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Time For Mass Actions, Political Discourses To Defeat BJP In Lok Sabha Poll
By Binoy Viswam Political observers and strategy framers have begun preparing for the decisive political battle in 2024. With time, they have evolved their strategy in a rather professional cum speculative manner. Their paid and unpaid services have already made inroads in to the political and organizational structures of...
Bring Informal Workforce Under Social Security Cover
By Gyan Pathak Over 60 per cent of the world’s adult population have been facing a threat to their survival. They are about two billions in number. They are informal workers, working chiefly in informal sector. Informal workers working in formal sectors may add millions to this figure. COVID-19...
BJP Trying To Mislead Apex Court About Bengal Violence Narrative
By Arun Srivastava It is heartening to see that the spirit of federalism and nationalism has conjured the two Uttar Pradesh based people, Ranjana Agnihotri, a lawyer, and Jitender Singh, a social worker, both owing allegiance to the BJP, requesting the Supreme Court to impose President’s Rule in Bengal,...
Covid-19 Has Turned Into A 24×7 Obsession With The People In India
By Sushil Kutty These days of covid-19 eyes open and first thing in the morning the search begins with keywords ‘covid’, ‘delta’, ‘cowin’, ‘vaccine’… Oops, there aren’t any free vaccines available even today, daddy. Nope mama, you’re wrong, delta is on a scorched earth binge in some quarters of...
Congress’ Dilemma: How To Be Secular In Majoritarian India?
By Rahil Nora Chopra After Congress lost poorly in the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 and 2019, the party is undergoing intense internal debate on the future of its core ideological plank of secularism, but without alienating the majority community, or appearing to be overtly pro-minority. While senior Congress...
CAA Again: One More Central Notification Violates Constitution
By Rashmi Singh The doctrine of colourable legislation, also known as a fraud on the Constitution, is based on the Latin maxim, “Quando aliquid prohibetur ex directo, prohibetur et per obliquum,” which means you cannot do indirectly what you cannot do directly. The notification issued by the Government on...
Communist Jadue Emerges As Front Runner In Chilean Presidential Race
By Satyaki Chakraborty Chilean Communist Party candidate Daniel Jadue has emerged as the front-runner ahead of November’s presidential elections, with a number of opinion polls predicting he could sweep to power. If that happens, that will be the beginning a new chapter in the polity of the region after...
Modi-Shah Duo Are Going Ahead With Their Game Plan On Jammu & Kashmir
By Prakash Karat The Modi-Shah duo are determined to fulfil their quest to change the essential character of J&K based on their Hindutva convictions. The meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of 14 political parties of Jammu and Kashmir was seen as an unusual step. After August 5,...
Chinese Communist Party Is 100 With Comrade Xi Jinping At The Helm
By Sankar Ray Speaking at the inaugural session of the centenary celebrations of the Communist Party of China at Tian’anmen Square before the giant portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing, capital of the Peoples’ Republic of China, the President of PRC, Comrade Xi Jinping, who is also the general...
Chinese Communist Party Is At Crossroads In Its Centenary Year
By Anjan Roy Is there a single ghostly reason why we in India should bother about the centenary celebrations of the ruling party of a neighbouring country? Yes, every possible one, when the country is China. Studying China is of greatest importance in the present day world, even more...
Supreme Court Has Exposed The Anti- Migrant Character Of Modi Regime
By Arun Srivastava Coronavirus has done at least one great service to the people of the country. It has enabled the poor to invent that they are unwanted creatures in the New India of Narendra Modi and in fact it is the home for the rich and affluent people...
Rohingyas Not Optimistic About Going Back To Myanmar Despite Offer
By Ashis Biswas In normal circumstances, the recent announcement by the new National Unity Government (NUG) in Myanmar that the displaced Rohingyas will be accepted as Burmese citizens once the army rule ends, would have been the best news in years for the world’s most harried, persecuted community. As...
Allege Secret U.S. Plan To Overthrow Ortega Govt
By Satyaki Chakraborty United States President Joe Biden has earned the appreciation of the progressives in America for his pro-people package in the domestic sector but in the area of foreign policy, no change has taken place in respect of Latin America. Despite presence of vocal left like Bernie...
Communist Party Of China Faces New Challenges As It Steps Into 100
By Callum Wilson On July 1st of this year, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has turned 100 years old. Many living in the United States might scratch their heads and wonder how the CPC managed to not only survive but thrive after the dissolution of the USSR and...
SC Makes Another Decisive Intervention To Bring Relief To People
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court has once again taken a proactive step to bring succour to the disadvantaged people by declaring that the dependents of those who lost their lives due to Covid pandemic are entitled to receive compensation from the government just like victims of other natural...
Centre’s Apathy On Migrant Workers “Unpardonable”
By Gyan Pathak The Centre’s “apathy and lackadaisical attitude” on extending welfare measures to migrant workers have now been noted even by the Supreme Court of India, which termed it “unpardonable”, and then passed an order that the very instrument – the National Database for Unorganised Workers (NDUW) –...
Govt Failure To Counter Prashant Bhushan Will Hit Vaccinations
By Sushil Kutty Anti-vaxer Prashant Bhushan and the gang arrested in Gujarat while spreading vaccine disaffection in the streets are among those who believe that vaccines are “spike protein bioweapons” and “those dying from Covid are who have been vaccinated”, and that vaccines “don’t really work.” Ergo “natural immunity”...
Opposition Alleges Misuse Of Power For UP Zila Panchayat Polls
By Pradeep kapoor LUCKNOW: Opposition parties have accused ruling BJP of misusing the official machinery to capture maximum number of zila panchayats. BJP has already won zila panchayat presidents in 21 districts unopposed while there would be direct fight between BJP and Samajwadi Party in 53 districts on July...
