ECI: Alarming Development

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 10THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is alarmed by the sudden development within the Election Commission of India.One of the election commissioners, who had three years remaining before retirement, has resigned, and the resignation has been formally accepted.

India’s MIRV Missile: Double-Edged Gain

ON March 11, 2024 India successfully conducted its first test of a new Agni-V missile with Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, together termed the “Divyastra (celestial weapon) Mission.” To those unfamiliar with the arcane world and terminology of nuclear weapons and missiles for their delivery, a MIRV missile carries on a single rocket several warheads, each of which can be programmed to travel in different directions at varying speeds to strike at multiple targets several hundreds of kilometers apart.

Haryana: CPI(M)-CPI Rally Calls for Defeating BJP

ON March 9, a joint rally named as ‘Badlav Sandesh Rally’ was organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India at HUDA Ground in Jind, Haryana. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI national secretary Amarjeet Kaur addressed the rally among others.At the rally, leaders of both Communist parties, Sitaram Yechury and Amarjeet Kaur, launched a scathing critique against the BJP.

Election-Eve Manoeuvres

THREE developments have taken place in the last week, on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections – one is positive and the other two are negative. The first issue is the Supreme Court’s order directing the State Bank of India to submit to the Election Commission by March 12 the details of electoral bonds and asking the Election Commission to put it up on their website by March 15. This order comes in the wake of SBI’s appeal for a time of four months till June 30 to submit all the details about the bonds.The Supreme Court has firmly rejected this appeal and finally the people will come to know

Capitalist Trap for Scientific Advances

THERE is a paradox at the core of the efflorescence of science that has occurred over the last millennium. In essence this efflorescence has the potential to increase human freedom immensely. It increases the capacity of man within the man-nature dialectic; scientific practice aims to go beyond the “given” not just in a once-for-all sense but as a perpetual movement through incessant self-questioning, so that this practice is potentially a collective act of liberation.

Assam: CAA is Unconstitutional, Communal and Violates Assam Accord

Below we publish the statement issued by CPI(M) Assam state committee on March 13

Ten Years that Crippled the Independent Media

“Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe”------- Shakespeare.INDEED, it is doubly so today, for the bulk of journalists in India, on the eve of what is billed to be the costliest democratic election seen in India, with a new era of hop step and jump defections gaining momentum. This is part of the general picture, of a vicious attack on democracy where one can also see the independent and critical press receiving its worst battering in recent years as the last ten years indicate.

AP: Protests Held at SBI Branches Demanding Disclosure of Electoral Bonds

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded immediate disclosure of information regarding electoral bonds, as ordered by the Supreme Court. Protests were organised at SBI branches throughout Andhra Pradesh on March 11, in response to the Party's call. During the protest at the SBI main branch in Vijayawada, Party state secretary, V Srinivasa Rao, accused the ruling BJP of conducting politics with black money obtained from major corporations. He ridiculed the saffron party that talks about honesty while receiving kickbacks from corporate entities in the form of electoral bonds.

No India-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Without Consultation with States: AIKS

THE Narendra Modi led BJP government is said to be on the verge of concluding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association comprising of four rich developed European nations namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. The earlier Congress-led UPA government and the present BJP-led NDA government have carried on secret negotiations since January, 2008 to conclude the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA).

Maha: Cotton and Soyabean Farmers’ State Convention

THE AIKS Maharashtra state committee organised cotton and soyabean farmers' state convention at Majalgaon in Beed district, in the Marathwada region on March 7, 2024.

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