IPA Staff
8527 stories by IPA Staff
More Jitters For Narendra Modi-Led BJP Before 2024 Polls
By S. Sethuraman The worst rail disaster in a century, so far claiming 275 lives, in triangular derailments in Orissa, is so perplexing even for a technology-minded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, that the cause gets shifted from signal system failures to ultimately sabotage CBI would probe. A shocked and...
Uptick In Q4 GDP Growth Is Positive But Challenges Remain In Current Fiscal
By K R Sudhaman There is jubilation in Indian government as uptick in last quarter lifted India’s GDP growth in fiscal 2023 to 7.2 per cent belying expectations of less than 7 per cent growth this year. After slowing GDP growth of 4.5 per cent in third quarter, there...
Bengal BJP In A Quandary Over Holding 1,000 Meetings In Four Months
By Tirthankar Mitra At a time when BJP national leadership wants to pull out all stops to ensure that saffron juggernaut rolls all over the West Bengal in next year’s election, it finds organisational glitches hamstringing its programme with less than ten months to go before the crucial Lok...
Nepalese Prime Minister’s Four Day Visit Bring Ties With India Closer
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav During his 4-day India visit, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal completed formal engagements with the Indian leadership and is visiting places of interest. Going by the importance traditionally attached to Nepal’s relationship with India, Dahal’s India visit is bound to be watched and analysed...
What Will Be India’s Response To US’s Bid To Offer NATO+ Membership
By Girish Linganna In what could be a significant turning point in global geopolitics, the United States is reportedly contemplating extending an invitation to India to join the NATO Plus security arrangement. This move, a first of its kind, comes as the US seeks to strengthen its alliances and...
Narendra Modi Has Been Most Successful In Using Technology For Governance
By Harihar Swarup Prime Minister Narendra Modi has completed his Ninth Year as Prime Minister. Look at how he has already left his imprint on India’s history, forcing a shift in how politics in practiced and governance in delivered. In 1995, Narendra Modi shifted base to Delhi from Gujarat...
Law Commission Parrots Views Of BJP, RSS Rather Than An Expert View
By K Raveendran The Law Commission has taken a political stand in its report about sedition rather than a policy stand, which a body of its very nature was expected to do. The commission’s non-statutory status does not preclude it from having an independent mind, which the present panel...
Rahul Gandhi’s Alternative Vision Can Be A Good Basis For June 12 Discussion
By Sushil Kutty The June 12 Patna conclave of opposition parties is keenly awaited. Finally, opposition unity looks a possibility. Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are giving it a miss, but somebody from the Congress will be deputed. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is in the United...
Labour Market Recovery Still Under Hostage Of Multiple Crises
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The global jobs gap in 2023 would be 453 million, which amounts to 11.7 per cent, more than double the level of current gap. It would be much higher among women at 14.5 per cent than men at 9.8 per cent. This level of global...
Erdogan’s Presidential Win Is A Clear Loss For People Of Turkiye
By Manish Rai After facing the toughest challenge of his political career to date, Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan got re-elected to a third term. Defeating Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of the six-party strong opposition alliance. Erdogan prevailed over Kilicdaroglu in a run-off election held on May 28 after...
