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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.OnePlus 7 OxygenOS update rolling out in India with bug fixes
OnePlus continues to roll out frequent software updates for its flagship devices. These updates fix small bugs in the devices, and also introduce the latest Android security patch. Continuing with this, the company is now rolling out the latest OnePlus 7 OxygenOS update. OnePlus 7 OxygenOS update details OnePlus...
Xiaomi patents a smartphone design with integrated solar panel
Xiaomi is planning to integrate solar panel at the back of its smartphones. We recently told you about Lightyear One, an electric vehicle wearing a solar panel overall. Now, the Chinese smartphone maker wants to make a smartphone with solar panel overall. The design patent shows a smartphone that...
Let RBI Control Money Supply, Inflation Rate
By Nantoo Banerjee Last week’s sharp reduction in fixed deposit rates by the State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank, appears to be more to please the government and the Reserve Bank (RBI) than in response to the market situation. The deposit rate cut is expected to...
GST Administration And Mechanism Has Numerous Faults
By Gyan Pathak Even after two years of roll out of GST, the tax administration and its mechanism in place is infested with serious faults on several counts resulting in public suffering and economic woes. Multiplicity of tax rates is yet to be completely eliminated. Single IT...
Slowdown In Economy Is Not Yet Total
By Anjan Roy Is the Indian economy slowing down? Going by the consensus of projections we are, for sure. But then, by how much? That is anybody’s guess. The current view is that we will slow and grow by 6.5 per cent, as chairman of L&T...
Kerala CPI-M’S ‘capital Crime’
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala CPI(M) is in the dock over what the Opposition regards as a ‘capital crime’. The party and the Government headed by it is on the mat over the appointment of former MP from Attingal, A. Sampath as the State Government’s Special...
Trump’s White Nationalism Blamed For Latest Us Mass Shootings
By Mark Gruenberg Democratic presidential candidates linked Donald Trump’s white supremacist agenda with the killing of 20 people by one of his supporters in Texas on Saturday, just hours before another mass shooting in Ohio. El Paso native and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke accused Mr Trump...
BJP Achieves Its Goal In Kashmir
By Amulya Ganguli The dream nurtured by the RSS-Jan Sangh for decades about scrapping Article 370 has finally been sought to be achieved by the BJP. Since dispensing with the Article, which confers a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will require judicial and parliamentary approval, it...
Honor 20i Phantom Red Limited Edition announced in India: Check price
Honor has announced a new color variant for its latest smartphone. The Honor 20i has received a Phantom Red color variant in India, which is a Limited Edition. The new color option comes alongside the existing Midnight Black and Phantom Blue colors. You can purchase the handset via both...
Next Oppo Reno smartphone to be launched in India first: Report
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is reportedly set to launch one more smartphone in its new Oppo Reno series around Diwali. According to IANS, industry sources claim that the third Oppo Reno device will first launch in India around Diwali festival, and the company is looking to price close to...
Xiaomi Redmi K20 sale, Redmi K20 Pro sale today at 12:00PM IST
Xiaomi Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro will go on sale once today at 12:00PM IST in India. The Redmi K20 Series was launched last month, and will be available via flash sale today. It will be available for purchase via Flipkart, Mi.com and Mi Stores. The smartphone is...
Chandrayaan-2: ISRO shares photos of the Earth
The space program of India is on a high right now. With the recent success of the Mars mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) called Mangalyaan. ISRO has undertaken a second Moon mission called Chandrayaan-2. ISRO‘s heavy lift rocket – the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III)...
Here are 8 tech gifting options for friends
The International Friendship Day 2019 just went by, but it is Friendship Day in India today. This is because India considers the first Sunday of August as Friendship Day. We gave you options to wish friends today who are far away, and now we have gifting options for friends here....
2020 Apple Macbook to launch with 5G connectivity
Apple Macbook is one of the biggest products from the company. Apple is reportedly preparing to launch its first 5G-enabled Apple MacBook models in the second half of 2020. The Cupertino-based company is reportedly considering using a ceramic material for the 5G antenna board in its upcoming Apple MacBook,...
Here’s how the Hyperloop system works
Ever since SpaceX CEO Elon Musk proposed the idea of a hyperloop architecture in the summer of 2013, there has been a lot of interest in this mode of transportation that promises to run at over 1,000 km per hour — 10-15 times faster than traditional rail and at...
Google Pixel to get voiceless emergency operator options
Search engine giant Google has announced a new voiceless emergency operator option for its Pixel smartphones that would allow users with speech impairment or in emergency situations to get quick medical, police or fire brigade attention. “The feature would first reach Pixel phones and would later be rolled out...
How to send WhatsApp stickers to wish your friends
It is August 4 today which means that it is the Friendship Day 2019 in India. It was in Paraguay in the year 1958 that this tradition started. But it is believed that Friendship day started back in 1919 in the US. This tradition holds that friends exchange gift and...
Airtel offers 3 months of free Netflix on bradband plans above Rs 1,099
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom player, is the only one that is keeping up with Reliance Jio. To make sure it can compete with the rest it offered free Netflix access to select postpaid and broadband users last year. The Sunil Mittal-led company offered free Netflix access to its postpaid...
