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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Braving all odds, the farmers continued their struggle, and have triumphed! Let us learn from our farmers! Because the nation has still plenty of critical and urgent issues to address, such as repealing the UAPA, the CAA, the three anti–worker Labour Code Bills …
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.
In this interview, economist Dipa Sinha, who is actively involved with the Right to Food Campaign, explains why hunger is not an isolated concern but the result of a confluence of missteps.
In 2020, when COVID-19 halted trade and ravaged businesses across the country, as many as 11,716 businesspersons died by suicide, a 29% jump from 2019 when 9,052 businesspersons had taken their own lives, found latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau.
In this interview, scholar and activist Khury Petersen-Smith discusses how U.S. imperialism has undermined democracy, both home and abroad, with the wars abroad even being tied to police brutality at home.
The Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme has run out of funds halfway through the financial year. Also: Around 5 Crore MGNREGA Workers and Their Families Will have to Spend Their Diwali Without Food & Sweets Due to Pending Wages.
The accusation against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for “crimes against humanity” on public health grounds made by Brazilian Congressional panel – many of these crimes mimic the actions and policies of Donald Trump and could be the basis for similar actions against the former U.S. president.
Primary school students face the lowest risk from COVID-19 but stand to lose the most in terms of nutrition, social play and foundational skills. Yet, they remain forgotten in Union and state governments’ reopening agendas; also: Protest by AIFRTE demanding reopening of schools.
On the occasion of World Food Day and the 25-year anniversary of the struggle for food sovereignty: Speech by the president of South Africa’s shackdwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo, S’bu Zikode to UN Food Systems Summit, September 16, 2021.
By Nov. 15, Cuba will have fully vaccinated an astounding 92% of its population, thanks to Cuba’s development and production of its own vaccines. Cuba’s vaccination rate is the fastest in the world, and the only country whose children as young as two years are being covered.
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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