IN the season of summits, one summit went unnoticed. It is the G-77 Summit organised in Havana, Cuba. G-77 as a group was founded in 1964, by 77 non-aligned nations. India is one of the founding members of this group. Currently the group has 134 developing countries as members and after the UN, it is the largest representative forum of the global south. The black-out of all news of such an important group clearly establishes the elitist bias.

THE long-awaited passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill after a long wait of 27 years has not been an occasion for rejoicing as it should have been.  For all these years, successive governments have done all they could to kill it and consign it to oblivion and it is only the Left parties and sections of the women’s movement, including AIDWA, who have consistently struggled, campaigned and fought to keep it alive. The sad truth is that while the bill has been passed, its implementation is being postponed beyond the next general election on extremely questionable grounds.  The draft bill sta

WHILE the Modi government is currently focused on promoting its self-proclaimed and highly praised role as a leader in the transition towards non-fossil fuel energy, even highlighting the project roadmap of the G-20 New Delhi declaration, a peculiar inconsistency and contradiction within the administration of the Modi government is becoming increasingly evident.

AS one of the outcomes of the recently concluded G20 Summit in New Delhi, a new Biofuels Alliance was announced, with India, Brazil, the US and other countries taking the lead towards a programme of action aiming to increase the uptake of sustainable biofuels especially in the transport sector.  Here in India, much has been made of this initiative as another triumph showcasing the growing global leadership of the present government, and also as a step towards a big push to India’s already sizeable and ambitious biofuels programme.  The impression is that this new global alliance would work

Below we publish the statement issued by the All India Democratic Women's Association, All India Mahila Sanskritik Sangathan and All India Progressive Women's Association, on September 19.AS per the news in the media, the union cabinet cleared the proposed legislation to ensure 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It has also been placed before the Lok Sabha for discussion during the ongoing special session of parliament.The bill guarantees a 33 per cent quota for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.