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The doctrine of colourable legislation, also known as a fraud on the Constitution, is based on the Latin maxim, “Quando aliquid prohibetur ex directo, prohibetur et per obliquum,” which means you cannot do indirectly what you cannot do directly. The notification issued by the Government on 28th May, 2021, has brought this doctrine to the forefront for many.

It is heartening to see that the spirit of federalism and nationalism has conjured the two Uttar Pradesh based people, Ranjana Agnihotri, a lawyer, and Jitender Singh, a social worker, both owing allegiance to the BJP, requesting the Supreme Court to impose President’s Rule in Bengal, the state nearly 2500 kms away from Lucknow, as nearly 15 BJP workers have lost their lives in the post-poll violence in the state.

These days of covid-19 eyes open and first thing in the morning the search begins with keywords ‘covid’, ‘delta’, ‘cowin’, ‘vaccine’… Oops, there aren’t any free vaccines available even today, daddy. Nope mama, you’re wrong, delta is on a scorched earth binge in some quarters of the globe. In Houston, Texas, children under 12 have been detected with the highly contagious delta. The rest of the United States has scores of delta dens and “wear masks indoors” is back in fashion.

Political observers and strategy framers have begun preparing for the decisive political battle in 2024. With time, they have evolved their strategy in a rather professional cum speculative manner. Their paid and unpaid services have already made inroads in to the political and organizational structures of parties, mainly of those from political right. The whole electoral process has been going through drastic changes as big money and super rich hold the strings. The CPI and the left have always been concerned about its impact on free and fair elections in our country.

The prime minister attended G7 outreach summit virtually. Known for giving mantras and acronyms frequently, prime minister pitched for ‘One Earth, One Health’ at this rich countries exclusive club. This is ironic since the same prime minister had remained on-committal for the longest time in ensuring evenly priced COVID vaccines for the people of his own country, instead making states pay a much higher price and allowing for those super profiteering amidst the pandemic.

The Modi-Shah duo are determined to fulfil their quest to change the essential character of J&K based on their Hindutva convictions.

On July 1st of this year, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has turned 100 years old. Many living in the United States might scratch their heads and wonder how the CPC managed to not only survive but thrive after the dissolution of the USSR and the fall of the socialist governments of Eastern Europe. Riffing on Karl Marx, commentator Francis Fukuyama infamously dubbed 1989-91 to be the “end of history, signalling that liberal capitalism was the final stage in human evolution. So how has China defied Western expectations?

United States President Joe Biden has earned the appreciation of the progressives in America for his pro-people package in the domestic sector but in the area of foreign policy, no change has taken place in respect of Latin America. Despite presence of vocal left like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and the latest young brigade of women law makers in the Democratic Party, sanctions are still continuing against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua and U.S. intelligence agencies are plotting against elected regimes.

In normal circumstances, the recent announcement by the new National Unity Government (NUG) in Myanmar that the displaced Rohingyas will be accepted as Burmese citizens once the army rule ends, would have been the best news in years for the world’s most harried, persecuted community. As it happens, the response from the average Rohingya, whether stranded in Bangladesh or elsewhere, is hardly jubilant.

Coronavirus has done at least one great service to the people of the country. It has enabled the poor to invent that they are unwanted creatures in the New India of Narendra Modi and in fact it is the home for the rich and affluent people who nurse an utter contempt and hatred for them, where the proletariat cannot hope to survive and have his share of the benefits that a welfare state is supposed to offer them.