By Debabrata Biswas BOSTON: Last month, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Roe v Wade judgment of 1973. SCOTUS issued its decision with regards to the case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Centre (Mississippi). Abortion rights will cease to be a federal affair from now and it will be left to the […]
The post US Supreme Court’s Abortion Judgment Is An Assault On Women’s Rights first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Sankar Ray The four-day visit of the eight-member team of the Communist Party of China in Kathmandu, led by Liu Jianchao, the new head of CPC’s international liaison department, as well as a meeting with the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center),Pushpa Kamal Dahal, at the latter’s residence in Khumaltar both […]
The post Beijing’s Kathmandu Headache: Will Communists Win Nepal Elections? first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Arun Srivastava The presidential election to be held on July 18 in the real sense is a royal battle between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the former BJP minister Yashwant Sinha. It would be wrong to construe that Sinha has a tough challenger in Draupadi Murmu. But there is no doubt that by […]
The post NDA’s Tribal Candidate Draupadi Murmu Has Divided The Opposition Camp first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Mohan V Katarki An unprecedented political crisis has arisen in Sri Lanka, leading to the breakdown of constitutional governance. Unorganised angry protesters, who are deeply affected by economic meltdown, have forced two Prime Ministers Mahinda Rajapaksa and his successor Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign, and have driven out the executive President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to high […]
The post Breakdown Of Constitutional Governance In Sri Lanka – What Is The Way Ahead? first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Most of the experts feel that pushing Gig and Platform Economy, in place of formal sector, would further deteriorate working conditions and throw the workforce into exploitative conditions, and therefore, NITI Aayog had to furnish a difficult task to portray worker perspective seemingly so rosy that could soften stiff resistance of […]
The post Pushing Gig And Platform Economy To Harm Indian Labour first appeared on IPA Newspack.
The Congress in Goa scrambled to quell talk of a brewing revolt on Sunday as a party meeting saw less-than-full attendance amid talk of some leaders being in touch with the ruling BJP a day before an assembly session. The Congress has denied any rift within the party, with Goa unit chief Amit Patkar saying […]
The post Goa Cong refutes buzz of MLAs crossing over first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Anjan Roy It is symptomatic of the ultra-nationalistic indoctrination of China under Xi that news of the attack on former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was greeted with celebrations on their internet social media. Shinzo Abe had reversed two of Japan’s self-inflicted restraints or flagellation. Shinzo Abe had visited the Yakusuni Temple and he […]
The post Shinzo Abe Played A Leading Role In Adapting Japan To Needs Of New Century first appeared on IPA Newspack.
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abewas feared dead on Friday after apparently being shot at a campaign event in the Nara region, local media reported. National broadcaster NHK said a man in his 40s had been arrested for attempted murder and a gun had been confiscated from him, citing police sources. Shinzo Abe was delivering […]
The post Ex Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot at poll meeting first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Arun Srivastava It is not yet clear whether the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words would prove to be prophetic that Draupadi Murmu’s candidacy could become unifying factor in bringing together all parties, but one thing is certain that Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi have started the process of coming closer and reshaping their relations […]
The post Nitish Kumar Is Blowing Hot And Cold In His Relationship With BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Gursimran Kaur Bakshi Supreme Court’s judgment in Zakia Jafri versus State of Gujarat came under critical scrutiny by many former civil servants who form the well-known civil society group, Constitutional Conduct Group (‘CCG’) on Tuesday. According to CCG, it is not the dismissal of the appeal that has surprised the people, but it is […]
The post Former Bureaucrats Urge Supreme Court To Review Jafri Judgment Suo Motu first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Ukraine war entered its 134th day on July 7 giving no signs of ending. In the initial days, there were some efforts for active negotiations but since then, it has been converted into an open confrontation between Russia and Ukraine backed by the USA and NATO. Sanctions against Russia by the […]
The post US Forces Are Involved In At Least 23 Proxy Wars Across The World first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Arun Srivastava US congress accepting a resolution commemorating the life of the rights defender and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy, on his first death anniversary and seeking an independent investigation into his death has been a matter of disgrace for the Modi government which only a week back had signed a resolution along with […]
The post Resolution On Stan Swamy’s Death In US Congress Has Global Implications first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By D. Imran Khalid Indubitably, Pakistan is nowadays passing through one of the most turbulent periods in its recent history. On the surface, it is a serious political turmoil. But, intrinsically, it is an amalgamation of financial and political tribulations which are dragging the country into the slough of uncertainty. The whole saga started in […]
The post Pakistan Has Landed In An Unprcedented Eco-Political Crisis first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Nitya Chakraborty The sale of the 21st tranche of the electoral bonds is on from July 1-10 this year. Earlier this year, the last sale was held for ten days from April 1-10. The Supreme Court Chief Justice N V Ramana gave an indication the same month that the SC would be taking up […]
The post Supreme Court Is Still To Give Its Final Decision On Electoral Bonds first appeared on IPA Newspack.
“I will become a dictator and take action if indiscipline and irregularity rear their heads,” Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin asserted in Namakkal on Sunday, addressing a party meet of representatives of urban local bodies. Underscoring that local bodies are the lifeline of democracy, Stalin said the icons of social […]
The post Stalin threatens to turn ‘dictator’ if party men don’t behave first appeared on IPA Newspack.
Imran Khalid Indubitably, Pakistan is nowadays passing through one of the most turbulent periods in its recent history. On the surface, it is a serious political turmoil. But, intrinsically, it is an amalgamation of financial and political tribulations which are dragging the country into the slough of uncertainty. The whole saga started in mid-March this year, when the Opposition submitted the no-confidence motion against former Prime Minister […]
By James M Dorsey It’s a good time, almost 12 years after the world soccer body, FIFA, awarded Qatar the 2022 World Cup hosting rights and five months before the tournament, to evaluate the campaign to reform the country’s erstwhile onerous labour system and accommodate fans whose lifestyles violate restrictive laws and/or go against deeply […]
The post World Cup Balance Sheet Presents A Mixed Bag For Qatar first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By P. Sreekumaran There is no mistaking it. The drastic decline in migrant remittances over the last few years has affected Kerala’s fiscal health. While the world which came to a standstill due to Covid 19, Kerala was hit the hardest by the reverse migration which the pandemic triggered. An immediate corollary has been the […]
The post Steep Decline In Foreign Remittances Impacts Kerala Economy first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Nitya Chakraborty The BJP juggernaut is on the roll. As the second half of the 2022 calendar year begins, the opposition parties remain toothless and rudderless. Right now, BJP has begun its three-day national executive session at Hyderabad. The buoyant leadership is focusing on the next assembly elections in Karnataka due early next year. […]
The post BJP Juggernaut Is On The Roll – Where Is The Congress? first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Arun Srivastava Indian media’s unwillingness to question the rulers, the people in power and also its reluctance to uphold the cause of the common people is a deliberate move to conceal the illegal scheming of the capitalist economy and the manoeuvring of the RSS and Modi government to trample democracy and crush democratic institutions. […]
The post Corporate Media In India Not Taking Strong Position Against Attacks On Human Rights first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Rahil Nora Chopra Senior BJP functionary and union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on Tuesday. According to sources in the BJP, the meeting is being deemed important in the context of the upcoming Presidential polls. Moreover, in the wake of the battle of words between the ruling […]
The post Dharmendra Pradhan Seeks CM Nitish Kumar’s Nod On Murmu first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Anjan Roy About a week back, Pakistan’s Finance minister was urging its citizens to consume less tea as the country was scraping the bottom of the barrel to organise even essential imports. Foreign exchange reserves had sunk to cover just a few days imports. Every leaf of tea consumed in the country has to […]
The post Pakistan Struggling Hard To Secure Emergency Financial Aid From IMF first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Sitaram Yechury The horrendous killing in Udaipur has been universally condemned. While the authorities have acted in rounding up those involved, the culprits must receive severe punishment. The growing incendiary atmosphere of hate and violence in the country is dehumanising our society. This spiral of hate must end. The union government ordering the NIA […]
The post Punish Culprits For Gruesome Killing Of Tailor In Udaipur first appeared on IPA Newspack.
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav blamed BJP government gross misuse of official machinery and breakdown of democratic institutions to win Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha by-elections. Akhilesh Yadav said that voters of Azamgarh and Rampur we’re in favour of Samajwadi Party but BJP government used all possible methods to win […]
The post Samajwadi Party Takes Lessons From Defeat In Bypolls In Uttar Pradesh first appeared on IPA Newspack.
