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Left Wing Extremism (LWEs), earlier known as Naxalism, is armed rebellion by tribals and others against the rule of law based system of constitutional democratic governance in the country considered as centuries of cumulative exploitations by the rulers in the form of gradual deprivation of the tribe’s inherent right to Jal (Water), Zameen (Land) and Jungle (Forests) for all round development of India. Deforestation for mining, industry and infrastructure is viewed by the LWEs as thecontinuing deprivation of their traditional habitats and livelihoods. Union Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in concert with the affected LWE States have been tackling the issues raised by the tribals to ensure peace and progress over the years. But their armed resistance has been continuing although, as claimed by the MHA, there has been perceptible improvement in the LWEs affected States.

The biggest labour reform in Independent India is yet again deferred owing to the multiple challenges that no stakeholder was fully prepared to face from July 1 deadline. Centre could not get the rules framed and notified by all the states, many of them are still hesitant over the rules, the joint platform or the Central Trade Unions threatening to offer even stiffer opposition if unilaterally implemented, and even majority of employees were not ready for the new rules. The fear of emergence of new challenges and perceived inability to handle them successfully at this time of multiple crises facing the country including joblessness and price rise contributed as additional factors that led to another uncertainty over the next deadline.

Bengaluru: Pranavi Urs carded 2-over 71 and with an aggregate par 138 for 36 holes, extended lead to three shots over nearest rival Sehar Atwal at the end of the second round of the 9th leg of the Hero WPGT at the Bangalore Golf Club on Thursday.

‘Ashamed’, ‘abused’, ‘corrupt’ and ‘betrayed’. These and other select words cannot be used in Parliament. Against each other and against the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman, starting Monday, July 18, the first day of the Monsoon Session. For example, honourable MPs cannot term the Prime Minister ‘Covid-spreader’, or ‘jumlajeevi’. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha will expunge.

India is making news of rains and floods. It seems the entire country from Kerala to the North-East and from Kashmir to Gujarat, India is wet and inundated. Visuals of the roaring flow of rivers and inundated farm and city areas have swarmed social media platforms. Neighboring countries Pakistan and Bangladesh are also witnessing heavy rainfalls and floods.

Professor Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya who passed away in Kolkata on July 13 at the age of 82,was one of the two pillars on whom our understanding of Early Medieval India stood, the other being Professor Ram Sharan Sharma. The concept of the 'Early Medieval' is immensely important in Indian historiography which was long dominated by the perception of an opposition between a 'Hindu' Ancient India and a 'Muslim' Medieval India.

The investigations into murder of Punjabi Singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Moosewala in the Punjab state of India should not be limited only to tracing the murderers and members of the gangs involved, or that how was the AK 94 gun used to kill was procured by them? This is time to think beyond that and pin point the manufacturers and traders of the small arms who in the so called modern day civilized society are dealing with something that is made solely to kill.

India’s unemployment rate has risen to 7.80 percent in June. Haryana and Rajasthan are at the top. The other worrisome data point about the rate of unemployment, seen in June, 2022, was a fall of 2.5 million jobs among salaried employees. Unemployment has risen mainly in the agrarian sector, according to data released by the economic think tank Centre for monitoring the Indian economy (CMIE).

Unemployment situation in India remains grim, despite some increase in employment in rural areas with beginning of monsoon and agricultural and allied activities. As on July 13, 2022, the unemployment rate on 30 days moving average was 7.5 per cent according to CMIE, a little improvement from 7.8 per cent in June, when employment rate had registered a fall to 35.8 per cent, the worst in two years. Urban unemployment has worsened to 7.6 per cent on July 13, from 7.30 per cent in June, while rural unemployment rate fell from 8.03 per cent in June to 7.39, which is still high than 6.34 per cent one year before in July 2021.

New Delhi: Navneet Kaur led the charge as India overpowered formidable Japan 3-1, to finish 9th in the Women's World Cup at Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Spain on Wednesday.