Why Bihar Youth Are Angry About Agnipath Scheme

SINCE the announcement of the Agnipath scheme for the recruitment of ‘Agniveers’ in the Indian Army for a four-year term, many of the army aspirants are on warpath. They feel betrayed and their hopes lie shattered. Bihar Youth from rich backgrounds generally opt for UPSC and the state public service commission, BPSC. But a large number of rural youth who cannot bear the expenses of higher education opt for police, paramilitary, and military services.

Maha: AIKS Rally Demands Strict Implementation of FRA

ON June 20, 2022, the AIKS Nashik district council held a massive 25,000-strong rally on the divisional commissioner's office at Nashik. Thousands of adivasi peasants had come from all 15 tehsils of the district.

Udaipur Killing: Punish Culprits: Release Teesta, Zubair, Sreekumar

THE horrendous killing in Udaipur has been universally condemned. While the authorities have acted in rounding up those involved, the culprits must receive severe punishment. The growing incendiary atmosphere of hate and violence in the country is dehumanising our society. This spiral of hate must end. The union government ordering the NIA to take over the case should not lead to keeping the fires of hate and violence burning.Fake/false news aimed at rousing communal passions on social media contributes immensely to the growth of poisonous hate and violence spiral.

Destabilising MVA Government

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on June 23, 2022THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the manner in which MLAs belonging to the Shiv Sena have been spirited away to Surat and then to Guwahati, both BJP-ruled states. This has been done by the BJP utilising the State machinery in both states. The central agencies have also been utilised to target ministers and legislators of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government with the aim of destabilising the government. This shameless use of State power is in l

Bulldozer Injustice to ‘Teach a Lesson’

In today’s interpretation of the law in some States, the tempter’s provocation is overlooked and the tempted found guiltySHAKESPEARE, speaking through Angelo in Measure for Measure, asks a pertinent question that resonates even today: “The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?” In the law on sedition, the Supreme Court of India made it clear that the one inciting violence is the guilty person. Ergo, the tempter sins most.

Workshop on Kerala's Development

THE Kerala state conference of the CPI(M) held in Ernakulam in March this year created a landmark by adopting a document outlining the development perspective for a new Kerala.

India urged to Increase Women's Participation

THE 110th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) was held from May 27 to June 11, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland.

In WTO’s Geneva Ministerial Death Trumps Life

THE UNAIDs executive director, Winnie Byanyima had appealed before the 12th WTO Ministerial of WTO in Geneva that the world would face a grim future if patent waivers did not take place. At a press conference, Byanyima had said, "In a pandemic, sharing technology is life or death, and we are choosing death," In the 12th Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which ended on June 17th, the rich countries did precisely that. They blocked almost all possibilities of providing cheap vaccines, anti-virals and diagnostics for the world.

Victorious Struggle of the Homeless Poor in Chennai

CENTRAL Chennai district committee of the CPI(M) scored a decisive and path-breaking victory in clinching the rights of the poorest of the working-class people living in the heart of Chennai city after a two-year-long struggle. The historic struggle of the people has resulted in the overturning of several anti-people government orders notified by the previous AIADMK government.

Colombia Votes in Its First Left Government

ON June 19, 2022, long lines brought 39 million Colombian (out of a population of 51 million) to vote in their presidential election. In rural areas, where the vote is often suppressed due to desolation or violence, the lines seemed longest. People took great risks – against threats from paramilitary groups and narco-mafias – to stand in these queues and choose between two very different political projects: an old project that favoured the old hierarchies that have ruled Colombia since the 19th century, and a new project that favours the development of democracy and social equality.

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