Withdraw Anti-Women Decision by Indian Bank: AIDWA

ALL India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) in a press note issued on June 15 strongly condemned the decision of the Indian Bank not to appoint selected women candidates who are six or more months pregnant. AIDWA said: “This anti-women decision by the Indian Bank is similar to the one taken by the State Bank of India some months ago. The SBI had to withdraw their decision due to huge protests from various quarters.”

Maha: AIDWA Hold a Successful State Conference

12TH MAHARASHTRA state conference of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) was held on June 3-5, at Kamal Wanle Nagar, Usha Datar Hall, Jyoti Mhatre-Lakshmibai Vashi Manch in Satara district. A total of 280 delegates from 18 districts, representing 1,07,478 women members in the state, attended the conference.

INAUGURAL SESSION

17th All India Peoples Science Congress

THE normally bi-annual AIPSC, postponed by two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was held in Bhopal on June 6-9, 2022. The delegate strength had also been reduced, as a measure of abundant caution with respect to the pandemic, from the usual 500-550 to around 350 delegates from all the 37 member organisations of the All India Peoples Science Network (AIPSN), apart from many observers and invited resource persons.

Paschimbanga Rajya Pratibandhi Sammilani Resolves to Intensify Struggles

THE ninth conference of Paschimbanga Rajya Pratibandhi Sammilani, an affiliate of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled, was held in Krishnanagar, Nadia, on June 11-12, 2022.

The conference was attended by 650 delegates, including 125 women from 22 districts.

Representing a membership of one lakh fifty-three thousand, the conference kicked off with a huge procession where more than 6,000 people turned up braving the sweltering heat.

Dilution of Professional Character of the Military

IT has been almost six months since the tragic death of India’s first chief of defence staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, in a helicopter crash along with 13 others including his wife, his staff, protection party, and the aircrew.

Causes of Global Food Crisis and Lessons to Learn

THE world has been facing a food crisis of a magnitude that has not been seen for many decades. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that "the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support continues to grow at an alarming rate".

TN: Demonstration in Chennai against Attacks on Minorities

THE Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare Association organised a massive demonstration at the Valluvar Kottam in Chennai on June 6 to protest against the attacks on minorities, their properties and livelihood across the country.

The Indian Economy is Heading for a Stationary State

ADAM Smith and David Ricardo had been haunted by the idea of capitalism ending up in a “stationary state”, by which they meant a stable state of zero growth. Marx used the term “simple reproduction” to describe such a state, where there is no net addition to production capacity and the economy just reproduces itself at the same level period after period. The Indian economy appears headed for such a state.The Modi government’s propaganda machine, as usual, is working overtime to paint a rosy picture of the economy; but the reality is the very opposite.

National Convention of Textile Mill And Power Loom Sector Workers

THE Indian Textile Industry is one of the oldest industries in our economy dating back several centuries. It is still the second largest employer after agriculture, providing employment to over 4.5 crore people directly and 6 crore people indirectly.

Telangana: The Struggle for House Sites

IT is usually said that everyone is equal before the law. But reality teaches us something else. In practice we find that law is not equal for the big and the mighty and the poor and vulnerable. If big people occupy government lands, the government tries to regularise them by bringing special government orders. But if poor people demand 30 yards of land, they are branded as encroachers and their houses are razed to ground with bulldozers and their houses are set on fire to create fear.

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