Two books that reflect life In Mumbai
Former police officer Madhukar Zende’s ‘Mumbai’s Most Wanted’ and journalist Anil Singh’s ‘The Fault with Reality’ reveal life under the surface of the city.

Anil Singh’s collection of his articles is a veritable judgment on the quality of governance by successive governments.  he delves also on the city’s vanishing trees, pavements and the quality of its roads, encroachment on wetlands which leads to flooding during heavy rains. 

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Another man has been beaten up in Maharashtra by MNS workers for not speaking in Marathi and saying, “I will not speak in the language. What will you do?”.

A video which has gone viral shows a man confronting a worker at a public toilet in a bus stop in Nanded, alleging that women were being charged Rs 5 to use the facilities.

Why India-UK FTA may push medicines out of ordinary Indians’ reach https://thefederal.com/category/business/why-india-uk-fta-may-push-medicines-out-of-ordinary-indians-reach-198364 

India is set to sign an FTA with the UK on July 24; most details are public except the IPR chapter, The IPR chapter may include provisions like evergreening of patents, extended patent terms, and data exclusivity, potentially raising medicine costs and limiting access for ordinary Indians.

Big Pharma advantage: Leaked drafts suggest the deal could weaken safeguards, block public objections to patents, and protect pharmaceutical monopolies far beyond global norms (TRIPS), benefitting multinational drug companies.