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By Arun Srivastava Even the fragrance of the pleasant words that were bestowed upon Narendra Modi before his departure from the United States had faded, the Indian prime minister had to taste the bitter bite of American anger at some of his cabinet ministers and senior BJP leaders unleashing online harassment of journalist Sabrina Siddiqui, […]

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By Sushil Kutty If cars and sports utility vehicles can win general elections, then Bharat Rashtra Samithi President K Chandrasekhar Rao is already the Prime Minister! KCR, as he is called, led a convoy of 600 cars & SUVs into Maharashtra on Monday and made jittery a clutch of top Maharashtra politicians. Why, even Prime […]

The post Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Is Now Fighting Opposition More Than BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

As India’s Hindu community gears up to observe the ‘unique’ two-month long sawan, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to prohibit sale of meat in the open along the routes fixed for Kanwar Yatra. Sawan or Shravan is being considered unique this year as the festival will be celebrated for 59 days after 19 years. […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United States has strengthened the ties between the two countries, augmenting his global presence and reinforcing his association with the Diaspora and business leaders. The Indian Diaspora in countries like the U.S., U.K., and Australia has become a robust and influential community. Modi has […]

The post Prime Minister Narendra Modi Focused On Indian Diaspora In A Big Way During US Visit first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By S. Sethuraman Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after completion of a nine-year majoritarian reign, has successfully accomplished a dramatic transformation in Indo-US economic and, more importantly, defence-related ties, raising further India’s global status, already the fifth largest economy.. The outcome of Mr Modi’s visit to US capital, his second address to US Congress and elaborate […]

The post Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Imparted New Dynamism To India-US Relations first appeared on IPA Newspack.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi ruled the global headlines with his highly successful visit to the United States, former President Barack Obama found himself amid a barrage of criticism with his remark on India’s approach towards minority rights. Obama’s comments on the treatment of Muslims in India, especially at a time when PM Modi made […]

The post Rajnath, Puri join campaign against Barack Obama first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee The increasing import of cheaper Russian crude oil during the current fiscal may not necessarily lead to an encouraging economic growth for India this year. Cheaper oil imports from Russia are not helping to energise the economy. This is because the lower oil import cost benefits are not being passed on to […]

The post Indian Consumers Are Robbed Of Cheaper Russian Oil Import Benefits first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nilanjan Banik In the US there is a concept of measuring the consumer feel-good factor through inflation expectation. If the consumer feels that the inflation is likely to ease, they feel good about it and do not mind paying higher prices in the short run. In fact, the consumer settles for a higher price, […]

The post India’s Top 20 Firms Earn 60 Percent Of The Corporates Cash Flow first appeared on IPA Newspack.

In a bizarre comparison, the Saamana mouthpiece of Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray has called the Opposition bloc that participated in the June 23 Patna meeting the “Wagner Group of India”, claiming it would bring down the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre. “The ‘Wagner Group’ came together to challenge Modi’s power in Patna. […]

The post Saamana provokes calling Patna group ‘India’s Wagner Group’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India and the United States will witness national elections to choose the top executives next year. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will seek a third term in the government. President Joe Biden is seeking reelection in the USA, while reports suggest that Michelle Obama, the former […]

The post Both Modi And Biden Had Their Eyes On 2024 Polls During The Indian PM’s Visit first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-day red carpet visit to the United States constitutes a microcosm of what a 21st-world order century will likely look like. The visit spotlights the adjustments the United States faces in transitioning from a US-dominated unipolar world to a multipolar world populated by three major powers – […]

The post Modi’s U.S. Visit Spotlights America’s Policy Choices first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was politically correct in describing the opposition meet in Patna as a (Rajnaitik Navjagran) political renaissance. What was unprecedented was that all the fifteen participating political parties were unanimous in resolving to forge unity to defeat the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The parties […]

The post Patna Conclave Of Opposition Parties Is A Milestone To Defeat The BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Girish Linganna US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached an accord that is hailed by experts as “historic” and which will provide India with American drones and engines for combat aircraft, in an effort to confront China. Modi is attempting to expand the international standing of India, currently the most populous […]

The post Narendra Modi Has Achieved Success In Acquiring High Tech Defence Items From US first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty This column has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi all possible names including those bordering on the ‘libel’. So far, Alhamdulilah, Modi hasn’t let the wolves on the column. But it is a fact that wringing Modi in the Press Freedom grinder wouldn’t make a difference to Press freedom in nine years of […]

The post Just Not Narendra Modi, Indian Media Barons And Some Journalists Have To Share The Blame For Curbs On Press Freedom first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Binoy Viswam Even in the early months of 2023, many political analysts were sceptical about the possibility of a broad opposition unity. The BJP was almost sure that this exercise would end up as a non-starter. Some of its leaders went to the extent of ridiculing the very idea of such a unity. Even […]

The post Opposition Parties Meet In Patna On June 23 Is A Perfect Example Of Unity In Diversity first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dipankar Bhattacharya Governance in India today is driven by a relentless aggression of the executive which has reduced the legislature to a loyal instrument of law making. Any corrective measure coming from the judiciary is being disdainfully discarded through executive ordinances. The media, the fabled fourth pillar of democracy, has effectively been refashioned as […]

The post June 23 Meeting Of Non-BJP Opposition Parties Is The First Step For A Credible Alternative first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi was shunned by the U.S. in 2005. But he is no more a pariah. The same US, but now under the presidency of Joe Biden, is rolling out the red carpet for Modi, who will become just the third world leader (after France’s Emmanuel Macron and South Korea’s Yoon Suk […]

The post US Offer Of High Tech Defence To Indian PM During His Visit Is Linked To Geo-Political Strategy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he will lead a unique yoga session in New York today to commemorate the 9th International Day of Yoga. The event will see participation from top UN officials, envoys from across and the world and prominent individuals. “Yoga has become global movement through International Day of Yoga,” PM Modi […]

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By Sushil Kutty One view is that one Indian is having all the fun! Like “excitement and euphoria have gripped many Indian Americans ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to the US”. Such a view should not be allowed to gather moss. It is humiliating to the country, and to the country’s rulers. But, […]

The post Finally Prime Minister’s US Visit Seems To Be A Mega Show Of Emergent India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav After shaking the foundation of traditional finance and making central banks give a war cry, the cryptocurrency world faces one of its most critical moments as it moves forward nonchalantly. With over a trillion dollars in market cap and the bitcoin keeping in the range of $26,000, it’s not a doom […]

The post US SEC’s Lawsuits Against Binance And Coinbase Hit Cryptocurrency Market first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Congress on Monday demanded a white paper on the situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at the border with China and a comprehensive discussion on the India-China border dispute in Parliament. Senior spokesperson of the Congress Manish Tewari said at a press conference here that three years ago, on June 19, 2020, […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee It may be to the credit of the Indian National Congress and of Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao, who served as the country’s ninth prime minister from 1991 to 1996, for taking the initiative to pass the Constitution Amendment (73rd and 74th) Acts. The 73rd Amendment empowered state governments to take steps that […]

The post India’s Grass-Root Democracy Is Under Threat From State Political Leadership first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava History repeats. And this time it has repeated itself in Manipur. India’s northeastern state is ablaze, and only four days back the house of Union minister R K Ranjan Singh was burnt to ashes in full view of the security forces and state police. More than 150 Kukis and Meitei have been […]

The post Myopic Modi Eyes US Trip For ‘Peace In Ukraine’ As Manipur Burns first appeared on IPA Newspack.