Below we publish reports from various states on the observance of the hundred years of our Party formation.TRIPURAThe centenary of formation of the Communist Party of India was observed across Tripura on October 17. In the morning, red flags were hoisted in all Party offices. In most of the sub-divisional headquarters, hall meetings were organised adhering to Covid-19 restrictions.

WEALTH distribution data are notoriously difficult to interpret. This is because variations in stock prices affect wealth distribution, so that a stock market boom suddenly makes the rich appear much richer, while a stock market collapse makes wealth distribution less unequal overnight.

The All India Democratic Women’s Association, National Federation of Indian Women, All India Progressive Women’s Association, Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan, All India Mahila Sanskritik Sangathan and All India Agragami Mahila Samiti, have issued the following statement on October 21.ALL organisations and activists working to preserve our right to life, livelihood, democratic rights and a violence free life are extremely concerned at the way the inquiry in the Hathras rape and murder of the dalit girl is being compromised.

THE forthcoming Malabar exercises in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal in November will feature all the four countries of the quadrilateral grouping (Quad) – the United States, India, Japan and Australia. The Malabar exercises had begun as joint exercises of the Indian and US navies in the early 1990s. In recent years, it has become trilateral with Japanese participation.Only once in 2007, did Australia and Singapore join the Malabar exercises in the Bay of Bengal.