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The Hindu reported on October 6, quoting official sources, that 11 farmers and farm workers had died at the VNGMC Hospital in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra due to exposure to pesticides during the last five weeks while over 472 (...)
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Who is Responsible for the Deaths of these Farmers in Maharashtra?
2 December 2017, by Bharat Dogra -
On a Film and its Screening
26 November 2017, by SCEDITORIAL
As the protests over the screening of the controversial film Padmavati show no signs of abating, with Congress-ruled Punjab (led by CM Amarinder Singh) joining three BJP-run States of Madhya Pradesh (under CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan), UP (...) -
Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi
26 November 2017, by SCTRIBUTE
Among the ‘Young Turks’ who came into prominence during Indira Gandhi’s moves to rejuvenate the Congress after the party’s 1967 electoral debacle across the country, two were most noteworthy—one came from Kerala and the other from West (...) -
The Press needs no Discipline
26 November 2017, by Kuldip NayarThe press has been able to consolidate its freedom after several struggles. And today it is generally free from the government pressure. There are still other forces which do not allow it to be completely free. Yet among all the democracies in (...) -
Professor Satish Chandra and the Making of a Nationalist, Secular Historiography
26 November 2017TRIBUTE
by R. Mahalakshmi
The passing away of Professor Satish Chandra (November 20, 1922-October 13, 2017) has left a void not only in the world of historical scholarship but also in the academic community as a whole.
A meticulous scholar, (...) -
Fundamentalism and Secularism
26 November 2017, by P N HaksarOn November 27 this year falls the nineteenth death anniversary of distinguished administrator P.N. Haksar, one of the country’s foremost thinkers. [He passed away on November 27, 1998, precisely five months after N.C., who was close to him in (...) -
Democracy and Development: Nehruvian Vision
26 November 2017by A.V.V.S.K. Rao
Democracy demands Discipline, Tolerance and Mutual Regard. — Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (First Prime Minsiter of India)
“Democracy and Socialism are means to End not the End itself.” —Jawaharlal Nehru
Introduction
The ideas (...) -
Many Obstacles before the Indian Trade Union Movement
26 November 2017by N. Sundaramurthy
Trade unions are perceived as cradles of socialism. By ideology, trade unions fight for the establishment of an egalitarian society. I believe that trade unions have a role in social transformation. A trade union movement is (...) -
New Research Reveals Much Higher Alcohol-related Damage to Health
26 November 2017COMMUNICATION
According to the WHO status report on health and alcohol (2014), in 2012 about 3.3 million net deaths or 5.9 per cent of all global deaths were attributable to alcohol consumption — 7.6 per cent for males and four per cent for (...) -
Relevance of the teachings of October Revolution
26 November 2017by Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
The toiling and oppressed mankind all over the world are observing the centenary of the epoch making ‘Ten Days that Shook the World’ in October (November) 1917. The event was in many respects unique in the history of (...)
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