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14th Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam and the Tasks of Socialist Construction

The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi concluded with the adoption of a long-term development strategy aimed at positioning the country to navigate an increasingly volatile global environment. The Congress reaffirmed socialist development, mass participation, disciplined reform, and people-centred governance amid global instability.

Shimultala Communal Violence Shows the Naked Face of Barbaric Rule: Chaudhury

With a grim face, she walks back and forth in the courtyard holding on to her mother’s sari. Fear is written all over her face. There is a tense, gloomy look on her face. When asked her name, she replied in a faint, trembling voice — Sania Akhtar. She is six years old and studies in Class One. Before the conversation could even finish, Sania’s mother responded, “Since that day, my daughter can’t sleep at night. She clings to me saying ‘fire, fire.’ When she cries, I cover her mouth so that no one can hear the sound.

CITU Andaman & Nicobar State Conference Resolves To Fight Anti-Working Class Labour Codes

The two-day 10th Andaman & Nicobar State Conference held at Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram) on December 20-21, 2025, decided to join the nation-wide agitation against the four anti-working class labour codes. A resolution in this connection was passed in the Delegate Session of the Conference on 21st December, 2025.     

The Rupture Within the Global North

MARK Carney is not the person you would expect to deliver the message from within the Global North that their conspiracy to rule the world has ended. The Global North, the Collective West, whatever you want to call it, had formed into a decisive military and political bloc after World War II, which effectively ended the divisions within the Global North and gradually brought all its pieces into a line with the United States at its head.

New Rafale Deal: Almost Done, Some Questions

IT has been reported that the Defence Procurement Board headed by the Defence Secretary has approved the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) proposal to acquire 114 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault of France under the Multi Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) tender. The deal now awaits clearance from the Defence Acquisition Council headed by the Defence Minister, and finally from the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by the Prime Minister, which will finally bring the curtains down on one of the most long drawn out defence  acquisitions India has been involved.

In BJP’s Ramrajya of Madhya Pradesh, Poison in the Name of Water

THE spate of deaths due to consumption of contaminated water in Bhagirathpura in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, continues unabated. The death toll has reached 27, with two more deaths reported. News has also emerged from Dr. Ambedkar Nagar -- the headquarters of Mhow tehsil in Indore district -- that jaundice has been spreading rapidly there due to the mixing of the borewell water line with the sewage line. So far, 30 people have fallen ill there. Of them, 24 are children. Ten of them had to be hospitalised.

Republicanism under Severe Attack: Long Live the Republic

FROM Plato’s Republic till today, republicanism has traversed a long journey. It has been enriched at junctures of the French Revolution and its clarion call for liberty, equality and fraternity. The journey has witnessed major ruptures with the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the advent of fascism as orchestrated by Mussolini and Hitler. The idea of republicanism achieved a new life with the defeat of fascism and the unfurling of the red flag atop the Reichstag.

Malda to Lalgarh: Struggles for Democratic Space

The political focus in West Bengal has shifted dramatically during the final week of January 2026. What began as a desperate administrative attempt to disrupt the CPI(M) rally in Malda escalated into a widespread, multi-district display of defiance. From the congested Malda flyovers to the 'martyr's soil' of Lalgarh, the Left Front's actions signal more than just a protest; they represent a solemn declaration of a struggle for democratic space in the lead-up to the forthcoming Assembly elections.

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