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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Karnataka loss in May this year despite the twin strategy of BJP – high decibel election campaign focussing on polarisation of Hindu votes and harping on PM Modi’s charisma – that shocked the top brass of the party, has now finding itself into a deep dilemma over effectiveness of its present […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra A crisis brings oddballs together. Having nothing in common, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) joined forces closed ranks against Imran Khan- led PTI government. The government led by the former cricketer ace was removed and as the coalition partners awaited PTI’s dissolution, cracks in the uneasy alliance came […]

The post Cracks In Pakistan’s Ruling Coalition As PML-N And PPP Fight Openly first appeared on IPA Newspack.

A “courtesy visit” by DK Shivakumar to Basavaraj Bommai’s house has once again triggered an “adjustment politics” debate in the Bharatiya Janata Party. BJP leader Basangouda Patil Yatnal openly took a jibe at former chief minister Bommai at a programme on Sunday, saying the party won’t survive in the state if its representatives are meeting […]

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The Adani Group has said their disclosures are “a matter of public record” and they are not aware of any “subpoena to the US investors” following reports that US authorities are looking into what representations the group made to its American investors. The reports, quoting un-named sources, had said inquiries started from the US Attorney’s […]

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By Liza Featherstone Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a state visit to the White House this week, is one of the most significant far-right leaders in the world. His persecution of religious minorities has troubled even the US State Department, which has taken note of the problem in its annual Religious Freedom […]

The post Why Did Official Democrats Embrace The Far-Right Narendra Modi? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ben Chacko The relentless right-wing attack on the left within the Britain’s Labour Party continues unabated. Recent weeks have seen the elected mayor of the North of Tyne region barred from being considered as the party’s candidate for the next election and two further members of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs deselected. In […]

The post British Labour Leadership Under Keir Starmer Is Isolating The Left Members first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday sought an explanation from the State Election Commission (SEC) on why as many as 20,585 candidates withdrew their nominations for the July 8 panchayat elections in West Bengal. The division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam also sought to know why as many 274 seats in a particular block […]

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By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be presumed to have done well in Washington despite a tinge of doubt in his response to pointed questions about Indian democracy and minority rights, but the embarrassing questions were not the only source of sour taste in the otherwise impressive visit, for which president Joe Biden […]

The post U.S. Probe Against Adani Group Sours Taste During Modi’s White House Dinner first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Merely an hour before the big opposition meeting in Patna – hosted by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and attended by 30 leaders from 15 parties – the AAP accused the Congress of making a compromise with the ruling BJP for presidency. The party’s Delhi spokesperson, Priyanka Kakkar, said the Congress needed to clear its […]

The post AAP, Cong in war of words over Delhi ordinance first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik How exactly is the dollar’s status as reserve currency related to imperialism? This question has two parts: how this status of the dollar is related to US imperialism, and how it is related to the overall imperialist arrangement. The dollar’s being a reserve currency makes it (and dollar-denominated assets in general) a […]

The post Hegemony Of US Dollar Is Under Threat, Steady Decline May Follow first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Opposition parties in the State upping the ante and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government launching a counter-offensive, the state is set for a protracted political slug-fest. Political mercury soared when the Government announced a crime branch probe against Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President, K. Sudhakaran, who […]

The post Congress-Led UDF In A Confrontation Mood With Govt In Kerala 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 Prakash Karat Manipur burning has become emblematic of the divisive politics of the BJP in the North East.  Only four months ago, in February, Narendra Modi had crowed about the success of the BJP in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland elections in the North East. He claimed Christians in the North East are accepting the […]

The post Immediate Removal Of BJP Led Govt Of Biren Singh In Manipur Is The Need Of The Hour first appeared on IPA Newspack.

In yet another point of confrontation, the Punjab government moved a resolution in the Assembly against the non-release of Rural Development Fund (RDF) by the Centre, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann threatening to move the Supreme Court if the funds aren’t released within 10 days. Speaking on the resolution against the non-release of Rs 3,622 […]

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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 […]

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