Bihar: CPI(M) Fights against Evictions and for Land Rights

THE Nitish-led NDA government has taken one of the most inhuman decisions to deploy bulldozers to demolish the houses in the villages, inhabited by the poor, homeless and landless people. In recent years they have been doing it without much protest in urban areas and now they are moving towards the semi-urban and rural areas as the land prices have reached sky-high.

Youth & Students Protest against Agnipath and Unemployment

AT the call of various Left youth and students' organisations, protests were conducted across the country against the recently announced Agnipath scheme and unemployment in the country. Unemployment in the country is rising day by day while the vacancies in different central government offices have remained vacant for many years. It is at this juncture that the central government announced the Agnipath scheme which shattered the dreams of millions of young people in the country who were undergoing training for years for joining the army.

Why Bihar Youth Are Angry About Agnipath Scheme

SINCE the announcement of the Agnipath scheme for the recruitment of ‘Agniveers’ in the Indian Army for a four-year term, many of the army aspirants are on warpath. They feel betrayed and their hopes lie shattered. Bihar Youth from rich backgrounds generally opt for UPSC and the state public service commission, BPSC. But a large number of rural youth who cannot bear the expenses of higher education opt for police, paramilitary, and military services.

Maha: AIKS Rally Demands Strict Implementation of FRA

ON June 20, 2022, the AIKS Nashik district council held a massive 25,000-strong rally on the divisional commissioner's office at Nashik. Thousands of adivasi peasants had come from all 15 tehsils of the district.

Udaipur Killing: Punish Culprits: Release Teesta, Zubair, Sreekumar

THE horrendous killing in Udaipur has been universally condemned. While the authorities have acted in rounding up those involved, the culprits must receive severe punishment. The growing incendiary atmosphere of hate and violence in the country is dehumanising our society. This spiral of hate must end. The union government ordering the NIA to take over the case should not lead to keeping the fires of hate and violence burning.Fake/false news aimed at rousing communal passions on social media contributes immensely to the growth of poisonous hate and violence spiral.

Destabilising MVA Government

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on June 23, 2022THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the manner in which MLAs belonging to the Shiv Sena have been spirited away to Surat and then to Guwahati, both BJP-ruled states. This has been done by the BJP utilising the State machinery in both states. The central agencies have also been utilised to target ministers and legislators of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government with the aim of destabilising the government. This shameless use of State power is in l

Bulldozer Injustice to ‘Teach a Lesson’

In today’s interpretation of the law in some States, the tempter’s provocation is overlooked and the tempted found guiltySHAKESPEARE, speaking through Angelo in Measure for Measure, asks a pertinent question that resonates even today: “The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?” In the law on sedition, the Supreme Court of India made it clear that the one inciting violence is the guilty person. Ergo, the tempter sins most.

Workshop on Kerala's Development

THE Kerala state conference of the CPI(M) held in Ernakulam in March this year created a landmark by adopting a document outlining the development perspective for a new Kerala.

India urged to Increase Women's Participation

THE 110th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) was held from May 27 to June 11, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland.

In WTO’s Geneva Ministerial Death Trumps Life

THE UNAIDs executive director, Winnie Byanyima had appealed before the 12th WTO Ministerial of WTO in Geneva that the world would face a grim future if patent waivers did not take place. At a press conference, Byanyima had said, "In a pandemic, sharing technology is life or death, and we are choosing death," In the 12th Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which ended on June 17th, the rich countries did precisely that. They blocked almost all possibilities of providing cheap vaccines, anti-virals and diagnostics for the world.

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