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By K Raveendran It is all very well that the petition moved by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for combining all the FIRs registered against her in different parts of the country for her offending remarks about Prophet Mohammed has been dismissed by a Supreme Court vacation bench in a two-line order. It goes a […]

The post Controversial Remarks Not Part Of Vacation Bench’s Order 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 Sushil Kutty After the three-pronged Maha Vikas Aghadi government, it’s the turn of the ‘Double-engine’ Shinde-Fadnavis regime to rule Maharashtra. The Opposition called the new alliance ‘Maha Vinaash Aghadi’, and as if approving the nomenclature, within a couple of hours of Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis taking the oath for Chief Minister and Deputy […]

The post In Maharashtra, Fadnavis Is The Main Driver Of The New Ruling Combination first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak If business as usual path continues, the world cannot achieve zero hunger target (SDG2) by 2030, and South and Southeast Asia is likely to suffer the most, with 2.7 billion population in the region. It is 34 per cent of the global population, and almost half live in India. The latest […]

The post Zero Hunger By 2030 Not Possible On Business-As-Usual Path 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.

Spackman Media Group artist Son Suk-ku achieved the top position in the brand reputation among all celebrities in Korea for the month of June 2022, according to the Korea Corporation Reputation Research Institute Son Suk-ku’s latest film, THE ROUNDUP, surpassed 12 million in ticket admissions, achieving the record for the most weekends atop the Korean box office among movies released this year Son Suk-ku is set to […]

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By Sushil Kutty Riyaz Aktari and Ghouse Mohammad. The beheading of tailor Kanhaiya Lal by the duo could have been prevented if the police in Udaipur hadn’t turned peacemakers instead of piling the full force of the law on the law-breakers. After the two believers’ video that they were going to ‘sar kalam’ Kanhaiya Lal […]

The post Udaipur Murder Of A Tailor Is A Horrific Hate Crime Needing Urgent Action first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Report further highlights user experience concerns, lack of in-house expertise as main barriers to adoption SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 June 2022 – Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA), one of the leading independent identity providers, today announced the findings of the State of CIAM in Asia-Pacific 2022 study at the Okta City Tour Singapore event. The research set out to uncover the extent of CIAM adoption in […]

By Nantoo Banerjee It is a matter of concern that India, sitting over the world’s fifth largest proven coal reserves of well over 111 billion tonnes, produces only around 800 million tonnes of coal per annum and continues to be a major global coal importer year after year. China, ranked 4th in coal reserves with […]

The post There Is Little To Justify India’s Coal Shortage first appeared on IPA Newspack.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – Media OutReach – 27 June 2022 – Cambodia’s wheelchair basketball teams will be stronger than ever going into the 12th ASEAN Para Games in 2023 with exciting new players, a brand-new look, and new leadership at both the coaching and federation levels. From left, Mike Tuon of Cambodia Wheelchair Basketball Federation (“CWBF”), Gabriel Tan of Prince Holding Group, Edward Lee of Prince Real […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 27 June 2022 – Kerry Logistics Network Limited (‘Kerry Logistics Network’; Stock Code 0636.HK) has been commended for its excellence in investor relations by being named one of the “Most Honored Companies” for the seventh year running in the Institutional Investor‘s 2022 All-Asia (ex-Japan) Executive Team rankings. It also placed first among overall small & midcap and rest of Asia […]

By Marlon Ettinger Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s left-wing alliance elected 142 MPs to France’s National Assembly on Sunday. In some ways this was a success: the broad left more than doubled its number of MPs and helped strip President Emmanuel Macron of his majority, though it also fell way short of the 289 seats needed to make […]

The post Broad Left Unity Achieved Before French National Assembly Polls Sees Strains first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By HarharSwarup Battle lines for coming Presidential election have been drawn. The ruling NDA has set up, former Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu as its presidential candidate. Murmu is a  tribal and this would be for the first time a tribal and woman would be elected President as NDA has comfortable majority majority in the electoral […]

The post Droupadi Murmu Is All Set To Become The Next President Of India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The militant Shiv Sena is in search of a commander-in-chief. The first one was Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Uddhav Thackeray didn’t shape up to be one. Now, the mantle may have fallen on Aaditya Thackeray. This is because Uddhav Thackeray’s emotional speech didn’t help. It wasn’t of the calibre of the Gita, […]

The post Battle Lines Are Drawn In Maharashtra But For Uddhav, It Is Really Tough first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Amid the deepening crisis in the Maharashtra government, with a rebel group of over 40 Shiv Sena MLAs camping in a five-star hotel on the outskirts of Guwahati, while back home the Maha Vikas Aghadi government gasps for air, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has plainly denied the state has got anything to do […]

The post Assam CM says he is unaware of Maharashtra MLAs’ stay first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The political crisis in Maharashtra grew deeper Friday with the Shiv Sena alleging that a Union Minister has “threatened” Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. Rebel leader Eknath Shinde, meanwhile, has claimed the support of 50 MLAs. “He is the son of Maharashtra. They are threatening him. Modi ji, Amit Shah, have you heard? Your […]

The post All eyes on Uddhav Thackeray’s next move first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra The Opposition parties are looking forward for making the 16th Presidential election a close contest. By putting forth the nomination of Yashwant Sinha as their candidate, the Opposition is now aspiring to bring Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) in to their side, to make the battle slightly more […]

The post NDA Prez Candidate Droupadi Murmu May Get Support From Jharkhand CM first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Krishna Jha There are reports, released by Oxfam a few months back, to be exact, on January 23, 2022, that reveal that seventy percent of the national wealth is in the hands of select ten per cent. For the rest, it is thirst, hunger and a bleak present. Dragging themselves towards the end of […]

The post Unemployment Of Youth And Inequality In Indian Society Is Rising first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran India is leading the switch in the flow of Russian crude oil, hit by sanctions in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, from its traditional market Europe to Asia. According to latest estimates available with Rystad, in the four months since the start of the Ukraine invasion, Indian imports of […]

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By Harihar Swarup “Most people think women don’t make good drivers, but I have proved them wrong”, says Laxmi Jadhav, 42, with a mischievous smile. It’s been a week since she became the first woman bus driver in the history of BEST (The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking), which has been running Mumbai’s always-on-road, […]

The post Laxmi Jadhav Makes History By Becoming The First Woman Bus Driver In Mumbai first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Thirty-five WhatsApp groups have been banned for allegedly spreading fake news about the Centre’s new Agnipath scheme, sources have said. The ban comes amid violent protests over the planned short-term recruitment in the armed forces, which is set to start this year.  The military has accused coaching centres of instigating the young people. Over the […]

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Prime Minister Narendra today said it is India’s “misfortune” that good intentions get trapped in politics. His remarks come amid nationwide protests against the Centre’s new military recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’. The prime minister, however, made no direct reference to the scheme in his speech which was largely focused on the infrastructure and development work his […]

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Han Guru returns to the Korean entertainment sector with the signing of an exclusive contract with SBD Entertainment Han Guru debuted as a singer in 2011 and successfully made the leap to acting in K-dramas such as MARRIAGE NOT DATING (2014), CAN WE GET MARRIED (2012) and GIRL K (2011) Aside from Han Guru, SBD Entertainment also represents top Korean actor Son Suk-ku and one of Korea’s […]

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