Tag: covid-19
Condemn the arbitrary detention of Youth Activist Yogesh Swamy!
Yesterday, in the most brazen manner, the Delhi Police’s Special Cell has picked up a young activist Yogesh Swamy. A national vice president of...
Vietnam: Rice ATMs are feeding the poor during the lockdown
A Vietnamese entrepreneur, Hoang Tuan Anh, a businessman invented an automatic rise dispenser, ‘Rice Atm’, that offers free rice for people who are the...
Mysore daily apologises for its Islamophobic Editorial
Star of Mysore, a daily evening newspaper from Mysuru in Karnataka has referred to the Muslim community as “bad” and “rotten apples” in its...
Madhya Pradesh govt. without cabinet, RS MP calls for President’s rule
Rajya Sabha MP and Senior Advocate Vivek Tankha has written a letter to the President Ram Nath Kovind regarding the "unconstitutional" governance of Madhya...
Communal Bigot gets a spicy reply from the Masala Monk
In the time of a pandemic, the economy may grind to a halt, outdoor life may seize to exist, but the spillage of communal...
Supreme Court asks the government to make private COVID-19 tests free
The Supreme Court has asked the government of India to make all COVID-19 testing at private labs free of charge. The interim judgement comes...
The Spanish Flu in India: How the lessons we never could...
The Spanish flu was a deadly pandemic that spread across the world. It began in January 1918 but took a deadly turn later that...
Corona Diaries: Wrong leaders at the wrong time
The novel coronavirus is exposing the true colours of populist and extreme nationalist leaders who until recently seemed less dangerous than what they are...
UP: Contract Health Workers sacked for demanding protective gear
26 health workers who were hired through outsourcing at the Government Medical College in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh were dismissed with immediate...
Lockdown, agriculture and farmer distress
Gauri Lankesh News is doing a series on how lockdown is affecting the economy. Read here: Part1. We spoke to experts working in the...
