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By Arun Srivastava Home minister Amit Shah’s setting the condition at the India Today conclave on March 17 that Rahul Gandhi must apologise for his UK remarks before he can be allowed to defend them in Parliament, is just like confessing the crime which the person has not committed at all. After maintaining a passive […]

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By Harihar Swarup Democracy in India is a “global public good”. Rahul Gandhi added as an afterthought. It can’t fail. Speaking in British Parliament to a packed hall with politicians, diaspora leaders, students and academic, he’d just outlined why India’s democratic structures are under threat. From the Hindu right’s institutional capture to its stifling of […]

The post Rahul Has Matured Over The Years But Many Inconsistencies Remain first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Key workers are essential for societies to function, but India has been repeatedly pointed out by international reports as a county that does not care for its key workers as in the case of ASHAs, or even does not recognize as the key workers as in the case of waste pickers, […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Narendra Modi government will not let Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to speak in Parliament till he gives in to the government diktat. Forget Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, he stands no chance against the government. And as for the rest of the BJP, including those who aren’t Members of Parliament, they […]

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By Prabir Purkayastha The recent Australia, US and UK 368 billion dollar deal on buying nuclear submarines has been termed by Paul Keating, a former Australian PM, as the worst deal in all history. It commits Australia to buy conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines which will be delivered earliest in the 2040s. These will be based on […]

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By Prakash Karat Heralding a new offensive against the opposition by the Modi government, there has been a spate of activities by the central agencies – particularly, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). In the past two weeks, the CBI summoned for questioning Manish Sisodia, deputy chief minister of Delhi, […]

The post Central Agencies Have Been Reduced To Modi’s Anti-Opposition Weapons first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Five per cent of global cocaine users are already in India, and hence the surge in the global cocaine supply is a matter of great concern. Cocaine is being trafficked through new hubs and expanded criminal networks which led to its dramatic comeback following an initial slowdown caused during the pandemic […]

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said his government would take measures to stop the Maharashtra government from offering its health insurance scheme in 865 border villages that the neighbouring state is trying to lay claim to. He was responding to Congress’ criticism over his administration’s alleged inaction over Maharashtra’s Eknath Shinde government recently […]

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By Anjan Roy One swallow does not make a summer, the old proverb goes. But even a single swallow can give some hopes for a return to better times. A softer trend in the wholesale prices, as revealed in the latest figures, had ignited demands for a softer stance in monetary policy of the Reserve […]

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By K Raveendran A question to ChatGPT whether a Silicon Valley Bank-type bank failure could happen in India produced a very reassuring answer. While noting that any bank, including SVB type bank, can fail due to various reasons such as mismanagement, fraud, economic turmoil, etc, ChatGPT believes the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will ensure […]

The post ChatGPT Response To U.S. Bank Failures Discounts Impact On Indian Banks first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Days after Governor RN Ravi returned the ‘Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill’ back to the Assembly, the ruling DMK is set to introduce the bill for the second time in the upcoming Assembly session. The state government had originally taken the ordinance route to outlaw online gambling in […]

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In one of the first reactions from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Congress MPs’ repeated attacks, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Tuesday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should “speak more responsibly” and see the reality. Hosabale said there is no need for a comment on what Gandhi has said as he “goes […]

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Bhushan Desai, son of former industries minister Subhash Desai, joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction on Monday. Subhash has been a trusted lieutenant of Uddhav Thackeray’s family for several years. Reacting to the development, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said Bhushan was not with Uddhav’s faction. “Subhash Desai is our big leader. we follow […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The National Capital Territory of Delhi is in the first leg of a colossal water crisis, almost a month earlier than the time it had hit last year, thanks to the unprecedented rise in temperatures in the country in February that broke all records kept since 1901. Water supply has been […]

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By Arun Srivastava Already made has been the strong demand on the floor of the Bihar assembly that the Enforcement Directorate [ED] and the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] should be asked to seek permission from the respective state government before proceeding against anyone in the state, similar to the legal proviso enacted by the […]

The post RJD Demands Restricting ‘Vindictive’ ED Operation In Bihar first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday, demanding that certain remarks of Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Pralhad Joshi seeking Rahul Gandhi’s apology over his “democracy under attack” comments be expunged. In a letter to the speaker, the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha said […]

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Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress’ Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday levelled allegations against PM Modi, questioning the Pulwama incident. He said that if Modi is finished the country will be saved, however, if Modi stays then the country will be ruined. Randhawa said, “Our fight is not with […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The arrest of Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia last month by a federal agency, CBI, for alleged financial corruption connected with the change in the state’s liquor policy, has understandably upset a large section of opposition parties across the country. Last year, Delhi’s health minister Satyendra Jain was arrested by another […]

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