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By Arun Srivastava Air dashing of the Enforcement Director Rahul Navin just around midnight on the fourth day of the attack on the team of his sleuths investigating alleged ration distribution scam in West Bengal is not only meant to boost the morale of his men; instead it has got multiple dimensions. If he was […]

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NEW DELHI: Tackling the deepfake issue will require regulations and close industry collaboration as there is no silver bullet for it, Nasscom Chairperson Rajesh Nambiar has said, terming it a “real concern”, especially in a year when several countries are going for polls. In an interview with PTI, the Nasscom chief also talked about continued […]

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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that central probe agencies were scripting dramas to conduct raids at houses of TMC leaders as the BJP is scared of her party. Her statement came four days after a mob assaulted Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers during a raid at TMC leader […]

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday hit out at the Centre for denying the state an opportunity to take part in the tableau presentation during the Republic Day parade. The Chief Minister said the Centre denied Karnataka a tableau because there is a Congress government in the state. According to him, the proposals for tableaux […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The seat sharing talks between the constituents of INDIA block have started in right earnest. Congress high command has finally understood the need for early clinching of the agreements between the INDIA partners taking into the specifics of the political situation in each state. It is a welcome development. To start with, […]

The post Congress-Left Seat Sharing In A Few States Will Be Positive For Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Can the enormous popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieve electoral success in the southern states? The Party is seeking to gain more voters in the challenging southern region. Its presence is limited in states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh. Since it has […]

The post Despite Narendra Modi’s Big Thrust In South, BJP May Not Gain In Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Stu Becker The World and Africa: An Inquiry into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History by the legendary American communist historian W.E.B. DuBois argues that Africa’s great contributions to world civilization have been erased and ignored. DuBois argues that this is because of the transatlantic slave trade, which enslaved millions of […]

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By Arun Srivastava If the unpredictable posture of Nitish Kumar has been the main factor for demoralising the INDIA constituents in Bihar, the propensity of RJD chief Lalu Yadav not to treat the Left parties as equals has further aggravated the situation to the point of turning the INDIA bloc suspect in the eyes of […]

The post Personality Clash Intensifies In INDIA Bloc Ahead Of Rahul’s Nyay Yatra first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Rajasthan minister of state Surendra Pal Singh lost the election to the Karanpur assembly seat by a margin of 11,283 votes to his Congress rival on Monday, an embarrassing defeat for the BJP days after it formed government in the state. The BJP nominee was inducted into the Bhajanlal Sharma ministry on December 30, ahead […]

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NEW DELHI: Rationalising the capital gains tax structure, stability in tax rates, and liberalising exemption from the angel tax provisions for strategic foreign direct investment (FDI) are among the key demands of India Inc from the upcoming Interim Budget. According to a document titled ‘EY’s point of view on Budget’, the industry also wants the […]

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The Congress on Monday accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Gujarat of helping in the premature release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case and said the ruling party should apologise to the women of the country after the Supreme Court sent the convicts back to jail. Hailing the Supreme Court […]

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The Congress is excited about the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra beginning on January 14 from Manipur to Mumbai. The party hopes it rejuvenates its cadre which has been demoralised by three recent losses in state elections. But this excitement is not shared by its allies in the INDIA front. Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav […]

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NEW DELHI: Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) continued their buying spree and poured close to Rs 4,800 crore in the Indian equity markets in the first week of January driven by confidence in the country’s robust economic fundamentals. Additionally, they injected Rs 4,000 crore in the debt market during the period under review, data with the […]

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NEW DELHI: Rural startups are making a strong pitch for new programmes to foster research and innovation, as the grassroots-level entrepreneurs seek support for streamlined supply chains, subsidies, improved infrastructure, and easy access to finance. As the Budget and the Lok Sabha elections draw closer, startups working in various sectors, especially in smaller towns and […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee There is nothing to panic immediately about India’s current general government debt, for which the International Monetary Fund has warned that it may exceed 100 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the medium term, or by 2028. In its annual ‘Article IV’ consultation report, IMF said that long-term risks […]

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By Arun Srivastava Increasingly, it seems that it is not the BJP per se, but the leaders of the constituents of the united opposition’s INDIA bloc are its worst enemies. While the core committee of the senior BJP leaders has been burning the midnight lamp finalising the list of the candidates, working out electoral strategy […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India heads towards General Election 2024, sharp rise in urban unemployment in December 2023 exposes again the falsehood of government’s narrative and propaganda regarding employment generation under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Though under the new narrative on the employment front on the eve of Lok Sabha Election 2024, […]

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NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday took a veiled jibe at his uncle Sharad Pawar over his age, saying some people are not ready to retire even though they are in their 80s. “Employees of Maharashtra government retire at the age of 58. Most people normally stop their active professional […]

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NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will leave on Monday for a two-day visit to London, underscoring India’s growing defence relations with the United Kingdom (UK). He will be accompanied by a high-level Ministry of Defence (MoD) delegation, comprising senior officials from the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO), service headquarters and the Department of Defence Production. […]

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NEW DELHI: The government’s dividend collection from non-financial central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and other investments in this financial year could amount to about ₹55,000 crore, more than a quarter higher than the budgetary target of ₹43,000 crore, said a senior official. However, the Centre could reduce its combined disinvestment and dividend (from non-financial CPSEs) […]

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The ruling BJD and opposition BJP were working against Odisha’s self-esteem by involving “outsiders” in the state’s affairs, senior Congress leader Ajoy Kumar alleged on Sunday. Raising the slogan of “Odisha for Odias”, he claimed that “outsiders” were now playing a bigger role in the state’s politics, economy and bureaucracy while the importance of Odias […]

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Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary on Sunday said that if the INDIA bloc comes to power after the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls, the first thing it would do is abolish the Agniveer scheme. Jayant Choudhary, who was addressing a ‘Youth Parliament’ organised by RLD at the Sai Dham Colony grounds, said, “If India’s […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday issued his response on the much-debated question of “who will lead the INDIA bloc as its convenor” and said that the decision will be taken in the next 10-15 days. Responding to the query amid the rumours of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s name being considered for the responsibility, […]

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