Big Data and Capital’s Control over Consumption

THE critical need of self-valorisation of capital is not only expanding production of values but also an equally expanding realm of circulation that realises produced values through consumption. As capitalism grows, this expanding production and consumption is related to not only expanding the consumption of what may be called ‘luxuries’ but also creating greater needs which are increasingly included in necessaries. This is in any case a dynamic process.

BSNL’s Revival: Tall Claims and Bitter Truths

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×ON the one side, the government is making tall claims about the revival of BSNL. However, on the other side, this public sector telecommunications company is sinking deeper into the crisis than ever before. Tens of lakhs of customers are deserting BSNL every month and are migrating to Jio and Airtel.As per the data released by the TRAI, 22,20,654 customers have left BSNL in August, 2023.

Tripura: BJP’s ‘Sushashan’ Turns Out To Be Notorious ‘Dushashan’

THE inaugural session of the Tripura assembly for the current year commenced with the governor's speech on January 5 and extended until January 11, 2024. While some less critical matters were on the agenda, the primary focus was on the presentation and adoption of the governor's speech.

AP: Anganwadi Workers and Helpers End over a Month-long Successful Strike

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE historic 42-day strike of anganwadi workers and helpers in Andhra Pradesh concluded successfully, as the state government accepted 11 out of the 13 demands raised by the striking workers.

UP Govt Inflicts Further Injustice In Hathras Case

"We are prisoners while the accused are free," said Satinder Kumar, eldest brother of the Hathras victim, to CPI(M) Polit Bureau members Brinda Karat and Subhashini Ali who travelled to their village on January 17, to inquire about their well-being.The Uttar Pradesh government has refused to appeal against the shocking judgement which exonerated three of the accused and found the fourth guilty only of “man slaughter” and not of gangrape and murder.The victim's family, under constant threat has been provided security but as a result they cannot move without it and so, as a result, both broth

Comrade Keshab Majumder

COMRADE Keshab Majumder, a distinguished academician, CPI(M) leader, former state committee member, and three-term minister in the Left Front government, breathed his last on January 11, 2024. Battling various ailments due to old age, he succumbed at the age of 88 after several years of illness.Born in 1936 in the Burdwan district of West Bengal, Comrade Majumder, after completing his academic journey, became associated with Left and democratic movements in West Bengal. In 1958, he joined the Communist Party of India (CPI) in West Bengal.

The Theoretical Significance of Lenin’s Imperialism

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE significance of Lenin’s Imperialism lay in the fact that it totally revolutionised the perception of the revolution.

Lenin – A Brief Life Sketch

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×April 22, 1870: ·Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, Lenin, in the Russian city of Simbirsk.May 20, 1887: ·Alexander Ulyanov, Lenin's brother, hanged in St. Petersburg.

CITU Denounces Govt Move to Facilitate Sending Indian Workers to Israel

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on January 15, has strongly condemned the union government's initiative to provide Indian workers to Israel, a country that has unleashed inhuman, barbaric, and genocidal war on Palestine. CITU urges the government to rescind the agreement entered into with Israel for the provision of Indian workers.CITU appeals to Indian workers, cautioning them against falling prey to the abetment of the BJP-led governments at the centre and states, for going for jobs in Israel.

Chip Wars: Breaking the Siege

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE chip wars launched by the United States and its allies against China show no signs of abating and have escalated further in 2023 with indications of more to come. These wars are, in effect, a siege on China’s technological progress and economy.

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