AITUC victorious in Singareni coal workers' union polls, INTUC a strong second. BRS-linked union, the previous victor, became inactive this time after party's loss in assembly polls.
In 'Violence of Democracy', Ruchi Chaturvedi tracks the rise of India’s divisive politics through close examination of decades-long confrontations in Kerala between members of the CPI (Marxist) and supporters of the RSS and the BJP.
EC has stripped NCP, CPI & TMC of their national party status. Their Lutyens' allotments include land on which CPI's Ajoy Bhavan was built, a plot for TMC, and a bungalow for NCP.
CPI leaders met Uddhav Thackeray Wednesday & extended support to his candidate. The parties have long history of enmity, with Bal Thackeray famously espousing anti-communist stance.
Within a decade of coming to power in Kerala in 1957, the cracks in the Communist Party were showing. A British 'spy', Nehru, and China made them wider.
While a lot has been talked about commodities that have become expensive, not much is being talked about commodities that are selling cheaper than last year.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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