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Indian Agriculture: Between the 2026 Union budget & US-India trade deal, a huge setback for Indian farmers

While the Indian corporate media has hailed the reduction of tariffs to the US, now at 18 per cent (still up from the previous single digit figures), it is the blanket non-tariff barriers to US agriculture goods that will hit Indian farmers hard

Against overwhelming odds, women entrepreneurs in Kashmir Valley offer hope

Stories from the Valley after the devastating impact of the abrogation of Article 370 (August 2019) have been otherwise grim; here some real life accounts of Kashmiri women pioneering online businesses show us a tale of both resilience and hope

5 Years Since Application and Still No Results: Frustrated Junior Engineers’ Protest Completes 6 Months in UP

Sitting at the Eco Park in Lucknow since November 26, 2022, the JE applicants are now tired and approaching the final stage of their protest

Addressing Mammoth Task of Depositing ₹3.62 Lakh Crore (2,000 Rs Notes) : Scale, Assumptions & Effort (Part 2)

"RBI's Currency Removal Policy: Citizens Struggle with Burdensome 'Homework' as Deposit Process Presents Daunting Challenges and Calls for Alternative Approaches."

“Demonetisation: Modi’s Himalayan Blunder and its Lingering Consequences” (Part 1)

"Unveiling the Fallout of Modi's Hastily Executed Economic Move: A Critical Analysis of Chaos, Hardships, and the Long-Term Impact on India's Economy"

UP cancels Adani’s tenders even as RSS’ Organiser inspires a social media onslaught alleging a conspiracy against ‘Adani brand of nationalism’

UP and AP are two Indian states apart from the Maharashtra HNPT that have cancelled Adani tenders and penalized the conglomerate for concealing facts, bad business practice; yet RSS’ Organiser and BJP IT cells trolls equate the exposure of Adani by Hindenburg to an attack on ‘India’

Undesirable but prevalent inequalities in India

Indian society is ridden with inequality, while the Constitution explicitly warns against such a concentration of wealth

‘Worker Resistance’ Foiled Attempts to Privatise Vizag Steel Plant

CITU Andhra Pradesh general secretary and VUPPC chairman CH Narasinga Rao tells Newsclick that there have been attempts to privatise the plant since the 1991 economic liberalisation.

Weavers of Banaras are forced to work for less than the minimum wage

With the goal of raising class consciousness and mobilizing...

Garment Workers Union Plans Strike Over Wage Non-Revision in Karnataka

The industry has blocked efforts by the state government to give even modest pay hikes to workers.

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If Stan Swamy, the Martyr, were alive today ….

On the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of the People’s Priest, an associate writes that, if alive Fr Stan Swamy would have been at the forefront of all the ongoing struggles of the Adivasis