ARABIAN POST SPECIAL

By James M Dorsey A schism that could tear the Anglican church apart is about more than LGBTQ rights. It’s about fundamental cultural and religious differences with potentially profound consequences for the geopolitical battle to shape a 21st-century world order. The rift also raises questions about the Church of England’s priorities at a time when […]

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By Ashis Biswas By end 2023, rail journey time for passengers between Kolkata and the three Barak valley districts of Assam via Dhaka, Bangladesh may be reduced to 15/16 hours only, if things run according to plan. A Kolkata-Agartala journey would take only around 10 hours, according to Railway authorities. People in Assam, Meghalaya and […]

The post New Measures In Rail Connectivity Reduce Travel Time Between Eastern India And Bangladesh first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup 0n April 12, when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar walked into 10, Rajaji Marg, residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi to discuss ways to bring opposition parties together, it marked the end of a long wait for the seasoned politician. Nitish had been waiting for the Congress to respond to […]

The post Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Is Taking Right Steps To Forge Opposition Unity first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Ranajit Guha, the most globally known Indian historian who introduced a new approach to history writing through his ‘subaltern studies’, passed away on April 28, less than a month before the Renaissance man was due to touch his 100th year on May 23. He was intellectually active till the end. Since […]

The post Ranajit Guha Gave A New Dimension To History Writing Through His Subaltern Studies first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran India’s integration into the global value chains and favourable container pricing trends are making the country an ideal choice as an attractive ‘China plus one’ alternative. The improvement in container availability, coupled with falling rates, is offering a great opportunity for container trading and leasing in the Indian sub-continent as the world […]

The post India Emerges As Key Player In ‘China Plus One’ Strategy Of Global Container Trade first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Many migrant workers face wage-related abuses, including non-payment, delayed payment of wages, and in many cases forced to work beyond the legal working time having most direct and tangible effect on their everyday lives. These sometimes lead to even debt bondage and forced labour. International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee of Experts […]

The post Migrant Workers Globally Face Wage Related Abuses first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Amarjeet Kaur May Day this year would be observed with more vigour by the working class for several pressing reasons. Taking into cognizance of the political developments which are moving at very fast pace on every front in the year before general elections in2024, it is of utmost importance to assess the situation. The […]

The post Observing May Day In India This Year With Vigour Is Of Paramount Importance first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra It’s now evident that after the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections are declared that the results, the opposition unity will take itself to the next level. The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is working hard and visiting places around the country to meet the opposition leaders of many states […]

The post Next Level Of Opposition Unity To Form After Karnataka Poll Results first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prakash Karat Many of the top wrestlers of the country, including international medal winners, are out protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. They have returned to the spot where they first conducted dharna in January since the government and the sports ministry have not acted on the complaints of sexual harassment made by some […]

The post Wrestlers Demand In Dharna For WFI President’s Removal Is Justified first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty It is dozens of hours since the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to their ‘Mann Ki Baat’, perhaps aware that India’s Prime Minister often slips into his default position of hard of hearing. And PM Modi, for all we know, must not have heard […]

The post Prime Minister’s Selective Response To Major Issues Of Nation Is Perplexing first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Is the Congress Party in Karnataka in a position to repeat in the May 10 assembly polls what the West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee did in 2021 polls in her state ?. The question is being asked by the seasoned political observer in the state as the […]

The post Will Congress Repeat In Karnataka Assembly Poll What Mamata Did In 2021? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Nobody can stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from doing electoral social engineering using Pasmanda Muslims and Kerala Christians for fodder. If the secular parties can, so can the so-called communal. But giving crumbs with one hand, and taking away crumbs (given by secular parties) is BJP-plated. So, take back the 4% Muslim […]

The post Will Prime Minister’s Social Engineering To Rope In Muslims And Christians Succeed? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak India has always been said to have great growth potential. In recent years, even the ‘fastest growing economy’ tag has been tied on its neck for several times. Now it is expected to retain this tag in 2023.Under the deception of such comforting propaganda lies the reality that the country is […]

The post Realisation Of India’s Growth Potential Needs Better Support System first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Krishna Jha At a time when we celebrate birth anniversary of our guide and philosopher Comrade V I Lenin on April 22, we are passing through a phase called as rule of finance capital. It is defined by Lenin as the higher stage of capitalism that takes away our democratic rights, our Constitution, right […]

The post For Indian Communists, The Teachings Of Lenin Are Very Relevant In Present Time first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Perseverance of the real politick finally prevailed over the political morality and forced the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to release the gangster, Anand Mohan. Unlike the Gujarat’s BJP government and Union home ministry which had released rapists and killers, without caring for the set legal norms and rules, Kumar government removed […]

The post Anand Mohan’s Release Is Linked To BJP-JD(U) Battle Over Loyalty Of Rajputs first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP leaders in Kerala are in seventh heaven following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Kerala.  They are gushing from the housetops that visit was an unqualified success and a political game-changer. But the jury is sharply divided over its outcome. The Prime Minister virtually sounded the poll bugle with […]

The post Prime Minister Sounds The Bugle In Kerala For 2024 Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Narendra Modi government, facing persistent criticism that the poor has become poorer and rich richer under its policies, couldn’t have asked for anything better. The IMF has literally ‘come to the aid of the party’ asserting that India’s achievement in financial inclusion is truly remarkable. The certificate will be of great […]

The post IMF Provides A Shot In The Arm For Modi’s Campaign For 2024 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty A Sikh when he goes places can be traced to a gurdwara. Nowadays, the trace will lead through Canada, the United Kingdom and into enemy country Pakistan. Akali Dal titan Parkash Singh Badal would not be at any of these Sikh centres of convenience. After 75 years serving the Sikh cause, Badal […]

The post Parkash Singh Badal Had Twists And Turns In Akali Politics In Punjab first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Will the turncoats spoil the chances of the ruling BJP returning to power in Karnataka’s May 10 Assembly polls? The Party-hopping has peaked before the elections. How far these turncoats would damage the BJP is unknown. Despite its insisting that this migration would not affect its poll prospects, the exit of prominent […]

The post Party Hopping Is A Normal Feature In Karnataka Before Or After Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Notwithstanding some political experts and BJP sympathisers expressing serious scepticism on the feasibility of the opposition unity, Monday’s meeting of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar and Tejashvi Yadav, the deputy chief minister of Bihar sends a clear message that this is now  no more unrealistic. The posturing […]

The post Nitish-Mamata Meet Is A Giant Leap In Opposition Bid For Maximum Unity Against BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Satyaki Chakraborty Greece is going for national election on May 21 this year as the Prime Minister of the Centre Right New Democracy Party Kyriakos Mitsotakis met the President and proposed the dissolution of the Parliament. The President accepted and fixed May 21 as the date for elections. Next month’s legislative elections will be […]

The post Greece National Elections On May 21 To Witness Stiff Contest Between Right And Left first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Section 124A is pretty stark in its messaging: “Whoever, words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the Government established by law in India shall be punished…” The 150-year-old […]

The post Islamic Pakistan’s Supreme Court Has Scrapped Sedition Law, When Will India? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee At a time when India is aiming to become an industrial powerhouse and a $5-trillion economy by 2026-27, the country’s nearly 500-million workforce, the second largest after China, lives in deep uncertainty over life after retirement. The minimum pension continues to be Rs.1,000 per month for the last two decades despite pre-election […]

The post Life Is Dreadful For Millions Of India’s Industrial Pensioners first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Rudrangshu Mukherjee, presently Chancellor and Professor of History at Ashoka University, is a well-known Indian historian who has done commendable work on different areas of the country’s history. His scholarship on the First War of Independence/Sepoy Mutiny in 1857, as also his sensitive understanding of the complex relationship between Subhash Chandra […]

The post Nothing New In Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s ‘A New History Of India’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava The RSS has now emerged as the prime driver of the BJP poll campaigns in the elections and with the Lok Sabha polls scheduled in April/ May 2024, its role is getting expanded in the electoral strategy of the BJP. It was visibly evident in the assembly elections to the three north-eastern […]

The post RSS Has Taken Command Of BJP Preparations In Bengal For Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the Centre and States are holding back announcement of roll out of the four controversial labour codes brought in 2019 and 2020 fearing adverse political fallout during 2024 general election in the country, India has already begun witnessing relaxation being given to employers. Several states have already relaxed their laws […]

The post Centre Has Initiated The Process Of Relaxation In Labour Laws first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Amitabha Sen The World’s second largest economy, China is currently holding more than half of the global wheat stocks leaving much behind the combined stocks of the US and the European Union’s 27 member states. If excluded China, the global stocks can take care less than two months consumption. This is revealed in the […]

The post China Dominates Global Wheat Market With Its Record Stocks In 2022-23 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra In an attempt to bring back the politics of social justice before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have raised the demand that the Union government should go ahead for a caste census with immediate effect. Kharge has written to Prime Minister […]

The post Congress Demands Caste Census, Opposition United To Take On BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava RSS which claims to be the nation’s conscience keeper and beholder of the highest order of morality utterly lacks moral conviction to explain the reasons for its strident opposition to the caste census which basically aims at ascertaining the correct socio-economic position and to reflect on population size of the OBCs, EBCs, […]

The post RSS Is Strongly Opposed To Adoption Of Caste Census At National Level first appeared on IPA Newspack.