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Significant Victory of Students in Jharkhand

The agreement reached between the Jharkhand government and the students protesting over the recruitments done by Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) issue is welcome. The cancellation of the JSSC-CGL (Combined Graduate Level) and examinations conducted by the private outsourcing agency TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL), along with the decision to investigate irregularities in recruitments made since 2014, is a significant achievement of the sustained student movement.

Haryana: Strike and Mahapadav by Mid-Day Meal Workers

Thousands of mid-day meal workers in Haryana went on a successful strike independently for the first time. On the same day, thousands of workers reached Kurukshetra to participate in the mass protest, expressing their deep anger and resentment. The strike and mass protest were called by the Mid-Day Meal Workers Union Haryana (CITU). It is noteworthy that Kurukshetra is the home district of the Chief Minister of Haryana and houses his camp office.

SCHOOLS CLOSURE UNDER NEP AND CHIRAG SCHEME

Ken-Betwa Link Project: Nothing but Pain

IN a capitalist system, development spells ruin for the poor. A defining characteristic of capitalism is the absence of words like compassion, mercy, and justice from its lexicon; its vocabulary revolves entirely around profit. In this system, "development" signifies nothing more than the expansion of profits. It conveys a clear message to the poor, the exploited, and the marginalised: they are destined to endure further deprivation.

AP: Christian Organisations Demand SC Status, Protection from Atrocities

Christian organisations across Andhra Pradesh have intensified their demand for justice for the Christians of Scheduled Caste (SC) origin, submitting a detailed memorandum to the Prime Minister that calls for repealing a seven-decade-old Presidential Order, extending legal protection against caste-based persecution, and scrapping anti-conversion laws in force across 12 states. The memorandum places on record both the scale of discrimination faced by the community and the specific legal remedies it seeks.

Tripura: Abnormally High Electricity Bills Trigger Protests

Anger over abnormally high electricity bills has spread across Tripura, with consumers staging protests, gheraoing electricity offices and blocking the Assam-Agartala national highway at several places on August 7. Consumers alleged that repeated tariff hikes and the introduction of smart meters have placed an additional financial burden on ordinary households. Protests were reported from Manu Ghat, Gandatwisa, Kumarghat, Bishalgarh and other areas, with demonstrators demanding correction and withdrawal of inflated bills.

CPI(M) Slams Govt over Extravagant Opening of Visakhapatnam Airport

CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh State Secretary V Srinivasa Rao has launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu over the inauguration of the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, Visakhapatnam, saying the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led government staged a grand spectacle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi while ignoring the grievances of tribal communities, displaced farmers and tobacco growers across the state.

Assam Floods: Natural Disaster Turned into Mafia-Made Catastrophe

THE ecology of Assam is characterised by a large network of rivers and tributaries originating from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, and the neighbouring country of Bhutan, which join the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers to form a highly dynamic and complex river system. The Brahmaputra and its tributaries, together with the Barak river system, inundate large areas of the plains of Assam almost every year during the monsoon.

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