Chaos reigns outside a state-run hospital in rural Maharashtra, with families – many from Adivasi communities – seeking beds or grieving a loss in a district ill-equipped to handle COVID19.

A study by Pondicherry University in 16 locations across the city found that the developed commercial hubs were more polluted by harmful microplastics.

The ideological mooring of the union government has led to the systematic dismantling of the public health sector and made way for commoditisation of healthcare.