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 ground was filled to the brim in no time.  The marches were punctuated by thousands of young DYFI supporters enthusiastically chanting slogans such as “We shall fight, we shall

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.

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.

ARGENTINA’S new president Javier Milei proposes to use US dollars as the currency of his country, while abolishing its central bank altogether. What is involved in this proposal is not just maintaining a fixed exchange rate between the dollar and the domestic currency, but an abolition of the domestic currency altogether.

THOMAS Isaac, the former finance minister of Kerala and a distinguished economist, asserted that the Left government in Kerala has successfully elevated the standard of living for its ordinary citizens beyond that of any other state in India. He made these remarks during the 29th foundation day ceremony of the Punjabi Daily Desh Sewak at Bhakna Bhawan in Chandigarh on January 1.