IPA Special
India-UAE-Israel Food Corridor Opens Potential For Extensive Business Partnership
By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to note that the proposed India-UAE food corridor has already roped in a third partner, Israel. The project is expected to eventually involve the United States as well. The US was a key initiator of the historic four-nation I2U2 virtual summit in July...
Process Of Selecting BJP’s New President Has Started Amidst Rift Between Modi And Bhagwat
By Kalyani Shankar Who will be the next President of the BJP? The suspense is building up as the current President, J.P. Nadda, is on an extension, and the party is looking for a new leader. The party has grown enormously, from its early days, when it had only...
Decoding The Life Of Shirley Tremearne – Founder Of India’s First Business Weekly ‘Capital’
By Nitya Chakraborty Kolkata (earlier Calcutta) has always been a fascinating subject for study by the Britishers, our former colonial masters as also the Indian historians and sociologists. In the recent years, there has been a renewed interest in tracing the stories associated with the growth of Calcutta in...
Congress-Samajwadi Party Rift Delays Seat Sharing For Uttar Pradesh Bypolls
By Arun Srivastava When will Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav come to learn the tricks of the real politik is not known, but one thing is absolutely clear that with an inflated ego, he will certainly mutilate the electoral prospect of the INDIA bloc not only in his home...
Population Emerging As Next Big Complex Political Issue In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few weeks ago on September 17, Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah had said that India will soon begin Census exercise. Now, TDP leader and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu has planned legislation to encourage people to ‘have more children...
Irrespective Of Earlier Differences, Arab Nations Are Closing On In Support Of Iran
By Asad Mirza As the threat of a direct conflict between Israel and Iran grows, several Gulf countries are reportedly working actively to prevent potential Israeli attacks on Iran’s oil facilities. According to reports, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s...
Retired Lt. Gen Zamiruddin Shah Is Respected, He Should Not Have Given An Inciting Speech
By Sushil Kutty Lt. Gen (Rted.) Zamir-Uddin Shah, who was Deputy Army Chief and after retiring from the Army, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 2011 to 2017, wants Indian Muslims to build a steely resolve to fight to survive in Modi & Yogi’s India. And quite like the...
French Govt’s 2025 Budget Proposals Lead To Big Protests From All Groups
By Tirthankar Mitra French economy is between a rock and a hard place over its 2025 budget proposal aiming to implement 60 billion euros in spending cuts and tax hikes. It has sparked widespread debate across the political spectrum. The criticism cutting across the political divide raised deep concerns...
Hamas Decapitated, But Netanyahu Vows To Keep Killing Palestinians
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Israel has no excuses left for carrying on with its genocide of the Palestinian people. With the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in combat—the supposed “mastermind” of Oct. 7—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist government are left with few justifications to explain...
Why BRICS Summit At Kazan Is Crucial For Both Narendra Modi And Vladimir Putin?
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the summit of the expanded BRICS block at Tatarstan city of Kazan in Russia on October 22 to 24 to be hosted by President Putin. This summit is of crucial importance for both the Indian PM as also the President...
Centre Getting Ready For An Early Roll Out Of Labour Codes
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Centre is getting ready for an early roll out of the four labour codes while the joint platform of the 10 Central Trade Unions has threatened fresh nationwide agitation, including strike action, if the Union government goes ahead with its roll out plan. Union Ministry...
Indian Judiciary’s Ills Are Too Deep-Seated To Be Addressed Through Symbolism
By K Raveendran The unveiling of the new statue of Lady Justice, with eyes wide open and a copy of the constitution in hand, has sparked animated debate across legal and public domains. Its design is a striking departure from traditional representations: the blindfold has been removed, and the...
Waqf Claims Skyrocket As Amendment Bill 2024 Goes For The Jugular
By Sushil Kutty Over 9 lakh acres of India is Waqf owned and “once Waqf, always Waqf” is the unwritten code, brought to India straight from Heaven. Hence, AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal cannot be blamed for claiming land on which India’s new Parliament building stands as Waqf. Prime Minister...
INDIA Bloc Launches Poll Campaign In Jharkhand With Total Unity And Confidence
By Arun Srivastava With less than a month left for holding of the assembly election in Jharkhand, the INDIA bloc is gearing up to frustrate any attempt by Narendra Modi and his lieutenant Amit Shah to repeat Haryana results in this tribals dominated state. Members of the Jharkhand Mukti...
FTC Chair Lina Khan Is The Most Hated Official By Wall Street Honchos
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: When you’re on the enemies list of some of America’s biggest right-wing tech and media billionaires, you must be doing something right. That’s exactly where Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan finds herself these days. Venture capitalist and pharma kingpin Mark Cuban, Fox broadcasting...
Spying And Killings By Intelligence Agencies In Foreign Countries: What Is The Big Deal?
By Nitya Chakraborty The allegation by the Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau involving Indian diplomats of the high commission in the killing of the Sikh extremist Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, last year and also in the assassination attempt on another Sikh lawyer G S Pannun in USA, has...
India Needs A Fresh Look At Hunger And Poverty In The Country
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In view of the recent Global Hunger Index 2024 and UN’s Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024, Narendra Modi government must not continue turning its blind eye to the serious level of hunger and poverty in the country, and the alarm sounded must not be shouted...
Uttar Pradesh Bypolls May Witness Further Polarisation Of Voters
By Sushil Kutty Bahraich is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s big test. How does he handle the crisis will be his ticket to success or failure in the 10 bypolls, and within the party? So far, he seems to be doing ‘ok’. Enforcing law & order at any...
