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Haryana Sugarcane Farmers on Struggle

THE All India Sugarcane Farmers Federation affiliated to the All India Kisan Sabha, in a statement issued on January 20, has strongly supported the struggle of Haryana sugarcane farmers who have stopped supplying sugarcane to sugar mills from January 20 demanding increase of sugarcane price from the present Rs 362 per quintal to Rs 450 per quintal. This increase is required because of a sharp rise in the cost of production and based on the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission.

Joshimath Brings the Plight of Mountains to the Fore

JOSHIMATH, the historical town in the border district of Chamoli in Uttarakhand, is the gateway to the world-famous snow sports destination Auli, supreme abodes of faith Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib, and the Valley of Flowers, which draw lakhs of pilgrims and tourists from the country and abroad every year. Years ago, Gaura Devi started the Chipko Movement to protect the environment from Raini village near this town. Asia’s longest ropeway passes over this town.The winter seat (residence) of Badrinath, the sacred pilgrimage centre of Hindus, is also here in the Narasimha temple.

The appeal of Jyoti Basu is Still Relevant Today’ Panel discussion at JBCSSR

“WE sent out a call to the people: ‘Wake up the village and drive away the thieves.' People have started waking up to the truth about how they've been deceived and manipulated. Now no kavach (amour) will work. The thieves have to face the consequences. We and our people face the challenge of rebuilding the society and economy of a shattered state. We will strive to build a New Bengal. And for this purpose, the unity of the people should be kept strong.

Transport Workers Sangharsh Jatha

TRANSPORT Workers Sangharsh Jatha was held in Telangana from January 3-11. There was a huge response to the jatha programme. Jatha was organised to know the problems faced by the transport workers at grassroots level, and also toorganise and unite them and build struggles.Jatha was led by S Veeraiah and P Srikanth, president and general secretary of Telangana Public and Private Road Transport Workers Federation, respectively.

The Abuse of the Concept of “Populism”

ALL regimes based on class antagonism require a discourse to legitimise class oppression and this discourse in turn requires a vocabulary of its own. The neoliberal regime too has developed its own discourse and vocabulary and a key concept in this vocabulary is “populism”. This concept is given great currency by the media, which is peopled by members drawn from the upper middle class who have been major beneficiaries of the neo-liberal regime and have therefore developed a vested interest in its continuation.

Desh Sewak lauded for its fearless journalism

A FUNCTION to celebrate the 27th Foundation Day of the Punjabi Daily Desh Sewak was organized today at Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna Bhawan, Chandigarh. Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, CPI(M) Central Committee Member and prominent leader of Jammu & Kashmir, while addressing the large gathering, said that Desh Sewak, which used to be published from Jalandhar in the 1920s was forced to shut down by the British government.

Shocking Inequality: Richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 70 crore Indians

JUST 5 per cent of Indians own more than 60 per cent of the country’s wealth while the bottom 50 per cent of India’s population possess only three per cent of the wealth. From 2012 to 2021, 40 per cent of the wealth created in India has gone to just one per cent of the population and only a mere 3 per cent of the wealth has gone to the bottom 50 per cent.

Third NPRD Conference: Strengthen Fight for Rights

THE third conference of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has given a clarion call for sustained struggles amongst others on the issue of social security and earnest implementation of various provisions regarding the same as mandated in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016; expanding its reach to all states and making the NPRD a truly representative platform of various disabilities.Held at Hyderabad on December 27-28, 2022 in the premises of the St.

Joshimath Sinking a Disaster Foretold

JOSHIMATH'S sinking recently was a disaster waiting to happen. Although cracks started appearing in buildings in late 2021, they have widened alarmingly, and new cracks appeared in more than 800 houses and roads a year later. According to images released by the National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Joshimath has witnessed a rapid subsidence of nearly 5.4 cm in 12 days—between December 27, 2022, and January 7, 2023. The ISRO report also stated that a subsidence of nearly 9 cm was recorded in April-November 2022.

Green Energy Plan for Indian Capital but not for its People

THE recent announcement of the union government of a Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 19,794 crore) National Green Hydrogen Mission has created two kinds of questions. The most common reaction is what is green hydrogen? And do we have a plan for a green hydrogen path for which Rs 20,000 crore is being earmarked?Let us get one fact straight: all shades of hydrogen—green, blue, or grey—are only on how hydrogen is produced, not the colour of the gas. Regardless of how hydrogen is generated, it remains the same colourless, odourless gas.

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