Shobha Shukla, Bobby Ramakant, Sandeep Pandey | Why did ICMR, knowing very well that it is fundamentally unethical to pre-determine research outcomes and also that it is principally impossible to do a robust clinical trial in 5-6 weeks, try to force researchers to begin and finish research and make a vaccine available for “public health use” by Independence Day?
संदीप पाण्डेय | 1962 के युद्ध के बाद पहली बार भारत-चीन सीमा, जो असल में भारत-तिब्बत सीमा है परन्तु तिब्बत पर 1951 से चीन का कब्जा चला आ रहा है, पर कोई भारतीय सैनिक शहीद हुआ। भारत और चीन के बीच बकायदा लिखित समझौता था कि उनके सैनिक एक-दूसरे पर गोली नहीं चालाएंगे।
Atul and Sandeep Pandey | Akhil Gogoi – a peasant leader and Right to Information activist from Assam has been in jail since December 2019. His crime is that he exercised his fundamental right of speech and expression by protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Sandeep Pandey and Kushagra Kumar | The lackadaisical attitude in our society towards pregnancy, which is important for the health of mother as well as the yet to be born child for his/her remaining life, is obvious from the number of child births which took place on trains while migrant workers were returning home on Shramik special trains during the COVID-19 crisis.
Sandeep Pandey | The purpose of writing such a sensitive letter to CM now, which managed to make it to the public domain is unclear. It is either an expression of frustration with the local multiple forces, including the elected government, realising that the situation is beyond redemption. Else, it could also be a pre-emptive attempt to abdicate responsibility, especially if some untoward incident happens.
Atul and Sandeep Pandey | It is unfortunate that even after India became independent, this draconian law has not only survived in the statutes books but also thrived through frequent misuse. It is high time the government must review it through amendment or repeal it altogether.
Pannalal Surana | For the last six days, very slipshod information is being given out by various members of the government about the incidents of 15th June, near Galwan river in Ladakh. The government should for once tell the nation clearly what exactly happened between the Indian and Chinese patrolling parties.
Gary Frase and Sandeep Pandey | The Covid-19 pandemic has shut down the world, but it has also opened up new channels for festering truths to break free. In the United States, the murder by a policeman of George Floyd in Minneapolis has ignited pent-up anger against widespread racism and hatred of America’s police. In India, last year, a new “citizenship” law unleashed a rash of citizens’ protests, against the law in particular and the Bhartiya Janata Party-led government’s five years in power in general.
Dr Sandeep Pandey, Surabhi Agarwal, Shobha Shukla, Bobby Ramakant | All the people who have had to pay earlier for their return to their homes either on government or private transportation should be given refunds. Likewise, all those who had to pay for COVID-19 testing in private laboratories should be given refunds.
Abhay Jain and Sandeep Pandey | It is time to revisit a largely abandoned theory of boundary dispute resolution: The Condominium. A condominium in international law exists when two or more states exercise joint sovereignty over a territory. More specifically, a condominium exists when “two or more states together exercise joint sovereignty on the same territory, and such sovereignties mutually limit their activities, at least in principle, on the grounds of legal equality.”
