IPA Special
Russian Revolution In 1917 Has Inspired Generations Throughout The World
By D. Raja Few events can be cited in human history that have altered our understanding of human society to the extent of the Russian Revolution (October 25, 1917, as per new calendar November 7). While the French Revolution fuelled the revolutionary aspirations of the masses but fell prey...
JD(U) Win In Bihar Bypolls Conceals Dangers That Lie Ahead For NDA
By Gyan Pathak By winning both the assembly seats – Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur – in Bihar that went to by-polls on October 30, the JD(U) has reaffirmed its advantage over the RJD, under three major conditions. First, JD(U) contested in alliance with BJP, voters turnout was less than...
Winds Of Change Blowing Across Great Gangetic Plain
By Sushil Kutty “First step outside Maharashtra, giant leap towards Delhi via Dadra Nagar Haveli!”, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, Neil Armstrong-like, tweeted, soon after the Sena’s newly minted candidate, Kalaben Delkar, won the Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH) bypoll. Kalaben defeated the BJP’s Mahesh Gavit and...
MP Results A Personal Victory For CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Nobody expected such a massive BJP win in the by-polls held in Madhya Pradesh on October 30. Most of the observers thought that because of the exorbitant price rise of diesel, petrol, LPG cylinders and scarcity of fertilizers at the time of sowing and terrible...
BJP And Allies Sweep Assam By-Elections On Development Plank
By Ashis Biswas In Assam, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally the United Peoples’ Party Liberal (UPPL) won all five seats where assembly by-elections were held on October 30.Its performance in the biggest state in India’s Northeast somewhat offset its miserable showing in West Bengal, where...
Amarinder’s Pak Journo Friend Aroosa Alam Is A Pioneer
By Harihar Swarup Aroosa Alam, the Pakistani journalist and advocate of India-Pakistan peace, whose “pure, beautiful friendship” with Amarinder Singh is now at the centre of a public slugfest between the former Punjab CM and his estranged colleagues in the Congress. Over the years, both when Amarinder was out...
Wall Street View – External Pressures, Downgrade Besiege Pakistan Rupee
By Matein Khalid A perfect macro storm for the Pakistani rupee has seen it tank from PKR 152 in May to PKR 170 now. The primary catalyst for the rupee’s plunge was the escalation in the trade deficit and the PTI government’s indiscriminate borrowing from the banking system to...
Massive Victory In Byelections Adds A New Feather In Mamata’s Cap
By Sankar Ray The 4-0 victory with big margins by the All India Trinamool Congress defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party in the bye-elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly has sent a clear message to the political parties and all concerned that the people of West Bengal stoutly reject...
Sasikala Entry Adds Another Layer To Division-Riven AIADMK
By Kalyani Shankar Will V.K. Sasikala, the close aide of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, unite the AIADMK or divide it? That is the question that is dogging the party, of late. The controversial leader, who announced that she would not dabble in politics six months ago,...
Foreign Affairs: UAE Emerging As Major Player In Middle East Politics
By James M Dorsey Sudan is the exception to the rule in the United Arab Emirates’ counterrevolutionary playbook. In contrast to Egypt or Yemen, where it went out of its way to help roll back the achievements of popular revolts, the UAE was happy to see the back of...
Creases That Need To Be Ironed Out In Export Promotion Approach
By Nilanjan Banik In economics, there is a concept of intra-industry trade, which is trading in similar items. For example, China exports Lenovo computers to Japan and in return imports Sony computers. When countries trade in similar technology-intensive items, trade becomes mutually beneficial. And trading partners get access to...
India’s Net-Zero Goal By 2070 Is 20 Years Too Late
By Gyan Pathak India’s much awaited announcement to achieve net-zero status was finally made by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in COP26 in Glasgow. The pledge of net-zero by 2070 has cheered his constituency at home, but disappointed the world that has been making all efforts to...
Too Many Shades Of Criminal Colours Muddle Deshmukh Drama
By Sushil Kutty Shiv Sena spokesperson Kishore Tiwari sported an angry demeanour when the ‘debate’ turned to ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s ‘grilling’ at the hands of the Enforcement Directorate. He did not like that ED sleuths weren’t thinking of Deshmukh’s advanced age. Tiwari kept his frustration writ large...
Pegasus Probe: Why A Transparent Mechanism Is Imperative
By Paras Nath Singh The Supreme Court’s decision constituting a committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice R.V. Raveendran to examine whether Israeli software Pegasus was used to target citizens is indeed significant for it, inter alia recognizes that the right to privacy and freedom of speech are...
Urgent Attention Needed To Rein In Narcotics Smuggling, Consumption
By Nantoo Banerjee It is a pity that the rampant drug abuse in India, one of the world’s top ten markets in narcotics smuggling and consumption, rarely hits the headline and gets debated nationally except when rich and popular Bollywood cine stars, their kins and associates are caught by...
Wall Street View : NSE Pre-IPO Issue A Patently Potential Double-Bagger
By Matein Khalid India was the jewel in the crown for the British Empire and the jewel in my emerging market portfolio in a year when the Sensex alone is up a stellar 27%. Yet my passage to India is guided by two of my best friends in life,...
Religious Ultra-Conservatism Has A Field Day In Pakistan
By James M Dorsey Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism is having a field day. Barely three months after the Taliban claimed victory in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the second most populous Muslim-majority state, is moving to join Kabul in becoming an outpost of religious intolerance and Muslim supremacy. In doing so, Pakistan, alongside...
Uttar Pradesh Political Contours Are Changing Fast
By Gyan Pathak Political parties in Utter Pradesh are trying to position themselves in the most advantageous way they can imagine. Except the Congress, all three major parties – the BJP, the SP, and the BSP – are working on their old agenda of communalism and casteism. Congress has...
