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By James M Dorsey Islamic Law is at the centre of debates about what constitutes moderate Islam and what it would take to reform Islam. Essentially, two schools of thought dominate the discussion. Islam’s traditional approach simply picks and chooses which elements of Sharia it opts to ignore. That is the approach adopted by autocratic […]

The post A Tunisian Party Evolves From Islamism To Muslim Democracy first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The courts are making it increasingly clear that they are not impressed with the way the central agencies are proceeding with action against their victims. Going by the sharpness in the courts’ remarks, it seems that the day may not be far when the selective manner in which the law is taking, […]

The post Courts Beginning To Question ‘Law Taking Its Own Course’ As Claimed By Ruling Party first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Hardworking, simple and down to earth. That is how former Union Minister and NCP founder, Sharad Pawar, describes industrialist Gautam Adani in his 2015 autobiography, Lok Majhe Sangati (People, My Companions). The Maratha strongman has never shied away from supporting Adani, even when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack following […]

The post Sharad Pawar Shrugs Off Raised Eyebrows Over His Adani Friendship first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty When the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam – a ‘whodunit’ if any – is spoken about in roadside tea stalls, it is a Sherlock Holmes narrative, especially the headline, “The Curious Case of AAP, Liquor and the Missing Money Trail” that prevails. It’s a question AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal has been asking […]

The post Delhi Liquor Scam: Curious Case Of The Missing Money Trail first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian labour market is undergoing a structural change with the fast-changing world of work and the multiple crises therein. On the one hand a very large number of workforce is not able to get jobs, and on the other, employers have been reporting severe labour shortage in both the skilled and […]

The post Structural Changes Are Distorting Indian Labour Market first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Satyaki Chakraborty The continuing raids by the central agencies in the last five days against the opposition leaders, journalists and the human rights activists in the country is a signal that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Sangh Parivar are getting panicky after the announcement of the state caste census findings in Bihar […]

The post Congress Must Initiate Now The State Level Alliance Talks For Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India moves closer to the Lok Sabha election 2024, the number of raids on, arrests of, and seizures from the leaders of political parties in opposition has increased. Central agencies such as CBI, ED, NIA, and the Department of Income Tax have become super active along with others, such as […]

The post Modi Government Going Tough On Opposition Before Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik One of the most intriguing questions at present is why Europe’s political leadership has become complicit in what appear to be US efforts at undermining European economies. The well-known American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, having already provided evidence that the United States was responsible for the blowing up of the Nord Stream […]

The post European Political Leaderships Are Complicit In US Efforts To Undermine Their Economies first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy This is all about what a super is. An internal politicking in the American capital —Washington— results in the overthrow of the US House Speaker and it puts countries across the world in a flutter. US House speaker, Rep Kevin McCarthy, was thrown out of his position as House speaker by a […]

The post US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Ouster Is A Bad Sign For American Politics first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The Indian Democracy is currently under severe attack by the ruling Government at the centre. The raids by the Delhi police on the staff of the NewsClick news portal and subsequent arrest of the founder editor Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty on October 3 signal the arrival of an era […]

The post NewsClick Raid By Delhi Police Is A Fit Issue For Suo Moto Consideration By Supreme Court first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sitaram Yechury Last Sunday, lakhs of central and state government employees converged in the capital New Delhi, demanding the restoration of the old pension scheme. The coverage of this massive rally was limited to describing it as an event, obscuring the reflection of a deeper economic malaise afflicting our country. According to the old […]

The post Economic Distress In The Country Is Accentuating Fast Under Narendra Modi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty It did not strike anybody. Neither to the enforcement directorate, nor to the prosecution. And it did not strike the defence team of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. None of the AAP ministers or the AAP MLAs thought of it. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal completely missed it. But it […]

The post Supreme Court Question On Naming AAP As Accused Rattles ED Officials first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Krishna Jha As the summer with its heat is receding and winter, with its horror of ice cold nights shivers even in these warm days, India’s majority population, jobless, hungry, goes to bed to spend a night of miseries. It is October again, and on its second day was born the father of our […]

The post Time Has Come To Rediscover The Secular Principles Of Mahatma Gandhi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The use of terrorist laws against journalists in the NewsClick makes the Narendra Modi government’s intentions very clear: terrorise independent media outfits which dare not to follow their ‘gaudi’ counterparts that dominate the country’s media scene. The government apparently feels that even the few that remain outside its orbit cannot be allowed […]

The post Centre’s Raids On Newsclick Is A Part Of Policy Of Intimidation Of Independent Media first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Bihar Caste Census Report released on October 2 has exposed the weaknesses of the BJP’s so called social engineering which the party needs to reset urgently before the Lok Sabha election 2024. Caste Dynamics from now onward may change BJP’s political prospects in Bihar, and is likely to escalate in other […]

The post Bihar Caste Census Report Has Exposed BJP’s Political Faultlines first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The police of AAP-ruled Punjab arrests an opposition Congress MLA and it’s just the tip of trouble roiling the AAP and the Congress. The big question haunting the two parties is, however, will their spats at the Punjab state level harm the INDI-Alliance of which both are constituents and which so far […]

The post AAP-Congress Row Over MLA’s Arrest In Punjab Should Be Solved Amicably first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava It will take a couple of days more to unravel the truth whether it was a coincidence or a well-designed plan of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to detain dozen of journalists to deflect the attention of the nation and its people from the impact the report of Bihar caste survey would […]

The post BJP High Command Reviewing Its Social Engineering Strategy In The Light Of Caste Census Findings first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Once again, the Government has approved the sale of 28th tranche of electoral bonds with effect from October4 lasting ten days and as usual, it is slotted few weeks before the assembly elections to the five states. As usual, the BJP will be getting another big bounty in their election campaign kitty […]

The post Supreme Court’s Waiting Game On Electoral Bonds Hearing Is Hurting Indian Democracy first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Can the split between the AIADMK and BJP be permanent? If so, this could hurt the BJP’s chances of winning in Tamil Nadu since the AIADMK had supported them since J. Jayalalithaa’s passing away in 2016. The decision to end its partnership with the NDA on a national and state level may […]

The post BJP Wooing Smaller Parties After Rupture With AIADMK In Tamil Nadu first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The release of Bihar Caste Census Report has two immediate consequences: First, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has further raised his pitch for conduction of caste census at national level; and secondly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the opposition of “trying to divide the country in the name of caste”. Both were […]

The post Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi’s Caste Census Pitch Rattles BJP And RSS first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Overnight a couple of planks for the 2024 General Elections has been laid – with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar releasing the Bihar Caste Census and Prime Minister Narendra Modi raking up the Kanhaiyalal ‘sar tan se juda’ in pollbound Rajasthan, both the politicians ready to do whatever is needed to get […]

The post Prime Minister’s Cup Of Woes Is Full As India Starts Campaign For National Caste Census first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is heartening news for Kerala’s economy. The dark predictions about an imminent economic collapse made by incorrigible Government-baiters and doubting Thomases have been proved to be what they are: patent falsehoods. The facts speak for themselves. The data are self-explanatory. The news that makes delightful reading is that Kerala’s tax […]

The post 22 Per Cent Growth In Kerala’s Tax Revenue first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey A Saudi-Israeli agreement to establish diplomatic relations involving enhanced US commitments to Gulf security could be a game-changer for great power rivalry in the Middle East. To be sure, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu face formidable obstacles in paying the price tag Saudi Arabia puts on […]

The post Saudi-Israeli Deal Would Be A Gamechanger, But Not For Discussed Reasons first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra Size matters, so do strength. But it was something more than these physical attributes which helped Soumendu Roy, the most appreciated film cameraman after Subrata Mitra, having carried a heavy Mitchell camera on his shoulders and run in the sets of Pather Panchali cameraman of Bengali films as a cinematographer in twenty […]

The post Soumendu Roy Was A Master Cinematographer Collaborating With Satyajit Ray first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.