SATYESHA Leuva, state secretary of the Gujarat unit of the Students' Federation of India (SFI), has been elected as the sarpanch of Vadvasa gram panchayat in Prantij taluka, Sabarkantha district, Gujarat. The gram panchayat elections were held across the state on June 22, 2025.A dedicated activist with nearly a decade of experience in student and people’s movements, Satyesha has played an important role in various struggles.

WITH the smell of elections in the air, political formations of all hues and colours in Bihar have begun their preparations to woo the masses with catchy slogans and populist economic agendas targeted at various sections of society.Caste-based formations are actively organising conventions and rallies to draw the attention of the two major electoral alliances – the Mahagathbandhan and the NDA – seeking representation in seat allocation for their respective communities.However, a new phenomenon is also being observed.

ON July 25, 2025, the Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc – held a joint protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against US imperialism and the unprovoked attack on Iran by the United States and Israel.The attack is not only baseless but also a grave violation of international law and the sovereignty of nations.Addressing the protest, R Arun Kumar, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), stated: "Over 56,000 people hav

WITH the ulterior motive of aggressively pushing its reckless drive for privatisation of Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), the central government has devised a notorious scheme to appoint individuals from private corporate houses to the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of CPSEs.The selection of CMDs and functional Directors of CPSUs has usually been carried out by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), which comprises one chairperson and three full-time members.

THE 145th birth anniversary of Helen Keller, falls on June 27, 2025. During the celebrations, the dominant yet sanitised mainstream narrative will portray her as an inspirational figure, an icon, who, notwithstanding her disability, broke many barriers and scaled great heights. These achievements by all means are highly significant, more-so in the times that she lived in.However, these stories gloss over the fact that one of the most widely recognised figures in US history, Helen Keller, was also a political activist.