Solar and wind energy production has doubled its share of the US market since 2018. However, it remains at only 16% of total power generation. A growing number of consumers prioritizing clean energy are installing wind turbines and solar panels in their homes. A wind turbine or solar panels can be good options. They have differences in how they work and the best installation location. Learn more […]
By Nantoo Banerjee Pledging inflated stocks to borrow big from India’s public sector banks seems to have become a routine practice in India. Surprisingly, the Reserve Bank (RBI), the banking regulator, and the government, are doing little to control such practices by holding bank management as responsible as those adventurous borrowers. There are reasons to […]
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By Arun Srivastava In a scenario where it appears that road to south for BJP is once again getting blocked, the desperate leadership as a last resort to salvage the situation and stem the crisis is seriously contemplating to turn the electoral battle into a combat between “SAVARKAR VS TIPU” and polarise the society. But […]
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By Sushil Kutty Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is the soul and spirit of the Aam Aadmi Party, which recently achieved “national party” status, couldn’t care less right now for an electoral alliance with a party or parties for the 2024 general elections. Not the day after he was questioned by the CBI on […]
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By Tirthankar Mitra Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge is walking a tightrope in trying to amicably resolve an intra-party feud between veteran Ashok Gehlot and young Turk Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan. Working out a compromise formula by Kharge seems to be asking for the moon as both the feuding leaders seem to possess a winner takes […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak International Labour Organization (ILO) has categorically told the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) that social justice is indispensable in protecting the workforce since inequality has been growing worldwide. The importance of the statements lies in the fact that these have been delivered at a time when the world labour […]
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By Sushil Kutty Ever since Covid happened to humans, the World Health Organization has disappointed a lot of people. First it seemed to let off China with a light rap on the wrist. Then, it floundered in the number-crunching. So much so, it gave to our own high-flying Prime Minister Narendra Modi the blushes when […]
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By James M Dorsey Think that the modern nation-state originated with the emergence of the 17th-century beginnings of the era of science and reason? Think again. In a recently published book, political scientist Anna Gryzmala-Busse traces the origins of the modern state to medieval Europe when religion and the church played a powerful role rather […]
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By Harihar Swarup With day-long protests by Congress across the country recently, the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament has given shape to political chessboard, setting up the opening pieces for the 2024 election battle. How events pan out depends on subsequent moves of various protagonists. We can, however, make preliminary observations. One, the next […]
The post BJP Is Pinning High Hopes On Its Agenda Of Nationalism And Hindutva first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By K Raveendran A graph tweeted by Rahul Gandhi, sourced to ‘India’s Consumer Economy 360 Survey’, and showing that between 2016 and 2021 income of the poor class decreased by about 50 per cent has put the focus on the think-tank that produced the survey report. Rahul cited the graph to back his claim that […]
The post Minefield Of Labour Statistics: Confusing Signals And Conflicting Claims first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Ben Chacko This spring has been a triumphant one for Chinese diplomacy, from the breakthrough in Iran-Saudi relations to Friday’s high-profile summit with Brazilian President Lula. Lula’s remarks on moving away from trade in US dollars show Chinese President Xi Jinping’s description of China and Brazil as “comprehensive strategic partners” has real content. Britain’s […]
The post China Outsmarts USA In Hardcore Diplomacy In The Last Two Months first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Prabhat Patnaik Except in war-time, capitalism invariably seeks to control inflation by creating a recession; and this is so even when the inflation has been caused by an autonomous increase in capitalists’ profit-margins which are downward inflexible and hence would not be reduced by a recession. This strategy is pursued because a recession invariably […]
The post Oil Output Cut By OPEC+ Countries Is A Testimony To Decline In Us Hegemony first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Government of Punjab has just started compensating farmers of the state for their crop losses due to inclement weather conditions in March and April. AAP government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann kept their assurance to do it at lightning speed in transparent manner and met the deadline of Baisakhi, […]
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By Dr Arun Mitra As per the reports, Somalia with a Population of 17 Million is passing through serious crisis of food security. Over 200,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of food crisis. ‘Due to starvation they are dying, falling prey to diarrhoea, measles or malaria etc. Number of deaths last year is estimated to […]
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By Ashis Biswas In northeast Indian states, upset Christians feel they must protest more vigorously against the recent demolition of a few churches in Manipur and Assam, for which they hold the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accountable. Intriguingly, Nagaland-based Christians have reacted more sharply than their follow religionists in the region. The Nagaland Pradesh Congress […]
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By Tirthankar Mitra Any activist and leader of West Bengal unit of CPI(M) will face strong disciplinary action in the event of any understanding with BJP in the panchayat elections The riot act being read out at the recently concluded state committee meeting of the CPI(M) is a clear pointer to the growing murmurs in […]
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By Arun Srivastava For naysayers it was a the doomsday as the “historic meet” between Nitish Kumar and Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in presence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge not only sent a vibrant message that opposition unity was no more an illusion but would strengthen the ideological narrative of the opposition fight against the […]
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By P. Sudhir The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Easter day was notable, as it was his first visit to a church since becoming prime minister over nine years ago. On the same day, Easter Sunday, BJP leaders conducted an outreach in different places by […]
The post BJP Is Taking A Cynical Approach Towards Christians In Kerala first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Nitya Chakraborty Om Prakash Sabherwal, more known as OP in Delhi’s media circles, was a leading journalist in the national capital for more than five decades in the last century. He joined India Press Agency (IPA) in1959 at the call of IPA founder Nikhil Chakravartty and was connected with the organization till his last […]
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By Sushil Kutty Following opposition parties’ feelers to each other, and after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s meeting with Congress party’s disqualified Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi in the company of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, the Bharatiya Janata Party was in some degree of nervousness as was apparent […]
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Are you looking to take advantage of the housing sector in America right now? Then you may want to consider Florida real estate. It’s a fantastic opportunity, particularly because of its diverse climate and excellent transport links. With over 22 million residents, Florida is one of the most populous states in the United States. Despite this, it also has one of the evenest distributions of wealth it […]
By Arun Srivastava Less than a month ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka scheduled on May 10, the state unit of the BJP is vertically split between the loyalists and turncoats and between believers and nonbelievers of Hindutva. While the turncoats through their patrons at Delhi have been striving hard to side-line the loyalists, […]
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By Debabrata Biswas from Boston On April 4, citizen Trump surrendered, formally arrested and arraigned in a mundane court room on the 15th floor of Manhattan Criminal Court in New York .He was spared of procedural mug shot and handcuff as a courtesy to a former president. And with this, ‘a new, dangerous chapter of […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian economy, politics, and media was in transition when I joined India Press Agency in March 1993 led by O P Sabherwal as its Chief Editor. I had been sent there by Sumit Chakravartty, Editor of the weekly Mainstream. The transition of the 1990s had then just begun, and as the […]
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