'State has the worst patient-doctor ratio and most number of centres without electricity, water supply or good roads... Facing a shortfall of 2,277 doctors — against the required strength of 3,621 — and with 942 primary health centres (PHCs) working without electricity, regular water supply and all-weather motorable approach road, Uttar Pradesh’s PHCs have the worst patient:doctor ratio and infrastructure in the country to cater to the poorest patients.
'गुजरात के वडोदरा के वसना इलाके में विरोध के चलते एक शख्स को अपना मकान मुस्लिम युवक को बेचे जाने का फैसला बदलना पड़ा. इंडियन एक्सप्रेस की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, सोसाइटी के लोगों ने यह कहते हुए मुस्लिम युवक को मकान बेचे जाने का विरोध किया कि इससे इलाके में संपत्ति की कीमतों में गिरावट आएगी. यह मामला वडोदरा की समर्पण सोसाइटी का है, जहां डिस्टर्ब्ड एरिया एक्ट का हवाला देकर सोसाइटी के सदस्यों ने मुस्लिम युवक को मकान बेचे जाने पर आपत्ति जताई.
'An owner of a residential property in Vasna area of the city was forced to withdraw plan to sell his house to a Muslim after members of the co-operative society objected to it, on the ground that it would lead to a drop in property prices in the area. The members of Samarpan Society raised objections on the basis that the provisions of the Disturbed Areas Act does not permit the sale of a property to a Muslim in a Hindu-dominated area and vice versa until each immediate neighbour of such property consents to the deal. Police were present in the area to ensure law and order...'
'On Sunday evening, the heart of the capital was abuzz once more with loud cries of ‘Azadi’ as huge rainbow flags fluttered across Tolstoy Marg. At the 12th edition of the Delhi Pride Parade, thousands of members of the LGBTQIA+ community walked hand-in-hand from Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar, shouting ‘Love is Love’ in unison. A huge banner which read ‘Stop Trans Rights Bill’ led the crowd. Amidst the rainbows, there were also many who wore black and grey.
'To restore their internet connections, which have been suspended for four months now, companies have to give the government a signed bond saying that internet usage will be for “business purposes” only. They must also promise to share all the “contents” and “infrastructure” of the internet as and when required by the “security agencies”. The bond, a copy of which is with The Wire, consists of six points, including that no encrypted file containing any sort of videos or photos will be uploaded.
'The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students’ protests against the new hostel manual and fee hike have become a talking point across the country, drawing varied reactions from all sections of society. As students continue raising their demand for a complete rollback of the proposed hike, the University has become the new favourite target of the fake news factory. Famous radio jockey Raunac, who voices the on air character ‘Baua’, recently released a video endorsing multiple fake claims regarding JNU and its students.
'The rampant use of the draconian National Security Act (NSA) by the Uttar Pradesh government, which is being used a weapon for harassment, has consumed one more life in the state. In an incident that went largely unreported nearly a month ago, a dalit man allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in Shabbirpur village under Badgaon police station of Saharanpur district. His family family members claimed that he was depressed over not being able to produce himself in the court regularly... “Sonu used to work in someone else's farm. There was no money to feed the children.
'Disabled persons from across the country held a dharna at Delhi’s Jantar Manta today for their rights. They accused the BJP government of turning a deaf ear to their demands. They said they had no option but to take to the streets as the government was neither providing them adequate pension, nor jobs.'
'Justice Gogoi chose a moment, a few days before he remitted office, in a public function in Delhi, to vigorously defend the NRC in Assam. It is unusual for an incumbent Chief Justice to publicly declare his views on highly politically fraught matters... The country today stands at the brink of catastrophic human suffering and injustice, if the government implements, nation-wide, the National Register of Citizens (NRC), as announced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
'A government committee set up in February examined computers and pen drives and interrogated officials in charge of printing documents in an effort to identify the source of a leaked report showing that unemployment figures had hit a four-decade high in the year after demonetisation. Details of the report were published in the Business Standard in January, after the government’s refusal to release the data prompted two senior officials of the National Statistical Commission to resign in protest the same month.
