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A Textbook Case of Genocide; Impending Genocide; Over 1 Million Displaced in Gaza, Unprecedented Destruction: UNRWA; World Health Organisation Condemns Israel’s Evacuation Orders to Hospitals in Northern Gaza; Dispatches from Gaza.
Western media have shown far more interest and have much greater sympathy with Israeli dead than Palestinian ones and have played their usual role as unofficial spokespersons for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
Over the past two weeks, tens of millions of people around the world have participated in mass demonstrations, protests and marches against the US and NATO-backed Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Anand Teltumbde talks about the history of caste discrimination in India in the context of the caste census debates and how political parties have historically used backward castes for their political gains. He believes that the emancipation of the lower classes will not be possible through reservation alone.
One of the disturbing findings of the survey shows that one in two “general category” respondents admitted to making casteist comments intentionally or unintentionally. Of them, nearly 15% admitted to having intentionally passed casteist comments. Also: Violence against Dalits continues unrestricted across the nation.
Over the last nine months, there have been at least 41 incidents of a communal nature that culminated in violence and tensions. A database that tracks hate crime found that nearly a third of all hate speech reported in India over the first six months of this year came from Maharashtra.
Farmers Struggle Far from Over — Corporate Capture of India’s Agri Sector Continues; Review ICAR-Bayer MOU and Others to Ensure That Official Agencies are Not Becoming Marketing Avenues for Corporates.
Household Savings in India Drop to a 5-Decade Low in FY23; Low Small Vehicle Sales, Rush for Gold Loans Point to Economic Distress; India’s Poverty Soared Pre-Pandemic, Eased in 2021 but Remained Above 2018 Levels.
We are witnessing an attack on people’s right to access their basic fundamental right to food and life on all fronts. Recently, the Global Hunger Report 2023 ranked India at 111 among 125 countries.
The PUCL expresses its deep disappointment with respect to the verdict of the Supreme Court denying the right to marry to the LGBTQI community. It is unfortunate that the bench was unanimous in declaring that there is no fundamental right to marriage.
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Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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