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By Nantoo Banerjee India has been put in a peculiar situation by Russian oil exporters as they prefer Yuan payment against the purchase of Russian crude by Indian importers. Of late, the latter are believed to be spending billions of dollars in buying Chinese Yuan to pay for Russian imports. This is despite the India […]

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By Kalyani Shankar As we approach the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the ruling NDA and the combined opposition prepare for the fierce battle ahead. The opposition is holding strategy meetings in Bengaluru its second, on July 18, while the NDA is meeting in Delhi on the same day to showcase its strength. The opposition front […]

The post NDA Conclave On July 18 Is A Sort Of Challenge To Opposition Meet In Bengaluru first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushi Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be at the NDA meet on July 18. Modi wants to revive the comatose NDA as an alternative to the Opposition’s ‘Mahagathbandhan’, which is shaping up nice and friendly despite the blips and glitches. The BJP’s alliance partners in the NDA had helped Modi become Prime Minister […]

The post BJP Is Focusing On Revival In Southern States Before 2024 Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava The erratic actions of the BJP leadership, especially in three states, Maharashtra, Bihar and Bengal, makes it explicit that the threat of losing the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has turned it so desperate that would not mind going to any extent and abusing the state machinery for retrieving its lost grounds in […]

The post Modi-Shah Anxious About Losing Ground In Maharashtra And Bihar first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Opposition parties are all set to meet in Karnataka’s Bengaluru today and tomorrow to chalk out a strategy to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The invites for the meeting — conveyed by Congress — were sent out by the party’s president Mallikarjun Kharge. He invited all […]

The post Sharad Pawar skipping important Bengaluru conclave first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Ending weeks of suspense, the Aam Aadmi Party finally decided to attend the second meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18 as the Congress declared it was against the Delhi ordinance. One of its key demands met, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party made this decision after a crucial meeting of its political […]

The post AAP all set for Bengaluru trip after Cong climbdown first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The BJP, which single-handedly won 303 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by securing nearly 38 per cent votes, has set a target of winning 350 plus seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. For this, the party is working on several fronts simultaneously. Besides the seats on which it has a stronghold, the […]

The post BJP gets into micro-management mode for 2024 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The NCP is now split into two after Ajit Pawar’s rebellion, who recently decided to join the NDA-led Maharashtra government with some MLAs. Till he became the second deputy chief minister of the state, Ajit was the leader of the opposition in the legislative assembly. Now, this post will go to the Congress as they […]

The post NCP split prompts Cong to stake claim for opposition leader first appeared on IPA Newspack.

  Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who along with several loyalist MLAs recently rebelled against his uncle and Nationalist Congress Party patriarch Sharad Pawar to join the BJP-led government in Maharashtra, paid a surprise visit to the latter along with all NCP ministers a day before the commencement of monsoon session of the Maharashtra […]

The post Ajit, Praful & Co cause a flutter by meeting Sharad Pawar first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Meta’s groundbreaking ‘Threads’ caused a seismic shift in social media, generating unparalleled excitement. Positioned as the ultimate challenger to Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg disrupted the online networking landscape by introducing Threads which is increasingly perceived as a clone of Twitter. This clash between industry giants has triggered a heated discussion among internet […]

The post Meta’s ‘Threads’ Is Certainly A Major Challenge To Twitter’s Domination first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The government has announced plans to monetise the huge domestic gold holdings from time to time, each subsequent version seeking to correct the drawbacks with the previous plans. But the hard fact is that none of these achieved even a fraction of the desired results. Indian households hold an enormous amount of […]

The post Gold Monetisation Schemes Have Failed Due To Poor Understanding Of Sentiments first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey A recent 27-year, four million-tonne liquefied natural gas (LNG) Qatari export agreement with China, the longest in gas export history, highlights different Gulf state approaches to navigating big power rivalry between the People’s Republic and the United States. Widely seen as giving China a grip on Qatari gas, the deal is […]

The post Qatar, America’s Best Friend In The Gulf, Is Simultaneously Wooing China first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Arun Mira Much is being talked about making 100 cities throughout the country as smart cities. Focus of smartness is on digitalization, beautification, high rise buildings, big flyovers, wide spaces for cars to run on the roads, luxury parks etc. Little is being said about issues that relate to the needs of the […]

The post Making Only A Few Cities Smart Goes Against The Concept Of Equality first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on his conviction in the 2019 defamation case. In the plea, Gandhi challenges the Gujarat High Court’s order last week, requested the apex court to suspend his conviction and grant him relief in the Purnesh Modi defamation case. Legal sources told CNN-News18 […]

The post Rahul moves SC to challenge Gujarat HC’s conviction order first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Delhi Cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Saturday alleged that floods in the city were caused by the BJP-led Centre and Haryana government wilfully releasing water towards the national capital. Addressing a press conference here, Bharadwaj said it has not rained in Delhi in the last 3-4 days, yet still, the water level in Yamuna reached […]

The post Kejriwal alleges BJP conspiracy in Delhi floods first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Opposition, specially the Congress, is watching the developments in the NDA camp very closely as the BJP looks to find new alliances. The Congress, which hosts the Opposition meeting in Bengaluru next week, will ensure that its old friends and new potential allies remain together. There are two important developments to substantiate this. One, […]

The post Cong softening towards AAP, but ties with TMC turn knotty first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted on Sunday that the OP Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party or SBSP has rejoined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He tweeted, “Met Shri @oprajbhar ji in Delhi and decided to join the NDA alliance led by Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji. I […]

The post Ex-BJP ally Rajbhar rejoins NDA, boosts UP prospects first appeared on IPA Newspack.