2021

by Gouri Sankar Nag and Manas Mukul Bandyopadhyay *
The politics of defection is one of the major obstacles to the glory of parliamentary democracy in India. An Anti-Defection law was passed in the Parliament of India in 1985 through 52nd Amendment to the Constitution which added the 10th Schedule to the Constitution under the aegis of Rajiv Gandhi for the purpose of removing this obstacle. But if we think a little deeper we will see that even after 35 years of its passing the bulwark has (…)

(India Press Agency: July 19, 2021) The disastrous defeat of the BJP in assembly elections in Bengal has not only demoralized the party workers at all levels but has also intensified factionalism in the organization. The party which dreamed of winning two hundred plus seats and ruling West Bengal is now taking pride in the fact that its strength has risen from three legislators to 77 and that it has now become the only opposition party in the State Assembly. This is for public consumption. (…)

by Arun Arivastava
July 22, 2021
Former American president Richard Nixon would have been feeling much happier lying in his grave that the Watergate scandal which finished his career and pushed him to political oblivion had lesser intensity and implication that the expose of the Pegasus of Israel’s NSO.
The Watergate scandal focused at Nixon’s re-election. It began with the police apprehending five burglars for a break-in at the DNC headquarters in Washington DC on June 17, 1972. Four (…)

IMPRESSIONS
Just because somebody occupies the most exalted seat in the country, he does not automatically become the most appreciated personality in the country. Presidents like Rajendra Prasad and K. R. Narayanan became exalted and appreciated, not because they sat in that chair but because they conducted themselves with a dignity, decorum and propriety that won people’s appreciation. Alas, the current incumbent does not rise to that measure.
Ramnath Kovind’s latest public (…)

(20th July, 2021)
With the objective of ensuring that the Congress Party plays an active role in the Parliament during the monsoon session and later, a series of moves have been initiated by the interim President of the Party Sonia Gandhi. To realise her objective and to neuralise the G-23 who had publicly criticised the functioning of the Party in the last one year, Mrs. Gandhi has announced certain changes in the working of the Party in the two Houses of the Parliament. She has ended the (…)

by Jos Chathukulam and Manasi Joseph *
Abstract
This article briefly examines the status of nutrition in India before the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic and after the outbreak. It also suggests how Mahatma Gandhi’s simple and local diet along with self -sufficiency could have helped India in addressing the malnutrition crisis India have been suffering for decades.
Nutrition Status in Pre Covid India
India has been grappling with all forms of malnutrition for decades. The latest (…)

by Kingshuk Sarkar & Helen R. Sekar*
Fishery workers constitute a very significant segment of the workforce in India. Natural calamities and pandemic induced lockdown dealt a severe blow to already precarious livelihood of fishery workers. Existing labour laws do not apply to fishery workers. This Article focuses on the difficulties faced by fishery workers because of natural calamities and COVID pandemic. It also highlights lack of legal protection for fishery workers.
Introduction (…)

by Ranbir Singh and Rajvir Dhaka*
The two ways of Corona that have adversely affected all the sectors of Indian economy in 2020 and 2021 culminated in large scale unemployment in almost all the states of the Indian Union in general and in the relatively backward states of U.P., Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in particular. The flagship rural development programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), that has been launched by Manmohan Singh led UPA (I) (…)

by Papia Raj and Aditya Raj* Waste management has been a chronic problem, especially in Patna, which was called “garbage city” of India by the High Court of Judicature at Patna in 2010. The situation has not improved much since then. Due to rapid unplanned urbanization and uncontrolled in-migration from different parts of Bihar, Patna has a very large population density. Due to lack of required behavioral practice by its populace, the city generates huge amount of wastes. Our research (…)

The completion of hundred years of CPC (Communist Party of China) is a historic event, both in its positivity and negativity. Officially, its centenary was completed on July 1, though the foundation congress was held in third week of July.
It has been a fascinating journey for the party as well as for Chinese revolution, full of extraordinary events, successes and tragedies. Second in importance only to Russian revolution, Chinese revolution has left a lasting imprint on Asia and world. (…)