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Pandemic puts India in ‘precarious position’ | M. K. Bhadrakumar
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Covid Redefines the State | D.K. Giri
24 July 2020, by D.K. GiriCovid pandemic is unprecedented in human history. Any disaster including the Spanish Flue of 1918 which infected 500 million people and claimed about 20 million lives, did not affect so many countries. The Second World War saw the death of about (...) -
Why 2020 is not 1962 | Praveen Davar
24 July 2020by Praveen Davar
India may be the only country in the world where the politicians keep returning to the past whenever faced with a crisis at home. When it comes to an India-China standoff the BJP’s propaganda machinery, backed especially by an (...) -
Memorandum from Political Parties to the India’s Election Commission opposing the digital poll campaign in 2020 Bihar legislative assembly election
24 July 2020[Text of the memorandum submitted by CPI and eight other political parties - INC, RJD, CPI (M), CPI(ML), RLSP, VIP, HAM, LJD - to the Election Commission opposing the digital poll campaign. (received on 18 July 2020)]
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The Chief Election (...) -
Open Letter to Chief Minister, Odisha on outbreak of Covid cases in Berhampur Jail | Jan Adhikar Manch, Odisha - 22 July 2020
24 July 2020We, in Jan Adhikar Manch, Odisha, are deeply concerned that the Covid-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading in Odisha too. While reports in the mass media state that jail inmates are getting increasingly affected by the pandemic in states like Maharashtra and Assam, similar reports today claim that 33 under trial prisoners and 10 staff of Berhampur Circle Jail, District Ganjam have tested Covid-19 positive. Hence, we draw your attention to the condition of prisoners housed in various jails across the state and demand quick remedial measures.
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Politics as War on the People | Arup Kumar Sen
24 July 2020, by Arup Kumar SenThe politics of State Power in India has taken the distinct form of declaring war on the people. The recent developments in our country bear testimony to it.
On March 13, 2020, Yogi Adityanath-led UP government gave its approval to Uttar Pradesh (...) -
Punjab’s Yearning For A Different Path of Development | Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh
24 July 2020, by Bharat Dogra, Jagmohan SinghIn recent years there has been a very welcome and encouraging trend of looking beyond conventional indicators like GDP per capita and evaluating progress more on basis of genuine short-term and long-term welfare. In this wider and much better (...) -
India’s Trade-relationship with China: The New Imperialism | B P Mathur
24 July 2020, by B P MathurChinese import have thrown a spanner in the wheel of India’s economic progress per se and industrial manufacturing in particular. The Chinese import is so hard hitting on Indian industry that many manufacturers have become traders.
The impact (...) -
Glorifying Murders and Murderers | Barun Das Gupta
24 July 2020, by Barun Das GuptaA leopard, it is said, cannot change its spots. If it does, it ceases to be a leopard. This old proverb came back to the present writer’s mind when he came across a news item published in The Indian Express of July 14 with the headline: “Kerala (...) -
Degrowth and the emerging mosaic of alternatives | Corinna Burkhart, Nina Treu, Matthias Schmelzer
24 July 2020In the face of unfettered globalization, the rise of right-wing movements around the globe and the dangers of climate catastrophe, it seems easier to imagine the end of the world than an end to capitalism, growth and domination.
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