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The South African Communist Party (SACP) reflected on a centenary of “unbroken struggle” on August 1 as it celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding.

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the hollowness of the urban development trajectory in India. Since the last few decades, especially after the economic reforms in the 1990s, the city development models have been for-profit maximisation through privatisation of utilities, monetisation of land and corporatisation for capital intensive technologies. In this process, the organised strength of the working class has been weakened and more informalisation has crept in.

BHOPAL: July 30, 2021 will be recorded as a day of shame in the history of Dr. Gaur Central University of Madhya Pradesh. On this day the RSS affiliated Vidhyarthi Parishad directed the University to remove the names of two eminent scholars from the list of speakers who were to participate in a Webinar organised by the University. The ABVP claimed that Dr. Gauhar Raza and Dr. Apoorvanand are "enemies of the nation" and therefore should not be allowed to speak in the Webinar. It may be mentioned here that Raza is a well-known scientist and Dr. Apoorvanand teaches in Delhi University and ranks as a great scholar. Besides both are committed to secular values as enshrined in the Constitution.

There’s the flip side to the coin and the one tossed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s law & order record is a flipping miracle. Shah says Uttar Pradesh under the Yogi topped in maintenance of law & order, i.e., give or take a few rapes, and a couple of encounter killings gone wrong every couple weeks in this or that part of the sprawling state with more people crowding its geography than in any of the other states.

By now, New Delhi’s mandarins must have prepared a standard list of denials of accusations by foreigners about the increasingly frayed nature of Indian democracy.

Millions of unorganized labours are being sucked by the quicksand created in the uncertain labour market in India. Only few jobs are available that makes the market exploitative, losing the means of survival due to no money in hand, and losing hope fast because they are not covered under any social security cover. Many have already been sucked, many have just fallen into the quicksand, and many are moving towards it. They need to be rescued.

It is shocking to note that the Government of India, one of the world’s major suppliers of seafarers, is silent on a very serious complaint by the All India Seafarer and General Workers’ Union that China is not allowing ships with Indian crew to enter its water. The union has officially made a complaint to the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, apart from the directorate general of shipping, saying that China has imposed an unofficial ban on Indian sailors and not allowing ships with Indian crew to enter its ports.

Tokyo: On the eve of crucial semifinal encounter against Belgium, Indian Coach Graham Reid read out riot act to his players to keep their emotions in check.

New Delhi: Indian women's hockey team coach Sjoerd Marijne on Monday lavished praise on players for putting up an incredible display by beating formidable Australia 1-0 on their way to Olympic semifinals at Tokyo.

New Delhi: "Impossible is nothing" this epic quote belongs to Legendary boxer Mohammed Ali.