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By Anjan Roy India is working out local currency trade deals with an increasingly larger group of countries, thereby avoiding invoicing in US dollars for every trade. This is a move towards internationalisation of the Indian currency when the country is opening up its external sector. India has agreed on local currency invoicing of trade […]

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By K Raveendran The government has announced plans to monetise the huge domestic gold holdings from time to time, each subsequent version seeking to correct the drawbacks with the previous plans. But the hard fact is that none of these achieved even a fraction of the desired results. Indian households hold an enormous amount of […]

The post Gold Monetisation Schemes Have Failed Due To Poor Understanding Of Sentiments first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Arun Mira Much is being talked about making 100 cities throughout the country as smart cities. Focus of smartness is on digitalization, beautification, high rise buildings, big flyovers, wide spaces for cars to run on the roads, luxury parks etc. Little is being said about issues that relate to the needs of the […]

The post Making Only A Few Cities Smart Goes Against The Concept Of Equality first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava What a coincidence! On July 13, while Justice Amrita Singh of Calcutta High Court was telling the lawyer of the State Election Commission, Kishore Dutta, that the lust for pecuniary gain and a job for five years was at the back of huge amount of electoral violence in the state, on the […]

The post Bengal Panchayat Poll Violence Was Planned By BJP Leaders first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Binoy Viswam People used to call Manipur the Jewel of India. Later, the government also borrowed that word to decorate their advertisement hoardings. The history, culture and arts of Manipur were evolved through periods of time in which the people played their due role. Meiteis, Kukis and Nagas form the population of the beautiful […]

The post Even After Ten Weeks, There Are Little Signs Of Normalcy In Manipur first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has formally cleared a bail-out package for Pakistan yesterday of $3 billion. The bail-out facility was worked out after protracted negotiations with the country when at times the package looked increasingly uncertain. No one will ask for a IMF ail out unless the situation is grim. Pakistan’s […]

The post Is Pakistan Government Politically Prepared To Implement IMF Proposed Reforms? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee Stock exchange is expected to serve as an economic barometer that is indicative of a country’s state of the economy. Key market indices should provide the pulse of the economy. However, the theory is of little practical value in India. Indian stock markets have become punters’ paradise, a big gambling den for […]

The post India’s Stock Markets Have Become Now Punters’ Paradise first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak In a rally organized in Pratapgarh on July 4, 2023 in the poll-bound state Rajasthan, the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari, has said that an innovative proposal has been made to reduce the price of petrol to Rs 15 per litre. On that day petrol […]

The post Petrol @ Rs 15 Per Litre Proposal Before Election 2024 Is Another Jumla first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava The nature and character of the West Bengal panchayat poll violence, which claimed 17 lives, two less than the 2018 poll violence, underscores an ominous development for the ruling Trinamool Congress, was at the receiving end of the brutality. This also underlines a significant shift in the pattern of the violence, on […]

The post Bengal Panchayat Poll Violence Points To Shifts In TMC Support Base first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Alleging that the BJP deployed ”dirty tricks” to disqualify Rahul Gandhi from Parliament, the Congress on Sunday announced that as a mark of protest, its workers and leaders will hold a ’maun satyagraha’ near Mahatma Gandhi statues in every state capital on July 12. In a statement, Congress general secretary in-charge organization K C Venugopal […]

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Rahul Gandhi will remain disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP after a Gujarat High Court today rejected his request to put on hold his conviction in a defamation case over his 2019 Modi surname remark. He will now approach the Supreme Court with his request. The High Court decision is a huge blow to the […]

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By Debabrata Biswas BOSTON: Two weeks have passed since the much hyped second official visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the USA. The real impact of the India-US agreements is still being debated amongst diplomats and Indian diaspora. Modi was the third world leader after Francis Emmanuel Macron of France and Yoon […]

The post India Is Moving Closer To US Geopolitics After The State Visit Of Narendra Modi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Amid former Congress leader Sunil Jakhar taking over the reins of the BJP in Punjab, political circles in the state are abuzz with the possibility of the party’s “remarriage” with former ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), considering its nationwide exercise to co-opt regional partners ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha polls. Jakhar, who crossed over […]

The post SAD ‘remarriage’ with divorced BJP seen likely first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Girish Linganna The claim that China’s power is peaking is not new. For decades, there have been articles and books predicting that China’s rise is about to end and that its decline—or even collapse—is imminent. However, these predictions have always been wrong. Could this time be different? Let us examine the strongest arguments on […]

The post China’s Earlier High Growth Rate May Not Be Sustained, But Economy’s Potential Is Huge first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy Global confidence in the India growth story is getting vindicated, as foreign portfolio investors (FPI) put their faith the Indian market by placing their money here into Indian stocks. As a result, the Indian equity market is rising to unprecedented levels. The Bombay Stock Exchange index, which is the best gauge for […]

The post Indian Economy Is Showing Buoyancy Getting Confidence Of Foreign Investors first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi is resorting to petty vengeance against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar as well as Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav and his son, Bihar deputy chief minister, Tejashwi Yadav, amply proving that the man lacks the imagination to tackle his detractors and political opponents through […]

The post Modi-Shah Trying To Break The Morale Of RJD Rank And File first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Arun Mitra Doctors Day on July 1 has always been a happy day for the doctors when they get messages of good wishes from their family members, nears and dears and patients who have been successfully cured. This day is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy born on 1st July […]

The post On Doctors Day, The Society Has To Resolve For Universal Healthcare first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee Electronics and defence production are expected to strongly accelerate the country’s economic growth engine in the coming years. Global manufacturers now find India as the most happening place as China used to be in the beginning of the current century. From just two small mobile phone manufacturing factories in less than 10 […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the light of ongoing efforts of opposition unity in the country, a sense of urgency has developed in the top BJP leadership to strengthen the NDA across the country in general and Uttar Pradesh in particular, since the state sent largest number of BJP and NDA MPs in the Lok […]

The post BJP Has An Uphill Task In Strengthening NDA In Uttar Pradesh first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Apple has become the first company to hit a market value of $3 trillion. Although largely symbolic, the milestone is nearly as much as the GDP of India, the country that the tech giant hopes will drive its new future as it seeks to diversify its manufacturing base away from China. Apple […]

The post Nearly Matching Its Value To Indian GDP, Apple Elevates Country As Future Growth Partner first appeared on IPA Newspack.