Day: February 12, 2012
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AMRI Tragedy: Playing with Fire
Two incidents late last year shook the conscience of many people in West Bengal. On December 9th, 2011, major fire claimed 93 lives in the Advanced Medical Research Institute (AMRI) Hospital, Kolkata. Most of them were patients admitted to the hospital for treatment. In another incident, 173 people died after consuming spurious hooch (locally manufactured…
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India: Lower Economic growth & the Gathering Storm
The following article is a translated version from the Dutch original and is based on an introduction by a visiting comrade from India at a meeting of the Linkse Socialistische Partij/Parti Socialiste de Lutte – LSP/PSI (Left Socialist Party – CWI Belgium) branch in Antwerp (Belgium) on 24th Jan, 2012. Together with China, India is…