The huge travesty that is the Greater Nicobar Project is back in the news cycle because of the visit there by Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi who assailed the Project terming it a scam and a ‘crime against natural and tribal heritage.’ The Union government of course

In the forested plateau of Santhal Pargana in Jharkhand, a vast and violent transformation is underway. Beneath the hills and agricultural lands of this region lie some of eastern India’s most valuable coal reserves. Over the past two decades, mining of these reserves has begun through the development of three adjacent blocks in the Pachwara coal belt, located in the Rajmahal coalfield and spread across the Pakur–Dumka region. These blocks are called Pachwara North, Pachwara Central, and Pachwara South. But this is not just a story of industrial progress.

On the intervening night of May 4 and 5, dozens of police personnel belonging to the Manesar (Gurugram) Crime Investigation Agency of Haryana Police surrounded and laid siege of CITU leaders' homes in Rohtak. They were attempting to arrest the leaders in connection with the workers movement for better wages that had started in early April.  

 A crisis is looming as the war on Iran by the United States and Israel begins to affect all sections of society in Andhra Pradesh.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the cancellation of cargo flights have brought exports to Gulf countries to a halt, severely impacting producers of bananas, mangoes, coconuts, prawns, and poultry.

May Day, the International Workers' Day, is celebrated on May 1, to commemorate the working class struggle for an eight-hour workday, immortalised by the conflicts from the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago. It was established by an international federation in 1889, now recognised globally to promote worker solidarity and rights. On May 1, Chicago witnessed a great outpouring of workers, who laid down tools at the call of the organised labour movement of the city.