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K Raveendran

By K Raveendran The Narendra Modi government’s electoral bond scheme has been thrown out of the window by the Supreme Court. That is certainly good riddance to an obnoxious and highly abused scheme. But in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decisive ruling, a stark reality emerges – the convoluted landscape of political financing in […]

The post Electoral Funding Quagmire: No Real Progress Possible With Peripheral Changes first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud’s call for an end to the ‘adjournment culture’ in the functioning of the courts could not have come a day sooner. “In the near future, we must address structural issues affecting the judiciary such as the pendency of cases, our archaic procedures, and the culture of adjournments,” […]

The post Culture Of Adjournments Helps The High And Mighty To Hijack Judicial System first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Finance Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim budget speech sounded like a well-crafted compendium of compliments to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was as though she was singing her swan song, and an ode to the greatness of her mentor, rather than on what the government planned to do in the days ahead. It also […]

The post Nirmala Sitharaman’s ‘Swan Song’ Budget Speech Is Virtually An Ode To Modi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The deterioration in recent weeks of the security situation in the Red Sea, where Yemen-based Houthi militia in support of Palestine have disrupted global trade by launching drone and missile attacks on vessels, is posing a geopolitical risk to LNG prices. It has now been more two months since the first attack […]

The post Deterioration In Red Sea Situation Threatens LNG Trade Flows, Drags Prices Down first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Yet another demonstration of the extent of Adani’ group’s stranglehold on the Establishment should shake the confidence of group’s detractors who have been driven to desperation by the acts of commission and omission by the controversial group known to be a favourite of prime minister Narendra Modi. Even the highest court of […]

The post No End To Manifestations Of Adani Group’s Stranglehold On Modi Establishment first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Every BJP manifesto since 1996, with the sole exception of 1991, had promised the construction of a grand Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. So it would be rather naïve to expect the party not to make political capital out of the January 22 Pran Pratishta at the brand new Ram Mandir of grandeur, […]

The post BJP’s Claim For Political Capital Out Of Ram Mandir Goes Largely Uncontested first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The Supreme Court order staying the Allahabad High Court decision to appoint an advocate commission to conduct a survey of the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah complex in Mathura does not substantially alter the general approach of the judiciary with regard to the disputed places of worship, which is more in favour of faith […]

The post SC Order On Mathura Idgah Does Not Change Norm Gaining Ground On Disputed Structures 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.

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.