Vaccines, Autism, and Politics of Misinformation

SRIDHAR Vembu, known for the Zoho software and Arattai social media platforms which are being pushed by the ruling dispensation, is also known for his back-to-the-future traditionalist ideas.He recently made the controversial and unsubstantiated claim that childhood vaccines lead to autism. His claim, based on an unreviewed report from the McCullough Foundation, have understandably sparked controversy since it is clearly based on false information and ignores decades of thorough scientific research that unequivocally shows that vaccines are efficacious, safe and do not cause autism.

Bengal Sings 'Sonar Bangla' in Protest against BJP

Leading dignitaries from the educational, literary, art, and cultural spheres of the state, along with student, youth, women, teacher, and cultural mass organizations (SFI, DYFI, AIDWA, ABTA, IPTA etc.), called for a protest on November 4, 2025 against the Assam BJP government's efforts to label Rabindranath Tagore's song 'Amar Sonar Bangla' as seditious and the threats by some West Bengal BJP leaders to ban the song if they came to power.As part of this resistance, a call was given for the song 'Amar Sonar Bangla' to be sung collectively across the state simultaneously on November 4, at 2

RSS Lost in Caste Labyrinth

One of the biggest failures of the RSS ideology is its fumbling, and faltering efforts to glorify Hindutva (or Sanatan) even while trying to convince the people that it condemns an integral part of Hindutva – the cruel and inhuman caste system. To establish the Hindu Rashtra, the RSS wants to rally around and unite all Hindus. That has been its primary goal, indeed, its very reason for existence. But simply narrating the so-called glories of Hindutva, as its ideologues and leaders have been doing for a century, is not sufficient.

The Real Kerala Story

ON November 1, 2025, Kerala created history by becoming the only state in India and only the second region in the world, to have eradicated extreme poverty.

Condemn the Brutal Murder of Com Samineni Ramarao

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 31, 2025THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the brutal murder of Comrade Samineni Ramarao, a veteran farmers leader and former State Committee member of the united Andhra Pradesh CPI(M) State Committee.Comrade Ramarao was attacked early this morning by Congress goons at his native village, Patarlapadu, in Khammam district of Telangana state.

Formation and activities of Naujawan Bharat Sabha - I

Sometime in 1924, Bhagat Singh returned to Lahore to be with her ailing grandmother. Following his return to Lahore, Bhagat Singh started going to college, though maybe not regularly. In the meantime, college teachers had conceived of a forum for the youth to enhance their education and national consciousness. Chhabil Das, the then principal of National College, Lahore, recalled in an interview years later that the Naujawan Bharat Sabha was formed around 1924 by senior professors, he being one of them.

Triple engine BJP surrenders to the MCD workers struggle against contractualisation in Delhi

The 33-day strike of the 5000 contractual workers of the Health Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ended after the Mayor of Delhi announced an agreement with them. They were on strike since September 29, 2025, under the leadership of Anti Malaria Ekta Karmchari Union (AMEKU).

Modi Government’s Sleight-of-Hand

THE Modi government has made much of the revision in rates of the Goods and Services Tax that it has announced. Its propaganda machine has worked overtime to tom-tom the benevolence of the government, how it has lightened the load on the common man precisely when the common man needed it the most, that is, during the festive season. Every coach in the Delhi metro has multiple government advertisements, with pictures of Modi and of the Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, claiming that 390-plus goods have become cheaper because of the GST revision.

Havana Meet Calls for Defeating Capitalist Manipulation of Data

‘SHARPEN revolutionary communication and defeat capitalist manipulation of data’ was the general call that emanated from the 3rd International Conference of Theoretical Publications of Left-Wing Parties and Movements held in Nico Lopez university, Havana, Cuba on October 15-17, 2025.

Hate Filled ‘Othering’ of RSS-BJP Will Have Diminishing Returns

Lord Curzon must be chuckling in his grave. Recently, in Karimganj district rechristened as Sribhumi in Barak valley, a local Congress leader sang Rabindranath Tagore’s iconic song “Amar Sonar Bangla, Ami tomay bhalobasi”. It immediately drew a sharp reaction from the Himanta Biswa Sarma government. The Chief Minister himself pounced on this seeing ‘an opportunity’ to demonise the opposition and question their loyalty. This song has been adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh after the triumph of the national liberation movement and formation of the new republic in 1971.

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