Assault on Environment Regulations Continues

THE BJP government’s relentless assault on environmental regulations, and therefore on the environment itself, so as to serve the interests of corporates and their industrial, infrastructure and commercial projects, continues unabated. In a recent issue of this publication, readers would have seen a detailed critique of the atrocious amendments made by the union government to the Forest Conservation Act, giving free rein to the government to divert forest lands completely bypassing the rights of tribals, other forest-dwellers and their gram sabhas as enshrined in the Forest Rights Act.

Conference of All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation Held in Hisar

THE 11th national conference of the All-India Road Transport Workers’ Federation (AIRTWF), held in Hisar in Haryana from July 16 to 18, resolved to carry out a united struggle to protect the industry and for the welfare of workers.CITU national secretary and MP, Elamaram Kareem inaugurated the conference. In his inaugural speech, Kareem appealed to the workers to prepare themselves for intensifying the struggle against the anti-people and anti-working-class policies of the Narendra Modi government.

Andhra Pradesh: Mass Mobilisations on People’s Issues

THE 23rd Party Congress has stressed upon and called on the rank and file to take up local issues and ensure the participation of Party members to have a live connection with the masses. Moving forward in that direction, the Andhra Pradesh state committee met on April 16 and 17 and chalked out a programme called ‘Janam Kosam CPI(M)’, or CPI(M) for people. This activity has been taken up in three phases and for 40 days.The first was the preparatory phase, which focused on preparing the party committees and branches.

AINBEA Seminar on Agrarian Crisis

Indian Farming and Farmers must be Saved from the Clutches of Corporate TakeoverALL India NABARD Employees Association (AINBEA) commemorated the first death anniversary of its former general secretary, V K Bhosale through a memorable programme held at the NABARD head office, Mumbai, on July 5, 2022.

Savage Attack on the Poor: Price Rise and GST Hikes

THE rupee breached the 80 level versus the dollar for the first time amidst a widening trade and current account deficit. The continuous decline in the value of the rupee is bound to increase inflationary pressures. This, coupled with already existing inflation and high unemployment, shows how the economy is being mismanaged by the Modi government by its pursuit of pro-big business policies.

The Invisibilisation of Dalits in UP

REPORTS of attacks on minorities, especially Muslims, in Uttar Pradesh have become commonplace. Justifications of these attacks are a regular feature on high-decibel, provocative tv ‘debates’. Hindi newspapers are also full of these reports and justifications. This has become a tested way of deepening religious polarization which has paid rich political dividends for the ruling party. Attacks on dalit men, women and children occurring with greater frequency and intensity after 2017 are, however, absent from the mainstream electronic media and hard to find in the newspapers where they fi

CITU 17th All India Conference at Bengaluru Reception Committee Formed

KARNATAKA state committee of CITU kick-started the preparations for hosting the 17th all India conference of CITU at Bengaluru on January 18-22, 2023, with the formation of a reception committee meeting on July 5, 2022, at the Secretariat Club, Bengaluru. CITU president, K Hemalata, inaugurated the meeting in which she placed the present situation in which the conference will be held. The meeting was presided by the CITU state president, S Varalakshmi.

Webb Telescope Opens a New Window in the Sky

THE new Webb telescope has already shown that NASA's $10-billion investment and 26 years finally is delivering its promise: pictures of the cosmos at depth, in detail and quality far beyond what we currently have. The first set of images has captivated the general public, while the astrophysicists are drooling at the details and the spectra of the distant objects, telling us what they actually are.

Why Were 1.3 crore Jobs Lost in June?

A PERFECT storm of delayed monsoon, languishing economy and continued inaction of the government on the jobs front has led to an astonishing decline of 1.3 crore from the total number of employed persons in the country in June this year, according to latest CMIE estimates. In May, the number of employed persons were 40.4 crore which plummeted to just 39.1 crore by June end.

UP: State-level Convention of Left and Democratic Parties

ON July 6, 2022, a political convention of representatives of the four Left and democratic parties of Uttar Pradesh, concluded at the state office of the Communist Party of India.Representatives of the CPI(M), CPI, CPI-ML, Forward Bloc and Loktantrik Janata Dal participated in the conference. The meeting was presided over by CPI state secretary, Girish. On this occasion, various speakers said that like the country, Uttar Pradesh is going through the deepest crisis after independence today.

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