IPA Special
2026-27 Defence Budget Has To Stress On Modernisation And High Technology
By Girish Linganna Every time we sleep peacefully at night, there is someone awake at the border, watching over us in the freezing cold or the scorching heat. When we go to school or college without fear, when our parents travel for work, or when we celebrate our festivals...
2026-27 Budget Must Address The Health Concerns Of The Marginalised
By Dr Arun Mitra Health and education are the most fundamental prerequisites for the development of any country and society. Only a well-educated, trained, and healthy population can meaningfully contribute to the nation’s economic and social progress. Unfortunately, India continues to fall far short on these basic parameters, as...
Trusts In Digital Systems In South Asia Is Fragile, Protection Framework Weak
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the South Asia is well positioned to move from ad hoc bilateral coordination to more structured, institutionalized forms of regional collaboration, the region is facing numerous challenges in strengthening Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). Trust remains a critical enabler for both DPI adoption and interoperability...
Vizhinjam: Infra Development In Kerala Enters A New Phase
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Nothing happens here. These are not fit for Kerala. That has been the criticism trotted out day in and day out by the Opposition parties in the State. Well, that criticism has been buried fathoms deep. That is for sure. That is the biggest takeaway...
Continuing Decline In Marine Fishing Worries Bangladesh Govt
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: When it comes to marine fishing, India seems to be well ahead of Bangladesh in terms of production and export earnings. Bangladesh authorities are looking for ways to improve and upgrade their coastal fishing — it has declined by nearly 80% during the last seven...
On Holocaust Memorial Day, We Must Recognise Signs That Fascism Is Back
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The term “fascism” has often been bandied around irresponsibly, used to describe any form of right-wing authoritarianism and sometimes any opponent at all. Whether today’s far right can be accurately described as fascist has been debated at length in international socialist circles. But there are...
Union Budget Should Focus On Transport Sector As India’s Most Potential Growth Engine
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s transport sector, combining road, rail, air and water, is ready for a significant job boom, with the logistics industry alone projected to grow at a 10.7 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through the current year. The national budget for 2026-27, which is scheduled to...
Old Global Order Has Collapsed, But No Unanimity On New Order In Trump Era
By Satyaki Chakraborty The five day annual session of World Economic Forum at Davos ended on January 23 witnessing virtual collapse of the transatlantic alliance at the hands of Donald Trump and both German Chancellor Frederich Merz and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez saying that old order has gone,...
Full Implementation Of New Labour Code From April 1, 2026 Seems Uncertain
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment of India is working to rollout of the new labour codes for full implementation from April1, 2026, it seems uncertain because of stiff resistance from the Joint Platform of the 10 Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and many...
Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls May Lead To A More Tumultuous Period In State Politics
By T N Ashok Tamil Nadu does not announce political change with slogans or street eruptions. It signals it differently—through silence, fatigue, and a gradual withdrawal of emotional investment. Governments here are rarely voted out in anger; they are eased out when voters stop believing that power listens. As...
Trump’s Billion-Dollar Peace Club Is A Mockery Of Global Order And Development Planning
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: President Donald Trump abruptly withdrew the invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to be on the Board of Peace for Gaza sheerly to snub him for mocking him for saying “ if you are not at the table”, “ you are on...
Prime Minister’s Visit To Kerala Gives Little Political Dividend To BJP
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: He came. He saw. And he went back. That broadly sumps up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brief visit to Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. The visit fell far short of the high expectations raised by the BJP’s Kerala leadership. Modi will come and make big...
Rising Demand For Steel Items In India Is Giving A Boost To Domestic Manufacturers
By Kunal Bose Chinese steelmakers once again demonstrated a breathtaking agility in the year that recently closed with shipments of steel products to foreign destinations climbing to a record high of 119 million tonnes from 110.72 million tonnes in 2024 in an environment of growing trade restrictions. But the...
Power Engineers Are Dead Against The Provisions Of Electricity Amendment Bill
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: To go ahead for reforming the Electricity Sector, the central government, in a press release through PIB on November 22, 2025, claims that the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, is a major step toward transforming India’s power system to meet the needs of a rapidly...
Jamaat-e-Islami Forges Ahead Bridging Gap With Dominant BNP Before Bangladesh Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty With the final list of eligible candidates announced on January 21 just three weeks before the crucial elections on February 12 in Bangladesh, the campaign has started in full swing. The trends so far give all the elements of a total polarization between the Bangladesh Nationalist...
Acquittal Of Arvind Kejriwal And Derailment Of Party’s Campaign
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Acquittal of AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal in two Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) summons cases on January 22 is just a reminder to the nation, how ED functioned beyond its power, and derailed the AAP’s political campaign in Delhi that helped the BJP win all the 7...
Modi Govt’s Reduction Of Poverty Claim Is Flawed Owing To Omission Of Essential Criteria
By Prabhat Patnaik A capitalist economy is characterized by continuous process and product innovations, which means that the basket of goods consumed by the people keeps changing over time. New goods are typically introduced by capitalist producers keeping mainly middle class consumers in mind, and once new goods start...
Congress Dubs Repeal Of MGNREGA As Mega Assault On Workers Rights
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the repeal of MGNREGA by the government was an attempt to remove Mahatma Gandhi’s name from public memory and asserted that his party would strongly raise the issue during Parliament’s upcoming Budget session. The Leader of Opposition in the...
