Elamaram Kareem | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has nominated its Rajya Sabha MP and Centre of Indian Trade Unions State general secretary Elamaram Kareem to contest from the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency in a bid to wrest the seat which has been held by Congress leader M.K. Raghavan … Read more
BJP members staging a demonstration in Mysuru on Friday. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM The BJP staged a protest in the city on Friday condemning what it labelled âanti-Dalit policiesâ of the State government. It accused the Congress of diverting funds meant for projects to be implemented under Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal … Read more
A four-day long conference, hosted by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to begin in New Delhi on Monday, will discuss lack of access to women farmers to land rights, farm inputs and the inequality in agriculture. President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the conference, which … Read more
By Dr KC Gurudev & Mudit Dandwate The remarkable contributions of healthcare professionals continue to play a vital role in improving the well-being of millions of people in the country. Doctors have emerged as the driving force behind the integration of digital technologies in healthcare. As domain experts, they are partnering with ‘Made in India’ … Read more
Jana Sena Party President K. Pawan Kalyan greets fisherfolk at Etimoga in Kakinada city on June 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jana Sena Party chief K. Pawan Kalyan on Monday appealed to all the sects of fisherfolk to be united to fight against the destructive development policies of the State government for their … Read more
Shamika Ravi, member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, and chair of the W20 communique An important area of the communique that was released on Thursday at the W20 Summit in Mamallapuram near Chennai, called for a focus on women’s education, skill development and labour participation. The communique asked for all research regarding health, medical … Read more
Macroeconomic and Employment Policies Specialist at the Employment Policy Department of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva,Kee Beom Kim, was recently in India for preparatory meetings related to the G-20’s meeting on employment or Labour20 (L-20) scheduled for the first week of February at Jodhpur. Mr. Kim’s works focuses on undertaking analyses on key … Read more
CITU leaders flagging off the bus yatra, in Srikakulam on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT CITU State president Ch. Narasinga Rao and State vice-president D. Govinda Rao, on December 28 (Wednesday), alleged that the Narendra Modi government policies had become a nightmare for the working class in the State as every policy is aimed … Read more
India’s policy regime should be pro-innovation, light touch and progressive if it wants its entrepreneurs to grow and prosper, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said, though challenges of cyber security, land acquisition and huge pendency of court cases remain. “My view is that your policy regime should be pro-innovation, light touch and progressive. You should … Read more
Pat Hudson’s son Kevin died in 2017 after injecting heroin. Now she’s campaigning for a reform in drug policy that would see the decriminalisation of possession of all drugs for personal use. Pat hopes this would see an end to the stigma young people face when dealing with addiction. “I’m not sure there’s a huge … Read more