Trump Tariffs and GST Rate Adjustments

TRUMP’s tariff aggression against India will indubitably have a contractionary effect on the Indian economy. Even if Trump reduces tariffs from the 50 per cent he is currently levying, this will only be in exchange for India reducing its tariffs on American goods, especially agricultural goods and dairy products, which would mean larger imports from America and the hence reduced incomes in India.

Another Blow to Novartis and Its Patent Monopolies

THE Swiss multinational Novartis and the Indian Patent Office are in the news again, as is Section 3(d) of India's Patent Act. Under the 3(d) provision, the Patent Office struck down the Novartis patent on Vymada, a heart failure drug, for lacking either novelty or an inventive step. Vymada, internationally marketed as Entresto, is a combination of two drugs: sacubitril and valsartan, and Novartis was claiming that by mixing the two, it created a "supramolecular complex", a claim rejected by the Indian Patent Office.

Resistance Never Dies!

IN his memoir Memory of Forgetfulness, Mahmoud Darwish, the distinguished Palestinian communist poet, recounts a profound conversation with his friend, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a revolutionary poet of renown.

Modi’s False Promises to Bihar

MODI's recent visit to Bihar has further proved his loyalty to building the empire of Adani by sacrificing the interest of the common man and inviting ecological disaster. The transferring of more than a thousand acres of land on one rupee lease, is one of the greatest tragedies that awaits the people of Bhagalpur. Adani has been offered this fertile land where 10 lakhs of green mango trees stand, to build a mega coal based power plant, as a gift to the people of Bihar on the eve of assembly election.

Polavaram Project: Development or Dispossession?

THE Polavaram Project, located on the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, is officially recognised as a “National Project” under the Andhra Pradesh Re-Organisation Act, 2014. Construction began in 2005, with the state and central governments claiming it would bring irrigation, hydropower, and drinking water to millions. On paper, it appears as a grand promise of development. In reality, it has become a stark example of capitalist accumulation at the cost of working people, adivasis, and peasant communities.

CPI(M) Condemns Brutal Repression in Ladakh

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 25, 2025THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the brutal repression unleashed by the union territory administration under the central government against the people of Ladakh.

Kolkata Floods: Ensure Relief and Rehabilitation

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 24, 2025

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) conveys its heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed as a result of electrocution and other accidents consequent to heavy rains in the city of Kolkata.

Condemn US Bullying Tactics

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 21, 2025

CPI(M) Delegation Visits China

A SIX-MEMBER delegation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led by General Secretary M A Baby left for Beijing on September 22. They are visiting China from September 23 to 30, 2025 at the invitation of the International Department of the Communist Party of China.The other members of the delegation are: Mohd. Salim, Jitendra Chaudhury, R Arun Kumar, CPI(M) Polit Bureau members; K Hemalata and C S Sujatha, Central Committee members.The visit of the CPI(M) delegation is part of the Party to Party exchanges between the CPI(M) and the CPC.

The Struggle of Peoples and International Solidarity

A delegation of the CPI(M) comprising Nilotpal Basu, Polit Bureau member, Santanu De and V P Sanu, members of West Bengal and Kerala state committees respectively visited Lebanon on September15, to participate in a seminar organised by the Lebanese Communist Party. Below we publish the text of the speech made by Nilotpal Basu on behalf of the CPI(M), at the seminar.AT the very outset allow me to thank the Lebanese Communist Party for hosting this seminar on “The Struggle of Peoples and International Solidarity”. The timing and the subject could not have been more appropriate.

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