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Centre agrees to examine measures to ensure “constitutional safeguards” for Ladakh 

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Centre agrees to examine measures to ensure “constitutional safeguards” for Ladakh 

Students demand separate statehood for Ladakh and inclusion of the Union Territory (UT) in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has agreed to examine the demand of civil society groups in Ladakh to provide “constitutional safeguards” for the … Read more

Govt may consider introducing legal safeguards for healthcare workers: parliamentary panel

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Govt may consider introducing legal safeguards for healthcare workers: parliamentary panel

‘Healthcare professionals are vulnerable to “violent attacks” by relatives of patients, in cases where patients die during treatment.’ Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi The government may consider introducing appropriate legal safeguards for healthcare workers, who at times face violence from relatives or attendants of patients, a parliamentary panel has said. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs … Read more