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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.Amazon messaging assistant now speaks Hindi; aims to ease shopping experience
Amazon India launched its automated messaging assistant in Hindi. It will help customers to get their queries resolved in the language of their preference. The automated assistant is a chatbot powered by Amazon’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform. It leverages Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities for...
Independence Day And Scrapping Of Article 370
By Krishna Jha It is Independence Day, a day for reckoning, for taking stock of the past, going deeper into the present, and for trying to fathom the shifts in future. Past could be a year, decade or few months. The signals are that democracy has been brought...
Supreme Court Failing In Its Constitutional Duty On Kashmir
By Amritananda Chakravorty It has 10 days that the Central Government has unilaterally and arbitrarily abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution in the name of that elusive phrase ‘Vikas’ or ‘development’, which the rest of India has been dying to witness for the last 5 years. Instead of...
Ahmed Patel May Be Sonia’s Political Secretary Again
By Rahil Nora Chopra With Sonia Gandhi back in the saddle, will AICC treasurer Ahmed Patel return as her political secretary? For most of Sonia’s two-decade stint as the Congress president, Patel was the party’s master strategist operating from behind the scenes. Now Sonia is back as Congress president,...
New Twitter feature will soon let users follow specific ‘topics’
Twitter has so far allowed users to follow people or specific pages. But a new Twitter feature from the social media will let users follow topics. These can include anything from sports teams, and celebrities to TV shows. As per reports, these topics will be curated by Twitter. The...
Kerala Fails To Learn Lessons From 2018 Calamity
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind. So goes the Biblical saying. Kerala has just had another date with disaster, exactly a year after the century’s worst floods battered the State almost beyond recognition. One should have thought appropriate lessons...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Amendment introducing homebuyers as financial creditors is not arbitrary – The Supreme Court upheld the 2018 amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, which introduced homebuyers into the category of financial creditors for the purpose of the Insolvency proceedings. The amendment was challenged by more than 200 realtors. The...
Germany Witnessing Far Right Surge
By Victor Grossman BERLIN: The wise priest Laocoön, old legends say, vainly warned against the famous “Trojan horse.” A hostile god sent giant serpents which strangled him when the big wooden present was opened. The soldiers hidden inside opened Troy’s gates so the Greek battalions could rush in,...
Trump May Drag Britain To War Against Iran
By Peter Lazenby Planned trade deals with the United States could see Britain dragged into a Pentagon-led war on Iran, War on Want has warned. Trade deals would be made dependent on British compliance with US global military and political ambitions, in addition to the watering-down of...
WhatsApp Web new features include Albums, Grouped Stickers
WhatsApp continues to improve the overall messaging experience on its platform. While we have seen the company introduce new features on the Android and iOS apps, it hasn’t forgotten about the web application. As per a new report, WhatsApp Web is set to get two interesting new features. WhatsApp...
Motorola One Zoom leak reveals price, images, features, specifications
Motorola seems close to launching a new smartphone, called One Zoom. Unfortunately for the company, e-commerce giant Amazon has accidentally leaked nearly everything there is to know about this upcoming device. Here’s a look at this massive Motorola One Zoom leak. Motorola One Zoom leak: Price, features, specifications As...
Huawei unveils EMUI 10, will release Beta version to P30-series first
Huawei officially unveiled its latest EMUI 10 operating system at the Developers Conference in Dongguan, China. The company is looking to offer the beta version of EMUI 10 on September 8, starting with the Huawei P30-series of smartphones. The stable version, however, will first come with the upcoming next-generation...
Apple wearables may overtake iPad and Mac in terms of revenue earned
Apple wearables segment has seen significant growth in the four years since the launch of the original Apple Watch. The company has launched four generations of Apple Watch since 2015 with plans to launch a new one later this year. Apple Watch has also managed to save a number...
Twitter testing search bar for Direct Messages on app: Everything we know
Twitter is reportedly testing a new option for its Direct Message (DM) section. The new feature will help Twitter users search for a particular message by a specific person via a dedicated tab. Once this feature will go live, users will be able to search for a particular message via...
Chrome OS 76 brings media controls, redesigned camera, and more
Google has just launched the latest version of its in-house ultra-book operating system Chrome OS. The new update brings Chrome OS to version 76. According to a report detailing all the changes, the highlight of the new OS is that it blocks Flash by default in the web browser....
DJI Osmo Mobile 3 gimbal launched at $119; features, combo and more
Chinese technology giant DJI has just launched its latest gimbal meant for smartphones. The new gimbal, DJI Osmo Mobile 3 brings a number of significant improvements to the now old Osmo Mobile 2. The company has priced the new version of mobile gimbal at $119 in the United States....
Samsung Galaxy Note 10-series India launch set for August 20
Soon after unveiling the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ smartphones in New York last week, Samsung announced the India pricing on the very next day. Now, Samsung has sent out media invites for the Galaxy Note 10 India launch event. It will take place on August 20...
Samsung Galaxy A30s gets Wi-Fi certification; launch seems imminent
Samsung has already launched the Galaxy A30 device in India. The South Korean giant is expected to launch the Galaxy A30s smartphone, which is likely to debut as the successor to the Galaxy A30. Now, the handset has received Wi-Fi certification. It is listed with model number SM-A307FN/DS. As per the certification...
