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By Nantoo Banerjee Global investment banker Morgan Stanley may have predicted the current decade as India’s following economic slowdown in China. But, the Indian economy is not growing as fast as it should. Large foreign direct investments (FDI) seem to be fighting shy of India’s highly price sensitive economy. The complexities of an uncertain and […]

The post India Needs Large FDI Inflow To Become Factory To World first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Like an incompetent carpenter who blames the tools for his bad work, Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has started playing the victim card having failed to keep his promises made to the people and provide a people oriented governance. Modi has come to realise that his popularity and charisma were on the […]

The post Prime Minister Narendra Modi Is Playing The Victim Card On The Eve Of Assembly Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Arun Mitra Humanity is on a “highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator”, the UN secretary general has warned, saying ‘the fight for a liveable planet will be won or lost in this decade.’ He told world leaders at the opening of the Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt, “We […]

The post COP27 Should Take Serious Cognizance Of Nuclear Weapons Abolition Issue first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In Meghalaya, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as a small entity within the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government, starts its pre-2023 Assembly poll campaign with a handicap against rival, the Trinamool Congress (TMC). Led by former Congress leader Mukul Sangma, the TMC has 12 members in the 60-strong state Assembly and […]

The post As Meghalaya Heads For Polls, Political Theatrics Heat Up first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Why would those who converted from Hinduism to Islam and Christianity want to be classified as ‘Dalit’, when it was the Scheduled Caste status in the Hindu religious and social order what made them to convert in the first place? In fact, the strongest argument to convert from Hinduism to any religion […]

The post Many Questions Remain Unanswered Relating To Inclusion Of Converted Into Dalits first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prakash Karat A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has, by a split verdict of 3 to 2 upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment which provided reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) from within the general category. The CPI(M) had supported this constitutional amendment in parliament in January 2019. This amendment was […]

The post Centre Should Revise The Criteria For Defining Economically Weaker Sections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Krishna Jha Three coal mining workers died on September 18, 2022, due to suspected inhalation of poisonous gas while working in a rat hole coal mining at Tikok Malu hills in Ledo area under Margherita subdivision of Tinsukia district. Saidul Islam, Hussain Ali and Asmat Ali, all under thirty, died since it was suspected […]

The post Climate Crisis In The World Including India Is Accentuating Faster first appeared on IPA Newspack.

European parliamentarians and officials have cautioned against the capacity of social media users in India to manipulate the digital information environment for political and ideological propaganda. At a briefing moderated by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Marketa Gregorova streamed online on Tuesday, experts warned that digitalisation in India comes with the challenges of first-time […]

The post Meet warns against information manipulation in India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty In today’s divided world, an independent foreign policy can be possible only when pressure from the US and EU can be countered with the “what works to my advantage” doctrine, which is why Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t stop himself from praising Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not falling prey to […]

The post Jaishankar Has Done A Good Job In Pushing ‘What Works To My Advantage’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Like his earlier proposal ‘One Nation, One Uniform’, the innovative prime minister Narendra Modi has come out with yet another pioneering directive to the security forces to identify and crack down on the Urban Naxal network of Maoist strategists and their supporters across the country. This instruction makes it clear that Modi […]

The post Modi Government Is Planning To Cripple Any Dissent By Terming Them ‘Urban Naxals’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Six years back on November 8, the country suffered a policy-induced shock. The economy, which was coasting along at a good clip, suddenly stalled. The most severe impact was on the most vulnerable sections, who can barely take care of themselves. They largely belong to the unorganised sector, which employs 94 per […]

The post Six Years Later, The Adverse Impact Of Demonetisation Still Haunts India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Winning the Gopalganj seat in the latest assembly by poll in Bihar is purely a consolation gift for the BJP. In Gopalganj, BJP’s candidate Kusum Devi won by a slender margin of 1794 votes, defeating RJD’s Mohan Prasad Gupta. Kusum Devi received 70,053 votes and Mohan Prasad Gupta received 68,259 votes. An […]

The post BJP Has No Reason To Gloat Over Bihar Results, Its Votes Eroded In Gopalganj first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By L.S. Herdenia The Indian Journalists Union has expressed serious concern over persistent attacks on media and the shrinking space for independent media in the country. In a resolution passed at the two-day plenary session at Chennai last week, the union appealed to the democracy loving people  in the country to raise their voice against […]

The post Indian Journalists Union Calls Upon The Centre To Enact National Law For Journalists first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Soaring international gas prices in recent weeks have caused much concern in consumer countries like India, but the latest trends indicate that power prices may be reversing course. Although Indian gas prices, particularly in terms of supplies for vehicles as well as cooking, have remained moderated, thanks to government intervention, consumers in […]

The post Mild Weather Prompts Soaring International Gas Prices To Reverse Course first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The perception battle surrounding the Aam Aadmi Party and its assault on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s poll prospects in the state, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut his teeth in politics, may at the end of the day be nothing more than an expedition to snatch national party recognition from the Election […]

The post AAP Is Generating Big Hype In Gujarat On Poll Eve But Congress Is Doing A Good Silent Campaign first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The month of October this year in which fell the two great Indian festivals – Dussehra and Diwali – failed to bring much expected happiness to the common people of India. Rather, it turned India’s job market much more perilous that only a month ago in September. Unemployment surged from 6.43 […]

The post India’s Job Market Turned Perilous In October This Year first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Certainly it is not less than bizarre that the Narendra Modi administration which has been using the ED, CBI and IT to terrorise and coerce his opponents to fall in line, only a couple of days back asked the top Railway officials to direct Railway Protection Force to issue notices to the […]

The post Owners Will Face Legal Action For The Defiance Of Railway Laws By Their Cattle first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Funny things have been happening in Morbi Gujarat where a 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed under the weight of its own expectations, killing 135 including 50 children. If the bridge was brought down by criminal negligence, nobody seems bothered, least of all the state government. In Gujarat under the pall of gloom on […]

The post Developments Following Morbi Bridge Collapse Have Taken Bizarre Turn first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Dr. Ajoy Kumar tweeted “Morbi bridge collapse is an ‘Act of Fraud’. God’s message to Modi ji”. New Twitter owner Elon Musk wouldn’t object, he is a free speech absolutist. But even he wouldn’t approve of “likes” garnered for being glib about 134 killed, 50 of them children. Also, God […]

The post Is Narendra Modi’s ‘Gujarat Model’ Collapsing Along With Morbi Bridge? first appeared on IPA Newspack.