On rural India’s health systems: the health checklist

Cause of Concern: Medical infrastructure in several surrounding districts and even neighbouring States is so weak that a large number of very sick patients are sent to such apex hospitals…

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The lowdown on the right to privacy

What is it? A definite legal definition of ‘privacy’ is not available. Some legal experts tend to define privacy as a human right enjoyed by every human being by virtue…

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Right to Privacy: What the judgment means for Aadhaar, its constitutionality

A NINE-judge Bench of the Supreme Court is rare; a unanimous decision by such a Bench, rarer. Thursday’s decision is historic not only because it has ruled that privacy is…

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