On 13th July, tens of thousands of junior doctors, who are at the early stages of their careers in Britain’s National Health Service, launched a five day strike. It has been reported as the longest strike in UK’s health system’s history.
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The Heads of Governments of the 31 member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) met in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11-12.
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Mazdoor Ekta Committee organized a discussion on 9th July, 2023 on the issue of ‘increasing sexual exploitation of women’ in Okhla industrial area of South Delhi. It was attended by a large number of women and men, young boys and girls.
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Report of the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
Nurses across Madhya Pradesh are on an indefinite strike for their 10-point demands since the afternoon of 10th July 2023. The strike is being led by the Nursing Officers Association.
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Report of the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
The contract workers of Gurgaon’s IMT Manesar-based Proterial (Hitachi) India Limited had started the strike inside the company premises on 30th June 2023 in support of their demands. This strike has turned into a hunger strike since 6th July 2023.
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The farmers of Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan have been continuously fighting for the demand of water.
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Due to the prevailing capitalist system, the Indian state, serving the interests of the capitalists, refuses to ensure safe working conditions for the workers at the workplace, as it perceives it as an obstacle to ensuring maximum profits for the capitalists. To satisfy their greed for maximum profits, the capitalists want to spend minimum on the working conditions of the workers and ignore all safety measures.
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On 7th June, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the announcement of Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for several agricultural products, both for the kharif (summer) and rabi (winter) seasons of 2023-24. Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Prime Minister Modi both declared that the increase in MSPs is higher than usual and will be of benefit to the kisans.
Continue readingConference of the Party Regional Committee at Delhi
During the Prime Minister’s visit, several agreements were signed between the two countries. Besides the agreement on joint manufacturing of military weapons, there is agreement on purchase of several modern weapons by India. The US has delivered 31 MQ 9-B drones to the Indian Navy at a total cost of Rs. 24,600 crore. This money will be recovered by further exploiting the labourers and farmers of the country. American companies will gain huge profits from this deal. American Micron Company will invest Rs. 22,500 crore in production of memory chips in India.
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One of the sanctions to weaken the Russian economy is aimed at putting severe hurdles in carrying out trade in foreign currency for import and export of goods. This was done by removing a number of Russian banks from the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication).
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