-The Hindu A troubled Meghalaya will see unrest growing until 2023, when the next elections are due, says the editor of ‘The Shillong Times’, Patricia Mukhim On August 13, an ailing former leader of an armed group was shot dead in the middle of the night at his home in Shillong by a police team. The incident led to unrest in Mawlai where the encounter occurred and resonated in the adjoining neighbourhoods...
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Farmers’ stir, the new dimension in UP’s politics -Satendra Kumar
-The Hindu Its retrieval of the old secular political language openly counters the BJP’s divisive and communal politics On September 5, 2021, in Uttar Pradesh, lakhs of farmers gathered at Muzaffarnagar’s government inter-college ground for the kisan mahapanchayat organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM). At the mahapanchayat, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait reiterated the farmers’ demands to repeal the three farm laws and for the “legal guarantee of MSP...
More »UP: Anganwadi Workers Threaten Statewide Protests over Promised Allowances -Abdul Alim Jafri
-Newsclick.in The union alleged that despite the BJP’s election manifesto in 2017 promising to improve their work conditions and increasing remuneration for Anganwadi workers within 120 days, nothing of the sort has happened. Lucknow: Accusing the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government of misleading Anganwadi workers, the Anganwadi Karamchari Union in the state has threatened a state-wide protest if the state government fails to increase the allowance of the workers soon. It was...
More »The shaky foundation of the labour law reforms -KR Shyam Sundar
-The Hindu It could be a long wait before employers and workers enjoy the so-called benefits extended by the labour codes The National Democratic Alliance government enacted the Code on Wages in August 2019 and the other three Codes, viz., the Industrial Relations Code, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code and Code on Social Security (CSS) in September 2020. Later, it had framed the draft rules albeit incompletely under all...
More »In PM Modi’s Varanasi Speech, a Mix of False Claims, Half-Truths and Exaggerated Praises -Archit Mehta
-TheWire.in On July 15, the prime minister inaugurated various development projects in UP and praised chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s governance. The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly elections will be held between February to March next year. Campaigning for the polls has begun and it is not unusual for the incumbent government to make assertions about the milestones it has achieved in the past years. On July 15, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated various development...
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