THE CEO of NITI Aayog has asserted that India has emerged as the fourth-largest economy. He was at least truthful enough to concede that this was based on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projections for 2025-26 in its World Economic Outlook. Through further elaborations, we precisely come to know that India’s nominal GDP is projected to increase to USD 4,187.017 billion ahead of Japan’s USD 4,186,431 billion by a whisker. It is altogether...
THE Trump administration has started an unprecedented attack on American higher education. Using federal funds as a tool to seize control of universities and throttle academic freedom, a momentous shift in the US education and research landscape has been created. Mass grant cancellations, vicious budget cuts, and open political meddling in scientific work have been used in this attack. This has...
THE global labour market shows some recovery in real wages after protracted stagnation punctuated by episodes of decline in the aftermath of the pandemic according to a recent ILO report. Even though wages of workers show growth in the last two years, there are important concerns regarding various dimensions of wage inequality that do not show a decline. In fact, globalisation of capital entails a free flow of capital across the world to take...
WE strongly condemn the ongoing genocidal war being waged by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people in Gaza. For over 20 months now, Israel’s relentless bombardment and military aggression have killed more than 55,000 Palestinians – a vast majority of them women and children. Essential...
THE Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) elected in the 24th Congress, met for the first time on June 3-5, 2025 in HKS Surjeet Bhavan, New Delhi. The Central Committee condoled the death of people killed in terrorist attacks, those who lost their lives in the unseasonal floods in the North East and in the stampede in Bengaluru.
LEADERS of five major Left parties in India have jointly written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging an immediate end to the extra-judicial killings being carried out under "Operation Kagar" in Chhattisgarh. The letter, dated May 9, 2025, was signed by M A Baby, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist); D Raja, general secretary of the Communist Party of India; Dipankar Bhattacharya, general...
THERE has been a noticeable increase in media coverage regarding India’s economic position on the global stage. This surge in interest stems from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) releasing updated estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP) for various nations for 2024 alongside projections for the years from 2025 to 2030. According to these forecasts, India’s GDP in 2025 is anticipated to be approximately $4,187.03 billion,...
BURKINA FASO is a small country in the Sahel region of Northwest Africa, with a population of 20.9 million (2.1 crore). It has recently made headlines for defeating an imperialist-sponsored coup against the current government led by Ibrahim Traoré. Just a few years ago, Traoré himself, then an army officer, led a coup that brought down the previous government. To understand the differences between these two...
A MAJOR tragedy that had been waiting to happen in the world of IPL cricket unfolded in Bengaluru on June 4. The victory celebration of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), after winning the IPL finals, was jointly organised by RCB and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. While the stadium has a seating capacity of only 35,000,...
JUST a few days ago, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, while delivering a speech in Balaghat, made a shocking statement: those who say Lal Salaam have no right to live on this earth. It is evident that his aim is to suppress the voices of those who speak out against injustice, oppression, discrimination, and state repression. The...
