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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government is sharply divided on the agreement it has signed with controversial US-based company Sprinklr for uploading data on the people under surveillance for covid-19.

We will not let anybody go hungry sounds fine. But right now for the chap sitting watching television in drawing rooms across India, the ones who do not qualify for ration or direct to bank cash transfers, he is not aware which governments – state and Centre – are doling out food to the hungry millions caught in the lockdown.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, a commercial deal between two private companies can have strategic diplomatic significance and can give a clue to the post-corona world.

The pandemic has brought with it questions of constitutional importance - one of which is what happens if the Prime Minister of a country is incapacitated? These questions arose in the UK when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalized (now mercifully recovered) and have often arisen in the USA. The answer the author points out depends on which country you are living in.

Communists across the world vowed to continue the work of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin against the “aggressive nature of capitalism” as they marked the 150th anniversary of his birth on Wednesday.

Ram Avadhesh Singh managed to come to Delhi after his visit to thirty villages in North Bihar districts. As he says he learnt a lot to comprehend issues, processes and values that agitate minds in critical times. Ram grew up in Bihar politics in association with the rising star Laloo Yadav but parted away from him after Laloo Yadav converted his party into a family estate to establish his two sons and daughter. He could not go to Nitish Kumar who gave up association with Laloo Yadav and the congress to win power in 2015 and for no apparent reasons decided to have alliance with the BJP. May be Ram Avadhesh argued with himself that Nitish may have found going difficult in obtaining financial assistance and political stability to make him for alliance with the BJP. But he could not bring himself around to the idea of cooperation with minds that did not comprehend great past of India.

Opposition has demanded from the central government as well as the state governments to look into the problems to migrant labourers stranded in various parts of country.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken two important steps to strengthen his team to fight the menace of Covid-19. The first step is the addition of five Ministers and the second is the constitution of an advisory committee. Meanwhile, the central government has sent a team to Indore which is one of the worst Covid-19 affected cities of the country.

The Kerala Government has now been recognised and acclaimed globally, for its adept handling, in treating and in containing the spread of coronavirus in the State. The so called “Kerala Model” is now a matter of international research and study. The efficacy of the Health wing of the State, the capabilities of the Doctors, Medical infrastructure facilities, Educational and social consciousness are cited as reasons, in this success story. Similarly the timely lockdown is stated to be the main reason that helped the State in containment. Kerala Police made this possible; a successful lockdown. The role of Kerala Police, the law and order arm of the Government, has been tremendous, not only in maintaining order in the Society, but into a variety of unknown areas, to bolster the efforts of the State Government.

April 20 is a special for all of us in the All India Bank Employees Association, or AIBEA. It was on this sacred day, 74 years ago, in 1946, that our beloved AIBEA was founded. From a small, tiny bush, today AIBEA has grown into a mighty, strong, assertive, accredited and reputed national trade union organisation. Today, AIBEA is the largest trade union of bank employees both in India and in the entire world.