Accede to the legitimate demands of the Ladakhi people
Over 200 Ladakhi people of all ages, left Leh on 2nd September 2024, walking in peaceful procession over very difficult high-altitude, mountainous terrain, to reach Delhi on the occasion of…
Over 200 Ladakhi people of all ages, left Leh on 2nd September 2024, walking in peaceful procession over very difficult high-altitude, mountainous terrain, to reach Delhi on the occasion of…
In recent years the right to information campaign has made big strides in several countries. However a special feature of this campaign in India which has captured international attention is…
In recent years, Southern India has emerged as a key focus for Hindutva forces seeking to expand their influence beyond traditional strongholds. Earlier it had tried to utilize Sabarimala issue…
With the bombing of Wafa al-Udaini’s house, the number of Palestinian journalists killed in this Israeli genocide shoots up to 174 in under a year. The Israeli occupation forces assassinated…
The play Nathuram Godse Must Die written and directed by Bharat Dabholkar is wildly propagandist , glorifies the murderer of Mahatma Gandhi and is full of distortions even while it…
On the night of September 27th, I was asked to accompany my colleagues to meet a grandmother named Guruvammal to update her about the case. I was astonished to find…
That was my introduction to K K Mahajan, at 27, with two National Awards, already a ‘star’ cinematographer, with his characteristic long hair and aquiline features. As a research student in Sociology at Bombay University,…
Two historical events regarding the Israeli occupation of Palestine have taken place on July 19 and September 18. The first was a most comprehensive ‘advisory opinion’ by the International Court…
The divestment campaigns launched last spring by students protesting Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza brought the issue of the militarization of American higher education back into the spotlight. Of course, financial ties…
The crisis of drinking water has become a serious and growing challenge worldwide. This issue is worsening due to several factors, including climate change, population explosion, urbanization, industrialization, and imbalanced…
The July-August 2024 student-public uprising in Bangladesh began with a call for government job quota reforms but swiftly evolved into a profound challenge to the political status quo. What started…
Hamid Dalwai was born on 29 September 1932 in a village named Mirjoli near Chiplun in Konkan. His father was a Maulvi and he wished that his son also becomes…
by Syed Wajahat Ali & Zuberiya Nauman “ women’s freedom is the sign of social freedom” ~ Rosa Luxemburg Abstract Women have to go through a life and…
As another October approaches, the beautiful season of colors begins here in New England. Call it October’s Surprise Party. The turning leaves with all their colors come to announce the…
Dhoom Forever? Boyssss and Wolves. (Where does the remedy lie?) Treat a woman; a human! How do you feel when you read a Rape Report? Do you check for religion?…
Israel’s assassination of Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hizballah, in an apocalyptic bombing attack on Beirut’s southern suburb on Friday is likely, at least in the short term, to…
The ongoing Israeli operation against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia group so dominant in Lebanon, is following a standard pattern. Ignore base causes. Ignore context. Target leaders, and target personnel. See…
There is only so much of stress, distress and high risk that our world can bear at any given time, and today this has crossed the limits. While there are…
Despite their heinous war on Lebanon, Israelis today are gripped with fear and psychological problems in a cyclone of fear dominated by incoming missiles, drones and blasting sirens all over…
On October 1, 1949, the revolutionary people of China established the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) by defeating Western imperialism,…
We hail the large-scale participation in the peace and unity march by members of the civil society and democratic groups on 27th September 2024 in Shimla and Solan against the…
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Dear Smt Sitharaman, I understand that the Vedanta Group as usual has announced an excessive dividend pay-out to the shareholders of Hindustan Zinc…
Ranchi: Over 200 workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) gathered in a powerful protest outside Raj Bhawan today, condemning the relentless assaults on their rights…
Clearly confident of continued total backing by the US and the other imperialist powers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used an address to the United Nations General Assembly to effectively proclaim…
All the reputed newspapers of the country have published the news on the front page that the Modi government has increased the minimum wage on a large scale. From October…
The largest hurricane to hit the US mainland this year, Hurricane Helene hit the Florida coastline late Thursday as a Category Four storm, devastating much of the Big Bend area…
Chakali Ilamma, born 1895 Sep 26- 1985 Sep10. She was a great communist revolutionary fighter of Telangana Peasant Armed struggle (1946-51), who is widely remembered, latest officially on Sep26, and…
All of humanity is less secure after a year of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank and as Israel now unleashes its wrath on Lebanon.…
Chhattisgarh is once again in the news for the wrong reason. The attitude of the Chhattisgarh police and administration and the silence of the BJP government raises the question whether…
Climate Week/NYC September 22-29, 2024, is underway and expects 100,000 attendees for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and expensive rooms in NYC’s ultra-expensive hotels amidst breast-pounding speeches and promises to fix civilizations’…
September 15 marked the third anniversary of the announcement of the AUKUS (Australia, the UK, the U.S.) agreement. The purpose of this agreement is for Australia to buy nuclear-powered submarines…
September 28 is the death anniversary of India’s inspiring and highly creative trade union leader Shankar Guha Niyogi. It was on this day that he was assassinated at the peak…
On 28 September India observes the birth anniversary of one of the greatest and most remembered revolutionary heroes of the freedom movement who sacrificed his life at the age of…
Bhubaneswar, Odisha: We, unequivocally condemn the arrest of Kartik Naik, a vocal and committed leader of the struggle against Vedanta’s bauxite mining in South Odisha. Thirty-year-old Kartik was picked up…
Today is the twentieth death anniversary of the visionary Kishan Patnaik! He died on this day in 2004 at the age of 74. Born in 1930, Kishanji's birth centenary is…
To begin on a positive note it is encouraging to find that 92 young architects have come together under the auspices of Mumbai Architects Collective and urged the municipal commissioner …
The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the house of Chief Justice Dhananjaya Chandrachud on 12th September, 2024 to participate in Ganesh Aarti has triggered a constitutional controversy due…
Israeli government officials delivered a uniform, savage rebuttal Thursday to the ceasefire proposal for the war with Lebanon proposed by 12 of Tel Aviv’s close allies, including the United States,…
The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has rendered a great public service by very recently publishing a report titled ‘Bayer’s Toxic Trails’ which reveals how the German agrochemical giant Bayer has…
Palestinian Territory - Israel has destroyed hundreds of dunams of agricultural land, depriving Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip of agricultural land and resources vital to survival, all in support…
Here he goes again, cap in hand, begging for the alms of war. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been touring the United States, continuing his lengthy salesmanship for Ukraine’s ongoing military…
The fact that some of the top Western diplomats and leaders and the overwhelming majority of people of Ukraine had opposed NATO membership should be better known As the Ukraine…
Jugaaḍ is a non-conventional, frugal innovation, in Indian subcontinent. It also includes innovative fixes or a simple workaround, solutions that bend the rules, or resources that can be used in…
1. New GMO law in Senegal. On June 3, 2022, Senegal adopted a new law facilitating the entry of GMOs into the country, a law adopted under pressure from the…
by Veterans For Peace & Move to Amend Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza has produced increasing calls for an immediate ceasefire, while a pro-Israel, U.S.-based group has waged an increasing…
Children's fundamental rights are those essential rights required for every child's survival, growth, development, and protection. Safeguarding these rights is not only crucial for their well-being but also essential for…
The state of Missouri murdered Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams on Tuesday, September 24th, at 6 pm central time. His last meal was chicken wings and tater tots; his last words were,…
Imagine yourself in space, looking down on our world and yet unable to return any time soon. Consider it our bad luck, in fact, that Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita…
26th September, 2024: National Alliance for Justice, Accountability, and Rights (NAJAR), a pan-indian collective of progressive legal professionals for democratic causes (including many lawyers, law students, law faculty, law researchers)…
Amid ongoing high-level meetings between NATO leaders and Ukrainian officials at the United Nations over plans to allow Kiev to strike Russian cities with NATO weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Top Israeli army officers have told soldiers to prepare for a ground invasion of Lebanon as the air assault on the country to the north continued for a third day.…
To Shri T V SomanathanCabinet Secretary Dear Shri Somanathan, A few months ago, your predecessor seemed to have "pulled up" BSNL/MTNL for being "lax" in monetising their land assets as per…
The Y.B. Chavan centre auditorium was filled to capacity at a meeting on September 24 in memory of Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist party of India Marxist, who…
by Cesar Uco and Don Knowand Forest fires have consumed millions of hectares in the Amazon basin this year, due to global warming, an extreme two-year drought, and the illegal…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation are two very important challenges of our times, important for all countries, regions and people. However the response must be in tune with the livelihood…
Photo Courtesy: projectxindia.com. An ethanol plant in india. For representation purposes. As of March 2022, there were more than 320 ethanol manufacturing units in India. And more are in various stages of construction,…
I struggle to strike a balance between certainty and circumspection. Our culture has a tendency to favor certainty, while one of my favorite and frequent fall-backs—seldom wrong—is: “we don’t know.”…
It is regrettable that Israel turned over the bodies of eighty-eight dead Palestinians in a container without providing any information about who they were, where they were found, when they…
Europe was at the center of the two world wars and suffered enormously. Since then the weapons of war have become much more destructive. There are over 13,000 nuclear weapons…
If one is to visit the Mahal website, a pop-up reminder, reading ‘Apply online’, keeps appearing. It is as if the repeated beep is a reminder of the state of…
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