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By James M Dorsey A recent Lebanese public opinion poll suggests there may be limits to Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah’s restraint in confronting Israel. It also suggests why Iran feels emboldened by escalating tensions in the Middle East. The poll results are significant with Hezbollah and Israel engaged in tit-for-tat cross border attacks that both […]

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By Girish Linganna The involvement of Iran in the escalating conflict between Israel and Gaza has been somewhat downplayed and indirect. However, in the last week, a series of direct retaliatory actions by Iran have sparked fresh discussions about Tehran’s strategic objectives. There is growing speculation about whether China might be requested to intervene as […]

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NEW DELHI: India has ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity — an improvement of eight places from last year — according to the World Economic Forum’s annual Gender Gap Report, 2023. The World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap […]

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DAVOS: Affirming that the fight against price rise is not yet over, IMF’s Gita Gopinath on Tuesday said interest rates are likely to stay higher than during the period immediately after the global financial crisis. There are expectations though that it will come down sometime this year, the International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director […]

The post Interest Rates To Stay Higher, Battle Against Inflation Not Yet Over: Gita Gopinath first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The Centre, state governments and industry representatives will meet on January 16 to discuss ways to boost the country’s exports, an official said. Issues which are expected to figure in the meeting include rupee payment challenges, need of global shipping, and challenges being faced by traders on account of the Red Sea crisis, […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is facing rising industrial concentration in just five hands, and is enriching billionaires, private equity funds, and crony capitalists driving unprecedented level of inequalities and poverty among people. Dalits are facing high and unaffordable out-of-pocket fees in the private healthcare sector, financial exclusion in the private healthcare sector, and overt […]

The post India Faces Rising Industrial Concentration In Just Five Hands: Oxfam first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava In October last year at the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, Narendra Modi had projected India under his rule as a rising diplomatic powerhouse and elicited sycophantic commentary on its growing confidence. While boasting of his image of a ‘Vishwa Guru’, Modi often ignores the bare fact that goodwill cannot […]

The post Maldives Crisis Exposes India’s Lack Of Diplomatic Wisdom, Wider Vision first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Arun Mitra War is the most serious threat to public health with catastrophic effects on infrastructure and environment and accounts for more deaths & disability than many major diseases combined. It destroys families, communities and sometimes whole cultures. It channels limited resources away from health and other social needs. Any nuclear exchange can […]

The post Failure Of United Nations To Stop Israeli Killings Has Led To Major Humanitarian Crisis first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be hitting the road again. This time from Manipur to Mumbai, as part of his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which begins today. The first leg of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir was quite a success as it had at least ended the perception of the Wayanad MP as […]

The post Rahul’s Manipur to Mumbai ‘nyay’ yatra begins today first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Shipping rates have already gone up by more than three times in a week after the January 9 attack by Houthis on the Red Sea. But supply chain professionals are warning that the rates are going to further shoot up in the coming weeks. This is bad news for India’s export-import trade, […]

The post No Relief For Export-Import Trade As Shipping Costs Expected To Further Shoot Up first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry has called a high-level inter-ministerial meet next week to discuss ways to insulate India’s trade from the ongoing problems in the Red Sea, a senior official said on Thursday. Senior officials from five ministries — external affairs, defence, shipping and finance and commerce — will participate in the deliberations. The […]

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NEW DELHI: Industry bodies are keen on getting access to the e-Shram portal, which is a repository of data of nearly 300 million unorganised sector workers. They believe access to this diverse skilled talent pool will help them fulfil their workforce requirements. “Industry has asked for access to the e-Shram database which will help us […]

The post Industry Bodies Eye Access To The E-Shram Portal To Fill Talent Gap first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

CHENNAI: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Sunday said his firm Reliance Industries in partnership with Canada’s Brookfield will open a data centre in Chennai next week, marking entry into the fast-growing market. Reliance had in July last year invested about Rs 378 crore to enter an existing joint venture, where Brookfield Infrastructure and US-based realty estate […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India heads towards General Election 2024, sharp rise in urban unemployment in December 2023 exposes again the falsehood of government’s narrative and propaganda regarding employment generation under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Though under the new narrative on the employment front on the eve of Lok Sabha Election 2024, […]

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NEW DELHI: The government’s dividend collection from non-financial central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and other investments in this financial year could amount to about ₹55,000 crore, more than a quarter higher than the budgetary target of ₹43,000 crore, said a senior official. However, the Centre could reduce its combined disinvestment and dividend (from non-financial CPSEs) […]

The post Centre May Rake In Rs 55,000 Crore In Dividends From Key CPSEs first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Bangladesh is set to vote in its 12th general election today amid a boycott and strike by the main opposition party. There have also been incidents of arson, including at least five schools and a train being set ablaze. Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League party has been the prime minister of Bangladesh since 2008 […]

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NEW DELHI: The United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects Report 2024 on Friday revised India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate for the 2024 calendar year to 6.2 per cent, compared to 6.7 per cent earlier. The report stated: “Economic growth in India is projected to remain strong at 6.2 per cent in 2024, […]

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NEW DELHI: Expectations are muted over big big-ticket announcements or high-budget schemes being announced in the interim Budget on February 1, but the run-up to the Parliament elections could still feature some such. FE has reviewed the schemes and government programmes rolled out in FY24 budget, and found that while these did not entail huge […]

The post Schemes Unveiled In Budget FY24 Make Headway first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik Argentina’s new president Javier Milei proposes to use US dollars as the currency of his country, while abolishing its central bank altogether. What is involved in this proposal is not just maintaining a fixed exchange rate between the dollar and the domestic currency, but an abolition of the domestic currency altogether. The […]

The post Dollarisation Programme Of Argentina Will Impose Additional Burden On Its Workers first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

ISLAMABAD: Cash-strapped Pakistan is expected to get USD 700 million as the next tranche of the bailout from the IMF as the Executive Board of the global lender meets on January 11, according to a media report on Tuesday. The board of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund is set to deliberate and potentially grant final […]

The post Pakistan Likely To Get $700 Million From IMF As Next Tranche Of Bailout This Month: Report first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Watch out. Will Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections throw up surprises? The state dangles like a ripe fruit for the taking. Everybody is just waiting. The alliances, they seem they’re many. What happened to the Maha Vikas Aghadi, and did the BJP and the Shinde Shiv Sena combine have a name before Ajit […]

The post INDIA Bloc Has Lot Of Issues To Sort Out For Arriving At An Agreement In Maharashtra first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.