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By Anjan Roy The strong GDP growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal year is a hopeful augury, though there are some intriguing aspects in the detailed figures as well. The quarterly growth has hit 7.8% which in itself is remarkable for a large economy. At the same time, one swallow does not […]

The post India’s High GDP Figures In First Quarter Sending Some Positive Signals first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi loves to keep people guessing. In fact, he thoroughly enjoys the experience whether all the people like it or not; for, there is always a comfortable majority which votes for him and the quirks of electoral democracy ensure he remains in power. Three decades of never gracing the […]

The post Sudden Calling Of A Special Session Of Parliament Is Another Gimmick Of PM first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to accept Nitish Kumar as the convener of the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc, while also expressing aggressive hostility to a caste census, has not gone down well among the backward caste people as well as Dalit and OBC leaders of Bihar and Jharkhand. Notwithstanding their political […]

The post Mamata’s Opposition To Caste Census Is Not Helping INDIA Alliance first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup The most significant political development this year is not the formation of the Indian Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), a congregation of forces opposed to the BJP. It isn’t the tentative alliance that BJP is seeking to build with its older and newer partners. And it it’s the G20 summit, which is much […]

The post High Inflationary Pressure On Economy Has Emerged As Major Issue For 2024 Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra A self effacing man with a deep commitment to egalitarianism who worked as a welding apprentice in Indian Railways, Shailendra would have been just another man in a crowd whose birth and passing do not deserve a mention had he not given vent to his penchant for poetry which Hindi screen legends […]

The post Decoding The Work Of The Great Film Lyricist Shailendra Who Mesmerised Common Viewers first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Narendra Modi government’s dramatic moves to convene an out of turn parliament session later this month and set up a panel headed by former President Ramnath Kovind to study the possibility of introducing one nation policy may be part of a ‘shock and awe’ policy rather than any real intent to […]

The post Modi Govt’s ‘Shock And Awe’ Strategy Mainly Aimed At Overwhelming Opposition first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though, at the conclusion of the third INDIA alliance meet in Mumbai on September 1, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has promised ‘a clear set of ideas’ to involve ‘the farmers, and the workers’ in the progress of this country, what actually needed is to devise an appropriate campaign programme keeping workers […]

The post INDIA Alliance In Need Of Taking Along Workers And Farmers first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: There is near exodus from BJP to join the Congress. Among them who are leaving BJP include sitting MLAs and important party leaders. Significantly those who are leaving are listing two factors – rampant corruption and being ignored because of the preference being given to Scindia followers. In a blow […]

The post Big Exodus Of BJP Leaders To Congress Continues Before Assembly Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW:  The entire country is watching the first electoral battle between NDA and the just formed INDIA being fought in Ghosi assembly by-election in Uttar Pradesh. This is direct fight between BJP candidate Dara Singh Chauhan who belongs to OBC and supported by NDA factions and Sudhkar Singh of Samajwadi Party enjoying […]

The post In Ghosi By-Poll In Uttar Pradesh, INDIA Is Fighting Its First Battle Against NDA first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Ghosi assembly bypoll has signalled a significant change in Uttar Pradesh politics. Congress joined Samajwadi Party’s election campaign, the first of its kind after the formation of INDIA opposition alliance. The election is scheduled for September 5, and it is the firs one-on-on electoral battle in the state between the opposition […]

The post Uttar Pradesh Politics Signals A Significant Change first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik At the Johannesburg summit of the BRICS countries, it was decided to expand the group beyond its original five, namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, to include six more countries. These are: Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. These six it appears were chosen out […]

The post In The Expanded BRICS Grouping, There Are Three Distinct Kinds Of Countries first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty In January 2019 — ahead of the May 2019 general elections — a ‘Mood of the Nation’ survey suggested that the BJP could be electorally wiped out in Uttar Pradesh if the Congress joined the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party in an alliance. It said the BJP could lose a quarter of its […]

The post INDIA Alliance Constituents Have To Implement One On One Formula In 400 Seats first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra The race has finally begun on who would be the I.N.D.I.A. alliance prime ministerial candidate. The current political buzz says that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi are the top […]

The post We Have Many Prime Ministerial Candidates, NDA Has Just One: I.N.D.I.A. first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee may not have missed the mark when she predicted the other day that the Modi government might advance the next Lok Sabha elections. She even hinted at December this year. But for the China map issue, which is forcing itself into the national […]

The post State Of Global Oil Market Eminently Suited For An Early Indian Election first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA alliance is only 70 days old as on August 31, 2023, the first day of its third Conclave to be held in Mumbai. Detractors derive pleasure in calling it the third hurdle, while forgetting the story of the rise and fall of their beloved NDA which is over 25 years […]

The post INDIA Alliance Can Now Be Reckoned As A Major Political Force first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty A whole lot of important people are in two minds; perhaps, even indifferent. This is what comes to mind when thinking of Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party, which used to be a Dalit powerhouse till a decade ago but has since lost its political mojo. So much so, other parties today […]

The post INDIA Alliance Should Not Pin Any Hopes On BSP Joining Anti-BJP Combine first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sudhir The shocking incident of a seven-year-old Muslim boy being slapped by his classmates on the order of the teacher taking the class must not be seen as an isolated event. That the school is a small private one in a remote village in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh cannot be a reason […]

The post Systematic Targetting Of Muslims In Educational System first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra Time was when Cuttack was a city in Odisha whose resident’s footprints in the Indian literary scene were nothing home to write about. One of its residents, Jayanta Mahapatra, an Indian poet writing in English changed the notion and more. To say that Mahapatra’s passing at the age of 95 in Cuttack […]

The post Jayanta Mahapatra Has Left A Lasting Legacy Of His Poems On Pain And Longing first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav On July 23, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld a lower court decision that said Mohammed Yunus must pay taxes on $7 million of donations he made between 2011 and 2014 to three trusts — Professor Muhammad Yunus Trust, the Yunus Family Trust and the Yunus Centre. The apex court ruled […]

The post Obama’s Support To Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunus Complicates Bangladesh Politics first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON: Senator Bernie Sanders is proposing the United States and the People’s Republic of China mutually agree to cut military spending, shifting the money to combatting global warming. Sanders made his proposal in an Op-ed in The Guardian on August 21. But when he proposed a 10% cut—at least $90 billion—on July […]

The post Bernie Sanders Proposes Military Spending Cut By U.S. And China first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty As the leaders of the INDIA alliance prepare for their third meeting in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1 to take forward the decisions taken at the last conclave in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18, one issue that should figure most prominently in their minds is how to project the […]

The post Economy – Mainly Acute Joblessness Must Get The Prime Focus In India Campaign first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Spine-chilling causes and effects have emerged in the evolving tale of the two alliances in India. INDIA opposition alliance was born on June 23 at Patna Conclave with 16 anti-BJP political parties on board. The birth of INDIA alliance shook the BJP out of its overconfidence and complacency. Only a few […]

The post BJP Manifests Spine-Chilling Symptoms Before 2024 Elections first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The paranoia is what you see. The reason why New Delhi has been shut tight and out of bounds for ordinary Indians. The Modi regime is convinced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s adversaries will go to any extent to derail the G20 Summit to tarnish Modi’s reputation in the eyes of 20-plus heads […]

The post Prime Minister Is Having A Paranoia Over Preparations For G20 Summit first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas As both India and Bangladesh prepare to hold general elections early next year, concerned authorities are finding it extremely hard to maintain effective foodgrains supply chains and contain inflation. In addition, Nepal has been urging India to sell significant quantities of rice, wheat and paddy to meet rising demands in the coming […]

The post Bangladesh And Nepal Look To India For Emergency Foodgrains Supply first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee The growing power tussle between the Centre and opposition-ruled states over the management control of the University Grants Commission-funded universities in states threatens to ruin the sanctity of the country’s higher education system. Chief ministers of a number of opposition states and centrally-appointed governors there are at loggerheads with each other over […]

The post Political Intrusion Puts Indian Higher Education In Crisis first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar India successfully landed the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft on the Moon last week. It is the fourth country to do so. Congratulations to ISRO for this achievement, which fills every Indian with pride. Scientists worldwide are especially interested in the Moon’s South Pole region. The Chandrayaan 3 success has boosted India’s soft power […]

The post Chandrayaan 3 Success Has Given A Big Boost To India’s Image As A Powerful Nation first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava After making inroads into school education, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is striving to take control of higher education, particularly functioning of the universities. RSS has already set up Shiksha Bharti, an educational wing to control and define the school level education. However, it has also started the process for creating a separate […]

The post RSS Desperate To Take Control Of Key Public Universities first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA alliance is all set to expand with more political parties on board. A concrete roadmap for general election 2024 is being prepared for the Mumbai meet to be held on August 31 – September 1, in which it would be formalized. Several other issues are also on the agenda which […]

The post BJP Beating About The Bush, India Alliance Set To Expand first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The best part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Greece visit, the first by an Indian PM in 40 years, was the Meghalaya Shawl and Chhattisgarh’s Dhokra Art, along with the Telangana Bidri Art vases, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted to the President and Prime Minister of Greece with their spouses equal […]

The post Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Greece Visit Has Many Positive Features first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup India successfully crossed a decisive milestone by accomplishing the demanding task of soft landing a robotic spacecraft on the Moon. Chandrayan-3’s Vikram lander is now firmly sitting on the South polar region of the lunar surface and getting ready to collect valuable data about the moon, its interior as well as the […]

The post Chandrayaan 3’s Success Vindicates India’s Indigenous Technical Capability first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.