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• UCC: BJP’s new campaign mantra for 2024 | Faraz Ahmad

  1 July 2023, by Faraz Ahmad

  The Bharatiya Janata Paty (BJP rose from the ashes, phoenix like, in the late 1980s under the leadership of L.K. Advani with a three-point agenda which immediately struck a chord with a large section of Hindu voter in India: the claim over Babri Masjid; abolition of Article 370 granting special status to the only Muslim majority state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
  If we go back in history the trigger was in fact the Shah Bano case judgment of April, 1985 (…)

• Punjab’s Economic Development Undersiege: Towards a Strategy for Making Punjab Economy Dynamic | Lakhwinder Singh, Baldev Singh Shergill,

  1 July 2023

  Abstract:
  This paper traces the evolution of the economic development process of the Punjab economy since the green revolution. Apart from identifying the factors that have contributed to the rise and fall of the Punjab economy, alternative public policy solutions are suggested to rejuvenate the Punjab economy.
  1. Introduction:
  Punjab economy over a long period of time has been performing below its potential. Punjab at the turn of the century (2000) was ranked number one, in terms of (…)

• Prime Minister‘s visit to the US : India’s Moment or Modi’s Moment? | P S Jayaramu

  1 July 2023

  by P S Jayaramu
  25th June 2023
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States was one of the keenly watched event in India and America. It was described by President Biden as the most consequential visit not only for bilateral relations but for the world too. Modi described it as the oldest and largest democracies strengthening their ties for global good. While the BJP sees it as Modi’s moment, it is only fair to see it in the larger perspective of India’s rise as a global (…)

• Russia Ukraine War, No End in Sight | Manoj Kumar Mishra

  1 July 2023

  (this article has waited for long in the pipeline and is being published now as it remains relevant)
  by Manoj Kumar Mishra *
  Both Russian and Ukrainian governments have good reasons to protract the war ongoing over Ukrainian territory. While Ukraine pins hope on continued Western assistance in order to reclaim the Russian-occupied territories, Russia tends to believe that the Ukrainian battlefield successes indicate the peak of Western support which will be leveled off and then flag (…)

• Increasing Urgency of Unconditional Ceasefire in Ukraine Conflict to Avoid Catastrophe | Bharat Dogra

  1 July 2023, by Bharat Dogra

  While the many-sided destruction that has taken place and is taking place in the Ukraine conflict is a matter of deep concern, there are two related matters which should cause even higher worry and concern. Firstly, it is deeply worrying that despite 16 months of conflict having passed, there appear to be no signs today of any breakthrough for bringing peace.
  Secondly, many well-informed analysts have repeatedly voiced the warning that the more this war gets prolonged, the greater the risk (…)

• Mass graves expose Sri Lanka’s stinking story | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  1 July 2023, by M R Narayan Swamy

  In all probability hundreds, if not thousands, of mass graves are dotted across Sri Lanka, containing the bodies of tens of thousands of victims of enforced disappearances from two insurgencies between 1983 and 2009. The victims include both Sinhalese and Tamils, the island’s majority community and the largest ethnic minority respectively. But the Sri Lankan state, even as it seeks global help to keep itself afloat economically, is simply not bothered to either punish those responsible for (…)

• Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond | Bowyer, Roberts, Northen

  1 July 2023

  by Cressida Bowyer, Keiron Roberts, Stephanie Northen *
  May 30, 2023
  Recycling was once considered the obvious solution to the excessive amount of new (or virgin) plastic produced each year. This is no longer realistic. Global recycling capacity simply cannot keep up with the taking, making and wasting of natural resources.
  Growing mountains of plastic waste are accumulating in the poorest countries as affluent nations such as the UK ship their recycling overseas. But some nations are (…)

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  Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) Supports a Uniform Civil Code (26 June 2023)

  1 July 2023

  June 26, 2023
  Press Statement
  IMSD supports a religion-neutral, gender-just UCC Ironically, in secular India the ulema continue to cling to medieval, patriarchal notions of gender relations in the name of Islam. Contrary to their false claims Muslim Personal Law is not God-given but man-made. In recent decades, a large and growing number of Muslim countries, including some which call themselves Islamic states, have reformed their family laws. (…)

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  UP Govt’s ‘Bulldozer Raj’ on Gandhian Institutions Condemnable - Statement by NAPM (30 June 2023)

  1 July 2023

  National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) National Office: A/29, Haji Habib Bldg., Naigaon Cross Road, Dadar (E), Mumbai – 400014 Social Media: @napmindia | E-mail: napmindia[at]gmail.com | Blog: www.napmindia.wordpress.com | Web: www.napm-india.org
  UP Govt’s ‘Bulldozer Raj’ on Gandhian Institutions Condemnable
  NAPM calls for resistance against ‘Gujarat to Varanasi Model of Demolition’!
  30th June, 2023: NAPM condemns the brazen and disgraceful attempts by the Bhartiya Janata (…)

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  Attack on Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar - Press Note, CPIML New Democracy 30 June 2023

  1 July 2023

  Central Committee, CPIML New Democracy
  Press Note 30 June 2023
  Central Committee of CPIML ND has condemned the firing on Bhim Army, Chandrashekhar Ravana by armed goondas on 28th June in Saharanpur.
  State machinery is overtly protecting gangs who are aligned to the RSS and serve it’s political rule. Yogi govt should either get these criminals arrested or resign.
  Attacks on dalits by criminal landlord elements and gangs in UP are on the rise in recent past. Attack on Chandrashekhar is (…)