Railway porters feel crushed by the Covid crisis as fewer trains and the fear among passengers of infection means that thousands of porters have seen their incomes fall by over half On March 20, Abdul Khan, 36, packed his bags and left for home. Khan has been a porter at the New Delhi railway station […]

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What’s driving the demand to nationalise private hospitals to fight Covid-19? Is it feasible or even desirable? Recently, a public interest litigation was filed in the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to Maharashtra state government, among others, to ensure that “those reliant on the public health system for non-Covid health services” are also able […]

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