Disappearing Space Between Fringe and Centre

ALL the claims made by Prime minister Narendra Modi on the absence of discrimination based on caste, creed, religion, age or geographic location in India, during his rare interaction with the media in the US were immediately proven wrong.

The Wagner Group versus Russian State Army

PRIVATE military contractors (PMCs), a euphemism for corporate military entities, are back in the news. This time, it is the Wagner Group, a Russian PMC whose leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, staged an apparent armed rebellion against the Russian State. The Russian government had contracted the Wagner Group's services for the war in Ukraine. Prigozhin, known as "Putin's chef" and manager of his online troll army, betrayed his boss and now finds himself abandoned by the Russian State in Belarus.

AP: CPI(M) to Intensify Struggle if the Governments Doesn’t Respond

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×POLAVARAM Poru Keka, the foot march organised by the CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh committee to demand a resolution for the issues faced by the displaced people of the Polavaram project, commenced on June 20th and concluded on July 4th with a maha dharna held in Vijayawada.

Uniformity versus Equal Rights

SOCIAL reform movements for women’s rights have historically fought the uniformity of male privilege and each step forward has been in a specific socio-economic and political context. Admittedly in India, in the 75th year of our independence, the legal framework for women’s rights, though certainly vastly improved, is still ridden with discriminations, biases and cultural prejudice. There is little doubt that much needs to be done.

WB: Left Front Appeals Voters for a People’s Panchayat System

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×AHEAD of the tenth panchayat elections in West Bengal, the Left Front has come out with an appeal to the electorate promising implementation of alternative programmes through the panchayat for the benefit of the people.

The FCI’s Bizarre Logic

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE Karnataka government’s plan to launch its “Anna Bhagya” scheme on July 1 under which it was planning to provide 10 kg of free rice per month to each family below the poverty-line has run into problems because of the Food Corporation of India’s unwillingness to sell any rice to that state.

TN: Conference Held on Protecting Secularism & Constitutional Values

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×A SPECIAL conference aimed at safeguarding secularism and upholding the constitutional values was recently organised by the Tamil Nadu Platform for People's Unity at Royapuram, Arivagam Mandapam in Chennai.

US-India Military Deals in PM’s US Visit

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×TWO major headline-grabbing defence equipment deals, the focus of this article, were signed during the PM’s recent State visit to the US.The US is to sell 31 unmanned armed Reaper MQ-9B drones to India, 15 for the navy and eight each for the army and air force.

Increase in Train Accidents

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×While the Prime Minister Modi, in his usual style, has been flashing the programme of Japan made bullet trains, Vande Bharat Express etc; the Indian Railways has been suffering from lack of safety measures, cut in manpower even in safety operations in both - the installation and maintenance, large scale privatisation and outsourcing of work, and misuse of safety fund.

Smart Electricity Metering Project: A Deceptive Theft

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE Indian power sector has undergone a complex and challenging journey of anti-people, anti-national reforms in recent decades. . The Electricity Act of 2003 was introduced with the aim of reducing government intervention in the regulation of the electricity business, opening doors for potential privatisation.

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