An agitation against coal pollution in Odisha gathers steam: Villagers near a Mahanadi Coalfields Limited mine in Odisha have been suffering from coal pollution for more than a decade; In January 2021, the villagers launched a “do or die” agitation which is still continuing even as the local administration has cracked down on them

Government support of misinformation: The central IT ministry comes to the rescue of BJP spokespersons on Twitter, after Twitter marks their post as ‘manipulated’; BJP had shared misinformation using a forged letterhead about Congress on their Covid response efforts; Congress files FIRs against BJP leaders

If Covid doesn’t get you, the bureaucracy will: Uttar Pradesh government outlines nine steps to get an injection to treat black fungus; this involves getting signatures from multiple bureaucrats in Lucknow

‘If there’s hell…it’s here’ — Covid overwhelms Bihar’s mainstay hospital, as cases explode in rural areas; Misinformation about Covid prevails in rural Haryana: ‘Monstrous 5G tower’, ‘killer’ vaccines — Haryana village doesn’t think Covid is causing deaths

Over 86% of corporate bankruptcy cases pending in tribunals have breached the 270-day timeframe for finding a resolution, owing to prolonged litigation by shareholders and potential investors