinely in all family planning programmes, integrated into all health services and made available for all women and girls in dire need of it.

#JusticeForJayarajAndFenix: Tamil Nadu Custodial Death – The Truth with Faye D’Souza #Justice for #tiger victims and victims the #police #brutality under Yogi raj in #Pilibhit. Palash Biswas A father-son duo, P Jayaraj and J Bennicks, were picked up by #TamilNadu police for opening their shop during the lockdown in Tuticorin. …

The father-son duo arrested and then murdered in the judicial police custody in Tuticorin is a horrific reminder of unaccountability and brutality of the policing system in India. So far some of them have been suspended and one officer is transferred but that will never resolve the crisis as police …

Close to 80% believe that WFH could ensure clean air, 65% of the respondents call on the Government to implement a time-bound plan to ensure environmentally harmful industries go pollution-free New Delhi, 25 May 2020: As India goes through lockdown 4.0, New Delhi-based communications initiative, Climate Trends, along with YouGov, …

At a time when there can be no mass mobilisations or street protests, and when so many people are distressed, anxious and distracted by the unprecedented challenges our country is facing due to the COVID-19 crisis, the government’s actions against activists, journalists, intellectuals and Muslims appear to be calculated and …

Jammu Tawi, J&K, 16th May, 2020  : Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of J&K National Panthers Party & Executive Chairman of State Legal Aid Committee expressed surprise on the interim order issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India dated 15th May, 2020 staying MHA order that employers won’t be …

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat Loudspeakers are managing headlines in their studios as well as those who are copying from the Press Releases of the Ministry rarely bother to search for history and why do they do it when they have cleverly concealed history from us. It is time we learn …

The United Nations (UN) data estimates that 168 million people worldwide will need assistance in 2020 to deal with humanitarian crises, including natural disasters, extreme climate events, conflicts and infectious disease outbreaks. 25% of these will be women and girls of reproductive age. And they are the ones who are …

The coronavirus crisis lockdown has made one thing very clear that food is the single most important thing that human beings need. Life can go on without internet connections or mobile phones but not without food. While the economy was totally shutdown the only people who were allowed to freely …

With lockdown extended and little relaxation in some essential services, the plights of poor are not going to reduce for sure. Lakhs of migrant labourers are struck in metro cities, far away from their homes. The concern which government demonstrated in arranging buses to send 1,800 pilgrims from Haridwar back …

Health and motor (third party) insurance policy holders to pay premiums by May 15 Central Government issues Notifications allowing Health and Motor (Third Party) insurance policyholders to make premium payments till May 15th which are due for renewal during COVID-19 lockdown To ensure a continued cover and hassle-free claims payment …

The coronavirus threat has forced governments to impose a disruptive change in our life styles, which may seem very inconvenient and irritating to us in the present circumstances, but it may be worth considering to continue with some of these changes in the interest of society, economy and environment. The …

New Delhi, 07th April 2020 : The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement : PM Must Immediately Withdraw His Call to Violate National Lockdown In his address to BJP workers from the BJP office on its 40th foundation day, Prime Minister Modi …

MHA requests States/UTs to implement Lockdown Measures in Letter and Spirit to fight COVID-19 New Delhi (PIB) 01 APR 2020 : Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) had issued consolidated guidelines on lockdown measures to be taken by the Ministries/Departments of Government of India and States/UTs Governments/Administrations, so as to …

Jammu Tawi (J&K), 27th March, 2020 : “It is shocking that many of those Young & Old who wish to return back to their homes from different cities (towns) in India say Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Meerut, Jaipur and other places for their safety from the horror of Coronavirus. Several social …