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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.Indian Democracy Is Crying Out Loud For A Real Opposition
By Kalyani Shankar The first session of the 17thLokSabha has begun well without much disturbance with even first timers getting an opportunity to make their maiden speeches. While the 16thLokSabha saw a divided and fractured Opposition, the current one has so far seen only feeble voices with...
Congress Has To Be Led By A Non-Gandhi Mass Leader
By Sagarneel Sinha The 134 year old Indian National Congress, the oldest party of the country, which still remains the largest opposition party, is going through its worst phase — the party had ever seen after the independence of the country. Congress lost the Lok Sabha elections very...
Karnataka Crisis Focuses On Loopholes In Anti-Defection Law
By Amritananda Chakravorty The Congress party is going through one of its worst phases, after the disastrous election verdict in May, 2019. Its governments in few States have become immensely vulnerable to BJP’s constant attempts to bribe them, and destabilise the governments. On 1st July, 2019, the Congress-JDS...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Notice issued on plea seeking establishment of Human Rights Courts in every district – The Supreme Court has issued notice on the petition seeking the establishment of Human Rights Courts in every district in accordance with the provisions of the Protection of Human Rights Act. The Act also requires...
Some Good News From Germany At Last
By John Wojcik In an election last week in Bremen, Germany’s poorest state, the voters put into power the first red-red-green coalition ever elected in a state that was part of the old West German Federal Republic of Germany. The victory for the left there is satisfying...
Huawei is planning to lay off hundreds of workers in the US: Report
Facing the heat owing to the ongoing US-China trade war, telecommunications giant Huawei is reportedly preparing to lay off hundreds of workers in the US. Huawei is planning to lay off workers at a research facility called Futurewei Technologies that employs 850 people in research labs including in Texas, California...
Expected launch, pricing, features and more
Realme took the wraps off the Realme X and Realme 3i smartphones at an event yesterday. Of the two, the former is the most premium device in the Chinese company’s portfolio. Going forward there have been rumors about the company working on the Realme 4 series, but now it...
Prices in India, offers, features, specs
As expected, Realme launched two new smartphones today in India. These are the flagship Realme X, and the more affordable Realme 3i. The Realme X launched in China earlier this year, while the Realme 3i has been on the rumor mills for quite sometime now. Read on to find...
OnePlus 7 Pro making cost revealed online, it’s much less than you think
OnePlus, which started off as a flagship product solution at affordable price, this year launched its most expensive offering – the OnePlus 7 Pro. In India, the price of top-variant of OnePlus 7 Pro with 12GB RAM is Rs 58,999. The base variant with 6GB RAM costs Rs 48,999....
Samsung Galaxy M40 Cocktail Orange color unveiled in India: Sale offers
Samsung has unveiled a new Cocktail Orange color variant of the Galaxy M40 smartphone. The device offers a gradient design on the glossy rear panel. The Cocktail Orange variant of the Samsung Galaxy M40 has been launched as part of an Amazon Prime Day sale. Currently, the new color...
Price, Specifications and what’s different?
Realme has launched two new smartphones in India – Realme X and Realme 3i. While Realme X is the most premium offering from the company yet, Realme 3i expands its budget portfolio. With Realme 3i, the former sub-brand of Oppo aims to build on the success of Realme 3...
Xiaomi Mi A3 launch scheduled for July 17 in Spain
The global unveiling of Xiaomi’s next Android One smartphone will now be earlier than expected. The Chinese company on Monday teased away the Xiaomi Mi A3 launch for Spain region. The launch event is confirmed to take place on July 17, which is earlier than Poland’s launch. Xiaomi previously...
Realme X vs Vivo Z1 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy M40: Price, specs compared
Realme launched its flagship Realme X device alongside the Realme 3i in India today. The feature-packed phone offers an AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 710 chipset, a 48-megapixel primary camera and more. Moreover, you also get a pop-up selfie camera, an in-display fingerprint sensor and support for VOOC 3.0 fast...
Price in India, offers, features, specifications
The recently launched Vivo Z1 Pro went on sale twice in India last week. In fact, Vivo announced that the Z1 Pro had becomes its fastest selling online smartphone yet. Now, the Vivo smartphone is set to go on sale once again tomorrow. Read on to find out everything...
Realme launches mobile accessories in India; Check prices
Apart from the Realme X and Realme 3i smartphones, the company today also introduced different mobile accessories for consumers in India. Realme has offered headphones and mobile cases along with the phones already, and today it brought smartphone chargers and cables to kick off their accessories business in the...
India’s Trade, Current Account Deficits Are A Big Concern
By Nantoo Banerjee With galloping annual trade deficit, high current account deficit, falling international exchange value of rupee and rising consumer prices, the government’s target of making India a $5-trillion economy in five years looks highly ambitious. Government economists seem have created a wrong impression before the prime...
BJP-Engineered Defections In An Ideology-Mukt Nation
By Amulya Ganguli The full impact of the phenomenon of “aya Ram, gaya Ram” on the BJP’s and the Congress’s ideological postures and organizational set-up will only be known after some time. For the present, the BJP is basking in the glory of augmenting its legislative strength in...
Just Raising GDP Growth Rate Is Not Enough
By Ashok B Sharma World is watching with curiosity as Prime Minister Modi pledged to make India a $5 trillion economy by the fiscal year 2024-25. It is always good to have a target and do the necessary to achieve the goal. If the prime minister really...
