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By K Raveendran The move by the US and western nations to enforce a price cap on Russian crude as part of their sanctions against Moscow to put even a tighter leash on its finances provides another opportunity for India to maximise its benefits through the purchase of discounted Ural crude. India has made it […]

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By Sushil Kutty Earlier this month, October 10 to be precise, Janine Small, Pfizer’s president of international developed markets, stunned the world when she admitted to the European Parliament that Pfizer did not know if its Covid-19 vaccine had been tested for the prevention of the transmission of the virus at the time of its […]

The post Narendra Modi Govt’s Official Covid Death Figures Need Thorough Scrutiny first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The day after the Supreme Court’s split verdict on the hijab, things are falling into place for a better understanding of the verdict. One, it has become clear that after failing with the essential religious practice (erp) as the raison d’etre for the ‘hijab’ in classrooms demand, advocates for the hijab petitioners […]

The post Decoding The Split Verdict Of Supreme Court On Hijab Ban Issue first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik What is called OPEC+ that is the13 members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) together with 11 other petroleum exporting countries led by Russia, decided on October 5 to cut their oil production by 2 million barrels per day, starting from November. The US had been pressing OPEC not to […]

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By James M Dorsey Nahdlatul Ulama, arguably the world’s only Muslim mass movement propagating a genuinely moderate and pluralistic form of Islam, has forged an unlikely, albeit temporary, alliance with the Saudi-controlled Muslim World League. The League is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s chief propagator of a socially less restrictive but autocratic interpretation of […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party begins on October 16 in Beijing. It will chart out the course of action for the next five years in terms of Chinese domestic politics, economy and also foreign policy, with the objective of catapulting the world’s largest populated country with the second […]

The post Xi Jinping To Emerge As Supreme Leader At 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Trade numbers for the fiscal 2022-2023 are looking dismal. The expectation is that for the Q1 and Q2 Fiscal 2022-2023, the Current Account Deficit (CAD) is expected to be the highest in 9 years. A quick search on items using the harmonized system (HS) at a 2-digit level reveals that there […]

The post India’s Current Account Deficit Is Now Highest In Last Nine Years first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra Targeting the 2024 parliamentary elections, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has asserted that his party’s success in winning the support of women, farmers and marginalised groups with various welfare schemes, can be replicated at the national level. KCR has projected himself as a pro-farmer leader by financially helping the kin […]

The post K Chandrasekhar Rao Asserts National Ambition With Pro-Farmer Image first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Eileen Jones It’s good to discover, in reading the tributes to Angela Lansbury — who died on October 11 at age ninety-six — that the beloved actor reportedly considered herself “a proud socialist.” She was a comrade via her illustrious lineage: her father was Edgar Lansbury, the British socialist politician, and her grandfather was […]

The post Angela Lansbury Was A Brilliant Actor And A Committed Socialist first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The next eight years of the present decade would be decisive not only for Net Zero by 2050, but also to ensure energy security. The world is already not on track to achieve SDG target of providing universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030, which may fall […]

The post Global Energy Security Under Serious Threat first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In West Bengal, the administrative deadlock with the centre over the mandatory provision of 100 days work for unskilled rural people under the MNREGA scheme drags on, adding to the political concerns of the ruling Trinamool Congress(TMC) Government. This project, suspended since last December in the state, is the centrepiece of the […]

The post Centre-State Confrontation Hurting Rural Poor In West Bengal first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy Economists have ennobled their discipline by turning some basic common sense into highly esoteric and exotic body of intellectual exercise. Common housewife is the best economist for Aristotle. Economics for the Greeks was the knowledge of running a household’s balances. The economics Nobel prize this year effectively recognises works of three high […]

The post Economics Nobel This Year Celebrates Old Wines In New Bottles first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A case of ‘human sacrifice’, in which two women were brutally killed, has shocked Kerala. It is difficult to believe that such an act of unspeakable barbarity should happen in a progressive state like Kerala. But that is the chilling reality to which traumatized Keralites must come to terms. The gruesome […]

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The Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has received the ‘Two swords and shield’ as symbol for the upcoming by-election in Andheri (East), the Election Commission said today. The Commission has already allotted the name “Balasahebanchi ShivSena” for his group. In its letter, the Commission said the “Dhal Talwar” suggested by […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The Communist Party of India (CPI) is holding its 24th Party Congress at Vijayawada on October 14 ro 18 this year at a crucial time of the country in terms of both politics and economy. There has been a decisive shift in the political direction of India towards  farright in the last […]

The post CPI Has To Take Key Role In Building Broader Unity Against Ruling BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The AAP on Monday defended its Gujarat unit chief over his alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hit back at the BJP, saying it is using an old video of Gopal Italia to target him now as he comes from a poor family and belongs to the Patidaar community. Launching a counter […]

The post AAP defends Gujarat chief over ‘neech’ remark against Modi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey Proponents of a moderate Islam that embraces tolerance, diversity, and pluralism may be betting on the wrong horse by supporting Muslim scholars on autocrats’ payroll. Polling in the Middle East seems to confirm that state-sponsored clerics lack credibility. Recent research suggesting that non-violent protest has increasingly become less effective magnifies problems […]

The post Betting On The Wrong Horse: Battle To Define Moderate Islam first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Congress on Saturday urged the Election Commission to immediately declare the election schedule for Himachal Pradesh Assembly so that the model code of conduct comes into effect, as it accused the ruling BJP of misusing state funds and machinery. The state Congress also sought a ban on ‘Amritmahotsav’ functions in Himachal Pradesh. Just about […]

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