Politics, in many ways, is the ultimate determinant of health, had said Dr Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, a couple of years back. In lead up to the 2020 World No Tobacco Day, and before the first virtual World Health Assembly began, a high level virtual meet with several governmen

To

Chief Justice

Supreme Court of India

New Delhi

Subject: - Online writ petition against Governments of Union of India and of all the States / Union Territories

 Hon’ble Sir

I am an Indian citizen and in the interest of prote

President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo have said from many platforms / forums that Corona is a laboratory made virus in Wuhan and China did not do legally expected (as per international laws and norms) to stop Coronavirus - pandemic spreading from Wuhan to the entire world. But Trump has o

Houthis officially “Ansar Allah” dismissed the Saudi led coalition’s truce announcement last month. And accused the coalition of misleading the international community by escalating fighting and mobilizing forces at the same time. But indeed, it was Houthis themselves who mounte

When the world has come to a grinding halt due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and it is majorly the public health services that are on the frontline of the efforts to contain it (with most of the private health industry 'safe distancing' by being shut or busy profit-minti

Mahatma Gandhi's talisman is perhaps the best guiding light to reform the public health system in the wake of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: "I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test- "Recal

In two major democracies (the most powerful the USA and the largest India) tens of millions of people are dependent on day to today earnings. But the ease with which the governments of both the countries have inflicted lock-downs in their countries without giving any thought (much less the prepar

The more I think of the Covid-19 virus the more I become convinced that this infectious agent was created by maniac messiahs to strengthen their lust to control the bodies of the world governments.  Unexpectedly, the maniac messiahs also came under the control of this infectious agent. The a

President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo have said from many platforms / forums that Coronavirus is a laboratory made in Wuhan and China did not do legally expected (as per international laws and norms) to stop Coronavirus - pandemic spreading from Wuhan to the entire world. But so far the T

For years I have focused on the cruel and needless suffering of the Christian Copts of Egypt. Religiously inspired laws and the dictates of a regime governing the Islamic state has always been the enemy of the Egyptian Copts. Long ago a barbaric Islamic army invaded and occupied the Pharaoh&rsquo

To mark International Nurses' Day on May 12, millions of nurses around the world are calling on governments to commit to universal public health. "As we rebuild from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, we must transform the way societies are organised. We must organise our societi

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) should take cognizance (suo-motto or through writ  petition in SCI by some people / organization) of the lock-down matter: -

 (1)- For prosecuting functionaries of governments of India and of Maharashtra & other States under section 304-A I

This refers to the criticism of Supreme Court of India (SCI) by Retired Justice A. P. Shah which is published in an article https://thewire.in/law/lockdown-democracy-rights-india-supreme-court . The immediate cause of his criticism is lockdown (due to Coronavirus pandemic) but Shah has dealt with

Abstract: Stephen Gill, a novelist and poet, blends his sweeps of imagination with longings to attain spiritual bliss through his purity of passion pricking his earthly stay with heavy dosage of realism in his latest collection of poems entitled The Singer of Life. Acclaimed widely as a poet of p

“The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold fear and suffering for older people across the world”, said United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres last week on the launch of the policy brief on older persons and coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “The fatality rate for older pe