Student Organisations Come Together to Reject NEP and BJP

UNDER the banner of ‘United Students of India’, 16 student organisations jointly gave a call for march to the parliament on January 12, 2024. This concluded into a gathering of thousands of students at Jantar Matar from all across India.

Hathras: Metaphor for Manuvadi Injustice

“IT is we who are the prisoners. Those who gangraped and murdered our sister, committed terrible atrocities on her, are free. They are walking around the village like victors. But we cannot step out of our home.” These words were spoken by Satinder Kumar, the 33 year old elder brother of the girl known as the Hathras victim to Subhashini Ali and myself when we travelled to their village Bul Garhi, on January 17. We had made the trip to inquire about their welfare.

Hasdeo in Trouble: Peoples Struggle to Continue

THE newly-elected BJP government in Chhattisgarh is proceeding with full force to clear large tracts of the Hasdeo-Arand forest, paving the way for open mining in two large coal blocks allotted to the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam operated by the Adani Group to supply coal for generating electricity for Rajasthan and adjoining states. Permission has been granted to clear around 135 hectares of forests in the Parsa East and Kanta Basan (PEKB) coal blocks, and a notice to that effect was issued on September 18, 2023.

Scrap the Broadcast Services Bill

THE Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023, a draft of which was circulated for public comments by the union ministry of information and broadcasting in November 2023, is yet another step by the Modi government to restrict and stifle freedom of expression. It seeks to replace the nearly three-decade-old Cable Television Networks Regulation Act, 1995.

CITU to Observe Nationwide Kerala Solidarity Day on Feb 8

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on January 22, has called upon its affiliated unions and federations to observe nationwide Kerala Solidarity Day on February 8, the day on which the LDF of Kerala led by chief minister and ministers will be holding a protest dharna in Delhi and the people of Kerala will hold protest demonstrations locally against victimisation and discrimination meted to it by the BJP led union government.The CITU has called for the observance of the solidarity day through massive protest demonstrations at all places throughout the country in d

Declaration of Holiday on January 22: CITU Condemns Abuse of Power

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on January 20, has condemned the announcement of a holiday for government offices, institutions, and industrial establishments on January 22, 2024. This decision, made by the government at the centre and in some states, is criticised by CITU as an abuse of power, which constitutes a gross violation of the principles of secularism enshrined in the constitution and emphasized by the Supreme Court. The Court has mandated that governments should refrain from aligning with any specific religion.

Kerala CM on Ayodhya Temple Inauguration

Below we publish the statement issued by Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, on January 22.SECULARISM is the soul of the democratic republic of India. It has been part of our identity as a nation right from the days of our national movement. Those belonging to different faiths and those who were not part of any religion had taken active part in our freedom struggle.

Big Data and Capital’s Control over Consumption

THE critical need of self-valorisation of capital is not only expanding production of values but also an equally expanding realm of circulation that realises produced values through consumption. As capitalism grows, this expanding production and consumption is related to not only expanding the consumption of what may be called ‘luxuries’ but also creating greater needs which are increasingly included in necessaries. This is in any case a dynamic process.

BSNL’s Revival: Tall Claims and Bitter Truths

ON the one side, the government is making tall claims about the revival of BSNL. However, on the other side, this public sector telecommunications company is sinking deeper into the crisis than ever before. Tens of lakhs of customers are deserting BSNL every month and are migrating to Jio and Airtel.As per the data released by the TRAI, 22,20,654 customers have left BSNL in August, 2023. Likewise, 23,26,751 customers have left the Company in September, 2023. This is apart from the 77 lakh customers who have left BSNL in the year 2022.

Tripura: BJP’s ‘Sushashan’ Turns Out To Be Notorious ‘Dushashan’

THE inaugural session of the Tripura assembly for the current year commenced with the governor's speech on January 5 and extended until January 11, 2024. While some less critical matters were on the agenda, the primary focus was on the presentation and adoption of the governor's speech.

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