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By Nitya Chakraborty Nikhil Chakravartty, a pioneering figure in Indian journalism for more than four decades of the last century, is being deeply missed by sections of the media fighting hard to protect the hard-won freedom of the press against the onslaughts of the Narendra Modi government. In the second half of the twentieth century, […]

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“I’m the chief minister, I will continue,” stressed a visibly displeased Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah when he was questioned about the rumours of change in guard after completion of 2.5 years — a question that has been hovering since the day he took over the reins of the state for the second time in his […]

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The Indian Railways has imposed restrictions on the movement of lithium and lithium-ion batteries in leased parcel space of trains, impacting the movement of laptops, mobile phones, and small electric vehicles, among other commodities—using the railways’ parcel service. The railways has mandated a 48-hour prior notice for transport of lithium batteries or powered equipment. “The […]

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NEW DELHI: The Centre’s fiscal deficit in the first half of this fiscal year touched 39.3% of the annual target, up from 37.3% a year before but it remained under control after a spike until July, showed official data released on Tuesday. A tight leash on revenue expenditure over the past two months on top […]

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NEW DELHI: In the second quarter of FY24 (July-September), the state-run Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) saw a remarkable turnaround as its consolidated net profit soared to Rs 13,713 crore, bouncing back from a loss of Rs 910 crore in Q2 FY23. However, on a sequential basis, the net profit exhibited a 7 per cent […]

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New Delhi: The government on Tuesday increased the windfall profit tax on crude oil produced in the country and reduced the levy on exports of diesel. The tax, levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty or SAED, on domestically produced crude oil was increased to Rs 9,800 per tonne from Rs 9,050 a […]

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By Sushil Kutty There was Pegasus, now it’s Apple and if Pegasus was a winged horse, the nearly half-eaten Apple is a mobile phone by another name. The one similarity is that both come under “Snoopgate”, in other words surveillance without the target’s knowledge. And the target remains India’s Opposition, today identified as the INDIA […]

The post Apple Alerts Opposition Leaders, Journalists Of ‘State-Sponsored’ Attacks first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Girish Linganna The conflict in Gaza is taking a devastating toll on civilians. According to the Gazan health ministry, the death toll has exceeded 8,000 people, with over 3,000 of them being children. This number of child casualties surpasses the annual child death toll from all wars in each of the previous three years. […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Deceleration in India’s manufacturing sector growth was the worst in the last eight months since February this year, reflecting fading of output, demand, and employment generation in the country. It is particularly ominous, since it’s a festive season and the first month of the busy second-half of the India economy when […]

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In six days, 20 constituencies in Chhattisgarh will vote. However, the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP are yet to publish their election manifestos. Even as senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have announced their poll promises — loan waiver for farmers, implementation of caste survey, hike in paddy-procurement price and […]

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NEW DELHI: The output of eight key infrastructure industries — known as the core sector — slowed to a four-month low of 8.1 per cent in September, on the back of a high base and a slowdown in seven constituent sectors. In September last year, the core sector output had grown 8.3 per cent. The […]

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The Maratha quota row has once again stirred up Maharashtra, with two MPs and one MLA of the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra tendering their resignation on Tuesday as protests in some of the regions turned violent. In a small village of Antarwali-Sarati in Jalna district of Marathwada, quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil is continuing his […]

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By Girish Linganna Just hours after Hamas initiated its attack on Israel on October 7, India’s Prime Minister was one of the first global leaders to react. In a strongly worded statement, Narendra Modi condemned the “terrorist attacks” and expressed India’s unwavering support for Israel during this challenging time. The Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar […]

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By Arun Srivastava Some political commentators hold the view that Palestinians should have followed the Gandhian path and also implicitly accuse them that they never followed the Gandhian path. However, their suggestion also applies to the Israel. The Israeli rulers should have followed the Gandhian path, and boy how they haven’t. This is most pertinent […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Modi establishment, which takes pride in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “muscular foreign policy”, recently took Canada to task and bent Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Modi’s will. Prime Minister Narendra Modi now has the challenging task of bringing home eight retired Indian Navy officers sentenced to death in Qatar, the […]

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BENGALURU: It’s final. Taiwan-based Apple contract manufacturer Wistron Corp on Friday approved the sale of its plant in Karnataka to Tata group. This paves the way for the salt-to-software conglomerate to become the first domestic entity to manufacture iPhones. “The transaction price is tentatively estimated at $125 million,” Wistron said in a statement. The company’s […]

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Trade ministers from the world’s most advanced economies will seek strategies to make global supply chains more resilient and governments less vulnerable to economic coercion from the likes of China when they gather in Osaka this weekend. Group of Seven trade ministers convene on Saturday and Sunday against a backdrop of soaring geopolitical risk due […]

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MUMBAI: JPMorgan has upgraded the domestic markets to ‘overweight’ (OW) from ‘neutral’ on the “positive historical seasonality to general elections.” The investment bank joins US-based peer Morgan Stanley to flag preference for the Indian markets, which has been the leading performer in the emerging market (EM) pack since 2021. JPMorgan sees cyclical and structural tailwinds […]

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