PUBLIC discourse around stalled industrialisation in India, particularly the stagnant share of manufacturing in GDP for the past couple of decades, has hovered around almost a single point agenda -- labour market flexibility. Surprisingly, the studies undertaken by the associations of industrialists and corporates didn’t identify labour issues as the key stumbling block of industrial development.

The sudden and shocking demise of Comrade Sonya Gill on August 25, 2026 at the age of 71 is an immense loss to the women’s movement and the Left movement in Mumbai and Maharashtra. It is a big blow to all those who loved and respected her as a comrade and friend.

A RECENT tripartite discussion on the implementation and future of the Jharkhand Gig Workers Act brought to the surface a fundamental question: who should regulate the rapidly expanding gig economy, and in whose interests should that regulation operate?

Under the guise of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), a massive financial loot is underway surrendering public wealth and the hard-earned savings of ordinary citizens to large corporations. The unbelievable settlement that financial institutions were prepared to grant Subhash Chandra, founder of the Essel/Zee Group and former Rajya Sabha MP, lays bare the true face of this daylight robbery.

SUBHASH CHANDRA’S NEAR-TOTAL HAIRCUT

A 46-year-old worker of the All India Kisan Sabha was allegedly beaten to death by a group of BJP-linked miscreants at Bagber village under Kalyanpur police station in Tripura’s Khowai district, triggering widespread anger and grief in the area.