India
Trump declares COVID-19 vaccine war, but can he hold the world hostage?
May 28, 2020The U.S. and Britain were the only holdouts on the declaration that COVID-19 vaccines should be a public good, and not under exclusive patent rights.
Read moreIndia: Right wing uses COVID-19 to implement 12-hour workday, 72-hour week
May 15, 2020The right-wing BJP party is taking advantage of the crisis to sweep away all kinds of labor legislation.
Read moreIndia’s Communist-governed Kerala state is beating COVID-19
April 24, 2020Kerala invests more money in health than anywhere else in India and has one of the highest literacy rates in the country, making it easier to disseminate public information.
Read moreOnly good news allowed—India’s independent media fights government’s COVID-19 censorship
April 15, 2020The government got the Supreme Court to order all media to “publish the official version” of the health crisis, which, in practice, has meant feel-good stories.
Read moreIndian communists launch emergency appeal after anti-Muslim pogroms
March 2, 2020The Solidarity Relief Committee will ensure that relief work “is not communalized and is secular in its reach,” aiming to provide assistance to all regardless of religious beliefs, the CPI-M said.
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