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  Beethoven Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) in F Op 68 | Leonard Bernstein

  2 July 2021

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  BEETHOVEN Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) in F Op 68 LEONARD BERNSTEIN by roger bridgland https://youtu.be/t2VY33VXnrQ
  Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) in F Op 68 - Boston Symphony Orchestra

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  Video: What Is Degrowth? Interview with Giorgos Kallis

  2 July 2021

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  What Is Degrowth? Interview with Giorgos Kallis by Dan O’Neill https://youtu.be/alp2ZJnvwW8

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  Watch Out for the Automobile (1966) | Eldar Ryazanov

  2 July 2021

  https://youtu.be/jZ33mMmfvaM

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  Resign to facilitate the formation of a National Government - CFD Letter to the Prime Minister

  2 July 2021

  CITIZENS FOR DEMOCRACY (CFD) GPF, 221-3 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi-110002 “Ashadeep”, XI Cross, Saptapur, Dharwad — 580001, Karnataka Email: srhiremath1944[at]gmail.com Ph: 94481 45930 _______ No.263/CFD-NG/2021-22
  June 25, 2021
  Hon’ble Prime Minister, Govt of India, South Block, New Delhi
  Respected Sir,
  Sub: Urging you to submit your Resignation as Prime Minister (PM) along with your Government, to facilitate (…)

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  FM’s Stimulus Package Won’t Revive Economy: CPI Press Release June 29, 2021

  2 July 2021

  Communist Party of India
  June 29, 2021 Press Release
  Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja issued the following statement today (on June 29, 2021) on behalf of the National Secretariat of the Party saying that the stimulus package announced by the finance minister on June 28 will not boost demand:
  The Communist Party of India firmly believes that the stimulus package announced by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on June 28 will not boost demand which is essential (…)

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  Modi govt distorting DMA to deny compensation in Corona deaths - Excerpt from Press Briefing 28 June 2021 by All India Congress Committee

  2 July 2021

  All India Congress Committee - Communication Department 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi - 110 011
  Excerpt from Press Briefing 28 June 2021
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  Prof. Gourav Vallabh said - Modi Government Has Failed the People, Has No Right to Rule
  Modi Government has Insulted the Deceased and Weakened our fight Against Covid
  Our nation has been fighting the deadly Corona virus for the last 16 months now. So far, close to 4 lakh people have lost their lives and more than 3 crore people have been (…)

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  Successful Strike Action by Workers in Public Sector Steel Plants - Press Release by AITUC June 30 2021

  2 July 2021

  All India Trade Union Congress
  Press Release
  The following statement was issued to the press by Ms Amarjeet Kaur, General Secretary, AITUC today on 30th June 2021.
  AITUC CONGRATULATES WORKERS OF STEEL INDUSTRY FOR SUCCESSFUL STRIKE ACTION
  AITUC congratulates the workers from the steel industry for holding successful strike in the manufacturing/engineering as well as in mining areas to press upon for the wage-negotiations and against the government policy of disinvestment and (…)

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  Table of Contents, Mainstream, June 26, 2021

  25 June 2021

  * Our Nation, Our Constitution: A Layperson’s understanding | S G Vombatkere
  * On Restoring Growth of Indian Economy | Sarma & Sunder
  * Afghan Ghani makes farewell call on Biden | M K Bhadrakumar

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, June 26, 2021

  25 June 2021

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, June 26, 2021
  As we write this, we hear some among India’s ruling party (from the BJP - or from RSS) present themselves as people who fought for democracy during the days of the emergency declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975. Forty-six years on we can confidently say that members of the RSS and the Jan Sangh who may have faced a prison term during the emergency are no democrats. Being a victim doesn’t turn you into democrats. They represent an authoritarian (…)

• Flabbergasted by Incompetence | TJS George

  25 June 2021, by T J S George

  IMPRESSIONS
  "Confronted with catastrophe, the state has melted away in India. The public, overwhelmed with anguish at death on so vast a scale, has been flabbergasted by repeated revelations of the Government’s incompetence."
  What devastating words. No one in India would have the courage to be so sharp and specific. The Economist was not only blunt; it published figures Indian authorities seem to hide. According to the Economist’s global Covid tracker, India records 6,000 to (…)