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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar has suddenly cancelled all his party and has reportedly left his official convoy too, sparking speculations of a 2019-like Maharashtra political crisis when he had quietly joined hands with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis to form a government that lasted for only 72 hours. According to information, NCP supremo Sharad […]

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The Trinamool Congress on Friday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of adopting “double standards” while addressing incidents of violence during Ram Navami in various states. Ram Navami was celebrated across the country last week with grand processions and special pujas, but the festivities were marred by the deaths of 14 people in separate incidents […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The pre-draft of the National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023 prepared by the National Steering Committee for National Curriculum Frameworks and released by the Union Ministry of education is objectionable in several counts including vagueness and contradictions that they contain in themselves. A modern education system must not be based […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Congress party says the BJP-led Modi government “tutored” Padma Shri awardee Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri of Bidar in Karnataka to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi in lieu for the Padma Shri, which had been eluding the master Bidri craftsman for years despite investing Rs 12,000 every year, for 10 years in […]

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By Prabir Purkayastha The British saw the Mysore Kingdom of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali as a significant obstacle to the British Empire in India. The British lost the first three Anglo-Mysore wars before defeating Tipu in the fourth war. The British allies were the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Peshwas. Cutting to the present, […]

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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday met his “mentor” Rahul Gandhi and “guide” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi for the first time after walking out of jail earlier this month. The cricketer-turned-politician, who appeared to have shed some weight, said his commitment to Punjab and his party leaders “will neither flinch nor back an […]

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By Anjan Roy So much for the much vaunted solidarity in the free world. The liberal and democratic nations of western Europe and America had vowed they were all standing firmly behind the besieged Ukraine to defend the free world against alleged Russian autocracy. The wide-ranging sanctions against Russia are starting to bite the western […]

The post French President Macron’s Visit To China Divides Western Nations On Ukraine Issue first appeared on IPA Newspack.

With the dust settling on communal disturbances in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday rejected charges of administrative laxity and vented spleen against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP, vowing to expose those who had “orchestrated” the riots. The JD(U) leader also lambasted AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, calling him an “agent” of […]

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The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of distorting history and “whitewashing with a vengeance” after certain content from NCERT textbooks was dropped, including on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination and the subsequent ban on the RSS for some time. The Opposition party slammed the BJP-RSS, saying that those who try to re-write history are consigned to […]

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In the high-stakes battle for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, the challenge for the Congress got tougher on Monday when popular Dalit leader and former MLA Sushil Rinku crossed over to the AAP in presence of national convener Arvind Kejriwal and chief minister Bhagwant Mann. Rinku is most likely to be named as the AAP […]

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By Sushil Kutty Nitish Kumar with the flex facade of the ramparts of the ‘Lal Qila’ behind him, with the tricolour for maximum effect, told the story of things to come and a rattled Bharatiya Janata Party descended on the Bihar Chief Minister, aspiring to give Prime Minister Narendra Modi the proverbial boot, like a […]

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By Anjan Roy The world has suddenly been pushed into a deeper crisis by a sudden decision of Saudi Arabia to cut oil production. Following the Saudi decision, the OPEC-plus members have also announced commensurate reduction in their oil production. Russia, Kuwait, UAE, Iraq, Algeria and Oman have also declared production cuts. The cuts will […]

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By Kalyani Shankar All eyes are on the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, for which polling will be held on May 10, and the results will be announced on May 13. The outcome will determine the prospects of the two leading contenders – the ruling BJP and the Congress ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. […]

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By James M Dorsey A Gulf investor with an analytical and artistic bent, Ali al-Salim pinpointed the long-term challenges Saudi Arabia faces as it re-establishes relations with Iran. While most analysts focused on the immediate reduction of regional tensions and the possible opening for an end to the eight-year-long Saudi military intervention in Yemen as […]

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By Ben Beckett On Thursday, Donald Trump was indicted in Manhattan. The charges related to the funding of a nondisclosure agreement he signed with the adult performer Stormy Daniels regarding an extramarital affair he had with her. It would be great if the charges derailed Trump, but as the Nation argued convincingly, that is very […]

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By Harihar Swarup As we head into another massive electoral season, starting with Karnataka assembly polls on May 10 and ending with the Lok Sabha 12 months later; two parallel political processes are at work. These processes will play out in the coming months as the main actors figure out which way the voters can […]

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The Gujarat High Court on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, citing how the AAP convener had persisted with the matter about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree certificates from Gujarat University despite them being public since 2016. “Despite the degree in question being put on the website of […]

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