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By Sankar Ray It was Rabindranath Tagore, the myriad-minded poet, thinker and staunch internationalist who stood up openly at a public meeting in 1897 at the historic Town Hall of Calcutta, then India’s capital in protest against the infamous sedition act, the day before it was first used –Section 124A of Indian Penal Code. It […]

The post Rabindranath Tagore Spoke Strongly Against Sedition Law In 1897 On The Eve Of Tilak’s Arrest first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Revival of the Congress Parliamentary Board (CPB), granting only one ticket per family, a mandatory three-year cooling off period for office bearers of the AICC, PCC and DCC after completing their first full-term of 3-4 years and pruning the Jumbo Congress committee panels are likely to come up for deliberation at the […]

The post Rejuvenation Of The Congress Party To Face BJP Challenge In 2024 Poll first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The WHO data on global COVID-19 related deaths was finally out on May 5 despite Modi government’s best of efforts to stall its release which delayed it by at least four months. The actual data was more shocking than the leaked data a fortnight ago since it revealed one death reported […]

The post One Death Reported While 10 Actually Died Of Covid In India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava If the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi would have refused to listen to the suggestion of Rahul Gandhi to appoint Navjot Singh Sidhu as the Punjab Unit president or if she had initiated action against him once he launched tirade against the Punjab Congress chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Congress would not […]

The post Sonia Gandhi Is Still Clueless On Dealing With Factional Fights In Congress first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The other day in Denmark Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in one of those unguarded moments, found himself ambushed by the media! The next thing you hear is Modi with a “Oh! My God!” and every media reporting how startled, vulnerable and panicked the Prime Minister appeared and sounded, followed by the question: […]

The post Narendra Modi’s Aversion To Live Pressers Transcends Continents first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Most developing member countries (DMCs) are facing serious gaps in student learning outcomes, that the World Bank calls learning crisis. Half of the students in Grade 5 in India cannot do two-digit subtraction or read connected text, and half of the students who complete primary schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan cannot […]

The post Foundational Education Requires A Paradigm Shift first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP are working for Mission 2024 to achieve the target of getting more than 70 seats in Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Soon after taking over as chief minister for second time Yogi Adityanath announced programmes for his ministers with targets keeping in mind 2024 Lok […]

The post Amit Shah Has Given Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit A Target Of 70 Lok Sabha Seats first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The time of reckoning has finally come. The Supreme Court of India is to begin final hearing of petitions challenging sedition law on May 5, 2022, as the Apex Court has said on April 27, and would not entertain any request for any further adjournment of the matter. The three-judge Bench […]

The post Time Of Final Reckoning Has Come For Sedition Law first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Majoritarian’ propensities have completely riveted the Indian politics and its social order. This majoritarian principle has not only vitiated the political structure, instead it has also affected the judiciary; the bureaucracy is already dancing to its tunes.  Stimulating majoritarian is the part of the well designed strategy to convert India into a […]

The post Highest Judiciary Is Avoiding The Tasks Of Protecting Indian Constitution first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The ‘freeze’ ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a response to the outbreak of Covid pandemic had gone terribly wrong in terms of its timing. Millions of lives and livelihoods were lost as everything ground to a halt, a mistake for which the nation continues to pay a heavy price. Now […]

The post Two Lockdowns In Asia’s Two Biggest Countries Offer Many Lessons first appeared on IPA Newspack.