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By K Raveendran Every BJP manifesto since 1996, with the sole exception of 1991, had promised the construction of a grand Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. So it would be rather naïve to expect the party not to make political capital out of the January 22 Pran Pratishta at the brand new Ram Mandir of grandeur, […]

The post BJP’s Claim For Political Capital Out Of Ram Mandir Goes Largely Uncontested first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty A Modi achievement is the empowerment of the so-called radical Hindus who had got off to an early start after Narendra Modi became Prime Minister and took charge of the India that had passed through several stints of secular prime ministers including the greatest one of all of them – Jawaharlal Nehru, […]

The post Prime Minister’s Current Visit To South Is Aimed At Linking The Region With North Through Hindutva first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The first week of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has stirred the politics in the North East India. The political churning that began with former Congress President Rahul Gandhi led Yatra launch on January 14 from Toubal in Manipur has already alarmed the BJP leaders, especially Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister […]

The post Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra Raises Political Heat In The Northeast first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava More than the leadership of the Congress and Samajwadi Party, it is the media, which is relatively inquisitive and worried about the two parties still not resolving the contentious issue of seat sharing in Uttar Pradesh. While the leaders of two parties express their gratification at the pace and dimension of the […]

The post Congress-SP Alliance Sends Out Strong Signal To RSS-BJP Camp first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Is India awash in religion? India cannot help itself. Religion is so mixed with politics and everyday life in India that it bristles. This, despite the country’s apex court asserting in1994 that mixing religion with politics was fraught with danger. Today, the same Supreme Court has by far a far more liberal […]

The post Narendra Modi Is Chanting ‘Make The Temples Great Again’ On The Lines Of Trump first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra To consolidate its EBC, OBC and Dalit vote bank ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar has passed a proposal to provide financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each to more than 94 lakh families identified based on the recently conducted caste survey. A proposal […]

The post Nitish Govt Approves Sop For 94 Lakh EBC, OBC, Dalit Families first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Ramlalla Virajman in Ayodhya is still at the makeshift temple. Tomorrow, on January 19, He, in the form of a 9 inch idol has been reported to be shifted to His new abode still under-construction, just to be reduced to occupy secondary place in front of the 51-inch RSS-VHP-BJP’s make idol, […]

The post Usurpation Of Divine And Legal Rights Of Ramlalla Virajman Is Injustice first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sudhir The consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on January 22 will symbolise the merger of State and religion under the rubric of Hindutva. Central to the `Pran Pratishtha’ of the idol of Lord Ram will be the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, underlining the fact that this is a State-sponsored […]

The post January 22’s Temple Run: BJP, RSS-Driven Hindutva Rampage Peaks first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Seat Sharing is the vital component of the electoral strategy, but for leaders of INDIA bloc of Jharkhand, using the forum for espousing the cause of the adivasis and poor and fight for their identity and welfare is the primary mission. Leaving aside one or two seats, the opposition leaders have succeeded […]

The post Jharkhand Under Hemant Is Ready To Take On The BJP Challenge In 2024 Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The Congress has appointed YS Sharmila, the party chief of Andhra Pradesh. But Sharmila, who is the politically estranged sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, has a rather weak Andhra Pradesh unit of the Congress to fight her brother Jagan, who in turn is fighting anti-incumbency as well […]

The post Sharmila-Led Congress Throws A Big Challenge To Jagan Reddy first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 will also mark the beginning of BJP’s campaign for Lok Sabah General Election 2024. Religious events, including fetching large number of Hindu devotees to Ayodhya Ramlala Darshan free of cost for the next two months, will be […]

The post Political Impact Of Ram Mandir Inauguration Will Not Be Pan India first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Supreme Court order staying the Allahabad High Court decision to appoint an advocate commission to conduct a survey of the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah complex in Mathura does not substantially alter the general approach of the judiciary with regard to the disputed places of worship, which is more in favour of faith […]

The post SC Order On Mathura Idgah Does Not Change Norm Gaining Ground On Disputed Structures first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty US Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley’s third place finish in Iowa means she should be out of the race. But the Indian-origin Republican’s Democrat voters are not ready for her to call it quits, as yet. Her dollar-donors also have skin in the game. Nikki Haley spent more dollars per vote than Ron […]

The post Is Nikki Haley A Favourite Of Leftwing Democrats To Defeat Trump? first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By M A Hossain In the year 2023, Pakistan found itself grappling with an unprecedented surge in terrorist incidents. The Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan has catalyzed the surge, which in turn emboldened and strengthened the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Over the past two years, the TTP underwent a transformative series of mergers, centralizing its organizational framework […]

The post Historical Perspective And Contemporary Dynamics Of Extremism In Pakistan first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Congress Party’s responsibilities have increased with the decision of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc Opposition coalition to name Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge as the President. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has declined the post of convenor. Forming partnerships before elections is relatively easy, but the real challenge lies in agreeing on seats. How difficult […]

The post Congress Is More Accommodative This Time In Seat Sharing Talks With Allies first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ is going ahead with its goal to bring peace to all the places through which it passes. Also fight for justice to people of all colour, creed and caste. It started in the violence-hit Manipur where both the Kuki and Meitei communities believed Rahul Gandhi had […]

The post Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ Rekindles Fresh Hope first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava BSP chief Mayawati continues to be an enigma. Till Monday morning, she was sending out signal to the leaders of INDIA bloc, especially to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, that she was ready to ride the bandwagon of INDIA. But by noon she made a volte-face and shocked the opposition leaders by saying […]

The post Mayawati’s Somersault Aims At Boosting Poll Prospects Of BJP first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is facing rising industrial concentration in just five hands, and is enriching billionaires, private equity funds, and crony capitalists driving unprecedented level of inequalities and poverty among people. Dalits are facing high and unaffordable out-of-pocket fees in the private healthcare sector, financial exclusion in the private healthcare sector, and overt […]

The post India Faces Rising Industrial Concentration In Just Five Hands: Oxfam first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee The new year’s best news for India, is that the Saudi Arabia-led Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is fast losing its grip on the market with a number of countries willing to offer prices even lower than those fixed for Russian crude. Saudi Arabia itself has cut down crude oil prices […]

The post Lower Global Oil Demand And Price Will Benefit India In 2024 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava In October last year at the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, Narendra Modi had projected India under his rule as a rising diplomatic powerhouse and elicited sycophantic commentary on its growing confidence. While boasting of his image of a ‘Vishwa Guru’, Modi often ignores the bare fact that goodwill cannot […]

The post Maldives Crisis Exposes India’s Lack Of Diplomatic Wisdom, Wider Vision first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The World Economic Forum (WEF), the organization of big global CEO’s and neo liberal think tanks has expressed its concern at the impact of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) indiscriminately in the industries of the countries, both developed and developing. The random use of the latest human intelligence technology will be […]

The post Artificial Intelligence Has To Be Adapted Selectively To Protect Jobs first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Uncertainty in Global labour market is likely to continue while unemployment is set to rise in 2024. Growing inequality and stagnant productivity will also be cause of concern on the economic front, especially at a time when the global economy is on track for the slowest half-decade of growth in 30 […]

The post Uncertainty In Labour Market To Continue, Unemployment To Rise In 2024 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Devasis Chattopadhyay On 22 January 2024, India will change forever. It’s a misstep we may never recover from, a change triggered by a temple. In our country, regardless of religion, we consecrate shrines all the time. In a multi-faith and primarily agrarian society, home to 140 crore population, places of worship possess a wonderful […]

The post I Am Sad I Will Not Find My Childhood Ramchandra In The New Ayodhya Temple first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Arun Mitra War is the most serious threat to public health with catastrophic effects on infrastructure and environment and accounts for more deaths & disability than many major diseases combined. It destroys families, communities and sometimes whole cultures. It channels limited resources away from health and other social needs. Any nuclear exchange can […]

The post Failure Of United Nations To Stop Israeli Killings Has Led To Major Humanitarian Crisis first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A lot has happened over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s blissful walk on the sandy pristine beach of one of India’s least explored tourism destinations – Lakshadweep. Living among 1.40 billion people has its share of joys and perils. One of the most irritating problems that most Indians face is the lack […]

The post India Govt Should Deal With Maldives With Caution And Perspective first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By C.J. Atkins The strongest weapon the ruling class possesses is its control of the press—its domination of the sources through which people get their information. A hundred years ago, a group of radical workers and Marxist writers launched a publication in the United States of America they hoped would break the monopoly that bosses […]

The post US Communist Party Daily People’s World Has Completed 100 Years first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The opposition INDI-Alliance is confident that unity among opposition parties will fetch easy victories against the Bharatiya Janata Party in the majority of the 543 constituencies in 2024 because in 2019, Modi’s victorious party could get only 38 percent of the total votes polled, while the remaining 62 percent were “cast against” […]

The post INDIA Bloc Parties Should Do Their Best To Raise The Voting Percentage In Their Favour first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The opposition INDI-Alliance is confident that unity among opposition parties will fetch easy victories against the Bharatiya Janata Party in the majority of the 543 constituencies in 2024 because in 2019, Modi’s victorious party could get only 38 percent of the total votes polled, while the remaining 62 percent were “cast against” […]

The post INDIA Bloc Parties Should Do Their Best To Raise The Voting Percentage In Their Favour first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.