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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Report on International Religious Freedom 2022, a Congressional-mandatory annual report by the US State Department has placed India in the group of countries where the governments have been freely targeting religious communities. The report provides a comprehensive review of state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories of […]

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By K Raveendran Contrary to what is considered to be the general perception, post-millennial Gen Z-ers, meaning those who are aged between eight and 23 years, are more likely than other generations to cite negative feelings about social media. They are also more likely to report having poor mental health. These are among the findings […]

The post Gen-Z More Aware Of Negative Aspects Of Social Media Platforms Than Other Generations first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Sri Lanka is still grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis, and is expected to witness a contraction in its economic growth in 2023. The country’s economy already contracted by 7.8% in 2022 and is projected to shrink by an additional 3% this year. The challenges are related to debt restructuring and […]

The post Sri Lankan Economy Has Started Picking Up With Rise In Tourism And Remittances first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Devriş Çimen People around the world are waking up to news that Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is nearly certain to spend another five years strengthening his grip on power. In Sunday’s first-round vote, Erdoğan took 49.5 percent support, while his challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu received 44.9 percent. Runoff elections have been announced for May […]

The post Turkey’s Political Future Depends On National Polls Run Off On May 28 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Could the United States also favour an Indian American for the top job in the 2024 polls? It is a million-dollar question. But it does not stop the American Indians from dreaming about it. The United Kingdom has chosen an Indian-origin Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, last year. As for the Indian Americans, […]

The post President Joe Biden Is Favourite In The Present Campaign For 2024 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Even before Hanuman’s ‘gada (mace)’ could smash and decimate Bajrang Dal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is gearing to strike a brutal assault on the Congress leaders and social activists. Contrary to the common belief that Modi will restrain use of the police, ED and CBI against his political detractors, his choosing the […]

The post PM Appointing Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood As New CBI Chief Sends Ominous Signals first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi was slated to distribute appointment letters via video conferencing to 71,000 newly-inducted recruits on Tuesday, May 16. Less than a year short of the 2024 general elections, Modi is acutely aware he might not be the 2024 favourite. Modi’s numero uno position is up for grabs and the […]

The post PM Modi’s Rozgar Melas Will Now Be Regular Features In States first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra It has been many summers since Mamata Banerjee floated Trinamool Congress in 1998, thus leaving the Congress a pale shadow of its former self in West Bengal, and no longer a political force to be reckoned with in the eastern state. However, post Congress’s decisive victory in Karnataka assembly elections, Chief Minister […]

The post Mamata’s Olive Branch To Congress Has Many Significant Dimensions first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Subrata Majumder Concerns loomed large on India’s neutral stand on Russian invasion of Ukraine for its separation from the US led global market and eventually backlash on its growth. In contrast, the situation took a reverse gear. India, not only sustained the growth, but is expecting the hegemony in the global growth in 2023. […]

The post India’s Neutral Position In Ukraine War Was A Boost To The Economy In 2022-23 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra Window dressing is going places. It has travelled from the confines of the books of accounts to the ranks of the saffron brigade in West Bengal which have been allegedly inflated to impress the BJP top brass, according to sources in state BJP. But the leaders to impress whom the number of […]

The post Central BJP Leaders Cast Doubt On Bengal Unit’s Organisational Clout first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Although a Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) government has been re-elected in Tripura winning a second term early this year, centre/state talks on the separate tribal statehood demand remain stalled. Despite earlier announcements made by top leaders in the state capital Agartala, about GOI’s move to facilitate a dialogue between the BJP and […]

The post No Progress Yet In Centre-Tripura Motha Talks On Tribals Autonomy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Implementation of the four labour codes in the current financial year 2023-24 has well neigh been stalled. BJP’s debacle in Karnataka Vidhan Sabha election, the result of which came out on May 13, has changed the priorities of the party and RSS, where they have just seen how their narrative has […]

The post Implementation Of The Four Labour Codes Is Well Neigh Stalled first appeared on IPA Newspack.

After glimpses of strained ties with the Congress, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to support the grand old party in regions where it is “strong” in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The statement comes in the wake of tense relationship between the Congress and the TMC, even as Banerjee has been approaching […]

The post Mamata takes U-turn, to back Cong for 2024 polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Amid brewing trouble between bureaucrats and the Delhi Cabinet, the AAP government has called for withdrawing all work from Special Secretary (Vigilance) Y V V J Rajshekhar, who is probing the alleged corruption in the renovation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bungalow. In a reply to his superiors, Rajshekhar said he was being “prevented from […]

The post Kejriwal govt notice to official probing CM house renovation first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The suspense over the next Karnataka Chief Minister continues days after the Congress received a clear mandate in the assembly polls. State Congress chief DK Shivakumar, one of the two contenders for the post, will fly to Delhi today to present his case to the party’s national leadership. Senior leader Siddaramaiah, who is also eyeing […]

The post Cong gets ready for tough Karnataka call; Siddhu favourite first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Soon after a delegation of the Shiv Sena (UBT) handed over a 79-page letter to the Maharashtra Deputy Speaker seeking expedited action in the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Shinde camp, NCP leader Ajit Pawar made it clear that the action would not actually topple the government. “Even if 16 MLAs are disqualified, the […]

The post Shinde MLAs’ disqualification won’t hit govt, says Ajit Pawar first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The National Assembly of Pakistan on Monday passed a resolution for a committee’s formation to file a reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Pakistan-based ARY News reported. According to ARY News, the motion was presented in the session after suspending the routine business of the house. Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif […]

The post Pak Assembly move against Chief Justice over relief to Imran first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The resounding victory of the Congress Party in the Karnataka assembly elections less than a year before the holding of the Lok Sabha polls in April/May 2024 has given a big boost to the Party and its leaders the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. For the Grand Old Party, this […]

The post After Karnataka, Combined Opposition Can Now Face Lok Sabha Polls With Bigger Confidence first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee It is unfortunate that manufacturing is losing focus in India while all eyes are on so-called rapid growth of the services sector. Advertising and marketing campaigns have been peaking to impress consumers as well as investors while the manufacturing sector continues to struggle silently for growth. Barring in the areas of defence […]

The post Time Looks Tough For India’s Manufacturing-Led Growth first appeared on IPA Newspack.