IPA Special
Cuban President Welcomes Returnees Of Medical Brigades
By Arleen Rodríguez Derivet HAVANA – The Cuban president arrived early, when the blazing summer sun was still just a gentle caress over the beautiful gardens of the La Pradera International Health Center, in the western part of the capital, Havana. “We made this really early, 7:30...
Congress Is Resorting To Unscrupulous Politics In Kerala
By Prakash Karat The gold smuggling case in Kerala is being used by the Congress-led UDF and the BJP to tarnish the image of the LDF government and a joint effort to destabilise the government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The Congress and the UDF have...
A Welcome Ban On Agitations During Covid Times
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala High Court’s ban on agitations during covid times has come not a day too soon. The HC order has come as a big relief to the embattled Pinarayi Vijayan Government in the State, which is locked in a grim battle...
Ordnance Factories Are The Jewels Of India’s Defence Industry
By C Srikumar What is the fourth force of the Defence of our Country? To defend the sovereignty and security of our Country we have the Army, Navy and Air Force, but then what is the fourth force. All of us know that war is fought in...
Migrant Workforce Is A Big Asset To Indian Economy
By Subrata Majumder Notwithstanding migrant workers playing a key role in boosting the economy, bare attention was given to the state of migrant workers. They were pivot to infrastructure development and export oriented industries. With the rapid growth of urbanization, which opened employment opportunities, movement of workers...
Old Guards And Young Turks Divide Congress Badly
By Arun Srivastava Congress is systematically getting down to the trap of old guards versus young turks laid by Rahul Gandhi. In the seventies, when Indira Gandhi ruled the roost, the young turks dictated the course of the Congress politics. They were so dominant that Chandra Shekhar contested...
Sachin Pilot Played Well But Failed To Hit The Net
By Sushil Kutty As a boy he must have flown a paper plane, the kind made with yesterday’s ‘homework’ written on it! But the grown up Sachin Pilot it seems once he’s taken off, he has no clue where to land after the ‘tower’ tells him to...
Right To Information Act Is Under Threat At Present
By Nipun Arora and Annanya Mehan Several activists and scholars, including former information commissioners, have recently expressed concern over the government’s dilution of the Right to Information Act (RTI). However, the threat to right to information is not only from the government but from within the Central...
Strong Case For Developing Bullion Banking In India
By Arjavi Indraneesh India will do well to develop bullion banking and the time is most propitious for it as gold investments are becoming an essential part of any meaningful portfolio. A weaker rupee, combined with a rising dollar gold price, has been playing out in...
Viability Of Crores Of MSMEs At Stake In India In Covid Era
By Gyan Pathak COVID-19 has placed India’s already ailing MSME sector in a precarious condition. Majority of 6.33 crores of micro, small, and medium enterprises are facing the question of survival. World Bank’s MSME Emergency Response programme of $750 million, says that it will be addressing the...
