Singapore Syndrome’ is all about faster spread of COVID-19 cases during lockdown in situations where maintaining social distancing is impossible like the cramped dormitories housing the foreign migrant workers in Singapore. Places like Dharavi slum in Mumbai are all but big dormitories far worse than the dormitories of Singapore. India’s lockdown has caused the largest internal displacement ever recorded in history and it exposed the migrants to colossal humanitarian crisis not only because of the failure of the government but the Supreme Court to ensure the right to life and liberty, the right to freedom of movement with safety and dignity as guaranteed under Articles 14, 19(1) and 21 of the Constitution and enforce Section 12 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. India must take course corrective measures to tackle COVID-19 pandemic.
Youth Ki Awaaz 09 August 2020 By Kalyani Singh in Media, Politics “Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.”- Thomas Jefferson Media plays a pivotal role in democracy. It is considered the fourth pillar in democracy because it works as a messenger between government and unheard voices. The press […]
The Sentinel 03 July 2020 GUWAHATI: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has urged the Governor of Assam Professor Jagdish Mukhi not to give assent to the Ordinance approved by the Assam State Cabinet to allow MSMEs to set up industries without any kind of permission or license for three years solely on the […]
