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By Tirthankar Mitra Time was when Calcutta as it was known then glorified itself in the title of ,”City of Palaces” owing to majestic buildings be it offices or grandees’ mansions dotting it. Lamenting those glorious gone by days when merchant princes from the city ran the economy of the country and beyond stop during […]

The post Bengali Youth’s Innovative Skills Come Out In Its Best During Durga Puja Festival first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The Chinese yuan has surpassed the euro to become the world’s second-most used currency in SWIFT trade settlements, according to data from the international SWIFT system. This marks a significant milestone in China’s efforts to internationalise its currency. As of September 2023, the yuan accounted for 5.8% of international payments, up from 4.82% […]

The post Chinese Yuan Beats Euro, Is 2nd Most Used Currency In Global Payments System SWIFT first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

KOLKATACHENNAIMUMBAI: “Lady candidates need not apply.” So read the postscript in a job notice from Telco (now Tata Motors) on a notice board in the corridors of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (now Bengaluru), in 1974. Irked, Sudha Murty, who was then pursuing her masters in computer science at the institute, wrote a postcard […]

The post Number Of Women In Blue-Collar Jobs Increasing Across Manufacturing Sector first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday sought to allay the concerns over the decision to put imports of certain computer hardware in restricted category, with mandatory licensing, by coming up with a liberal authorisation process. In what would provide relief to the importers, which include the likes of Apple, Dell, HP and Samsung, the new […]

The post No Caps Or Country-Specific Curbs Under New Laptop Import Policy first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress is resurgent in Madhya Pradesh, but it is the only state among the five going to poll in November, is ruled by the BJP, where it has better political prospects than in any other state. Logically, the opposition INDIA alliance should have gone for putting joint candidates against the BJP’s […]

The post Madhya Pradesh Assembly Poll Widens Opposition Faultline first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra For Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, the prime supporters of the caste survey in the state, the result has been a strengthening of the ruling Mahagathbandhan’s social support base among Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) and Dalits, fulfilling a significant promise to […]

The post Post Caste Census, JD(U)-RJD Further Consolidate Support Base first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took another dig at the BJP today with a show of support to rival Vasundhara Raje Scindia, telling the media that she should not be victimised by her party for refusing to bring down his government at a vulnerable moment. Gehlot had expressed his gratitude to Raje earlier as well […]

The post Ashok Gehlot backs Vasundhara to snub BJP first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is soon expected to start the consultation process to set the reserve price for new spectrum bands, identified by the department of telecommunications (DoT) in 37-37.5 GHz, 37.5-40 GHz, and 42.5-43.5 GHz, according to government officials. The process could take Trai at least six months to […]

The post TRAI To Soon Start Consultation On Pricing Of New Spectrum Bands first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By P Sudhir If President Biden’s visit to Tel Aviv for a day demonstrated anything, it is the unremitting and blind support for the Israeli settler-colonial State.  The visit underlined what has been the unchanging reality since 1948 – the United States has nurtured and cultivated Israel as its outpost in West Asia.  The United […]

The post United States Is In Full Complicity With Israel In Its War Crimes Against Palestinians first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak One of the biggest challenges for PM Narendra Modi and the BJP in their way to returning to power after the Lok Sabha election 2024 is infighting in the state BJP units, a fact that is well known by now. No wonder former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghubar Das is being […]

The post Sending Raghubar Das Out Of Jharkhand As Governor May Not Help first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The Israel-Hamas war is nearly two weeks old. The highlight was a rocket striking a hospital parking lot which killed 500. The tally was later corrected to 471. US President Joe Biden said he was happy that the “other team” was to blame and not Israel as alleged by Hamas and Iran. […]

The post USA And The Other Western Nations Are Not Bothered About Cessation Of War first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has called for a review of the government’s open-ended grain procurement policy to restrict rice and wheat purchase from the farmers for the meeting requirement under the National Food Security Act. The open ended procurement policy for rice and wheat has resulted in accumulation of huge stocks […]

The post Review Open-Ended Grain Procurement: CACP first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Extreme poverty in India declined by 38 million in 2021 to 167.49 million after a surge in the two preceding years, but remained above the 2018 level, the latest World Bank data shows. While for most countries poverty rose in 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the global economy, the data shows poverty […]

The post Poverty In India Eased In 2021, But Was Above 2018 Level: World Bank Data first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

KOLKATA: India’s top telcos are expected to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s ruling to treat licence fees as a capital expenditure that could potentially prompt authorities to raise hefty retrospective demands, including penalties on operators for tax payment shortfalls of past periods. Kotak Institutional Equities estimates Bharti Airtel could face a potential […]

The post Telecom Majors Likely To Plead For Review Of SC Licence Fee Ruling first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has invited stakeholder comments for its Leniency Plus regulations, which incentivise companies already under investigation for one cartel to report other cartels. Under Leniency Plus, a cartelist cooperating with the CCI for leniency can disclose another cartel in an unrelated market during the original leniency proceedings, in […]

The post CCI Brings Draft Leniency Plus Rules For Cartels, Invites Comments first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Girish Linganna One of the saddest days in contemporary Israeli history happened during the Simchat Torah festival on October 7, 2023. Hamas militants launched an air, land and sea attack on the territory of the Jewish state exactly 50 years to the day after the Yom Kippur War, which had caused severe psychological agony […]

The post Hamas’s ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ Brings Israel’s Security System Under Question first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.