THE recent recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology to create a Media Council to bring in different forms of media under one umbrella body needs to be viewed with caution warn media unions.

All India Coordination Committee of Domestic Workers (CITU) demands a legal framework for the protection and regulation of the rights of domestic workers as per Supreme Court directivesTHE new service for domestic “maids” offered by the Urban Company which “promises” to make available domestic services within 15 minutes for Rs 49 per hour is yet another example of the continuing exploitation and dehumanisation of paid domestic workers in our country.It is well known that such platforms charge a commission from the workers, which successively increases over time, leading to

THE April 20th rally at Brigade Parade Grounds, Kolkata is going to be a response to the growing discontent among West Bengal's working people. Organised by West Bengal units of CITU, AIKS, AIAWU and Paschimbanga Basti Unnayan Samiti (West Bengal Slum Development Association), it aims to unite workers, farmers, agricultural workers, and marginalised people against the policies of both the central BJP government and the state Trinamool Congress-led government.

THE 24th Congress of the CPI(M) is being held at Madurai from April 2 to 6.  This Congress is being held at a time when quick changes are taking place in the international situation after Donald Trump took over the presidency of the United States.  In India, the political situation is marked by the ongoing efforts to reinforce the authoritarian Hindutva-corporate regime under the BJP rule.  The opposition to the Modi government and its pro-Hindutva-corporate policies has been strengthened by the united fight being put up by the working class, peasantry and sections of the working people.In

REJOICE, sisters, rejoice! For yet another barrier is broken! Kirsty Coventry, a woman (have no doubts – she is a woman) has been elected as the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the first time in its 131-year history. No joke, this is. A brief recap of our sisters’ struggles is necessary to understand how she rose to where she is.The ‘father’ of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, had reservations about allowing women to participate in sports. In spite of this, 22 women competed in the 1900 Olympic Games.