The National Medical Commission Act- 2019

THERE is no doubt that the Medical Council Act of 1956 was in need of urgent replacement. There were many reasons why such replacement was necessary. One trigger for recent attempts to change the Act was the high level of corruption. Even after Supreme Court strictures against leading individuals in the Medical Council, the influence of these individuals continued to grow.

TAMIL NADU: Independence Day in Seragudi, Thanjavur

THE state conference of the TNUEF (Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front) was held at Thanjavur from August 15-17. The need to strengthen this organisation and the many struggles and agitations that it organises was borne out by the fact that in just the month preceding the conference, there had been two incidents of brutal ‘honour killings’ in which both husbands and wives had been murdered because of their inter-caste marriages; one elderly dalit had been murdered in the neighbouring district of Rameswaram; and, on the very eve of the conference, an attack on dalits had taken pla

Fidel, the most visionary Cuban of the 20th century

On the occasion of the anniversary of Fidel’s birth (August 13), excerpts from a speech by First Secretary of Communist Party of Cuba Raúl Castro Ruz, December 3, 2016

FIDEL’s authority and his close relationship with the people were key to the country’s heroic resistance during the dramatic years of the Special Period…

MAHARASHTRA FLOODS: Callous Govt Exacerbates Tragedy

WHAT the first fortnight of August this year brought to a population of over a crore of people in the three districts of Southern Maharashtra – Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara was a deadly combination of nature’s wrath and the criminally insensitive attitude of a callous state government. This area, which has to its west the Western Ghats, experienced, once again, unprecedented rains. Once again, because heavy and very heavy rains are not a novelty to this region. Also not unknown is the unprepared state of governance in the face of such natural disasters.

KERALA: Govt Trying to Convert J&K into India’s Palestine

THE Centre is trying to convert Kashmir into India’s Palestine by removing Article 370, splitting it into two and converting both into union territories, said Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary earlier this week.

Hitting out at the Modi government for an ‘Israeli-model military occupation’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Yechury called on Indian patriots to join the battle for the soul and character of the country.

Kashmir Caged

BELOW we present a report released by a group of people who visited Kashmir valley after the abrogation of crucial provisions of Article 370 and 35 A of the constitution by the parliament. This group comprised, Jean Drèze-economist, Kavita Krishnan-CPI(M-L), Maimoona Mollah-AIDWA and Vimal Bhai-NAPM.

SFI Golden Jubilee Celebrations Begin

IT WAS a rainy afternoon. Two student rallies withstanding heavy rain, culminated at Dumdum, the very locality where the seeds of SFI were sown, in August 1970 through the formation a preparatory committee. SFI president, V P Sanu hoisted the white flag of Independence, Democracy and Socialism, marking the beginning of the golden jubilee celebrations of SFI.

Govt Action in J&K Ominous for Indian Republic

WITH unprecedented speed – between August 5 and August 9 – the BJP government at the Centre amended the Constitution, dissolved and dismantled the State of Jammu and Kashmir and brought its entire geographical territory and 1.25 crore population under its direct control.

Nuclear Irresponsibility

THE recent remarks by union defence minister Rajnath Singh with regard to nuclear weapons have set alarm bells ringing. He said that while India has firmly adhered to No First Use (NFU) policy with regard to nuclear weapons in the past, what happens in the future “depends on circumstances”.

Defence Employees’ Historic Strike

82,000 defence employees working in the 41 ordnance factories of our country started one month strike on August 20. More than 40,000 contract workers have also joined the strike. The strike started as scheduled at 6 o’clock in the morning on August 20, 2019, despite the threats by the government. The defence employees have only one demand – ‘Withdraw the unilateral decision taken to corporatise the ordnance factories in violation of the agreement and assurances given by the government of India’.

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