“Unproductive and hazardous”: IT workers in India resist increase in hours
A proposal was recently introduced by the Karnataka state government, where India’s major IT companies are located, to increase the maximum working hours from 10 to 12, despite opposition from trade unions.
Second China-Central Asia summit concludes in Astana with call for multipolar world order
China and five Central Asian republics look to enhance common development projects, such as the BRI, and vowed to push against trade protectionism, for a more inclusive economic globalization.
India’s left parties demand India end collaboration with Israel in national day of action
Left parties reiterated their demand that the Narendra Modi-led government end its silence on the Israeli aggression on Iran and demanded an immediate end to the bombings in Tehran and other Iranian cities.
India’s opposition pressures Modi government to condemn Israel’s attacks on Iran
All major left parties in India, and the country’s main opposition party, the INC, condemned the Israeli attacks on Iran, calling them a violation of the UN Charter and a danger to regional and global peace.
Iran announces imminent retaliation to Israeli aggression, claims US is equally responsible
Most of the countries in the region, as well as China, Russia, and the UN have condemned the Israeli aggression on Iran calling it a dangerous escalation and a threat to global peace.
Indian state accused of extrajudicial killings and aiding resource plunder, under pretense of anti-Maoist crackdown
The military operation against so-called Maoist groups in the mineral rich central India is widely seen as a move to clear all forms of opposition to colonization and resource grabbing in the region.
Indian police attack students during march against Israeli blockade on Gaza
Students accused India’s ultra-right-wing government of supporting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, and demanded the release of Freedom Flotilla activists.
Iran condemns fresh US sanctions
Iran claimed the proposed nuclear deal submitted May 31 by the US did not reflect the essence of the five rounds of indirect talks between the two countries.