All India Apple Farmers Day Observed

FOLLOWING the call given by the Apple Farmers’ Federation of India (AFFI) to observe October 21 as ‘National Apple Day’, apple growers in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir expressed their discontentment with the union and state governments for taking anti-farmer policy steps that have hit the apple economy hard in both the regions, which account for more than 95 per cent of India’s total apple production.

Competitive Commission of India fines Google

THE Competition Commission of India (CCI) has recently fined Google in two separate rulings. In the first ruling, the CCI imposed a fine of Rs 1,337.76 crores on Google for "abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android Mobile device ecosystem". In the second ruling, the CCI imposed a fine of Rs 936.44 crores on Google for "for abusing its dominant position with respect to its Play Store policies".

IMCWP Meeting Held for the First Time in Cuba

THE 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP) held from October 27-29 at the Havana Convention Palace was attended by delegates from 65 countries from all the continents. ‘United we are stronger’ is the slogan of the event in which representatives of 82 political forces and 31 delegations headed by their presidents or general secretaries participated. The theme of the IMCWP is ‘Solidarity with Cuba and all the struggling peoples.

A Governor Out of Control

KERALA is witnessing the spectacle of a governor who is out of control.

WB: Teachers Recruitment Scam-Police Atrocities on Protesters

THE TET (Teachers Eligibility Test) qualifiers for the year 2014 are still on the wait and on-road too! They qualified in the exam with all that is required, but the government of West Bengal is still in favor of those who ‘managed’ ‘somehow’ to get the appointment. The current education minister of West Bengal justifies chief minister’s primary concern which is that she doesn’t want anyone to ‘lose the job’.

Western Military Intervention Attempts to Stop Haiti’s Cycle of Protests

ON October 15, 2022, aircraft of the United States and Canada air forces delivered military equipment to the Haitian National Police (HNP), which the government of Haiti had previously purchased.

CPV Delegation Visits CPI(M) Headquarters

A delegation of Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) headed by Lam Van Man, Central Committee member and secretary of Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee and comprising Le Thanh Tung, deputy director general, department for research and general affairs, Commission for External Affairs, CPV Central Committee; Cao Xuan Mai, expert, department for people-to-people relations, Commission for External Affairs, CPV Central Committee and Nguyen Tran Xuan Son, expert, department for Southeast Asia, South Asia and South Pacific, Commission for External Affairs, CPV Central Committee met CPI(M) general s

Comrade Kumar Shiralkar: A Multi-Faceted Revolutionary

WITH the passing of Comrade Kumar Shiralkar on October 2, 2022 at the age of 80 due to cancer, the CPI(M) and the Left democratic movement of Maharashtra has lost a dedicated, multi-faceted revolutionary leader. I have lost a true comrade and friend of the last 40 years.Kumar was born in a middle-class family at Miraj in Sangli district of Maharashtra on January 10, 1942. He completed his B.E. (Mechanical) from the Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli.

CPI(M) Demands Scrapping of Unconstitutional MoUs

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, has written a letter to the chief election commissioner, Election Commission of India, on October 19, 2022, demanding scrapping of MoUs signed by Gujarat Election Commissioner with industrial units to monitor electoral participation of the workforce. Below we publish the text of the letter.THIS is to draw you attention to the extremely shocking news report (Indian Express, October 19, 2022) that "for the first time, over 1,000 corporate houses in Gujarat have signed agreements with the Election Commission (EC), und

CPI(M) Demands EC to Withdraw Proposal To amend Model Code of Conduct

The general secretary of CPI(M), Sitaram Yechury, has written a letter to the chief election commissioner, Election Commission of India on October 14, 2022 demanding withdrawal of the proposed amendment to the model code of conduct on promises made in election manifestos. Below we publish the text of the letter.

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