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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement on monetization of public assets worth Rs 6 lakh crore starting from roads, railways to powerlines to private parties is aimed to defeat nationally cherished independent economic development. Madrush to privatize public sector enterprises is part of the neo liberal reforms pursued by present regime. Built through decades the planned self sufficient economic projects, investing limited but much precious public capital with the help of indigenous scientific and technological achievements, is the result of long struggles waged by working people against the economic tyranny of past colonizers and current imperialism.

New Delhi: Mohammedan Sporting Club - the first Indian winners of the Durand Cup - will take on Indian Air Force in the opening match of the 130th edition of this tournament in Kolkata on 5th September.

New Delhi: Former cricket captain Kapil Dev on Thursday lavished praise on young golfer Aditi Ashok for her sterling performance in the Tokyo Olympics, saying that it has given sport in the country a big boost.

New Delhi: Vanshaj and Preeti along with four other Indians moved into the finals at the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai.

The American Left led by Bernie Sanders won a big victory early this week as the U.S. House of Representatives approved the $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget plan opening the way of bringing about radical changes in the living standards of the common masses. In terms of the spread of the programmes, many experts have termed the Plan more ambitious than Roosevelt’s New Deal of 1930s.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A flaming row has erupted over the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)’s decision to remove the names of the people associated with the Malabar Rebellion of 1921 from the dictionary of martyrs of the Independence struggle .As per the decision, Rebellion leaders Variamkunnath Kunhamed Haji, Ali Musliyar and 387 other ‘Moplah martyrs’ will be removed from the dictionary.

The realisation that attempts to polarise electorate on basis of Hindutva and religion didn’t work in secular Bengal has finally descended on the BJP leaders, but this is coming after four months of the assembly election and has given rise to scepticism.

A top ranking US diplomat had observed in a security conference in Qatar years back, where this correspondent was privileged to be a participant, that “a country is known by the sport it plays”.

The everyday violence against Muslims is showing a disturbing pattern. In the month of August, there have been at least four recorded cases of gratuitous violence against Muslims in the streets of some cities and small towns in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The targets of such attacks were poor Muslims such as street vendors, auto rickshaw drivers and even beggars.

Camouflaged in jargon that speaks of ‘monetisation of de-risked assets’, the BJP-led NDA government has announced its plan to sell out India’s public sector. In that plan, assets ranging from roads, ports, airports and railway track and stations, through fuel pipelines, telecom towers, optical fibre cabling, warehouses, and stadia, are to be handed over to big private investors in return for upfront or staggered payments of around Rs 6 lakh crore over a four year period ending financial year 2025. That sum, the government promises, would be used to create new infrastructural facilities.