The BJP-led government has just got parliament to pass a legislation permitting up to 100 percent foreign equity-ownership in India’s insurance sector. This, the Prime Minister has announced, marks the beginning of a major “reform” in India’s financial sector, towards presumably much greater private, including foreign, ownership of financial institutions. This would doubtless mark a significant reversal of the policy towards this...
After a gap of 2½ years, we now have certain sections of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, backed by the Rules, ready for immediate implementation. While the state’s powers to surveil citizens come into effect immediately, the sections that protect citizens' privacy against big data companies and the state (or correct/delete incorrect data)...
For the first time, researchers have collected evidence to put together a picture of the shadowy network of organisations that are connected to the RSS – and the result is disturbing. They unearthed a network of 2500 organisations, that draw ideological, organisational and often financial sustenance from the Sangh. Of these 2500 organisations, 2240 are based in India while the rest are spread over 39 countries. They also developed a mapping of how these outfits are linked to each other...
The adoption of the Purna Swaraj (complete independence) resolution by the Indian National Congress (INC) was a significant move in the saga of India's independence movement. At its forty-fourth session (December 26, 1929 – January 1, 1930), held in Lahore under the president ship of Jawaharlal Nehru, INC officially approved this resolution for the first time. On December 27, Gandhiji moved the resolution for complete independence at the...
The Assam Government and the BJP-run Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) are squarely responsible for the unrest and violence that have engulfed West Karbi Anglong district over December 21–23, 2025. Highly aggressive and provocative mobilisation by different sections of the population, marked by intimidation and confrontational posturing, created an extremely volatile situation.
The BJP-led government has repealed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, and in its place, has pushed through Parliament a new Bill titled Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen). The government claims that this new law -- VB–G RAM (G) -- is part of its vision of Viksit Bharat.
The Kerala government organised the National Labour Conclave in Thiruvananthapuram on December 19 to formulate an alternative policy that protects the rights of the state and its workers from the four labour codes implemented by the Centre. The conclave decided to constitute a three-member expert committee to study the labour codes, understand their implications for workers in Kerala, and suggest remedial measures. Justice (retired...
The United States had no problem with Venezuela per se, not with the country nor with its former oligarchy. The problem that the US government and its corporate class have is with the process set in motion by the first government of President Hugo Chávez. In 2001, Chávez’s Bolivarian process passed a law called the Organic Hydrocarbons Law, which asserted state ownership over all oil and gas reserves, held upstream activities of exploration and extraction for the...
Around 600 participants from 23 states gathered in Delhi on 11–12 December for the National Convention on Health Rights, organised by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA). The convention commemorated 25 years of JSA’s sustained engagement with health policy, public health systems, and the defence of people’s health rights. JSA is a national platform comprising 22 networks and several hundred organisations and groups working across India...
On 21 November, 2025, the central government notified the four Labour Codes with the objective of bringing ‘flexibility’ into the world of labour. In response, workers and peasants across the country came out onto the streets, burned copies of the four Labour Codes; they have already started preparing for a General Strike.
Concert for Palestine in KolkataOn November 29, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Palestine Solidarity Initiative hosted a "Concert for Palestine" in Kolkata's central business district, Esplanade. The venue, in front of the Oberoi Grand, was draped with strings of Palestinian and Indian chain flags. |
Protests against Government decision to implement Labour CodesProtests in Tripura against attack on rally by BJP goons A large number of people took to the streets in Tripura to vent their anger against the barbaric attack on a procession by BJP-backed goons in Dharmanagar right in front of police on November 26, in which 12 people including former CPI(M) MLA Amitabha Datta and senior party... |
Stop Flawed SIRCPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 29, 2025THE CPI(M) reiterates its strong opposition to the manner in which the Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls is being carried out across the country. |
Stop the SIR in Andhra Pradesh immediatelyThe round table meeting held at M. B. Vijnana Kendram, Vijayawada, unanimously demanded that the state and central governments stop the programme of Special Intensive Revision of the voters list in Andhra Pradesh. |
The BJP Playbook to Hand Over Power Sector to Private PlayersThe BJP’s anti-farmer face always gets exposed despite its numerous farmer-friendly announcements, advertisements, and claims. This time, the BJP’s mask has been removed by power companies. An order was issued stating that if electricity is supplied to farmers for even one minute longer than 10 hours, the salary of the supplier employee will be deducted.... |
