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By Harihar Swarup AAP’s victory in Delhi municipals polls is not a surprise. The exit polls were right for once, and the BJP’s undistinguished record in running the municipality made it easy to believe them for once. The margin of victory is lower than what was expected by many, but it is a clear win, […]

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With the slogan “Ab ki baar, kisan sarkar” (this time, a government for farmers), Telangana chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) formally launched the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and unveiled its flag. The move came after the Election Commission approved changing the name of his party Telangana Rashtra Samithi to BRS. Party leaders and supporters […]

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By K R Sudhaman World Bank has revised upwards its earlier GDP growth estimate to 6.9 per cent for India this financial year on the back of strong macroeconomic fundamentals and economic revival after Covid-19 mayhem. This is certainly music to the ears as India is perhaps a few countries looking up in otherwise gloomy […]

The post Finance Minister Must Focus On Speedy Job Generation Through 2023-24 Budget first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Nights out in nature, at the lake, or in the campground just got a whole lot better with VSSL’s new insulated flask. Not only does it have the capacity to […]

By Sushil Kutty Gujarat for Bharatiya Janata Party. Himachal Pradesh went to Congress. Does that spell equal=equal, overall, neither party won, neither party lost? Delhi’s ‘Big Boss’ Aam Aadmi Party failed at both places. And that will rankle. One day right on top of the world, the other day, down in the dumps! Just like […]

The post BJP Has Got Big Victory In Gujarat But That’s All Due To Congress Lapses first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prakash Karat What has happened in the Government New Law College in Indore and some other places is a disturbing pointer as to how the deep communalisation and polarisation in society is now affecting the educational system. The worst incident has taken place in the Government New Law College, Indore  in what can only […]

The post BJP State Governments Have Started Communal Cleansing Of Educational Institutions first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that his party delivers on its promises and has waived loans of 22 lakh farmers in Rajasthan. Addressing a gathering during the Bharat Jodo Yatra here, he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not fulfilling his promise to give national project status to Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP). […]

The post Rahul cites Rajasthan loan waiver for Cong credibility first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was trying to poach newly-elected AAP councillors and asserted that none of them will fall prey to their “game”. He said the newly elected councillors have been instructed to record “such phone calls” in case they receive one. Sisodia’s allegations come after the […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi Municipal Corporation  poll results have further brightened the  stature  of  rising political star – Arvind Kejriwal, which has unnerved not only the BJP, but also shadows its national prospects and  may lead  to  some churning  before  the 2024 Lok Sabha polls Unsettling of BJP right under the nose of perceived […]

The post AAP’s Big Win In Delhi Municipal Poll Gives A Boost To Its National Ambitions first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Balloons and celebratory posters are ready at the AAP office in Delhi while vote-counting for the the civic body is on and the fight looks much closer than an AAP landslide predicted by exit polls. At 9.15 am, BJP had crossed the halfway mark after early leads for all 250 seats came in. But the […]

The post AAP begins celebrations as DMC leads increase consistently first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The ongoing border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra intensified on Tuesday, with several Karnataka buses defaced in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg, and likewise buses from Kolhapur smeared with black ink on the Belagavi border. Workers of several outfits from both the states were detained by the police, for vandalising of some vehicles and the permit sought to […]

The post Shinde, Bommai discuss situation as border row intensifies first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy The global oil market is entering a critical phase as the European Union’s price cap for Russian oils comes into immediate effect.  The EU has set a price cap of $60 per barrel for Russian oils. Oil prices have hovered around $80 per barrel, and the EU price is not far below […]

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By Mriganka M Bhowmick The ongoing slugfest between the BJP and opposition parties over the serial raids on opposition leaders may or may not have merits of witch-hunt. But one uncomfortable fact which is coming up before public eyes is that the Indian political system has been thrived on cash economy. Much of it, is […]

The post Indian Elections Have Lost Level Playing Field Due To Faulty System Of Political Funding first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra is teaching him things that cannot be learnt “while travelling in an aeroplane, a helicopter or any vehicle”, as the march entered party-ruled Rajasthan from Madhya Pradesh to a grand welcome by party workers here. Gandhi and his fellow yatris were received at Chanwli […]

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By K R Sudhaman India’s former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramaniam had flagged in his economic survey some years ago that India faced a major economic issue – twin balance sheet problem wherein Indian banks suffered huge debts as corporates, which had overleveraged banks were suffering huge losses resulting in defaults. This piquant situation occurred […]

The post Indian Public Sector Banks Have Used Pandemic To Improve Balance Sheets first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey Hungary didn’t qualify for the Qatar World Cup, but that hasn’t stopped Prime Minister Victor Orban from exploiting the world’s current focus on soccer to signal his Putinesque definition of central European borders as defined by civilization and ethnicity rather than internationally recognized frontiers. Orban drew the ire of Ukraine and […]

The post Hungary Exit At Doha No Deterrent For PM To Promote Civilizationalist Agenda first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dave Kempa As California’s midterm election results are finalized, it’s clear that the Left has pulled together an impressive string of wins over the Democratic Party establishment. San Franciscans passed numerous housing-related ballot measures championed by Supervisor Dean Preston, who is a member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Across the Bay, Oakland progressives […]

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With the end of campaigning for the Gujarat Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set its next target, and without wasting any time the party has lined up a series of high-level meetings with ministers and office bearers to discuss the preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. BJP National President J.P. Nadda […]

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