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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.Shashi Tharoor In The Eye Of A Political Storm
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Senior Congress leader from Kerala, Shashi Tharoor, finds himself in the eye of a raging political storm. The controversy-prone MP from Thiruvananthapuram has, once again, kicked up a flaming row over his Modi-friendly statement. Tharoor’s remark that there is no need to criticise...
New Twist In British Politics Over Brexit
By Arun Srivastava Through the “Church House Declaration” around 165 British MPs from across the parties have pledged to form alternative parliament in case the Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes ahead with his plan to prorogue the parliament in the event of Boris failing to make a no-deal...
Sanders Leading The Opinion Poll As Democratic Nominee
By Mark Gruenberg PITTSBURGH: Citing his long-time support for workers and especially those forced to strike, the independent United Electrical Workers convention unanimously voted on August 26 to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., for presidential nominee of Democratic Party. Their decision at the convention in Pittsburgh makes...
Trump Secretly Mulls Ways To ‘Punish’ Chinese Leaders Over Hong Kong
WASHINGTON: Lawmakers and administration officials are reportedly seeking to impose sanctions on China. They are, however, apparently having difficulty deciding which sanctions would work best, as discussions have allegedly dragged on for weeks. US administration officials and Republican Senators are quietly working behind the scenes to come...
Weakened Congress Needs Course Correction
By Kalyani Shankar Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s comeback as the party chief recently might have shut up the young and old in the party about who should replace Rahul Gandhi, but she has her task cut out. It is more than a fortnight since she took over. It...
Stop Water Mismanagement To Save Lives
By Gyan Pathak India needs to manage water for 17 per cent population of the world but has only 4 per cent of world’s freshwater resources. Though annual utilizable water is 690 BCM from surface water sources and 447 BCM from groundwater, water supply is so mismanaged...
Senior Citizens Need Free Full Healthcare Facilities
By Dr. Arun Mitra Despite the fact that senior citizens have contributed through their life to the nation’s building, healthcare for them remains a big challenge. The National Health Policy recognizes growing need for palliative and rehabilitative care for all geriatric illnesses and advocates the continuity of...
China To Implement Its New Foreign Investment Law From January 1, 2020
By Subrata Majumder Global investors hailed China’s new Foreign Investment Law (FIL) a breakthrough to resuscitate the Chinese sagging foreign investment, even though many commentators are dubious on actual implementation. Foreign investment has been an important boost for Chinese economy. New FIL will replace existing three laws...
Corbyn To Rally Westminster To Bring Down Boris Johnson
By Marcus Barnett Jeremy Corbyn is rallying all available forces in Westminster to bring down Boris Johnson as he heads for crunch talks with other opposition party leaders at noon and demands a general election. The Labour leader will re-emphasise the need for an election as “the simplest...
After G7, Iran Looks To Increased Support From China
China has had a chance to learn all the details of the West’s reaction to Iran’s proposal to lift the oil embargo in exchange for maintaining the nuclear deal. After making a stop in Biarritz, France, where, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...
Android 10 for Pixel might be released on September 3
Android 10 might be released to Google’s Pixel smartphones on September 3, 2019. Last week, Google confirmed that it is ditching the dessert name and will call the update simply Android 10. While it didn’t announce the final date for its release, a leak points at first week of...
OnePlus planning to invest Rs 1,000cr in Hyderabad R&D facility
OnePlus has announced its plans for its first R&D centre in Hyderabad. The company is reportedly planning to invest Rs 1,000 crore in their facility in Hyderabad over the next three years. “In three years, we plan to grow the new R&D centre in Hyderabad into our biggest globally,”...
Economy Needs Big Investment Push To Bounce Back
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be the right time to think ‘out of the box’ to solve the current problem of economic meltdown. Small sops to the business community and foreign investors are going to tackle the recession and move the economy northward. Only massive ongoing long-term investments...
BJP’s Dilemma In Kashmir Mounts As Lockdown Continues
By Amulya Ganguli Deleting Article 370 was the easy part. The state’s muscle power and the mobilization of parties outside the NDA which are eager to curry favour with the powerful ruling party at the centre enabled the government to impose its writ on Kashmir valley with the...
Arun Jaitley Had Unique Skill Of Consensus Building
By Anjan Roy Few would remember Arun Jaitley as India’s commerce and industry minister. As of now, that’s a longtime ago. But for those who knew him in those days, it was clear he was the man of the future. Jaitley had taken India’s delegation to the...
Mamata Gives All Focus On 2021 Assembly Poll
By Ashis Biswas In Bengal, a deceptive stability prevails in the post Lok Sabha poll period, with a persistent undercurrent of law and order disruptions. The ruling Trinamool Congress(TMC) and its main challenger Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) are keyed into a frenzied party rebuilding exercise, looking ahead to the...
Windows 10 update breaks Bluetooth Speaker connectivity
Microsoft rolls out new updates for its Windows 10 like a clock-work to add new features, and fix bugs. However, the company does not hold a good track-record in rolling out stable, non-problematic updates to its users. This problem of rolling out problematic updates has increased in the past...
India Moving Closer To Congress Mukta Bharat
By Arun Srivastava Leaders of the Congress are the worst enemies of their own party. They never treated the Congress as a political party. It has been a conglomerate of diverse ideas. For them it has been merely a contraption to rule and they have been born...
