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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 gets a price cut in India
Asus has once again slashed the price of Zenfone Max Pro M1 in India. The smartphone was launched last year at Rs 10,999, but last time around the permanent retail price had come down to Rs 8,499. On Friday, the company further slashed the Zenfone Max Pro M1’s price...
Karnataka Imbroglio Exposes The Limits Of Anti-Defection Law
By Harihar Swarup The Karnataka imbroglio has defied all solutions. How can this complex problem be sorted out? Even courts can impose their writ to a certain extent only because Legislature is supposed to be supreme. The only solution appears to be to dismiss the Karnataka government altogether,...
Majority As Minority And Minority As Majority
By Arjavi Indraneesh Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s jibe about Rahul Gandhi contesting from a place where the majority was in minority, a reference to the Muslim majority of his Wayanad constituency, had Congress and other opposition parties up in arms. The remark was interpreted as yet another instance...
Draft Education Policy Favours Corporatisation
By Dr. Arun Kumar Preamble and Vision It is getting clearer with time that none of the national policies are formulated keeping in view the political philosophy, economic character, as well as social and cultural attitude of ruling dispensation. The present draft policy, NEP 2019, is also...
Autocratic Ways Of Modi Govt Crippling Democracy
By Krishna Jha Social Darwinism, espoused by Sociologist Herbert Spencer from Darwin’s theory of ‘natural selection’, was meant to rationalize the ugliest form of capitalism in late nineteenth century. Spencer assimilated the theory of natural selection based on ‘the survival of the fittest’, which, he said was preservation...
Governor Is At Loggerheads With CM In Madhya Pradesh
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: The Kamal Nath government is at loggerheads both with the state governor and the opposition. A section of opposition mainly the BJP is not only holding angry demonstrations but also talking in the language of violence. The BJP in the Vidhan Sabha is disrupting...
Venezuela Denounces EU Attempts To Shut Down Talks With Opposition
By Ceren Sagir Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced the European Union’s attempt to destabilise talks between the government and the opposition as Brussels called on member states to adopt additional sanctions against the country. Mr Arreaza tweeted on Friday: “The institutions of the European Union...
Google Doodle celebrates 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Fifty years ago, NASA was successfully able to carry out a manned mission to the lunar surface, and Google Doodle is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. The doodle, which is basically a video, re-enacts the scenes of Apollo 11 Space Mission. The manned mission was carried...
Facebook awards Tamil Nadu man $30,000 for spotting a bug in Instagram
Facebook has awarded a Tamil Nadu-based security researcher, named Laxman Muthiyah for spotting a major bug in Instagram. The company gave $30,000 as a part of a bug bounty program after he spotted a flaw in Facebook‘s photo-sharing Instagram app. The researcher said that the vulnerability allowed him to “hack...
Sound One V9 Wireless Bluetooth headphone launched in India
Hong Kong-based company, Sound One, has launched its latest Bluetooth headphone in India called V9. The Sound One V9 wireless Bluetooth headphone is tailor-made for Indian consumers, the company said. The headphones are portable and come with foldable design for improved flexibility. Here is everything you need to know....
