Kolkata Declaration: Scientific Temper in the Current Context

A Statement on Scientific Temper was drafted through an iterative process involving leading scientists and social scientists at the initiative of the All India Peoples Science Network. The following is an edited version of the Declaration signed by around 200 Scientists adopted at a Convention on Scientific Temper held at Kolkata on 28 February 2024.

Bihar: Massive Rally at Gandhi Maidan Calls for Defeating BJP, Defending Country's Constitution and Secular Fabric

ON March 3, from the early hours, large number of people made their way to Gandhi Maidan in Patna, proudly waving red, green, and tricolour flags while chanting the slogan BJP Bhagao-Desh Bachao repeatedly. Peasants and workers, under the banners of CPI(M), CPI, and CPI(ML), had already started gathering at the Maidan from the evening of March 2nd. Not even the unexpected rain during the night could dampen the spirits of the participants.

SBI Must Comply With Court Order

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 7, 2024

THE State Bank of India has failed to provide all the details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission by March 6 as directed by the Supreme Court in its judgment that declared electoral bonds as unconstitutional. The judgment provided three weeks time to the SBI to furnish this information.

Condemn Massacre by Israeli Army

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 1THE Polit Bureau expresses its shock and condemnation of the killing of 112 Palestinians and many more injured due to firing by Israeli troops in Gaza city. This massacre was perpetrated on starving people who had collected to get food from aid trucks which had entered the area. The genocidal attack on Gaza by Israel has led to more than 30,000 deaths of Palestinians so far. It is highly regrettable that the government of India has not spoken out when such massacres occur. The Modi government shoul

Tripura: A Deceptive Accord to Hoodwink Tribals

YET another deceptive tripartite agreement has been signed concerning tribal development in Tripura. The Government of India, the Government of Tripura, and the Tripura Indigenous People Regional Alliance (TIPRA), commonly known as Tipra Motha, have signed this agreement.

Delhi: CPI(M) Condemns Demolition of Rat Miner’s House

A DELEGATION of the CPI(M) led by its Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat met rat miner Vakil Hasan on March 3, whose house was demolished by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and expressed solidarity with him and his family. Brinda Karat strongly condemned this flagrant action of the DDA.

Dabbawalahs Get a New Avatar in Kerala

KUDUMBASHREE in Kerala has launched a new 'Lunch Bell' project which is akin to Mumbai's dabbawalas. Kudumbashree volunteers are distributing hot lunch boxes to offices via the PocketMart food delivery app. Orders will be accepted until 7 am, with lunch boxes scheduled for delivery by 12 pm. Volunteers will collect empty lunch boxes by 2 PM, ensuring a three-level hygiene wash before reuse.The budget lunch box, priced at Rs 60, includes rice, sambar, pulissery, koottukari, chutney, and pickle, while the premium lunch box, costing Rs 99, has non-vegetarian dishes.

UP: CPI(M) Delegation Visits Family of Dalit Boy Killed in Police Firing

A CPI(M) delegation comprising Subhashini Ali (Polit Bureau member), Vikram Singh (Central Committee member), Than Singh (secretary, Moradabad district), Javed Khan, Shabbu Khan (Rampur district) visited village Silai Baragaon, Rampur district, Uttar Pradesh on March 4, 2024. They met many men and women of the dalit community in the village as well as the family members of Somesh Kumar, a class X student, who had been killed in an incident of police firing on February 27 in the village. The villagers told the delegation that on January 21, on the prime minister’s call, the village pradh

Chhattisgarh: Kisan Sabha Holds State Conference

THE fifth state conference of Chhattisgarh Kisan Sabha, affiliated to the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), was successfully organised on March 2-3 in Kalyanpur village of Surajpur district. The conference, held after a gap of 11 years, started with a big rally and public meeting.

Privatisation Augments Share of Non-Food expenditure

THE ministry of statistics and programme implementation has recently released the findings of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) conducted during August 2022 to July 2023. Household consumption surveys earlier were conducted every five years but the last HCES was conducted in 2011-12. In between one HCES was conducted and the report was not made public as that showed a decline in consumption expenditure which could have been a cause of embarrassment for the existing government.

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