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We are democratic forces from various regions of Myanmar fighting against the Myanmar junta who have been killing civilians at will following an attempted coup.

Increasing the price of essential medicines by 12.1% is a retrograde step which will add to the out of pocket expenditure and put burden on the patients who will now have to shelve more money to buy the drugs. Dr Arun Mitra, President Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) has said that they had submitted a memorandum to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) in October 2022 demanding streamlining the prices of drugs.

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) threw a veritable grenade at MGNREGA on 30 January 2023, when it made the Aadhaar-based Payment System (ABPS) compulsory for MGNREGA wage payments from 1 February

The PUCL welcomes the judgment of Justice Pankaj Bhandari and Sameer Jain of the Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur bench, in the Jaipur bomb blast cases. On May 13, 2008, nine synchronous blasts occurred in the state capital in a span of 15 minutes. The judgment delivered today, 29th March, 2023, dealt with 28 cases including four death sentences earlier ordered by a trial court that convicted these men. The High Court acquitted all accused and rejected the death penalty and other punishments given by the special court (bomb blast) to the four: Saifur Rehman, Mohammed Saif, Mohammed Salman and Mohammed Sarwar. The court also rejected the prosecution

Vivan Sundaram, a prominent artist in India and the founding Trustee of SAHMAT passed away on March 28, 2023