India
India: Right wing uses COVID-19 to implement 12-hour workday, 72-hour week
May 15, 2020The right-wing BJP party is taking advantage of the crisis to sweep away all kinds of labor legislation.
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India’s Communist-governed Kerala state is beating COVID-19
April 24, 2020Kerala invests more money in health than anywhere else in India and has one of the highest literacy rates in the country, making it easier to disseminate public information.
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Only good news allowed—India’s independent media fights government’s COVID-19 censorship
April 15, 2020The government got the Supreme Court to order all media to “publish the official version” of the health crisis, which, in practice, has meant feel-good stories.
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Indian communists launch emergency appeal after anti-Muslim pogroms
March 2, 2020The Solidarity Relief Committee will ensure that relief work “is not communalized and is secular in its reach,” aiming to provide assistance to all regardless of religious beliefs, the CPI-M said.
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Indian Communists: Trump’s economic demands leave country vulnerable to U.S. corporations
February 24, 2020“The singular intention of the U.S. administration is to further pry open the Indian economy to boost U.S. corporate interests and thus help the re-election bid of Trump,” the Communist Party of India-Marxist declared.
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