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By Dipankar Bhattacharya Constructing the future and settling everything for all times are not our affair… (what) we have to accomplish at present (is) ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The legend of the Indian cinema, Satyajit Ray, has crossed one more year after his centenary celebrations began on May 2 of last year. The last icon of what is termed as Bengal Renaissance, died at the age of only 71 on April 23, 1992. Though his last film ‘Agantuk’ was released […]

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By K Raveendran The worst fears have come true about problems in coal availability developing into a full-blown energy crisis. As most parts of the country sizzles in heat wave conditions, there is unprecedented draw down on available power, leaving gaping gaps in supply. Some states are going through power cuts of up to 8 […]

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By James M Dorsey When US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared that Washington wanted to see Russia so “weakened” that it would no longer be able to invade a neighbouring state, he lifted the veil on US goals in Ukraine. He also held out the prospect of a long-term US-Russian contest for power […]

The post Renewed US Intervention In Central Asia On The Cards first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik So much has been written on the Sri Lankan economic crisis that the facts are by now quite well-known the massive build up of external debt; the huge Value Added Tax concessions that pushed up the fiscal deficit and made the government borrow abroad even to spend domestically; the decline in foreign […]

The post There Are Many Lessons To Learn From Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis first appeared on IPA Newspack.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed a huge $33 billion package for arming and supporting Ukraine, saying that “caving” in to Russia is not an option for the West as the war stretches into a third month. Speaking in the White House, Biden also outlined proposed new laws to allow using luxury assets stripped […]

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By Nitya Chakrabory Now that the poll strategist Prashant Kishor has finally dissociated himself from the Congress Party’s plans for the next state assembly elections culminating into the Lok Sabha polls in March/April 2024, the Congress Party has to focus fully on how to make optimum use of the strategic planning for defeating the BJP […]

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By Amulya Ganguli Sharad Pawar was not revealing a state secret when he accused the BJP of creating a communal situation in the country. Ever since the hijab-halal-azaan row in Karnataka and elsewhere, the BJP’s intention of raising the communal temperature has been obvious. However, the purpose is unclear. Is it related to the over-confidence […]

The post Bulldozer Is The New Weapon Of The Ruling Hindu Right In India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman MSMEs which formed the backbone of India’s industrial development, exports and job creation, may soon get credit card similar to Kisan credit cards to deal with their credit woes that is presently stunting the economic growth. This follows repeated recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing committee on Finance in a bid to […]

The post Medium And Small Enterprises May Soon Get Kisan Credit Card Type Facility first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Lovely Professional University has sacked an assistant professor for allegedly using derogatory language against Lord Ram. A purported video of Assistant Professor Gursang Preet Kaur making the comments had surfaced on social media on Saturday, leading to the demand that she be sacked. The private university in a statement said, “We understand that some people […]

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By Dr B K Kango When India became independent in 1947, the debate was about the vision the country was going to have. The options that were to be followed were few. Struggle for socialism was an obvious and continuing factor, uniting with the non-monopoly section of the bourgeoisie. With the growing availability of developed […]

The post Indian Agriculture Facing Major Technological Challenges In Present Decade first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Resurgence of new COVID-19 infection since the withdrawal of curbs — including the mandatory wearing of masks, keeping and use of sanitisers in public premises, and maintaining physical distancing —by several states from beginning of April 2022, is a serious concern, though it is too early to treat it as a […]

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By K Raveendran There is virtually a scramble for coal from non-Russian sources following a self-imposed ban by the European Union on coal imports from Putin’s sanctions-hit country. But as far as New Delhi is concerned, the opportunity will go abegging as India is by itself struggling to tie up enough supplies. The EU ban […]

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By Anjan Roy The sinking of the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea flotilla MOSKVA is a significant turning point in the Ukraine war and also a lesson for military planners across the world. Russia does not yield the point that Ukrainian missiles would have downed the ship and maintains that an accidental fire on board […]

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By Harihar Swarup Two competing perspectives can be extracted from the ongoing drama in Pakistan. The first is the obvious one, of the continued fragility of democracy and its institutions that leads to periodic crises of the kind that unfolded over the past month. That no prime minister has ever completed a full five-year term […]

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Several parts of Bengaluru faced severe water-logging amidst very heavy rainfall in the city on Thursday. Buses, cars and other vehicles were seen struggling to meander through the cascading water. Homes in some parts of the city were submerged in nearly waist-deep water due to the downpour. People were stranded in several parts of the […]

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By Aman Kumar Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has not taken any position at the United Nations [UN]. In all of the voting, India has abstained. The recent abstention is regarding a resolution suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council. The Resolution “Express(es) grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian […]

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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 […]

The post Dealing With Debt Crisis Is The Foremost Task Of New Pakistan Government first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sankar Ray There is a general feeling of relief at the exit of the PTI Government led by Imran Khan in Pakistan and the coming of the opposition coalition leader Shehbaz Sharif as the new Prime Minister Nazam Sethi, editor of the renowned The Friday Times, began his column, captioned, ‘Ten Days That Shook […]

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will challenge the Delhi court’s order setting aside the lookout circular issued against Aakar Patel, former Amnesty India chief, sources said. The central probe agency will file an appeal against the CBI court order this morning, the source added. Patel tweeted last evening that despite the court’s order granting […]

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