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By K Raveendran A reported impasse in the use of rupee for trade between India and Russia is seen more as posturing rather than a failure of the arrangement as both sides cannot manage without each other in the context of the prevailing global political situation. There have been reports that India and Russia have […]

The post Trouble In India, Russia Talks On Rupee Trade Mostly The Result Of Posturing first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By C H Venkatachalam In any country, banking sector plays a vital role in shaping up the economy. Especially in poor, underdeveloped and developing countries, banks have a crucial role to play. Our country is no exception. Prior to independence, all our banks were in private hands, some of them in foreign hands and some […]

The post Public Sector Banks Have Contributed To Economic Growth In Last 53 Years first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik The data on unemployment brought out by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE) present a grim picture. Not only has the unemployment rate increased sharply for some years now, starting from even before the pandemic, but the figure which had shot up during the pandemic has not come down much […]

The post Present Acute Unemployment Crisis Can Not Be Dealt By Modi’s Neo-Liberal Agenda first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The Indian filmmaking legend Satyajit Ray stepped into his 102nd year on May 2, 2023. The maestro died in 1992, at the age of only 71. He left us without finishing many of the proposed film and writing projects which he had undertaken in his last years. Bengal lost not just a […]

The post Satyajit Ray’s Birth Anniversary: Three Encounters Of The Close Kind first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks against the state government over several issues, saying that he was “deliberately trying to belittle” the state. The chief minister claimed that the state has only experienced “neglect and discrimination” at the hands of the Centre and bringing […]

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There is no possibility of the BJP entering into an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal again and it will contest all elections in Punjab on its own, the party’s state unit chief Ashwani Sharma said on Saturday. He added that the homage paid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP leadership to Shiromani […]

The post No alliance with SAD at any cost, says Punjab BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup 0n April 12, when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar walked into 10, Rajaji Marg, residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi to discuss ways to bring opposition parties together, it marked the end of a long wait for the seasoned politician. Nitish had been waiting for the Congress to respond to […]

The post Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Is Taking Right Steps To Forge Opposition Unity first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Ranajit Guha, the most globally known Indian historian who introduced a new approach to history writing through his ‘subaltern studies’, passed away on April 28, less than a month before the Renaissance man was due to touch his 100th year on May 23. He was intellectually active till the end. Since […]

The post Ranajit Guha Gave A New Dimension To History Writing Through His Subaltern Studies first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Amarjeet Kaur May Day this year would be observed with more vigour by the working class for several pressing reasons. Taking into cognizance of the political developments which are moving at very fast pace on every front in the year before general elections in2024, it is of utmost importance to assess the situation. The […]

The post Observing May Day In India This Year With Vigour Is Of Paramount Importance first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra It’s now evident that after the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections are declared that the results, the opposition unity will take itself to the next level. The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is working hard and visiting places around the country to meet the opposition leaders of many states […]

The post Next Level Of Opposition Unity To Form After Karnataka Poll Results first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a joke made by him involving a suicide note, saying the PM and those laughing heartily at his joke ought to educate themselves better rather than “ridicule” mental health issues in an “insensitive” manner. Prime Minister Modi, while speaking at […]

The post Priyanka slams PM Modi over ‘suicide note’ joke first appeared on IPA Newspack.

  A week after former chief minister Jagadish Shettar quit the BJP crying “betrayal” of the Lingayat community by his party and filed the nomination on a Congress ticket from Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly seat, the saffron party has decided to pay him back in the same coin. The BJP high command has fielded their most […]

The post Yediyurappa to lead campaign to offset Shettar loss impact first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai has released a second audio clip, where his party claims state finance minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is heard denigrating the ruling DMK and accusing Chief Minister MK Stalin’s family of corruption. In the audio clip – which NDTV cannot independently verify — the speaker is heard saying, “The […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday blamed the previous Congress governments for meting out “step-motherly” treatment to villages in the country after Independence and breaking their trust. Addressing a public event in Rewa on the occasion of the National Panchayati Raj Day, Modi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has changed the situation and […]

The post Modi blames Cong for ‘step-motherly’ treatment to villages first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a massive roadshow in Kerala’s Kochi last evening, where he landed for a two-day visit. Visuals showed the Prime Minster — surrounded by security personnel — walking the road lined with cheering supporters in what was clearly a departure from his usual practice of riding an open-top vehicle. Dressed in […]

The post PM’s big outreach in Kerala ahead Of 2024 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr Soma Marla In India, landownership is crucial for the upliftment of the rural poor. Even after seven decades of independence from British colonialism, the rich landed sections occupy vast tracts of land while the small and landless, who form 80 percent of the farmer community possess only a negligible portion. The landless situation […]

The post Suspension Of Earlier Land Reforms Measures Has Adversely Affected Rural India first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava In a scenario where it appears that road to south for BJP is once again getting blocked, the desperate leadership as a last resort to salvage the situation and stem the crisis is seriously contemplating to turn the electoral battle into a combat between “SAVARKAR VS TIPU” and polarise the society.  But […]

The post Karnataka BJP Is In Twilight Zone Before May 10 Assembly Elections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

After postponing the trip thrice, Congress leader and disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi is all set to visit Kolar to attend the ‘Jai Bharat’ event at the very same place he made the ‘Modi surname’ remark that led to him losing his membership from Lok Sabha. According to the Congress sources, Rahul Gandhi will land in […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra Any activist and leader of West Bengal unit of CPI(M) will face strong disciplinary action in the event of any understanding with BJP in the panchayat elections The riot act being read out at the recently concluded state committee meeting of the CPI(M) is a clear pointer to the growing murmurs in […]

The post CPI(M) Bengal Leadership Faces A Big Dilemma Over Strategy In Panchayat Poll first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which has lost recognition as a national party, is currently in a state of confusion. From senior party leaders to first-time MLAs, all are anxious, even as informal meetings are underway to brainstorm. As the current government of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde completes nine months, there are many theories […]

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By P. Sudhir The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Easter day was notable, as it was his first visit to a church since becoming prime minister over nine years ago. On the same day, Easter Sunday, BJP leaders conducted an outreach in different places by […]

The post BJP Is Taking A Cynical Approach Towards Christians In Kerala first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Less than a month ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka scheduled on May 10, the state unit of the BJP is vertically split between the loyalists and turncoats and between believers and nonbelievers of Hindutva. While the turncoats through their patrons at Delhi have been striving hard to side-line the loyalists, […]

The post Factional Battles Intensify In Karnataka BJP After The List Of 189 Is Out first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, before she left for the United States to defend the Narendra Modi government on a number of charges levelled against the   nine-year-old government, spent some time in poll-bound Karnataka and explained the special bond her party and her government shared with the state and its people. Ms. […]

The post Corruption Issue Dogs Bommai Administration As Karnataka Assembly Polls Are Nearing first appeared on IPA Newspack.