This Month in History
October 1, 1949 - The new democratic revolution in China was completed on October 1st, 1949, The People's Republic of China led by the CPC under Com Mao was proclaimed...
UPDATES ON PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS
Activists Protest Against TCS Mass Layoffs In a devastating move, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) initiated mass layoffs affecting over 12,200 employees. In connection to this, members of the IT and...
UPDATES ON STUDENTS MOVEMENTS
Students Across Karnataka Demand Recruitment of Lecturers Students of government degree colleges in Kalaburagi, Ballari, Vijayanagara, and Koppal boycotted classes on September 27th. The boycott comes in response to the...
The Himalaya in Labour
The month of September has heralded a popular uprising in the neighbouring country of Nepal that is landlocked on three sides by India. The uprising in Nepal widely dubbed by...
Stop the War on Adivasis
Let us declare that the state of war does exist and shall exist so long as the Indian toiling masses and the natural resources are being exploited by a handful...
Centralising Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority and the Erosion of Local Self-Governance
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) was officially dissolved in September 2025, being replaced by the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) as per the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act (GBG Act) passed by...
This Month in History
September 2, 1945 : Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. September 9, 1976 : Chairman Mao Zedong - a...
UPDATES ON STUDENT MOVEMENTS
Medical Student’s Suicide Sparks Protest in Jharkhand Students at Manipal Tata Medical college in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, protested administrative negligence after MBBS student Divyanshu Pandey died by suicide on August 22....
UPDATE ON PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS
KSRTC and BMTC Employees Struck Work Demanding Better Wages BMTC and KSRTC employees went on a state-wide strike on 5th August demanding a payment of arrears for a period of...
What Does the Karnataka State Education Policy Promise?
On August 8th, the principal features of the Karnataka State Education Policy were presented to the public through a press note. It states that the committee was formed in October,...