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A Dangerous Legislation

THE Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill is, by all counts, a dangerous piece of legislation.  The UAPA Amendment Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha and is now being considered in the Rajya Sabha.Along with the National Investigation Agency Amendment Bill, which has already been adopted by the parliament, these two measures are going to make the laws more draconian in the name of fighting terrorism.  This legislation is an attack on federalism, democratic rights and liberty of citizens.  The amendments to the UAPA are in three areas.Firstly, the director general of the NIA is

Uttar Pradesh: CPI(M) Visits Umbha

THE massacre of 10‘Gond’ tribals in Umbha village in Sonbhadra district of UP is not a spontaneous incident. It reveals the deeply drenched feudal fabric of our system, where the State has helped the influential upper caste against the poor tribals. The CPI(M) team that visited the site of the massacre found this telling tale of the incident.On July 17, Yagyadutt, the panchayat president of the village along with Komal Singh, his relative led a team of 100-armed people and came on 32 tractors.

The Week in Parliament

In Lok Sabha, P R Natarajan took part in the discussion on Union Budget 2019-20 and Demand for Grants, Ministry of Railways. He said Coimbatore to Pollachi rail gauge conversion work was done by the railways more than eight years ago. Even after completion of the work, the southern railway is not operating trains on the route. He requested the government to take steps for immediate restoration of train services, which is a long-pending demand of the people of Coimbatore and Pollachi.

Strongly Condemn This Brutal Killing of Adivasis

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 20THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the brutal killing of ten adivasi landless farmers, including three women by criminal land grabbing mafia in Umbha village, Sonbhadra district,  backed by the Uttar Pradesh government and administration. The adivasis have been tilling the land for the last seven decades but no government gave them the land pattas which was their right.

Virtual Games, History and Economics

VIRTUAL games or all games that are played on computers, consoles, tablets, mobiles and such other devices, are a direct product of the main technology that is at present used in production process. Their origin can be traced to the military driven research and their interconnectedness. Post Second World War global developments, nuclear arms race and the US’ drive to out-pace the Soviet Union played an important role in the technological developments and innovations of this period.

Draft NEP Perpetuates Discrimination

THE draft of the New Education Policy(NEP) is profoundly regressive and overwhelmingly undemocratic. It continues to perpetuate the existing discrimination against the disabled. It fails to invoke a rights-based approach and refuses to break away from the traditional method of viewing disability.Despite ‘access’ being claimed to be a key “guiding principle”, non-availability of the draft in accessible formats, deprives large sections of the disabled an opportunity to go through a crucial document that will be shaping their lives and those of disabled children and adolescents.

Tripura: A Huge Scam in Paddy Procurement?

THE much hyped paddy procurement drive of the BJP led state government is turning out to be a totally fraudulent exercise. While the actual farmers are being deprived, middlemen are eating up the profit. Recently in Khowai subdivision, paddy procurement programme was held. It was widely circulated that the food department will procure paddy directly from the farmers. But farmers found to their astonishment that a number of non-farmers have also received 'Farmer Certificate' from the agriculture department.

60 Years of Cuban Revolution: Together We Can Defeat Imperialism

THE National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba, and the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO), have organised a public meeting on ‘60 Years of Cuban Revolution and the Fight against Imperialism’ in New Delhi on July 24.Pallab Sengupta, general secretary of AIPSO, invited the speakers onto the dais. R Arun Kumar, member of the National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba, chaired the session. He introduced the speakers and spoke about the current political context of the meeting.Aleida Guevara and Fernando González addressed the meeting.

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