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By Satyaki Chakraborty At long last, there is some ray of light in the politics of Spain as the fifteen political parties belonging to all shades including green and the extreme Left entered into a historic agreement to jointly fight the right wing parties including the far right VoX in the crucial national elections on […]

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Is all not well between the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance in Maharashtra? There’s one more reason why the speculation is buzzing the state’s political circles. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday placed a full-page advertisement in several leading newspapers in Maharashtra titled ‘Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra’. The […]

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By Sushil Kutty Unity on not allowing the thorny “who will be PM face” to play spoilsport with the Patna Conclave has made it relatively easy for cobbling unity among opposition parties. Ambitious opposition leaders are happy they didn’t have to stake claim for the “PM face”. Octogenarian NCP supremo Sharad Pawar took the decision […]

The post United Opposition Going To 2024 Lok Sabha Polls Without A ’PM Face’ Makes Sense first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak A decade of dominance of majoritarian Hindutva politics in India with critically fragmented secular democratic politics has lately been emanating signs of change. The majority of political parties in opposition having differing regional and national aspirations and contradictions have finally agreed to participate in Opposition Meet on June 23 called by […]

The post Signs Of Change In Indian Politics Now Visible Despite Contradictions first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday filed an appeal before the High Court against the dismissal of his petition by a single judge in which he had challenged the sanction accorded by the state government to the CBI for prosecuting him. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice […]

The post DK approaches high court against prosecution sanction first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that a Tamil from a poor family should become the Prime Minister of India, party sources said. Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu against backdrop of 2024 Lok Sabha election, was addressing a closed door party office bearers meeting at Chennai. Taking […]

The post Amit Shah springs a surprise with pitch for Tamilian as PM first appeared on IPA Newspack.

“Assi harao, BJP hatao (defeat BJP on all 80 UP Lok Sabha seats and oust it)” is the new Samajwadi Party slogan for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav has said that if the BJP was to be removed from the seat of power in 2024, then Uttar Pradesh […]

The post SP slogan calls for win in 80 seats and defeat for BJP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Centre over rising airfares, alleging that the government has been incapable of preventing “predatory behaviour” on part of airlines and has “facilitated a loot at the hands of crony airport operators”. Senior Congress leader K C Venugopal and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia engaged in a […]

The post Cong attacks govt failure to stop ‘predatory behaviour’ by airlines first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Congress on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Centre over rising airfares, alleging that the government has been incapable of preventing “predatory behaviour” on part of airlines and has “facilitated a loot at the hands of crony airport operators”. Senior Congress leader K C Venugopal and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia engaged in a […]

The post Cong attacks govt failure to restrain airlines from fleecing first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh stoked a controversy by calling Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse a “good son of India” and said he was not an invader like Mughal rulers Babar and Aurangzeb as he was born in India. The Opposition shot back saying if Godse is the “good son” then Veerapan, dacoits of Chambal, Vijay […]

The post Opposition slams Giriraj Singh’s endorsement of Godse first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By James M Dorsey Since arriving in Saudi Arabia five months ago, soccer superstar Ronaldo has scored 14 goals in 16 games for his new club, Al Nassr. Yet, more was needed for Al Nassr to win the Saudi championship or advance in the Saudi Cup. Even so, Ronaldo’s presence has helped improve the competitive […]

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By K Raveendran The pullback in gold prices has generally been attributed to investor caution surrounding the Federal Reserve’s interest rate strategy and other economic cues, but the immediate trigger is believed to be the US debt deal, which averted a default, thereby lowering the risk perception. Gold soars when risks intensify. Gold prices in […]

The post U.S. Debt Deal Pressures Gold Down, Central Banks Turn Net Sellers first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The new update on prevalence of diabetes in India, already referred to as the Diabetes Capital of the World for several years now, has revealed the alarming conditions heading towards a diabetes explosion in the country. About 11.4 per cent of the population is already diabetic while 15.3 per cent are […]

The post Diabetes Is A New Pandemic In India Needing Immediate Action first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prabhat Patnaik The estimates of India’s Gross Domestic Product for the fourth quarter of 2023 were released on May 31. These show a growth rate of 6.1 per cent over the fourth quarter of the previous year, which is higher than the 4.4 per cent growth that the October-December quarter had recorded over the […]

The post High Q4 GDP Data Makes No Difference To The Poor State Of Indian Economy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Congress high command on Thursday reprimanded Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh for his views on the “anti-cow slaughter” law in the state and asked him to stay “within his limits”. Venkatesh on Saturday had indicated that the Congress government in Karnataka might review the ‘anti-cow slaughter’ law brought in by the previous BJP […]

The post Cong pulls up K’taka minister for cow slaughter remark first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Congress on Thursday hit back at External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on his criticism of Rahul Gandhi for his remarks made in the US recently, saying it was Gandhi who gave him a ministerial position. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter and said the man who started the practice of taking national politics […]

The post Cong hits back at Jaishankar over Rahul Gandhi remarks first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Whether or not the Janata Dal (S) joins the Opposition’s joint efforts to forge unity for the 2024 general elections does not count for zilch because the Gowda family’s party has lost relevance even in Karnataka forget any place else in the country. The drubbing the JD(S) received in the Karnataka assembly […]

The post JD(S) Looking For Ways To Remain Relevant After Debacle In Karnataka Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Krishna Jha On June 1, there had been reports that the law panel backed the penal provision for the offence of sedition, saying repealing it altogether could have adverse ramifications for the security and integrity of the country. The offence of sedition has been stretched up to even “…mere inclination to incite violence or […]

The post Law Commission’s Backing Of Section 124A Of Sedition Law Is Disappointing first appeared on IPA Newspack.