THE latest blitz of advertisements by the Election Commission (EC) is a textbook example of hypocrisy. In order to establish that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls is inclusive, the text of the advertisement claims that it is inclusive of the political parties. Any electoral reform in this country so far has been jointly pursued by the EC and the political parties. So much so, that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), is based on consensus across political parties.

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on August 4, has unequivocally condemned the brazen and disastrous mass retrenchment plan of India’s largest IT company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which is set to affect 2 per cent of its global workforce – over 12,000 employees across India. This sudden attack has been unleashed upon the workforce at a time when TCS reported consolidated revenue of Rs 2,55,324 crore for FY 2024–25 – a 6 per cent year-on-year growth – and the industry’s highest operating profit margin of 24.3 per cent.

THE 17th death anniversary of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet, internationally renowned CPI(M) leader, former general secretary of the CPI(M), founder of the Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna Trust, and Punjabi daily Desh Sewak, was commemorated at Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna Bhawan in Chandigarh, on August 1.The meeting was presided over by Trust members Major Singh Bhikhiwind and Gurdarshan Singh Khaspur, with Bhup Chand Channo, CPI(M) state secretariat member, conducting the proceedings.Floral tributes were paid by Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, Central Committee member of the CPI(M) and MLA from

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on August 7, 2025THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the United States for imposing a 50 per cent tariff on Indian exports. This unilateral move is arbitrary, dictatorial and reflects the bullying tactics of the US administration.US President Donald Trump announced that a 25 per cent tariff would be imposed on Indian exports for not accepting all the demands made by the US during ongoing trade negotiations.

MIGRATION is a flow of labour that reflects both a circuit of active labour and a circulation of reserve army of labour. Different regimes of accumulation and emerging growth poles define the nature of both circuit of capital and labour. ‘Footloose capital’ prefers ‘footloose labour’ as production structures are more dispersed and in a state of flux in the current regime of neoliberal globalisation. Such labour are workers on the move. They are like packets of labour power, undefined, docile and apparently without any political voice.