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All government employees in Maharashtra will now say Vande Mataram, instead of hello, while addressing phone calls, the newly appointed minister for culture Sudhir Mungantiwar told CNN-News18 exclusively, adding the order will be passed on August 18. “This is the 75th year of independence. When we were fighting the British, even when they fired bullets […]

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  By Arun Srivastava   Celebration of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsva” contained more negatives vibes and the concealed agenda of accomplishing the mission of the RSS, than to really honour and rejoice the revered Independence Day for which lakhs of Indians attained martyrdom.   Basically, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s design to divide the post 2014 […]

The post Amrit Mahotsava Has Been Turned Into A Big Jumla By Sangh Parivar first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Arun Mitra   Since independence our country has progressed in many fields. The British colonial rulers squeezed our economy and left the nation with poor education and health status. According to Sanjay P Zodpey and Preeti H Negandhi  as per the 1951 Census, India’s population was 36.1 crores. Only 18.33% of the total […]

The post After 75 Years Of Independence, Health Is Not A Fundamental Right first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By D Raja   As the country is celebrating the 75th anniversary of independence, it’s an irony of history that the RSS, which remained loyal to the British, is now trying to appropriate the legacy of our secular and inclusive struggle for independence. Seventy-five years ago, our country reached an important milestone, when people of […]

The post RSS And BJP Are Trying To Appropriate Legacy Of India’s Freedom Struggle first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee   Some may disagree but India has failed to cash in on its spirited struggle for freedom from over-a-100-year-old British Raj to convert the country into an abode of peace and prosperity for its citizens in the last 75 years. Official claims apart, India continues to be a poor country with almost […]

The post India Lacked Policy Focus For Growth With Equity, Grass Root Development first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik   The post-colonial state in India had two primary tasks before it: one was to overcome the hegemony of metropolitan capital, so that a development strategy in relative autonomy from imperialism could be pursued; the second was to attack landlordism both to free the agrarian population from its clutches, and to increase […]

The post Decoding Indian Economy’s Journey In The Last Seventy-Five Years first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Amulya Ganguli   It might not be churlish to say that the celebration of the 75th year of Indian independence is more an official event associated with the BJP than a national occasion.   The fact that the BJP was ousted from Bihar while facing an angry opponent in Telangana showed that the festivities […]

The post BJP And Sangh Parivar Had Never Any Faith In An Integrated Inclusive India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dipankar Bhattacharya   A week ahead of the 75th anniversary of Independence, India commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Quit India movement on 9 August 2022. The Congress leadership had been arrested immediately after giving the Quit India call from the All-India Congress Committee session in Mumbai, but the call triggered a popular upsurge […]

The post Modi Government Is Using 75th Anniversary Programme To Distort History first appeared on IPA Newspack.

  By Sushil Kutty   Droupadi Murmu has taken oath on July 25, the 15th President of India. Her salary: Rs 5 lakh per month, plus perks. But why talk of the President’s salary? That is because there’s a big gap between what Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picks for high office earn and what the […]

The post India Has World’s Highest Number Of ‘Extremely Poor’ Denizens first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Binoy Viswam At the 75th year of Independence, India witnesses unusual initiatives from BJP, the ruling party. They are taking extra pains to exhibit their loyalty to the national freedom struggle and the National Flag. Anyone with a little understanding of history knows that neither the BJP nor its predecessors who form part of […]

The post Sangh Parivar And BJP Have No Right To Talk Of Tiranga Celebrations first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The prime-time anchor couldn’t hold back his happiness. He wanted to know from the anti-corruption crusader exactly where the “case” stood. The anti-corruption crusader was happy to oblige. Both had tried and found Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi guilty. The anchor spelled out the verdict and the anti-corruption crusader said there was […]

The post Hounding Out The Main Opposition Party By ED And Delhi Police Has Crossed All Limits first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Soma Marla While nominating Smt Droupadi Murmu, the ruling BJP boasted as a saviour of tribal people. However, by proposing changes to Forest Rights Act, 2006, the Narendra Modi  government is doing quite the opposite by subverting the interests of tribal people to benefit big companies. During the current monsoon session of Parliament […]

The post Amendment Of Forest Rights Act 2006 To Help Only Big Corporations first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Amulya Ganguli An unprecedented event in January, 2018, saw four Supreme Court judges hold a Press conference – the first and last, in their view – to announce that democracy in India is in peril because “things are not in order” in the judiciary. Four years later, Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, has also voiced […]

The post Indian Judiciary Is Still Failing To Act As The Custodian Of Democracy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava The final ballot of the British Parliamentarians which put Rishi Sunak at the top place with 137 votes as against Liz Truss’s 113 votes does not give any indication of what finally can happen on September 5 when the final results will be out following voting by  nearly160,000 members of the Conservative […]

The post Rishi Sunak Has A Tough Fight On Hand To Get Support Of Common Tory Voters first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Rishi Sunak, the Indian-origin former UK Chancellor, retained the lead in the fifth round of voting on Wednesday to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister. The race has now come down to just two, with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss battling against Mr Sunak. Boris Johnson, the scandal-ridden outgoing […]

The post Rishi Sunak could be 6th Indian-origin head of state first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Nepal and Bangladesh are feeling the negative impact of the uncertainties plaguing power generation and related operations in India, in the wake of the Ukraine war. Neither Nepal, nor Bangladesh can expect much relief from long power cuts until more supplies can be sourced from India later this year. For the present, […]

The post Bangladesh And Nepal Badly Hit By Power Shortages, Seeking Help From India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak widened his lead in the latest round of voting Monday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain’s next prime minister, but the race to get in the final two tightened. Sunak won the support of 115 Tory lawmakers, followed by Penny Mordaunt on 82 votes, Liz Truss on 71, Kemi Badenoch […]

The post Rishi Sunak widens lead in British PM race after party vote first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava For rightist Conservative Party, choosing a visionary and able administrator as the prime minister in place of Boris Johnson has indeed become a major combative task. This was for the first time that party was deprived of a talented leader. After coming to power three years ago, Boris decapitated his party of […]

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