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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.Bank Nationalisation Has Served The Nation
By B. Sivaraman 19 July 2019 marked the 50thanniversaryof bank nationalisation. At the time of nationalisation, the bitter opponents of the move were Jan Sangh’s Atal Behari Vajpayee and Swatantra Party’s Minoo Masani. Coming in that legacy, Modi and BJP cannot obviously acknowledge any positive contribution of...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Congress, JD(S) seek clarification of order allowing the rebel MLAs to abstain from attending the house – The Supreme Court had passed an interim order allowing MLAs from the Karnataka assembly to abstain from attending the state assembly. The speaker can decide upon the issue of the resignations in...
Finally, Congress-JD(S) Government Falls In Karnataka
By Rahil Nora Chopra After the long drama and at least five failed attempts over the last 14 months, the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka was finally defeated in the confidence motion by six votes —the coalition government got 99 votes. While BJP had received 105 votes and all the...
Angela Davis Inducted Into The National Women’s Hall Of Fame
By Chauncey k. Robinson Revolutionary activist, philosopher and professor Dr. Angela Davis is being inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame this year. The organization is the nation’s oldest membership group dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of women in the United States. Davis has...
Honor View20: Honor Friendship Days sale offers
Amazon India is hosting ‘Honor Friendship Days’ sale on its platform from July 25 to July 29. The e-commerce platform has put an offer on Honor View20 smartphone by keeping the starting price down to Rs 25,999. Not just that, consumers purchasing View20 will also get Honor AM61 Sport...
Samsung Galaxy Fold to relaunch in September
Samsung has finally revealed the official re-launch date of its first foldable smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Fold. According to the announcement, the company is all set to launch the device in September 2019. This means that the company will probably provide some gap between the Galaxy Note 10 launch...
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 full specs and press renders leaked
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 rumors recently came to existence when a report claimed that the South Korean major is planning to launch the smartwatch alongside Galaxy Note 10 on August 7. The Galaxy Watch Active 2 is tipped to come in two different sizes. These included a larger...
WhatsApp for KaiOS available; rolls out to Nokia 8110 devices
WhatsApp has finally rolled out its app aimed at KaiOS. For the people unaware, KaiOS is a relatively new operating system that powers a number of popular feature phones. Some of the popular KaiOS devices include Nokia 8110, JioPhone and JioPhone 2. The multimedia messaging app had already rolled...
US imposes record $5 bn fine, restrictions on Facebook in privacy probe
Facebook is set to pay $5 billion to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week as fine for users’ privacy violations in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving 87 million users. The FTC has also fined credit bureau Equifax $575-$700 million for the breach that compromised 147 million...
Prepaid Plans Reliance Jio , Bharti Airtel, Vodafone
Reliance Jio’s debut as a commercial wireless service provider in 2016 shook up India’s telecom market in a big way. Since its debut, the incumbent players have been playing the game called tariff war among themselves. While the tariff war seems to have subsided, these players just don’t want...
Redmi might soon launch a TV under its own brand name
Xiaomi announced its plan to spin Redmi into a sub-brand at the start of this year. Since becoming a sub-brand and thus independent, Redmi has been doing a lot of things differently. First, it has started building its own flagship smartphones in the form of Redmi K20 Series. Next,...
Airtel offering up to 33GB data benefit to Rs 399 prepaid plan users
Airtel has started seeing bright days in India’s telecom market after a long time. The operator has seen a jump in its average revenue per user and recently saw highest amount of data consumption on its network. While it is growing, Airtel has also conceded its second position to...
Google reportedly collecting face data for its Pixel 4
Google has been caught paying users for their face data. According to ZDNet, the search giant has reportedly paid $5 for face data of one of its writers’ friends. The report claims that the person was sitting around in New York and was approached by someone who claimed to...
U.S.-Iran Confrontation Impacts Oil Prices
By Anjan Roy Oil price can become another constraining factor for the Indian economy later in the year and upset growth calculations. A sudden arrest of a British tanker by Iran which was carrying oil through the Straits of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf has sent shivers...
Tata Sky Binge gives you free Fire TV Stick and more
DTH Operator Tata Sky recently introduced its Binge service in India. With the service, Tata Sky is looking to bridge the gap between OTT and live TV. The Tata Sky Binge service is being offered to the subscribers with a one month free trial along with other benefits. Here...
A New Low In Turncoat Politics In India
By K Raveendran Karnataka is the story of a beautiful dream gone sour. Over a year ago, when HD Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress came together to thwart the BJP bid to form a government as the saffron party failed to secure a majority, it was as...
Battle Rages In Bihar NDA Over Next Chief Minister
By Arun Srivastava For him being identified as the protégé of Nitish Kumar is more worth than upholding political and ideological line and character of his party. Yes, this is an open secret and even a layman will endorse this. The deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader...
Priyanka’s Visit To Sonbhadra Encourages Congressmen
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Priyanka Gandhi has established herself as a leader who could hit street and stand with victims the manner in which she conducted herself with families of tribals in Sonbhadra district who were killed recently. There is no doubt Priyanka scored over other opposition...
