Kumbh Tragedy: Sikhs, Muslims Offer Pilgrims Shelter, Food

In a profound display of unity and compassion, Sikhs and Muslims selflessly served by providing food to Kumbh devotees, while Mosques opened up to provide beds and blankets to 25,000 peopleAS the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 began on January 13, 2025 and Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, welcomed millions of devotees who arrived in large numbers to take part in the world’s biggest sacred event and human gathering.

Good Start to 2025 for India in Space

INDIA is having an excellent first month of 2025 as regards space ventures, not only by the traditional state-sector but also by the nascent but growing private sector in space technology.NVS-02 NAVIC SATELLITEAs this piece goes to press, on January 29, 2025 ISRO successfully placed its NVS-02 satellite in geo-stationery transfer orbit (GTO) of around 36,500 km above Earth in its GSLV F15 mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, aboard its larger GSLV (geo-synchronous launch vehicle) rocket.

Left Parties Campaign on Budget: February 14-20

The leaders of the Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc – met on February 3, 2025 and discussed the union budget. They have issued the following statement on February 4.THE Union Budget 2025-26 is a betrayal of the immediate and basic requirements of the people.

Union Budget 2025-26: A Cruel Betrayal of the Indian People

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 1THE Union Budget 2025-26 is a cruel betrayal of the requirements of the people of India. Instead of addressing the root cause of the demand problem being faced by so many sectors of the economy, the lack of purchasing power in the hands of large sections of the population because of mass unemployment and shrinking wages, the Modi government through the budget is seeking to stimulate the economy by giving tax cuts to the small minority with higher incomes even as expenditures are cut.

WB: Utilise Welfare Funds for the Benefit of Construction Workers: CWFI

THE voices of construction workers resonated through the historic Rani Rashmoni Avenue, Kolkata as thousands gathered in a resolute demonstration on January 24, 2025, demanding the rightful utilisation of the Construction Workers’ Welfare Fund.

A Budget of Great Cynicism

NO budget in post-independence India had been as openly cynical about the lives of the vast masses of the working people as the one presented on February 1, 2025. All pundits, from the finance minister downwards, agree that the strategy of the budget is to stimulate the economy by boosting middle class consumption through tax-cuts.

Nuclear Trade: Liability of Foreign Suppliers Must Stay

THE Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has, in her budget speech, announced the government’s intention to amend the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 (CLNDA). The amendment to the Atomic Energy Act is meant to facilitate the entry of the private sector in nuclear energy production, which, in itself, is a bad idea. However, the amendment to the CLNDA is more dangerous as it dilutes the compensation to be given to people affected by a nuclear accident, whether it be in the public sector or private sector.The CLNDA was adopted by Parliament in 2010. A

Draft Political Resolution for 24th Congress (Adopted at the Central Committee meeting held on January 17-19, 2025 at Kolkata)

Introduction0.1 The period since the 23rd Congress was marked by a growing conflict between the forces of the Hindutva-corporate regime, represented by the Modi government and the secular-democratic forces who were opposed to it. The push to impose a reactionary Hindutva agenda and the authoritarian drive to suppress the opposition and democracy displays neo-fascist characteristics. The CPI(M) and the Left parties consistently opposed the communal-corporate policies of the central government.

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