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By Anjan Roy While a new prime minister has been elected by a rainbow coalition of opposition parties in Pakistan, it does not bode well for political stability in the country. Shehbaz Sharif, younger brother of former Pakistan prime minister, Nawaz Sharief, is an experienced political hand. But he would be hobbled by the same […]

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has become the first PM of the country to be removed by a no-trust vote. Khan, who stayed defiant “till the last ball”, was ousted well after midnight, after high drama in the Pakistan assembly through the day. The joint opposition – a rainbow of socialist, liberal and […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s booster dose policy announced on April 8 by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is clearly anti-poor, since de facto they cannot get vaccinated with booster doses against COVID-19, though theoretically they are also eligible to have it at private vaccination centres along with any adult aged 18 years […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak From April 1, 2022, the majority of drugs have become costlier, and the poor patients are doomed to suffer, which is being termed as the highest ever price hike in the country. Even the drugs under price control mechanism many seem no more affordable for the majority of the common people, […]

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As Sri Lanka goes through a severe economic crisis, India is providing fuel to Colombo so that it can meet some of its immediate needs and help stabilise its domestic economy. In the past 24 hours, at total of 76,000 tonnes of fuel were delivered to Sri Lanka and the total supply of fuel under […]

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By K Raveendran The emergence of Sri Lanka as a template for the fallout of infrastructure development with Chinese funding will save thousands of diplomatic man-hours for India in checkmating the Chinese ‘String of Pearls’ agenda. New Delhi has tried to counter the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative with its own ‘Look East’ policy, but […]

The post Sri Lanka A Template Of Risks In Chinese Debt Trap Diplomacy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By D. Raja On behalf of the Communist Party of India, I extend REVOLUTIONARY greetings to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). I express my sincere thanks for inviting me to the inaugural session. The 23rd Congress of the CPI(M) is taking place in Kerala, which made history for democratically electing […]

The post CPI Greets The 23rd Congress Of CPI(M) In Kannur Which Began On April 6 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] is holding its 23rd Party Congress in Kerala this month, from April 6 to 10. The delegates attending this five-day session will be deliberating on both the national and international situations, and, on the final day, will be adopting a document which will guide the […]

The post CPI(M)’s 23rd Party Congress Must Help Unite Seculars Against Saffrons first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar The ongoing Sri Lanka crisis finds echoes across the Palk straits in Tamil Nadu as refugees have started arriving in the state over the past fortnight. Since the Eelam war ended in 2009, this is the first time refugees have arrived on the Tamil Nadu coast. The crisis has further deepened with […]

The post Centre Has To Extend All Possible Assistance To Beleaguered Sri Lanka first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sankar Ray Pakistan’s Prime Minister Kaptaan Imran Khan is in an existential crisis that pushed him personally into a political quagmire. His stature worsened further following the crucial observation by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial during the hearing of a suo moto matter following the dismissal of National Assembly of Pakistan […]

The post Imran Khan Has Pushed Pakistan Into A Major Constitutional Crisis first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Sri Lanka’s opposition dismissed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s invitation to join a unity government as “nonsensical” and instead demanded his resignation over the country’s worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines. The Lankan President has named four ministers to maintain the legitimacy and stability of Parliament until a full Cabinet is appointed. An emergency health situation […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Prices are bubbling up. Food, fuel and fertiliser costs are surging almost daily. Inflation seems to have got a free pass in India. The country’s wholesale price index, which tracks goods at factory gates, rose almost 13 percent from a year earlier in January. The gauge has recorded double-digit increases for 10 […]

The post RBI Has Failed To Check Surging Inflation first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav After an economic crisis, Sri Lanka has plunged into a political crisis now. On Monday morning, news reports said that the entire Sri Lankan Cabinet has resigned. There were also rumors that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had resigned or would resign soon but his office denied the rumours. Another rumor that […]

The post Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka Turns Into A Major Political Imbroglio first appeared on IPA Newspack.

All ministers of the Sri Lankan cabinet have resigned in the wake of the mass agitation against the policies of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Protesters have been demanding the resignation of the Rajapaksa family as they defied a curfew to take to the streets in several cities. The country […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Three months from now will prove crucial for the workforce in India, since the Modi government is expecting to be fully prepared for implementation of the four controversial labour codes in the country by June end or beginning of July. This is precisely the period available for the workforce under the […]

The post Three Months From Now To Prove Crucial For Workforce In India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Krishna Jha History is always a series of justice for one and the injustice for the other. It is the way evolution moves. Finding new ways amidst the darkest clouds, leaving them behind and move on. The days of March 28 and 29 were the similar days in the year of 2022 when once […]

The post In Pandemic Period, The Injustices To The Underprivileged Have Increased first appeared on IPA Newspack.

People in Sri Lankan capital Colombo, suffering for weeks under a terrible economic crisis, erupted in protest late this evening. More than 2000 people held a protest march in the Lankan capital near the President’s house demanding that he step down, and clashed with the police. The paramilitary police unit, a Special Task Force, had […]

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By Prakash Karat The 23rd Congress of the CPI(M) is being held at Kannur in Kerala from April 6-10. The Party Congress will set out the political direction of the Party for the next three years. The draft Political Resolution which was released more than two months ago by the Central Committee has been discussed […]

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By Harihar Swarup When Lisa Calan—clad in a traditional white Kurdish grown and stylish turban— walked onto the inaugural stage of the International Film Festival of Kerala in Thiruvanthapuram to receive first-ever ‘Spirit of Cinema’ award, there was a standing ovation. Not many among the audience had seen her films but everyone could feel the […]

The post Lisa Calan, The Rebel Film Maker Of Turkey Is A Symbol Of Grit And Courage first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Four years ago in March 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while chairing the “Delhi End TB Summit” had said about ending TB in India by 2025, five years ahead of the TB-related SDG target by 2030. Now End World TB Day March 2022 has provided the occasion to see how far […]

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By Prabhat Patnaik The juggling which US imperialism has to do to maintain its hegemony becomes more bizarre by the day. First, it kept needling Russia (“provoking the bear”) “on behalf of the western alliance” by expanding NATO to its very borders, knowing full well that Ukraine’s joining NATO would be totally unacceptable to Russia. […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra After meeting with G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress president Sonia Gandhi reached out to other members of the group. Gandhi held a meeting with Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma and Vivek Tankha on Tuesday, as she stepped up efforts to placate the leaders of the G-23 dissident group to find unity […]

The post Sonia Placates G-23, But Urges Against Public Criticism first appeared on IPA Newspack.