2022

14/09/2022
by Sisir Debnath, Sourabh B. Paul, and Komal Sareen *
Doctors compensated on a fee-for-service basis in India, were more likely to perform hysterectomy surgeries, whether or not they were clinically necessary.
Women in India were more likely to undergo a hysterectomy when a state-provided health insurance programme reimbursed private hospital fee-for-service arrangements, and younger Indian women are more likely to have the procedure.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of (…)

The population of elderly (60 years plus) citizens in India is around 140 million. The union (central) government pays annual pensions worth around Rs. 180,000 crore (one crore=10 million) to its former employees numbering between 6 to 7 million. For the remaining elderly it provides about Rs. 9700 crore (inclusive of some other welfare spending). During recent years, this budget, listed under the National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) has stagnated in money terms, declined in real terms. (…)

In a TV channel debate, BJP spokesperson and anchor shared and served a lie that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter in her letter to the Prime Minister has alleged that the Congress kept devaluing Netaji to further Gandhi’s non-violence; because Netaji had taken the path of liberating the country through violence mode by forming the Azad Hind Fauj (INA). They also praised the Bombay Royal Naval Mutiny of 1946 to confirm that the country got its independence through a violent route. I (…)

by Ram Puniyani
Abstract
Gandhi emerged not only as one of the greatest persons of twentieth century, he also led the anti colonial movement in India with distinction. This struggle also had positive impact on other anti colonial movements across the World. This movement was unique as Gandhi followed the path of Non Violence, Satyagrha (invocation of Truth). He also evolved the path of love for all and put forward the ‘other Cheek’, to those opposing his path. He succeeded in uniting all (…)

by Gouri Sankar Nag
Iran is again in the headlines for a seething public unrest and ironically this time it is not the anniversary bereavement sparking solidarity wave against the planned American assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the military general of the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps but for the alleged torture cum murder of a 22 young lady namely Mahsa Amini on the fateful day of 16th September 2022. Her fault was that she dared to challenge the regime’s orthodox restriction on (…)

October 10, 2022
by Liam Engel, Edith Cowan *
Most people who take psychedelics do so on their own or with friends, not in clinical settings. Removing stigma is the first step toward limiting the harm.
International prohibition means most psychedelic drugs are legally available only in research. There are currently around 60 psychedelic clinical trials globally with an estimated fewer than 6,000 people participating in them. But outside of these trials, more than 20,000 people have (…)

ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
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Date: October 1, 2022
AIDWA STATEMENT ON THE SC JUDGEMENT ON ABORTION RIGHTS
The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) welcomes the judgment of three judges of the Supreme Court in the case of X v. The Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi in which (…)

Communist Party of India
October 5, 2022
Press Release
CPI Disapproves EC’s Interference into the Domain of Political Parties and Legislative Bodies
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on October 5, 2022) disapproving the Election Commission’s interference into the domain of political parties and legislative bodies:
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India disapproves the latest move of the Election (…)

cpim.org
Date: Friday, October 14, 2022
Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist), has written the following letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India demanding withdrawal of the proposed amendment to the Model Code of Conduct. We are herewith releasing the text of the letter for publication.
Dear Shri Rajiv Kumar ji,
This is with reference to the Commission’s letter dated October 4, 2022 regarding the amendment to the (…)

Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace & Democracy
11th October 2022
Annihilation of Human Rights in Indian Jails: the Demise of Mr. Altaf Shah
The unfortunate and avoidable demise of jailed Kashmiri leader Altaf Shah is really shocking, sad and speaks volumes about the continued insensitivity of the Indian Govt towards political prisoners. Despite an SC order to get him shifted from RML to AIIMS for renal cancer treatment, the Govt delayed this and killed the possibility of any (…)