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Former bureaucrats call for unity to defend freedom of expression, India Legal

India Legal 04 July 2020 In a statement, 99 former senior bureaucrats have critised the consistent attack on the freedom of expression and the right to dissent by the central government led by Narendra Modi in its second regime from 2019 onwards. Those who have signed include Ravi Vira Gupta, Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank […]

‘Singapore Syndrome’ in India’s dormitories causing spurt of COVID-19 cases: Rights body

The New Indian ExpressPublished on 01 June 2020 Singapore Syndrome is all about faster spread of COVID-19 cases where maintaining social distancing is impossible like the cramped dormitories housing the foreign migrant workers. GUWAHATI: A rights body on Monday claimed that at least 251 migrant workers had died while trying to return home during the […]

Tarun Gogoi dies of post-Covid complications at 86, The Telegraph

The Telegraph 24 November 2020 He served as chief minister for 5,485 days, from May 18, 2001, to May 24, 2016, covering three straight terms Tarun Gogoi, Assam’s longest-serving chief minister who had helped the state “breathe freely again” after years of insurgency, died of post-Covid complications at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital on Monday […]