Repeal the Anachronistic Sedition Law

Enable GingerCPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 3The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) considers the recommendations of the Law Commission on tweaking the Sedition clause of the Indian Penal Code to be inconsistent with and negating the Supreme Court’s observations.The Supreme Court had stayed the operation of the Sedition Act until the union government takes appropriate legislative steps to remove this anachronistic law from the statute books.The Law Commission, however, appears to have further strengthened the provisions of the Sedition law b

CPI(M) Delegation Visits Bihar Sharif

THE Ram Navmi festival and procession this year was used by the Sangh Parivar in states like Delhi and Madhya Pradesh to instigate violence against the minority community. Madhya Pradesh is a BJP ruled state and the Delhi police is controlled by the home ministry and therefore the violent communal attacks that were carried out were not surprising. What was very shocking, however, was the fact that on Ram Navmi this year, violent attacks on religious structures, shops and businesses owned by Muslims were attacked in Bihar Sharif in the state of Bihar which has a Mahagathbandhan government

Maha: AIKS Storms Palghar Dist Collectorate, Wrests Demands

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×IT was the largest mobilisation of people on the Palghar district collectorate, in the nine years that the new Palghar district was formed after dividing the original Thane district in 2014.On May 30, 2023, over 25,000 peasants led by the AIKS stormed the Palghar district collectorate in Maharashtra.

Centre Imposes Economic Sanction on Kerala

THE central government's decision to reduce the annual public borrowing of the state government is an assault on the state's public finances. According to the prevailing FRBM Act, state governments have the right to borrow up to 3 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) from the market. Additionally, due to the state's compliance with certain electricity sector conditions imposed by the central government, the state is entitled to an additional borrowing of 0.5 per cent of the GSDP.

AIAWU Holds Day-Night Dharnas across Bengal

ON June 1, after months of confronting an administration unwilling to negotiate, agricultural labourers, including women, from different villages sat on dharnas (sit-in protests) outside the offices of the concerned panchayats. The All India Agricultural Workers ' Union (AIAWU) organised the dharna-deputation programme in panchayats across the state on June 1, demanding resumption of 100 days work, payment of arrear wages, release of money for houses to be built under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) and other related issues.

Kerala's Rubber Farmers Unite: Parliament March Planned for Sept 14

ON May 26, 2023, more than 10,000 rubber farmers from all over Kerala, led by the Kerala Karshaka Sangham (AIKS), marched to the Raj Bhawan at Thiruvananthapuram. The rubber farmers' march began from Asan Square near Kerala University and marched up to the Raj Bhawan.AIKS president Ashok Dhawale, general secretary Vijoo Krishnan, Karshaka Sangham general secretary Valsan Panoli, president M Vijayakumar, AIKS vice president SK Preeja, and others marched with the farmers. CITU, AIAWU, AIDWA, SFI, and DYFI also marched in solidarity.

Swiggy Workers on Warpath

SWIGGY, is an Indian online food ordering and delivery platform and a subsidiary of Bundl Technologies of Bengaluru. It was floated in 2014 and currently operates in more than 500 cities in India, and has around 6,000 employees. About 1,100 workers are hired as office and restaurant staff, and the rest as delivery persons.Besides food, the app provides grocery deliveries and a same-day package delivery service.

The Q4 GDP Estimates for 2022-23

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE estimates of India’s Gross Domestic Product for the fourth quarter of 2023 were released on May 31. These show a growth rate of 6.1 per cent over the fourth quarter of the previous year, which is higher than the 4.4 per cent growth that the October-December quarter had recorded over the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

India’s Worst Train Accident in 20 Years: Privileging Vanity over Safety

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE three-train accident involving the Shalimar Coromandel Express, Yashwantpur Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train, is India's biggest train accident in the last 20 years. Confirmed deaths – as of June 7, 2023 – are 288 persons.The accident occurred near Balasore – Bahanaga Bazar Station – when the Coromandel Express from Howrah going towards Chennai crashed into a goods train.

Lessons of the Balasore Train Tragedy

THE horrific train crash on June 2 in Balasore district, Odisha has left the country, indeed the world, shocked. 288 persons were killed and over 1100 injured as one speeding train took a wrong line, crashed into a stationary goods train loaded with iron ore and derailed, causing some coaches of a third speeding train also to derail. Both trains were packed, among others, with migrant workers and families mainly travelling between West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.

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