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By Dipankar Bhattacharya As India observes the 250th birth anniversary of Rammohan Roy, one of the earliest and greatest campaigners for modern India, on May 22, 2022, we are faced with one of history’s cruel ironies. The incumbent regime is pushing 21st century India into revenge-fuelled mass violence by distorting history and using the perceived […]

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By K Raveendran The decision by the Supreme Court this week that the powers of the Centre and the States to legislate on GST-related issues are equal debunks the idea that the Centre can ride roughshod over the states, as it has been happening to a large extent. The court’s judgment also strengthens the cause […]

The post Supreme Court Stress On Cooperative Federalism A Slap On Centre first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Pradip Baksi Why may one study Rammohun Roy (1772-1833), a contemporary of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) while studying Karl Marx (1818-1883) today? Some of the burning issues addressed by Rammohun Roy have remained with us since his time and, some others that had seemed to have been overcome, have come back with a […]

The post Rammohun Roy And Karl Marx: Resonating Together first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Subrata Majumder With China sinking into economic turmoil, the global supply chain industry is under dire threat. China is the global powerhouse, accounting for about one-fourth of the world supply chain manufacturing.  Hamstrung by Covid-19, followed by unabated Russia-Ukraine war prompting global sanctions against Russia, China’s supply chain industry is under massive distress. However, […]

The post Supply Chain Gaps: Should India Bet On Vietnam To Outplace China? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Vaishnavi Sundar There had been few attempts at reviewing the Indian criminal justice system since its codification during British rule. But in 2000, a rejig was attempted when the Union Government entrusted a committee led by Justice V.S. Malimath to propose changes to the criminal justice system so it became more sensitive to a […]

The post Violence Against Women Calls For An Inquisitorial Legal System first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy The Economist newspaper of London, highly respected worldwide for its expertise and views on the global economy and issues, has predicted India to lead the economic recovery process as the fastest growing major economy. The paper refers to the India growth story in comparable terms to the remarkable rise of American economy […]

The post The Economist Of London Goes Gaga With Indian Growth Story first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Nothing has engaged the capabilities of police forces in India (West Bengal) and Bangladesh in recent times more the arrest of international fugitive Prashanta Kumar Halder, charged with the embezzlement of billions of rupees through a scam that makes the homegrown Sarada ponzy scheme look puny! A Bangladeshi citizen Halder (also known […]

The post Arrest Of A Big Bangladeshi Financial Scamstar In Bengal Creates A Row first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Punjab farmers sat on a protest near the Chandigarh-Mohali border on Tuesday after being stopped from heading to the state capital to press the AAP government with various demands, including a bonus on wheat and beginning paddy sowing from June 10. In an ultimatum to the Punjab government, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said if Chief […]

The post Protesting Punjab farmers serve ultimatum to Mann govt first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Media has been writing and talking of “KCR’s gambit” from way before the Telangana state was born. That first gambit succeeded and, today, Telangana is India’s youngest state. It is said that KCR led the way for the formation of Telangana from the front from the word ‘go’. Then, in the year […]

The post BJP Is Going The Whole Hog In Unseating KCR From CM’s Chair In Telangana first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The seismic shift in the global crude oil market has begun to take effect. This is expected to manifest in tightened crude markets as well as unprecedented shifts in trade flows, most notably of Russian oil from Europe to Asia. Russia is expected to redirect as much volume as possible to alternative […]

The post India A Key Player In Seismic Shift In Global Crude Oil Market first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup In a Batch of petitions challenging the law of sedition, contained in section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a slew of interim directions. Things came to a head because the Central Government, instead of defending the constitutionality of the provision, proposed to reconsider the law […]

The post Supreme Court Order On Sedition Law Is A Significant Forward Movement first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Workforce in India is being crushed between inflation and joblessness chiefly on account of wrong policy stance of the Narendra Modi government and the pandemic may be just an additional excuse. Retail inflation (CPI) in April soared to a 8-year high, ie the entire period of Modi Raj, and touched 7.79 […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress has already initiated creating the ground for the assembly elections to be held in Rajasthan next year. Along with this, preparations are also being made to hold organisational elections in the party to pick the new president. During the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on March 14, party […]

The post Congress Braces To Pick Party President, Wants Rahul To Lead first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik For over two years now, the world has been facing a pandemic the like of which has not been seen for a century, and which has already taken 15 million lives according to the WHO, without being anywhere near an end. This is an unprecedented crisis for humanity as a whole, which […]

The post Two Years Of Pandemic Have Shown The Inhumanity Of Capitalist Path first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Supreme Court’s direction to hold local bodies elections without reservation for OBCs has created serious dilemma for the BJP led Madhya Pradesh Government. The BJP was very keen that seats in local bodies should be reserved for OBCs. It is the considered opinion of the BJP that OBCs constitute solid […]

The post Supreme Court Order On Madhya Pradesh Local Bodies Poll Is A Jolt To BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey There’s a potential silver lining in Hindu nationalism’s endorsement of Indonesia’s Humanitarian Islam. That is if the approval produces a Hindu equivalent. At first glance, Hindu nationalist Ram Madhav’s call on Indian Muslims to embrace one, if not the world’s most moderate expression of Islam, seems patronising and out of step. […]

The post Can Indonesia’s Humanitarian Islam Inspire A Hindu Equivalent? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Satyaki Chakraborty Latin American politics is passing through exciting times in 2022. For the first time, there is a distinct possibility of a left wing candidate Gustavo Petro taking over as the new president of Columbia which is known in South America as the country of drug trafficking and violence. Elections are due on […]

The post Leftist Senator Gustavo Petro Is Front Runner In Presidential Poll In Columbia first appeared on IPA Newspack.