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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Ground reports: farmers at Delhi borders mark year of protest, vow to keep the fight on; Changes one year of agitation have brought in farmers’ life; How Punjabi songs of resistance kept the spirit alive; From students, dalits to the Punjabi diaspora, volunteers helped the movement to victory.
In replying to your speech we have got an opportunity to clarify some of the common misconceptions regarding human rights work. The work human rights organisations such as PUCL do is under the Constitution and aims to achieve Constitutional goals.
The Centre’s recent attempts to provide clarification over the notification fail to allay concerns raised by civil society, tech companies and internet users.
It may have been inconceivable before Corona to think of an examination-free education system, but now we are coerced into exploring its possibility. Just imagine how much unnecessary stress it will save the children, parents and teachers, while freeing up time to pursue hobbies.
Nearly 50,000 teachers joined madrasas under the modernisation scheme. For almost five years, they have not received the Union government’s share of the salary.
In a country where Dalit teachers have been slapped, Dalit students called “bloody bastards” and their “merit” frequently questioned, a Dalit scientist won her rights after a 11-day hunger strike. But that is a rare instance; casteism continues to pervade academia.
From partial restrictions to total bans, the judiciary has swayed in its interpretation of this question.
The electoral bonds system allows corporates to anonymously donate theoretically infinite amounts of money to political parties, triggering concerns that the ruling party will return the favour through corporate-friendly public policy.
The supply of Covaxin—one of the world’s cheapest vaccines by investment but among the costliest in the market—is marred by shortages. The financial details of the deal are secret, production capacity is unclear and royalties to the government are likely underpaid.
The Struggle now is not only to save the rights and livelihoods of people but also save the country’s economy and the entire democratic system and society from the destruction being engineered by the governing authoritarian forces with the active support of domestic and foreign private corporates.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
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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