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By Anjan Roy It is symptomatic of the ultra-nationalistic indoctrination of China under Xi that news of the attack on former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was greeted with celebrations on their internet social media. Shinzo Abe had reversed two of Japan’s self-inflicted restraints or flagellation. Shinzo Abe had visited the Yakusuni Temple and he […]

The post Shinzo Abe Played A Leading Role In Adapting Japan To Needs Of New Century first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty One servant to the other: Blame it on the British. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said July 7, that the education system India inherited was designed by the British Raj to create a “servant class”. The Prime Minister couldn’t have justified his ‘pradhan sevak’ title in a more succinct manner. However, contrary to […]

The post Narendra Modi’s Sermons On Colonial Education Contain Half-Truths first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra In a step forward, Congress is all set to look for a joint candidate of Opposition parties for the vice-presidential election. Congress has assigned the task to Mallikarjun Kharge, who is the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, to communicate with the opposition parties and choose a consensus candidate for the […]

The post Search Begins For Joint Opposition’s Vice-Presidential Candidate first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The big divide in the Shiv Sena may have a spin-off effect on the Presidential polls in terms of voting by the party MPs. The Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray was part of the opposition deliberations and supported the candidature of joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. But the rebellion by Eknath Shinde, who is […]

The post Shiv Sena divide means more votes for Droupadi Murmu first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty ‘Why do we obey rules?’ asks The New Yorker and then stretches the answer till one of the rules is about how everybody has the right to let go of the rules too strenuous to live by. And, from what is happening in our own country at, we can assume that we […]

The post In India, Rules Are Meant To Be Obeyed By Leaders Of Opposition Only, Not Ruling Party first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a quick move which has blunted the edge of the Opposition’s criticism, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has secured the resignation of Culture and Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian from his Cabinet. Cherian has had to resign a day after he made the controversial remarks against the Constitution, which kicked up […]

The post Kerala Minister’s Resignation: Advantage LDF, CPI(M) first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Gursimran Kaur Bakshi Supreme Court’s judgment in Zakia Jafri versus State of Gujarat came under critical scrutiny by many former civil servants who form the well-known civil society group, Constitutional Conduct Group (‘CCG’) on Tuesday. According to CCG, it is not the dismissal of the appeal that has surprised the people, but it is […]

The post Former Bureaucrats Urge Supreme Court To Review Jafri Judgment Suo Motu first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava US congress accepting a resolution commemorating the life of the  rights defender and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy, on his first death anniversary and seeking an independent investigation into his death has been a matter of disgrace for the Modi government which only a week back had signed a resolution along with […]

The post Resolution On Stan Swamy’s Death In US Congress Has Global Implications first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The emergence of organised collection centres for scrap gold is introducing a new trend in the recycling of gold in the country. The new trend is spearheaded by major players such as MMTC-PAMP and Muthoot, which are setting up collection centres across the country. Organised scrap collection is, in fact, is eroding […]

The post Growing Share Sees Scrap Gold Evolve Into An Organised Industry first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The last time the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) piled on the heat on the Modi government was ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, promising to relegate the BJP to second or even third place. That did not happen. Other factors set the trend for the poll outcome despite the vestiges […]

The post Samyukta Kisan Morcha Is Again In A Mood To Fight Modi Government first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The sale of the 21st tranche of the electoral bonds is on from July 1-10 this year. Earlier this year, the last sale was held for ten days from April 1-10. The Supreme Court Chief Justice N V Ramana gave an indication the same month that the SC would be taking up […]

The post Supreme Court Is Still To Give Its Final Decision On Electoral Bonds first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak India has been implementing the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Schemes for decades for addressing severe malnutrition among children aged 6-36 months and pregnant and lactating women (PLW). However, the malnutritions numbers, which are unacceptably high, point to the fact that there is a lot to achieve. India clearly needs even […]

The post There Remains A Lot To Achieve Beyond ‘Take Home Ration’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

“I will become a dictator and take action if indiscipline and irregularity rear their heads,” Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin asserted in Namakkal on Sunday, addressing a party meet of representatives of urban local bodies. Underscoring that local bodies are the lifeline of democracy, Stalin said the icons of social […]

The post Stalin threatens to turn ‘dictator’ if party men don’t behave first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that mid-term polls are likely in Maharashtra as the government led by rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde may fall in the next six months. He made the statement while addressing NCP legislators and other leaders of the party in Mumbai in the evening. “The […]

The post Pawar gives Shinde govt 6 months time before collapse first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran It is all very well that the petition moved by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for combining all the FIRs registered against her in different parts of the country for her offending remarks about Prophet Mohammed has been dismissed by a Supreme Court vacation bench in a two-line order. It goes a […]

The post Controversial Remarks Not Part Of Vacation Bench’s Order first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prakhar Raghuvanshi Foreign contributions to individuals, associations and companies are regulated by the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (‘FCRA’). The central aim of the Act is to prohibit foreign contributions, the utilisation of which may be for activities detrimental to the national interest. The FCRA was amended by the Parliament in 2020 to prohibit […]

The post Supreme Court Misconstrued NGO’s Legitimate Activities As Against National Interests first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, who took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra after a party command today, could not have done so “happily”, veteran politician Sharad Pawar has said.  Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party — part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi — lost power as Uddhav Thackeray stepped down from the top post. “I […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The BJP juggernaut is on the roll. As the second half of the 2022 calendar year begins, the opposition parties remain toothless and rudderless. Right now, BJP has begun its three-day national executive session at Hyderabad. The buoyant leadership is focusing on the next assembly elections in Karnataka due early next year. […]

The post BJP Juggernaut Is On The Roll – Where Is The Congress? first appeared on IPA Newspack.