2023

by P. S. Jayaramu
(5th August, 2023)
The Karnataka government has decided to appoint a Commission to prepare a new education policy for the state to replace the NEP 2020 which was hurriedly implemented by the erstwhile BJP government with an eye on pleasing its masters in Delhi. To be fair to the Congress government, the Party had stated in its 2023 election manifesto that it would abrogate the NEP if it came to power.
My concern in this article is only about higher education as I was (…)

In recent years the number of gig workers has increased rapidly in most countries. While the need has been for ensuring better social security and welfare benefits to more workers, the trend has been in the opposite direction due to gig workers accounting for a major share of the increase in the new workforce. In India gig workers already number over 8 million and their number is expected to increase very fast to about 24 million in the year 2030, according to recent estimates. In such a (…)

Press-Release 11th August, 2023
CPI MP Binoy Viswam’s Private Member’s Resolution on gig and platform-based workers is listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha for the 11th of August 2023, Friday. The resolution is about the insecure conditions of gig and platform-based workers resulting in financial and social anxieties in their everyday lives. The Rajya Sabha MP proposed the formation of a Gig-Workers’ Rights Act and Gig- Workers Welfare Fund to accord to them social security and (…)

A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has recommended making Sahitya Akademi award winners sign an undertaking that they would not return their awards at any stage to protest any political incident. It believes that political issues are outside the ambit of cultural realms and returning an award is disgraceful for the country. There was a voice of dissent which said that India is a democratic country and our Constitution has provided to every citizen the (…)

Abstract
Religious conversion is a personal choice that individuals are entitled to make. In Hindu Society, which is a collection of castes, and each caste being a closed corporation, there is no place for a convert. Caste is inconsistent with conversion. Caste is generally independent of religiosity. However, when it comes to claiming additional quota benefits, it is essential to consider the principles of equity and fairness. Those who have chosen to leave Hinduism and embrace Islam or (…)

As the financial capital of India, the city of Mumbai finds itself entangled in a web of dire infrastructure challenges, including deteriorated roads, a woeful drainage system, and insufficient maintenance hole upkeep, all of which have intensified the plight of its inhabitants, particularly during periods of torrential rainfall. Mumbai’s rain-soaked roads, added challenge of congested streets and heavy traffic, transform into perilous pathways.
Infrastructure Predicament:
Mumbai’s (…)

11 August 2023
The increased penetration of the private sector by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is causing widespread concern. The establishment of party branches within private companies is perceived as a potential lever of control, alongside financial and regulatory tools, that the government could wield to keep businesses in line. But while the increasing centrality of the CCP in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is evident, its role in private companies remains less obvious. (…)

by Laura Capote
(India Press Agency - August 12, 2023)
This month August marked the first year of the first progressive government in Colombia’s history. In this short time, the government has proven its commitment to defend its victory at the polls. The Colombian people have also affirmed their will to enact radical change that brings the country closer, in the terms of the National Development Plan presented by Gustavo Petro, to being a “world power of life.”
Domestic, regional, and (…)

August 12, 2023
As India and Pakistan mark 76 years of independence from British rule and simultaneous Partition, a look at the intertwined stories and work of three young women oral historians from the region
Well into her PhD studies on the medieval history of English literature at Cambridge University, Ananya Jahanara Kabir began wondering what exactly she was doing with her life. Then in 1997, the 50th year of the partition of India and Pakistan nudged her into an area she hadn’t (…)

The Editors Guild of India
PRESS STATEMENT
EGI Statement on Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023
August 6, 2023
The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned with some of the draconian provisions in the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, which was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by the Hon’ble Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Mr. Anurag Thakur, and is meant to replace the existing Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (PRB).
Though (…)