The Waqf Amendment Act 2025: An Onslaught against Minority

WAQF, an Arabic word, refers to the creation of a property for religious and charitable purposes. When a converted Jew offered a piece of land to Hazrat Mohammad, he advised that the land be donated in the name of Allah as a Waqf. The proceeds from this Waqf were to be used for the benefit of poor Muslim widows, students, or for mosques, madrasas, and orphanages. As a result, lakhs of Waqf properties were established in various countries.

Tripura: Lenin’s Birth Anniversary Observed

COMRADE Lenin’s 155th birth anniversary was observed in the whole state of Tripura on April 22, 2025. On this occasion, a hall meeting was organised by the CPI(M) state committee in Town Hall, Agartala. People in large numbers attended the meeting that was addressed by Manik Sarkar, senior leader of CPI(M), Jitendra Chaudhury, Polit Bureau member and Ratan Das, secretary of West Tripura district committee. The meeting was presided over by senior leader Aghore Debbarma.

Terror on the Campus

INTERNATIONAL students on US campuses are at present a terrified lot: they can be abducted, sent to some detention centre hundreds of miles from where they live, kept there for any length of time, and then deported abroad. And all this can happen to them not because they have violated any known law, but entirely at the whim of the administration.

SKM Supports May 20th General Strike

THE general body meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) was held in New Delhi on April 20, with delegates from across India. The meeting resolved to extend full support to the All India General Strike of workers called by the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) on May 20, 2025. The strike is being organised in opposition to four Labour Codes which are the pro-corporate and the ongoing push for privatisation, among other pressing demands.

TN: Seminar on Reclaiming the City for Toiling Masses

“THE city belongs to the working class, and reclaiming it is our task ahead,” said R Arun Kumar, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M), while delivering the special address at a seminar on ‘Urbanisation from the Marxist Perspective’ organised by the Central Chennai district of the CPI(M) on March 31, on the eve of the 24th Party Congress.He called for a uniting the working-class and middle-classes to build “a beautiful city of our own,” one that guarantees education, health, shelter, and other basic rights for all.

An Inclusive Pope

EVEN while being the supreme head of the Catholic Church, the late Pope Francis stood out as a spiritual leader for the entire world. He was a remarkable personality who took notable stances against the control of the few in the institution of the Catholic Church. However, it cannot be said that such interventions have led to a complete transformation of the Catholic Church as a whole.Within the rigid framework of Catholic doctrine itself, Pope Francis took an extremely courageous stance in support of the human rights of transgender individuals.

Maritime Emissions Agreement: A Big Deal

TWO sectors, namely international aviation and international shipping, each representing around 3 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, have remained outside the purview of international negotiations and treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC, as well as negotiations and emissions control regimes under it, regulate actions by government parties as the only entities that can be held accountable under international treaties.

Encounters with Two Women Revolutionaries in Cuba

I WAS fortunate enough to visit Cuba for the first time between January 28th and February 3rd of this year. An invitation had been received by our Party inviting some members to participate in the 5th International Conference ‘For World Balance’ which was being held for the second time in Cuba. The conference is an initiative of the UNESCO and, in Cuba, it is organised by The José Martí Project for World Solidarity, sponsored by UNESCO, which was created in 2003. The first day of the Conference, January 28th, was Jose Marti’s birthday. Jose Marti is a Cuban revolutionary who is revered

Trump Returning to Iran-US Nuclear Deal After Walking out Seven Years Back?

AFTER a White House meeting between Trump and Netanyahu, Netanyahu said, "We're both united in the goal that Iran does not get nuclear weapons." He added, "If it can be done diplomatically, in a full way, the way it was done in Libya, I think that would be a good thing" (italics mine). The Libyan model is where President Gaddafi surrendered and disarmed and was promptly overthrown and killed by the rebels who were militarily supported by the US, UK and French.

TN: Disabled Persons Hit the Streets

THE response to the call for an uninterrupted siege of the Fort St. George, Chennai, the seat of power of the Tamil Nadu government was unprecedented. Thousands of disabled persons had, braving many obstacles, began their journey from various parts of the state towards the state capital to participate in the siege that was to commence in the morning hours of April 22.

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