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Back to SearchWhat does the Right to Health Bill really mean for Rajasthan? | In Focus podcast
Last month, Rajasthan became the first state to enact a Right to Health Act. The legislation sparked massive protests from the medical community, wit…
3 years, 4 months ago
Why the Rajasthan HC acquitted all four persons sentenced to death in the May 2008 bomb blasts | In Focus podcast
All four persons, who had been given the death sentence by a trial court for the May 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts that killed 71 persons, were acquitted b…
3 years, 4 months ago
Single parents: Does the law discriminate?
March 21, was single parents day, commemorating mothers and fathers, who parent alone. And while in India, families are still widely seen as that of …
3 years, 4 months ago
What is the significance of India’s four gold medals at the Women’s World Boxing Championships? | In Focus podcast
India’s women boxers have created history by winning four golds at the IBA World Boxing Championships that just concluded in Delhi. India topped the …
3 years, 4 months ago
Why are Israelis protesting against PM Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul proposals?
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposals for a judicial overhaul that would limit the powers of the Supreme Court have triggered massiv…
3 years, 4 months ago
What Amritpal Singh’s rise spells for Punjab | In Focus podcast
The phenomenon of Amritpal Singh has taken Punjab by storm. In a daring act, his supporters ransacked a police station in Ajnala and freed some of hi…
3 years, 5 months ago
Are there modes of execution 'more humane' than death by hanging?
Last week the Supreme Court asked the Centre for data that could point to a more dignified, less painful, and socially acceptable method of executing…
3 years, 5 months ago
Is Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha in order? | In Focus podcast
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a member of Parliament from Wayanad constituency in Kerala on the 24th of March, a day after a Surat court convicted…
3 years, 5 months ago
A slide without end in Pakistan
By postponing elections to the provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa beyond a constitutionally-mandated period, the Election Commis…
3 years, 5 months ago
Wagner Group: Russian mercenary outfit or a proxy for the Kremlin in different parts of the globe? | In Focus podcast
The Wagner Group has been at the forefront of Russian gains in eastern Ukraine, especially in the battle for the town of Bakhmut. It was also in the …
3 years, 5 months ago