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‘Never Whisper in the presence of wrong’ is a quote attributed to Dr Bernard Lown, the founder president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) from 1980 to 1993, who said ‘The ticking of numerous time bombs demands critical re-examination of the existing world order. The new way of thinking must be a final awakening to our common origins, to our shared problems as well as to our common fate. If we all are to prevail, we must never delegate in the presence of challenge and never whisper in the presence of wrong’.

Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and national President Akhilesh Yadav have given call to party leaders and workers to prepare for 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Significantly Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav visited Mainpuri and other places to interact with party leaders and workers and appealed them to strengthen the party at grass-root.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a controversy that the CPI(M) could have done without at this crucial juncture. But that was not to be.

Noida: In-form Manu Gandas carded four-under 68 in the last round to win the Delhi-NCR Open by four-stroke at the Noida Golf Course on Friday.

One of the major reasons for rising income inequality in both developed and developing countries in the globalised economy is the widening wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers in different sectors. It is often attributed to the increasing demand for skilled workers, particularly on account of rise in the use of technology in the production process. The notion of skill however is highly subjective and ideological, particularly favouring mental over physical labour and the relative importance of skill or its obsolescence depend on the requirements of capital in a given phase of production.

Barely a hundred years after its birth, the mainstream communist movement in India, lies in shambles. Formed in 1920, according to the CPI(M) and in 1925, according to the CPI, the communist movement has had a long and difficult history that is partly reflected in the different ways they tell the story of their own birth. In the CPI(M)’s telling, its birth is dated from the time of its formation in Tashkent, under the tutelage of the Communist International (Comintern), at the initiative of M.N. Roy. According to the CPI, however, the formation is dated from the Communist Conference held in Kanpur in 1925, organized by Satyabhakta, who was marginalized from the very morrow of the first Conference. He soon left the party and ploughed a lonely furrow for the rest of his life, trying to articulate a Marxism in Hindu idiom.

When India became independent in 1947, the debate was about the vision the country was going to have. The options that were to be followed were few. Struggle for socialism was an obvious and continuing factor, uniting with the non-monopoly section of the bourgeoisie. With the growing availability of developed technology, there was the possibility of industrialisation offering jobs to larger number of people. The other option was development through state sector, that too offered jobs but ownership remained in the hands of state.

Poet Kumar Vishwas and politician Alka Lamba should have kept to themselves and not attempted to correct their former comrade in arms and Aam Aadmi Party convener, Arvind Kejriwal, who is no longer just the Chief Minister of Delhi but also inspiration for Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Besides, Vishwas and Lamba also didn’t get it that AAP now commands a police force, which it didn’t when it conquered Delhi twice in a row.

Noida: Manu Gandas and Amardeep Malik were tied for the third round lead at 15-under 201 at the end of the third and penultimate round of the Delhi-NCR Open at the Noida Golf Course on Thursday.

The month of April has seen a sharp escalation in the attacks on Muslims by the Hindutva forces. Using the nine-day Navaratri festival beginning on April 2 and culminating on Ram Navami day on April 10, the RSS outfits like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal have in a planned and organised manner utilised the Hindu new year day on April 2 and the Ram Navami processions on April 10 to target the Muslim community.