THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), in a statement issued on May 27, has noted with grave concern that the central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently decided to transfer a record Rs 2.69 lakh crore surplus to the union government for the financial year 2024-25. The RBI took this decision after revising their Economic Capital Framework (ECF) which gave the apex regulator the flexibility for making smooth surplus transfers to the union government.

JEAN-BAPTISTE Say, a French economist who wrote in the late eighteenth century, had formulated a law to the effect that ‘supply creates its own demand’, which meant that there could never be an inadequate demand for the aggregate of goods produced in any economy. His argument was as follows. Whatever is produced generates an equal amount of income among those associated with its production. This income is either consumed or ‘saved’ (i.e., not consumed).

LOW oxygen levels (Hypoxia) can be a problem but surprisingly also beneficial at times. New medical research has revealed that antibiotics, essential to combat bacterial infections, can inadvertently promote potentially lethal fungal overgrowth in the gut due to low oxygen levels. This also highlights the influence of the molecular environment on drug action. Antibiotics disrupt the gut's delicate microbial balance, leading to low oxygen levels and promoting the expansion of disease-causing fungi like Candida albicans.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements                                   Stop the Genocide in Gaza THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its deep anguish at the continuing Israeli aggression on Gaza. It demands an immediate end to Israeli attacks and enforcement of a ceasefire.In April 2025 alone, 2,037 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air and ground attacks. In the last two days, more than 200 Palestinians lost their lives.

ON April 30, Vietnam celebrated the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. The defeat of US imperialism and its retreat from Vietnam on April 30, 1975, marked the end of the 30-year long resilient struggle for independence, freedom, and reunification of Vietnam.