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Farmers stage a demonstration in Thoothukudi on Monday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH Urging the Union Government to increase the number of working days in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme from the existing 150 days to 200 days a year and the day’s wages to ₹ 600, the CITU activists staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here on Monday. Led by district secretary of Tamil Nadu Vivasaayigal Sangam P. Mayakrishnan, the protestors raised slogans to highlight their prime demand of upwardly revising the number of working days a year from 150 days to 200 days as giving employment to the rural poor less than 50% of every calendar year was not sufficient for them to feed their families thrice a day. Moreover, the existing daily wages under the MNREGP should be revised from ₹ 225 to ₹ 600 a day as the unprecedented inflation and skyrocketing prices of essential commodities had hit hard the below poverty line families. Moreover, the MNREGP scheme … [Read more...] about CITU demands 200 working days, increased wages of ₹ 600 a day under MNREGP

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT wing in-charge Amit Malviya on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and alleged that Rahul was deliberately attempting to rip his colleague’s shirt. Amit Malviya shared a picture on his official Twitter handle, saying, "After Priyanka Vadra’s twist a hand moment, here is another one. Rahul Gandhi tearing his colleague Deepender Hooda’s shirt so that it made for a good protest picture and Delhi police could be blamed for high handedness. The Gandhi siblings are strong votary of tamasha politics." After Priyanka Vadra’s twist a hand moment, here is another one. Rahul Gandhi tearing his colleague Deepender Hooda’s shirt so that it made for a good protest picture and Delhi police could be blamed for high handedness. pic.twitter.com/92WNahcXpJ — Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) August 6, 2022 On Friday, the Congress party held a nationwide protest against the central government on the issue of inflation and unemployment. … [Read more...] about BJP Claims Rahul Gandhi Tore Deepender Hooda’s Shirt For A ‘Good Protest Picture’

Synopsis In a judgment dated August 2, the NCLAT said there was no reason for it to doubt the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) 2017 order. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ( NCLAT ) has dismissed an appeal by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) against a decision by India’s anti-trust regulator that instant messaging platform WhatsApp had not been abusing its dominant position in the country. In a judgment dated August 2, the NCLAT said there was no reason for it to doubt the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) 2017 order. Fight for Transparency Society, the NGO had complained to the CCI in 2017 saying that the Meta-owned platform’s privacy policy update of 2016 would force users to share their data with social media platform Facebook and its other group companies. The complainant also alleged that by dropping an annual subscription fee earlier charged to WhatsApp users, the instant messaging platform had engaged in predatory pricing. … [Read more...] about NCLAT dismisses NGO’s plea, upholds anti-trust regulator’s decision on WhatsApp

Members of Hindu Munnani protested here on Thursday against the corporation’s decision to renovate the memorial of British Collector Robert Ashe, who was assassinated by freedom fighter Vanchinathan. After garlanding the statue of V.O. Chidambaram on the old corporation building premises, the protesters, led by V.P. Jayakumar, vice-president of Hindu Munnani, took out a padayatra to the corporation office to submit a petition objecting the ongoing renovation of Ashe memorial. The police, who stopped the Hindu Munnani activists, provided a vehicle to them to go to the corporation office to submit a petition to Commissioner T. Charusree. In the petition submitted to the Commissioner, they said the memorial of Ashe, who tortured freedom fighters when he was the Collector of Tirunelveli district, should not be renovated. … [Read more...] about Objection to renovation of Ashe memorial

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has filed a petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking permission to conduct a public meeting commemorating the Manjolai tea estate workers’ deaths in Tirunelveli. The petitioner, N. Beemarao, VCK’s Ambasamudram union secretary, said on July 23, 1999, a large number of workers from the tea estates of Manjolai congregated in Tirunelveli and marched towards the Collectorate demanding the release of those workers who were arrested earlier for staging a protest seeking better pay. The workers who were being paid ₹70 demanded ₹100 and sought better working and living conditions. Mr. Beemarao said during the demonstration the police personnel assaulted the protesters, forcing them to run towards Tamirabharani river. Many of them jumped into the river and drowned. The Justice Mohan Commission which conducted an inquiry into the incident had concluded that 11 of the workers died due to drowning and six others due to injuries. … [Read more...] about VCK seeks permission to hold Manjolai memorial event

Strengthening ties with the Pacific is a priority for the Biden administration, says a top US diplomat, while warning the region faces a struggle from countries that seek to coerce and pressure the Pacific Islands family. Key points: US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said the US was committed to "reinvesting" in their relationship with Pacific partners Ms Sherman criticised world leaders who used "coercion, pressure, and violence" to disrupt the rules-based international order An inter-agency US delegation was in the Solomon Islands to attend a memorial for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman travelled to the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara as part of an inter-agency delegation to attend a memorial for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal. In a speech Ms Sherman gave at the US-hosted event in Skyline Ridge, the site of the US Guadalcanal Memorial, she said the US was committed to … [Read more...] about Boosting US-Pacific ties a priority, says top US diplomat during WWII memorial visit to Solomon Islands