UN - Different Truths

March 23, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Germany Coalition has New Faces but Old Polices: Left Wing Linke Weakened by Dissensions

Although the SPD kept floundering in opinion polls, currently at 18 percent, Angela Merkel needed it to obtain enough Yes seats in the Bundestag to stay in power. She...

March 23, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Resentment Brewing around PML(N) Succession: Opposition to the Daughter of Sharif is Growing

Enthronement of Maryam Nawaz, daughter of deposed Pak premier Nawaz Sharif, as his political heir apparent – as chief of Pakistan Muslim League (Navajo) – has peeled factional wrangling...

March 21, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Politics, World

Xi Makes a Changez Khan Pitch: Peaceful Life on Earth is Under a Threat

President Xi Jinping will be the ‘Changez Khan’ of the 21st Century. The man, like his sprawling country, is a glutton for land, a bear for ‘territory’; and when...

March 21, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, Terrorism

39 Returning in Boxes Dash Hopes of Their Families: Confirmation Made Possible by ISIS Rout of Mosul

That truth is that ISIS was cleared from Mosul only towards the end of 2017, and only after then could a search be carried out by the Iraqi authorities....

March 19, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Energy, Trade, World

India wants to be Global Solar Power without Module Capacity: China and Taiwan find it a Great Opportunity to Dump Cells

The last two years witnessed a big boom in China’s global solar cells and modules exports, mainly to feed India’s sudden demand spurt. Why is the government abruptly pushing...

March 14, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Exit Signals of Tillerson Indicate Further Shift to Right

The replacement of Tillerson by Pompeo “looks like we’re at the early stages of a major reshuffle of personnel” in the Trump administration, said Thomas Wright, director of U.S....

March 13, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy

Export Woes of India Continues Unabated: Need to Step up Goods and Services Exports

India missed the bus in early 2000 when it had an opportunity to become a global hub for manufacturing as well as services. India’s share in goods exports was...

March 12, 2018
IPA Service
International Relations, Politics, World

Hail President Xi Jinping, Emperor of China: India Will Need to Keep a Weary Eye

Media with few exceptions are already cautious not to ruffle Chinese feathers, refusing to acknowledge openly that Xi-President-for-Life is tantamount to Xi the de facto monarch, a throwback to...

March 8, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy, International Relations, Politics

Vietnam is now a Story of Success and Growth

Along the business center of the country, Ho Chi Minh City is today the hub around which Vietnam’s “socialist-oriented market economy” revolves. The oxymoronic nature of that phrase is...

March 5, 2018
Arindam Roy
Curtain Raiser, Edit

Still I Rise: Celebrating Womanhood on IWD 2018

Our Editor-in-Chief, Arindam, tells about this year’s theme of the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2018. He introduces three erudite editors and includes their editorials in this editorial. His thank...

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