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By Ashis Biswas With Nepal disallowing the Indian Army’s proposal to recruit Gorkhas to join its new Agneepath scheme, India’s uneasy relations with its regional neighbours have surfaced again. Under the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, often perceived as being ‘right wing’, India cannot apparently avoid its diplomatic missteps in dealing with its smaller neighbours. The […]

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By Sankar Ray Pakistan is currently devastated by an unprecedented floods leading to the death of more than 1,000 persons till now. The struggling coalition of government of Shabaz Sharif is desperately trying to meet the challenge of this sudden natural calamity which has further given a jolt to its ailing economy. The poor workers […]

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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is exploring the possibility of running for the post of Congress president though he is yet to take a final call on it, sources said. They said he has not made up his mind but could take a call on it soon. While Tharoor declined to comment on whether he […]

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Amid the ongoing war of words between them on allegations of corruption, AAP and BJP legislators held overnight protests on the Delhi Assembly premises on Monday. Hours after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its night-long sit-in against the Lieutenant Governor, BJP MLAs also started an overnight dharna on the Assembly premises demanding the sacking […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to know that Russia and India are in an advanced stage of discussion on accepting each other’s debit and credit cards. Should the two countries agree, Indian ATMs (automated teller machines) will soon accept Russian MIR cards. And, Indian RuPay cards will be accepted in Russia. Further, the two […]

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By Sushil Kutty “Towers of corruption demolished”, the shrill voice rising above the plumes of billowing dust. Somebody called it “spectacle demolition”, no less symbolic than the 1992 demolition of a 500-year-old mosque. The voice had its roots in Uttar Pradesh. The Supertech Twin Towers of corruption were brought down at the Supreme Court’s intervention. […]

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By Arun Srivastava Next month September will bring about a major turnaround in Indian polity with   Chief   Minister Nitish Kumar determined to launch the colossal task of bringing together the opposition parties on one common platform amidst the scenario of perverse failure of Modi-Shah design to keep him confined  to  Bihar. Coming month will watch […]

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By Dr. Arun Mitra The war between Russia and Ukraine with an overt involvement of the NATO has killed thousands, pushed millions to refugee status and caused immense destruction of resources. Much in danger are the nuclear power plants in Ukraine which if damaged by intentional attack, accident, technology failure or cybercrime, would become potential […]

The post Any Limited Nuclear War Will Lead To Unprecedented Climate Crisis And Famine first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the latest high-profile exit from the Congress, launched a scorching attack on his former colleague, Jairam Ramesh, accusing him of being a nobody in the party and whose only job is to “plant stories”. The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister ended his five-decade association with the party on August 26 with […]

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The Congress on Monday said the 150-day Bharat Jodo Yatra from September 7 covering 3,500 kms will be the party’s biggest ever ‘Jan Sampark’ programme and Rahul Gandhi will walk “all the way” from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. The BJP is “rattled” by the enthusiasm and response to the Yatra and it will indulge in “diversionary […]

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The government has asked Chinese mobile companies to increase their exports from India and there is no proposal to ban the sale of handsets below Rs 12,000 made by such firms, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday. The Minister of State for Electronics and IT also said that Indian companies also have a role […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will take a confidence vote in the house today to prove all Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs are with him despite what he claims are the BJP’s attempts to break his party and dislodge his government. Kejriwal said he wanted to take the majority test to prove that his party […]

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The Congress party, staring at a massive setback following the exit of party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad, held a key meeting yesterday and announced that it would hold the election for its president on October 17. The results for the elections are to be announced on October 19. While one looks at the list of […]

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JP Nadda’s tenure as BJP president will be over next year in January but sources say he is likely to get an extension till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Highly placed sources in the party said Nadda will continue as party chief till at least 2024 if not for the whole three-year term. The move […]

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Amid recent speculations about him quitting the party, Congress national General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday met veteran party leader K H Muniyappa and held talks. There were speculations about the former Union Minister joining the BJP following his meeting with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Health Minister K Sudhakar […]

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As the suspense over the continuation of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren continued, UPA charged the Governor with encouraging political horse-trading by deliberately delaying announcing a decision on the CM’s membership of the legislature. After a series of meetings, coalition partners JMM, Congress and RJD in a joint press conference urged Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais […]

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Reeling from the shock exit of Ghulam Nabi Azad – the party’s oldest and most prominent faces, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will hold a crucial meeting today to decide the fate of the grand old party’s future. The key agenda for the meeting by the CWC– the highest decision-making body of the Congress – […]

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