2022

Communist Party of India
New Delhi,
June 27, 2022
Demands Immediate Release of Teesta Setalvad
Press Release
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on June 27, 2022) demanding immediate release of Teesta Setalvad and others:
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India strongly condemns the arrest and subsequent detention of Teesta Setalvad and R B Sreekumar, Ex-DGP who fought for bringing justice to the families (…)

PRESS CLUB OF INDIA WS 1, Raisina Road, New Delhi - 110 001, INDIA 23730248 Email:- pressclubofindia1[at]gmail.com, Web: presscubofindia.org
PRESS STATEMENT
New Delhi, June 28:
The Press Club of India condemns the arrest of Muhammad Zubair, co-founder of AltNews, a fact checking site. The Delhi Police arrested him on June 27 for a tweet of 2018 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
It is ironic that Muhammad Zubair’s arrest by the Delhi Police came on a day when India joined (…)

Press Release by AITUC Secretariat, New Delhi
AITUC says Joint Forum of Trade Unions (JFTU) in General Insurance Companies justified in rejecting Management’s offer.
The last settlement applicable to the employees of the General Insurance Companies was effective from 2012 to 2017. The next one is due from August, 2017 and not yet finalized. That is 59 months late!
On 7th June, 2022, a delegation of GIEAIA, the largest union of insurance employees, met Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, the FM, (…)

It is mandatory for every President of India to take the following oath prescribed under Article 49 of the Indian Constitution before occupying the august office:
"I, [Name] do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of President (or discharge the functions of the President) of India and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people (…)

by Bhabani Shankar Nayak
The majority of Indian citizens are witnessing the persecution and everyday violence against their fellow citizens who are Muslims and religious minorities. The growing assaults on reason, science, secularism, Indian democracy and constitution are going to be landmarks in Indian history of diminishing democracy and citizenship rights. It is clear that Hindutva ideology is directly promoting sectarian politics of hate which is dangerous for the unity and integrity (…)

by Gautam Sen
Sri Lanka still remains in the throws of political and economic turmoil. The 21st Amendment to the state’s Constitution has been approved by the presidential cabinet on 20th June this year for presenting to its Parliament. The Amendment will annul of the 20th Amendment which instituted the executive presidency after the last presidential elections of 2019, and reduce the power of the executive president. But, a consensus among the political parties including a section of the (…)

The widely anticipated judgment of the American Supreme Court after the Politico published the Leaked Draft opinion on 2nd May, 2022 in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning 50 years old glorious legacy of the Roe v. Wade judgment is revolting in the extreme. This regressive judgment has baleful impact on constitutionalism, democracy and women’s right. With the appointment of three Conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett by Donald Trump, the Supreme Court has (…)

by Katherine Stewart
25 June 2022
Leaders of the movement understood very well that if you can capture the courts, you can change society
The supreme court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which reverses the constitutional abortion rights that American women have enjoyed over the past 50 years, has come as a surprise to many voters. A majority, after all, support reproductive rights and regard their abolition as regressive and barbaric.
Understood in the (…)

The global economy is facing a series of obstacles this year, ranging from Covid-19 lockdowns in China, soaring energy and food prices, Ukraine crisis and a broadening drive by central banks to combat high inflation by increasing borrowing costs.
Slowing growth, scorching inflation and rising U.S. interest rates are intensifying a squeeze on emerging-market finances and stoking concern over a fully-fledged debt crisis in low- and middle-income countries. Emerging economies world-wide feel (…)

BOOK REVIEW
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Afghanistan: The New Great Game
Edited by Alok Bansal
Pentagon Press LLP; Pages: 201; Price: Rs 895 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9390095492
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Now that America has blundered and Pakistan has scored a strategic victory with the return of the Taliban, what are India’s options vis-à-vis Afghanistan?
Can there be a meeting point between a country like India and a radical Islamist outfit like Taliban?
One of the best known experts on the Pakistan-Afghanistan region, (…)