Onto 2024 Parliamentary Elections: Central Trade Unions and Kisan Morcha Line Up Action Programmes

THE joint platform consisting of 10 Central Trade Unions (excluding the RSS-affiliated BMS), 42 National Industrial Federations/Associations, and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) representing over 200 kisan organisations, has outlined a series of action programmes with the objective of challenging the pro-corporate and pro-communal divisive policies of the Modi-led BJP government at the centre.

A Redeeming Verdict

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×IT was a judgment that was eagerly awaited by many who saw it as a litmus test of whether the diminishing flames of hope in the judiciary’s ability to deliver justice would be snuffed out or would burn brighter. These hopes had been considerably diminished on August 15, 2022 when they saw 11 perpetrators of heinous crimes against humanity being garlanded and feted as ‘sanskari brahmins’ when they left jail as free men g

Israel’s War on Palestine and the Global Upsurge against It

HUNDREDS of millions of people, across the world, have been deeply moved by the atrocity of the Israeli war on Palestine. Millions have attended marches and protests, many of them participating in such manifestations for the first time in their lives. Social media, in almost all the world’s languages, is saturated with memes and posts about this or that terrible action.

Attempts to Poison and Choke the Indian Science Congress

OVER the decade rather successfully the current government and the Sangh Parivar have poisoned the more than 100 year old Indian Science Congress (ISC) by injecting controversies deliberately since 2014. As a last blow and an attempt to strangle the ISC, the Modi government’s Department of Science and Technology cancelled the funding for ISC which was to have been held in January 2024.As an economist puts it in the larger perspective “The commitment to promoting scientific temper, self reliance in S & T, and spread of science education was relatively strong in the first three decades f

Private Investment Slump: Plummeting New Projects

ADVANCED economies had been worst hit by the financial crisis when real GDP fell in 34 out of 37 advanced economies of the world. The growth rate recovery was slow and it took about three to five years for most of these countries to get back to their pre-crisis levels. Some argue that western capitalism has entered into a phase of secular stagnation characterised by low private investment and declining productivity. Capitalism is a system driven by investments mobilised by capitalists in view of future expectation of profits.

WB: DYFI Brigade Rally Gears Up for Booth Level Outreach

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×PUTTING all apprehensions of the mainstream media to rest, the Brigade Parade Ground rally organised by DYFI West Bengal state committee on January 7, recorded an outstanding turnout with the presence of thousands and thousands of vibrant students and youth who had come from different parts of the state adding a special dimension. At about noon, marches from various corners of the city gathered together and the vast grou

Withdraw ESMA on Anganwadi Workers in AP: AIFAWH

THE All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH), in a statement issued on January 9, has vehemently condemned the imposition of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) on striking anganwadi workers and helpers by the Andhra Pradesh state government.

All India Lawyers Union Holds National Conference

THE 14th national conference of the All India Lawyers Union (AILU) took place at Ashok Bakshi Manch (Sarat Sadan) in Naranarayan Gooptu Nagar (Howrah), West Bengal, from December 28-30, 2023. The conference centered around the theme "Fight communalism, save constitution, and save democracy."On the morning of the 28th, Rabilal Moitra, vice president of AILU and former law minister of West Bengal, hoisted the flag, marking the commencement of the conference proceedings.

Welcome Judgement on Bilkis Bano Case: AIDWA

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×AIDWA, in a statement issued on January 8, has welcomed the supreme court judgement which quashes the Gujarat government’s decision to allow premature release of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape which had happened during the Gujarat riots of 2002.

The Question of Pensions

WE observe a strange phenomenon everyday, so strange that its strangeness goes generally unnoticed. Government spokespersons from the prime minister downwards go on repeating ad nauseam that India is the most rapidly growing major economy in the world today, that it will soon become a 5 trillion dollar economy, and that it has overtaken China in terms of the growth rate of the gross domestic product.

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