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Aug 05, 2019

Labour codes that subsume labour laws

Why does the central government pass new labor laws in haste? Is it simplifying it for the labor or for the corporate? As part of the series of codes that merge the central labour laws, the centre has passed th...

22 mins

Jul 27, 2019

Setting the bones right - Inside the world of Hyderabad's bonesetters' clinics

India is a land of so many different cultures and traditions. And of course, that is the same for health systems too. Before the arrival of allopathy, each region predominantly had its medical and health practi...

30 mins

Jul 25, 2019

Who will fund Amaravati?

After the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank dropped their financing plans for the Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project, the state government plans to util...

29 mins

Jul 23, 2019

Amendments to weaken RTI

On 19th July 2019, Mr Jitendra Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions introduced the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha in order to amend the Right...

17 mins

Jul 17, 2019

Game of thrones - Karnataka edition

A fortnight ago, two Congress MLAs from Karnataka, Anand Singh, and Ramesh Jarkiholi resigned citing differences with the current HD Kumaraswamy govt which is an alliance between JDS and Congress. The barely ye...

35 mins

Jul 08, 2019

Budget 2019 - Agriculture reforms wait for another day

The Government came out with the budget on Friday which focused on infrastructure and financial sector reforms.  While allocations for agriculture have gone up, most of it has been assigned for PM Kisan Yojana...

42 mins

Jun 30, 2019

Can there be a people friendly Aadhar?

On 24th June, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tabled the Aadhar Amendment Bill 2019 in the Parliament. Termed as a 'people-friendly' Aadhar, the new provisions on use of Aadhar has garnered much attention. The...

25 mins

Jun 24, 2019

Ground report from Muzaffarpur, Bihar – Are litchis the only reason for AES?

In the past few weeks, more than 140 children have died in Muzaffarpur,  a district in Bihar due to the outbreak of a disease called Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. Many have attributed the deaths to consumption o...

26 mins

Jun 17, 2019

Rising violence against doctors highlights fault lines in Indian public healthcare

Doctors in Kolkata have now been protesting for over six days since the assault of Dr Paribaha Mukherjee who was grievously injured in a mob attack by family members of a 75-year-old patient who died, allegedly...

31 mins

Jun 14, 2019

No Onion-No Garlic stance by Akshaya Patra triggers debate on mid-day meal

For this week’s episode of ‘The Suno India Show,’ we reached out to Dr. Sylvia Karpagam, a public health professional who has extensive experience tackling issues on Right to Health and Right to Food, especiall...

36 mins