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By Arun Srivastava Boris Johnson is known for his excellent manoeuvring political skill. His rusticity has added to his charisma and this has been primarily the reason that Britons entrusted him to task to lead their country. Obviously the person who has put lot of efforts to build his image over the years would not […]

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Rishi Sunak, who is set to be Britain’s first Indian-origin prime minister, recently said that he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. Addressing a gathering of British Indian Conservative Party members in August, the 42-year-old UK-born […]

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  Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak could end up becoming the country’s next prime minister if his opponents Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt fail to win the backing of 100 MPs by tomorrow. Sunak already has the backing of 142 members of the parliament. Boris Johnson, who was ousted from the premiership in July […]

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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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India’s talks with the UK on the proposed free trade agreement is well on track, but New Delhi will have to “wait and watch” the ongoing political developments in Britain, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as the Conservative Party leader saying she can […]

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By Berry Craig There’s ample historical precedent for Donald Trump and the MAGA GOP embracing far-right, if not outright fascist, European politicians. Their latest hero is Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s likely new prime minister. Never mind that her authoritarian, racist, Christian nationalist, anti-immigrant, and anti-LGBTQ Brothers of Italy Party was founded after World War II by […]

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By Arun Srivastava Riding on the back of Boris Johnson’s support, Liz Truss entered into the cosy office of the prime minister of Britain, but this success has not provided her with the vision as to how to govern Britain. During the Tory leadership contest, the former Chancellor Rishi Sunak had cautioned that her plans […]

The post Britain Paying The Price For Liz Truss’s Tilted Right Wing Agenda first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik What is called OPEC+ that is the13 members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) together with 11 other petroleum exporting countries led by Russia, decided on October 5 to cut their oil production by 2 million barrels per day, starting from November. The US had been pressing OPEC not to […]

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By K R Sudhaman As India celebrates its 75th year of independence this year, several roadmaps are being laid for it to become a developed economy in the next 25 years when India would celebrate its 100th year of independence in 2047. Some of us might not be alive to witness it but ever optimist […]

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By Arun Srivastava The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Narendra Modi government have globalised the hate politics and divisiveness. The two evils which have been, after Narendra Modi becoming the prime minister, dictating the political discourse in India have made their way to the international arena.  This is clearly manifest in the incidents that took […]

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By L S Herdenia What would have happened if Germany and Japan would have succeeded in defeating allied powers in the Second World War? In this context a remark by U Nu, the then Prime Minister of Burma was very significant. Our Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was on a visit to Burma. During informal talk […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the historical city Samarkand in Uzbekistan on September 15 and 16 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit amidst the continuation of the Ukraine war and the persisting misunderstanding between India and China over the border issues. This will be first in person summit […]

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By Arun Srivastrava In the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a divided Britain finds itself in a mystified situation where the country’s economy under the new prime minister Liz Truss not only faces the worst nature of shattering , it  also confronts  the threat of losing the emblem  of being one of the  super powers. […]

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By Anjan Roy It is hard to think now of England without Queen Elizabeth II. She had been there for as long as anyone could remember. A reign of seventy years. This moment would have been somewhat similar to when Queen Empress Victoria had died in 1901. She had begun when England was still an […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tweeted his tribute to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who died today at the age of 96. “I had memorable meetings with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during my UK visits in 2015 and 2018. I will never forget her warmth and kindness,” PM Modi tweeted. “During one of the meetings […]

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From the national anthem to notes, coins, stamps, postboxes and passports: many aspects of life in Britain and beyond will change with the accession of Charles to the throne. The demise of Queen Elizabeth II means changes to the names of institutions throughout Britain and the wider Commonwealth realms. Meanwhile, her effigy on currency and […]

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By Anjan Roy Britain gets a new prime minister alright, but that also means the country shows its true colour — a total right wing swing. The new prime minister has won by support of less than 1% of British voters, just by some 20,000 more supporters among the Conservative party members. Liz Truss had […]

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