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By Rahil Nora Chopra Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge becoming the third Dalit president of the Indian National Congress, after D Sanjivaiah (1962) and Jagjivan Ram (December 1969), is expected to have a big impact on Gujarat assembly polls. In the western state and home-turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress has been making strong attempts […]

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By Sankar Ray The gloss of political triumph in the sweeping victory by the Pakistan-Teehreek-e-Insaaf in seven out of eight bye-elections to the National Assembly faded out by a technical knockout by the Election Commission of Pakistan. ECP disqualified the PTI chairman and the erstwhile Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan Niazi who was elected […]

The post Pakistan Is In Politico-Legal Turmoil Over Verdict On Imran Khan first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey The final run-up to the 2022 World Cup and the tournament’s management is make-it-or-break-it time for Qatar. Both will determine Qatar’s ultimate soft power benefit from the World Cup. How Qatar manages the tournament, and potential flare and hick-ups will shape how the 2022 World Cup is perceived and remembered. The […]

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The latest feud between the AIADMK’s Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) and O Panneerselvam (OPS) is now a familiar affair in Tamil Nadu’s political sphere. It all started with this week’s brief assembly session, which sparked a political firestorm. Palaniswami and the MLAs who supported him boycotted the session on October 18 after Speaker M Appavu refused […]

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By Sushil Kutty Most times we forget there is also Himachal Pradesh in the Union. Tucked between Punjab and the high Himalayas, largely Hindu–dominated with a burgeoning Muslim-led demographic change. This is a state nestling in the lower reaches of the Himalayas, a paradise on earth largely gone unnoticed because the pure-driven snow hasn’t so […]

The post Congress Has To Do A Lot In Next Three Weeks To Take On BJP In Himachal first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Future of work has been increasingly dependent on algorithm management for quite some time, the process of which has been accelerated after the COVID-19 crisis changing the world of work. It is posing new challenges to the labour market in general, and workforce in particular. It is potentially disruptive, and to […]

The post Algorithm Management May Be Destructive To Labour Market first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The next eight years of the present decade would be decisive not only for Net Zero by 2050, but also to ensure energy security. The world is already not on track to achieve SDG target of providing universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030, which may fall […]

The post Global Energy Security Under Serious Threat first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In West Bengal, the administrative deadlock with the centre over the mandatory provision of 100 days work for unskilled rural people under the MNREGA scheme drags on, adding to the political concerns of the ruling Trinamool Congress(TMC) Government. This project, suspended since last December in the state, is the centrepiece of the […]

The post Centre-State Confrontation Hurting Rural Poor In West Bengal first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty At the heart of politics is cowardice. Okay, foolhardiness. Take demonetization, for instance. It was a reckless display of authoritarianism, unbridled power, when the BJP-led NDA Government tipped its hat to its Prime Minister and forgot that in a democracy, collective decisions are the norm and the decision to demonetize was patently […]

The post Election Commission Is Functioning In A Bizarre Manner In Shiv Sena Symbol Issue first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabir Purkayastha The government has recently released a Draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022, for public comments. At the same time, the union government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill, which had been in the making for five years. This bill was to give a framework for the citizens’ privacy rights, based on the […]

The post Narendra Modi Govt’s Draft Telecom Bill Is A Gift To Telecom Monopolies first appeared on IPA Newspack.