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K Raveendran

By K Raveendran Geopolitics and guidance from the US Federal Reserve may not be the only factors that determine the performance of gold in the New Year. The Indian and other elections slated for the year may also be determinants. India is the second largest gold consumer in the world and the rate at which […]

The post Implications Of National Elections For Gold Demand In India And World Markets first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Every court judgment is supposed to be delivered without ‘fear or favour’ and ‘affection or ill-will’, but insights provided by Chief Justice of India Justice D Y Chandrachud on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir land judgment reveal how some of the disapproved tendencies did creep into the making of the final verdict. With […]

The post Ram Mandir Ahead Of Consecration: Persisting Issues Of Heart, Mind, Fear And Favour first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Supreme Court verdict in the keenly-awaited petitions against the adequacy of the SEBI probe into the charges against the Adani group is neither convincing nor conclusive. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has given the market regulator another three months to complete its investigations. The court has also […]

The post Supreme Court’s Adani Case Verdict Fails To Inspire Confidence To Detractors first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran It is election year for the Indian economy and the footnote to the robust economic performance would pinpoint the risks of freebies and subsidy politics impacting growth. The pressures are expected to pinch hard from mid-year onwards as the drivers of growth would shift gears down by at least a couple of […]

The post India Set To Clock Highest Growth Rate In 2024 Among Major Economies first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The shipping industry is keeping its fingers crossed till the Gaza-Houthi triggered crisis in Red Sea-Suez Canal areas lasts. The duration of the current situation is what matters. A temporary disturbance – a perceived bump in the road – and the industry may cope. But, if it lasts, with container vessels forced […]

The post Global Shipping Industry Hostage To Red Sea-Suez Crisis first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The imposition of extra tariff on Chinese gold jewellery exports by the United States has helped the Indian jewellery export trade to dislodge the United Arab Emirates as the country’s leading export market. The tariff on Chinese jewellery has made Indian exporters more competitive on the one hand, while the Comprehensive Economic […]

The post Tariff On Chinese Gold Jewellery Helps U.S. Replace UAE as India’s leading export market first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran It is no surprise that COP28 Dubai has proceeded the way it has. As member countries grappled with how to formalise and approach towards the most sensitive issue of fossil fuels, the climate summit had to be extended to try and work out a consensus. According to latest reports emerging the vibrant […]

The post COP28 May Have Avoided A Showdown, But Conflict Points Remain Largely Unresolved first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran It may not have been as high-profile as the ‘call of national duty’ press conference by the four senior most judges of the Supreme Court about six years ago. But the renewed controversy about the master of the roster, prompting two senior advocates of the apex court to write to Chief Justice […]

The post Master Of Roster Controversy: History Repeats Itself After A Gap Of Six Years first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The renewed escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict is providing additional impetus for gold to climb higher levels. The yellow metal has already been trending higher over the past two months, but the end of truce between Hamas and Israeli forces, unleashing new bomb attacks and destruction of lives and properties, particularly on […]

The post Resumption Of Gaza Fighting Adds To Gold’s Impetus To Rise, Hitting Record Levels first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Oil markets are eagerly awaiting the outcome at the forthcoming OPEC+ meeting this week, after internal troubles forced a postponement of the meeting originally scheduled for November 26. The meeting assumes great significance both for producing as well as importing countries, especially amidst assessments that a new agreement to cut production is […]

The post All Eyes On OPEC Meeting As Cartel Struggles To Continue Voluntary Supply Cuts first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Irrespective of the outcome of the batch of petitions in the Supreme Court against the SEBI investigations into the charges levelled by US-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research against the Adani group of companies regarding violations of stock market regulation, it is most likely that short selling would emerge as the villain of […]

The post Pleas Against SEBI’s Adani Probe: Greater Focus On Investor Loss Than Market Efficiency first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Confidentiality versus anonymity is a central issue in the consideration of the petitions against the electoral bond scheme as it exists today and may well have a bearing on the verdict by the five-member constitution bench under Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, which has reserved the judgement. The petitioners, who include the […]

The post Electoral Bond Verdict May Ultimately Hinge On Confidentiality Versus Anonymity Debate first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran A Saudi decision to extend its voluntary oil production cut to the end of the year has passed off as a non-event, with the oil markets shrugging off the decision as of little consequence to the current demand-supply situation in the global market. The kingdom said on Sunday it will continue its […]

The post Saudi Oil Cut Extension Fails To Boost Prices Despite Continuing Gaza Conflict first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Supreme Court strictures against the Punjab governor for sitting over the bills passed by the state assembly by questioning the validity of the house session that passed those bills are a verdict against what has come to be regarded as the standard operating practice of the Union home ministry to use […]

The post SC Strictures Against Gubernatorial Abuse Must Bring Some Sense To Centre-State Ties first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Supreme Court’s displeasure with the way the Centre is using its agencies to suppress criticism or force adversaries into submission is finding expression at increasing frequency. “It can’t be a State that is run only through its agencies,” Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said while hearing a petition urging the court to […]

The post Court Observations Against Agencies Set A Trend Ahead Of Upcoming Review Petitions first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran A failure by Russia to fulfil its commitment of 300,000 barrels per day of voluntary cut in crude exports as per the understanding with OPEC is likely to cause friction between Moscow and Saudi Arabia, the prime driver of the cartel’s supply control strategy to shore up crude prices. Any problem in […]

The post Overshooting Russian Oil Exports May Cause Friction In Saudi-Led Supply Cut Mechanism first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Infosys founder Narayana Murthy’s call to the youth of the nation to declare ‘this is my country, I want to work for 70 hours a week’ has created such a storm that it has elicited response from every section of the society, including the veteran technocrat’s peers, employers, corporate personalities and of […]

The post Emotional Response To Murthy’s Call For 70 Hours Work Disguises Real Problems first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has added a new dimension to the current debate on caste-based reservation by stressing the need to advance from the accommodative aspect of the reservation policy as it is practised today to one where reservation would be a tool for empowerment. Justice Chandrachud did not […]

The post CJI Takes Reservation Debate To New Level With Call For Empowerment first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran With signs of a wider conflict in the Middle East becoming stronger by the day, oil market analysts are keeping their fingers crossed over how the evolving scenario is going to shape the future of oil as well as the global economy. As Israel pushes ahead with its Gaza action, bombing more […]

The post Threat Of A Wider Conflict Keeps Oil Market Analysts In A Discomforting Guessing Game first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Four judgments from a five-member bench: that’s enough to indicate the complexities and confusion about the Supreme Court’s decision on the keenly-awaited same sex marriage issue. Overflowing with ‘agreements and disagreements’, the diverse verdicts, however, betray a certain degree of predictability. As Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud began pronouncing his judgment, the […]

The post Predictability About Judgments Does No Good To Credibility Of Judiciary first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Israel-Palestine conflict has sent ripples through the shipping and maritime industry, leading international companies to issue cautionary advisories and adapt their operations in the region. In view of the missile attacks and the incursion of opposing militias, the security of transporting goods through the port of Haifa has become uncertain. The […]

The post Israel-Palestine Conflict Sends Ripples Through Shipping And Maritime Industry first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Curiously, the Hamas attack and the Israeli reprisal coincide with the 5oth anniversary of the first oil crisis, which plunged the world into an oil shock of unprecedented proportions, causing energy prices to skyrocket and leading to fuel shortages, particularly in the United States. And by all indications, the results of the […]

The post Hamas-Israeli Conflict Coincides With 50th Anniversary Of 1973 Oil Shock first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The courts are making it increasingly clear that they are not impressed with the way the central agencies are proceeding with action against their victims. Going by the sharpness in the courts’ remarks, it seems that the day may not be far when the selective manner in which the law is taking, […]

The post Courts Beginning To Question ‘Law Taking Its Own Course’ As Claimed By Ruling Party first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The use of terrorist laws against journalists in the NewsClick makes the Narendra Modi government’s intentions very clear: terrorise independent media outfits which dare not to follow their ‘gaudi’ counterparts that dominate the country’s media scene. The government apparently feels that even the few that remain outside its orbit cannot be allowed […]

The post Centre’s Raids On Newsclick Is A Part Of Policy Of Intimidation Of Independent Media first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran In a rather unnoticed development as a byproduct of the Russia-Ukraine war, a directional shift in Russia’s trade with the world has turned the global container trade upside down, creating both challenges and opportunities for all players concerned. This container crisis is primarily a consequence of the deepening trade imbalance between Russia […]

The post Shift In Global Trade Makes Russia A Dumping Yard For Excess Chinese Containers first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran There is renewed hope for those who have dared to challenge the Modi government’s practice of using Enforcement Directorate to go after political adversaries. The Supreme Court has made it known that a three-judge special bench has been constituted to review a controversial judgment passed by another bench last year, upholding the […]

The post Fresh Judicial Look At Setting Agencies After Adversaries Is Ominous For Modi Govt first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The planned expansion of the BRICS bloc, through the addition of new members Saudi Arabia, Iran, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Ethiopia and Argentina, will transform the grouping into a global leader in renewable energy in the coming decades. The six new members will join the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, […]

The post BRICS Expansion Creates A Global Super Power In Renewable Energy first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The pace at which the India-Canada diplomatic row is deteriorating, manifesting in tit for tat diplomatic expulsions, suggests that Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing may be an action replay of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi-born critic of the Saudi royal family, particularly crown prince Mohammed bin […]

The post Nijjar Murder Has Similarities With Assassination Of Saudi Journo Khashoggi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Drone cameras at weddings and social events no longer make eyes pop up. But the day may not be far off when your favourite pizza will be delivered to you by a drone rather than the Swiggy rider, adding to the chaotic scenes on the roads as he has to negotiate all […]

The post Delivery Of Packets By Drones May Become Mainstream Sooner Than Expected first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The proposed India, Middle East, Europe economic corridor is expected to go a long way to increase the political clout of Middle East countries, particularly the Gulf countries, which the West has hitherto been looking at mainly as a market for arms as well as the security might of US and allies, […]

The post Modi-Biden’s Economic Corridor Boosts Political Clout Of Middle East Countries first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.