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UP: SFI Holds State Level Convention

ON June 16, 2025, the state convention of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), Uttar Pradesh, concluded in Lucknow. The convention was held to protest the continuous reduction in scholarships from the high school level to Ph.D. studies. Adarsh M Saji, all India joint secretary of SFI, attended as an observer.

The convention was held in two sessions.

AI 171 Crash: Don’t Supplant Existing Investigation

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 16, 2025WITH regard to the tragic crash of Air India 171 in Ahmedabad, as per international protocols and norms set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has commenced its independent investigation into the causes and circumstances surrounding the crash.

Halt Israel’s Attack on Iran

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 13, 2025THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly denounces the Israeli attack on Iran and demands an immediate halt to the ongoing military operations. This act once again demonstrates that Israel is behaving like a rogue state, launching attacks on countries in West Asia at will and violating international laws and conventions.Israel has carried out a series of strikes against Iran, resulting in the deaths of senior nuclear scientists, army generals, and numerous civilians.

On the Air India Crash

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 13, 2025THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is deeply saddened by the tragic crash of the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London, which resulted in the death of 265 people.

SC Verdict on NEP Upholds Federalism

THE Supreme Court’s dismissal in May 2025 of a petition seeking to enforce the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal should be welcomed. The apex court rightly held that it cannot compel states to implement the NEP and may only intervene if the policy's implementation or non-implementation violates citizens’ fundamental rights.

Israel-Iran War: A Turning Point for West Asia

AS Israel attacks Iran, we are now watching a dangerous moment in West Asia. Netanyahu has been claiming for the last 33 years that Iran is close to making a nuclear bomb. He even showed the world a cartoon graphic from 13 years back in the UN about how Iran was only a few months from the bomb. Yet again, the same statement, Iran is a few months from the bomb, is being used for its war against Iran. Each time, the attempt was to get the US to join Israel in destroying Iran, not because Iran was building a nuclear weapon but to remove any possible challenge in West Asia.

The Right to Adequate Housing

THESE days, not a single day goes by without the media reporting about the demolition of jhuggis (slums), by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Hundreds of homes are being razed across the capital. The reasons cited are all too familiar: the settlements are built on encroached land, are deemed unauthorised, and, on top of it, the courts have ordered their demolition.

Fifty Years On: A New and Deeper Threat to Democracy

IT may appear rather unusual to recall the inglorious sequence of events that began at midnight on June 25, 1975, with the declaration of the Internal Emergency.However, we are reminded of those immortal words of wisdom: ‘those who tend to forget the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them.’ These words compel us to revisit that dark chapter in the history of Indian democracy.The late 1960s had dealt a blow to the Congress party’s monopoly on power, with opposition parties securing victories in several states.

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