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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.Pillar Inside Taj Mahal Complex Destroyed Due To Thunderstorm
Taj Mahal saw a certain pillar collapse Wednesday night due to thunderstorm. The wind speed was more than 100 kmph and the region received about 40 minutes of rainfall too. According to news report the 12-foot metal pillar at the Darwaza-e-Rauza gate, which is the royal gate and offers...
India-Nepal Agrees Building Rail Line Between Raxaul and Kathmandu: KP Oli
People-to-people contact and cargo movement will get a boost between India and Nepal as the two neighboring nations have agreed to build a strategic railway link between Raxaul, Indian state of Bihar, and Kathmandu, the Napalese capital city. Nepalese President KP Sharma Oli is on a three-day visit to...
Maldives-India Relation Deteriorates Further; Returns Gifted Helicopter
Maldives does not need Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) that India had earlier gifted. A top government source from the island is learned by way of The Times of India that a Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft is being looked for. Male has returned one of the two such naval...
OnePlus 6 Launching On May 17: Official Teaser
Mark the date May 17 on your calendar if you have been waiting to buy OnePlus 6, the falgship smartphone from the stable of a Chinese company. The earlier speculated dates for the launching were May 16 and May 21, but lately an official teaser from OnePlus reveals the...
How to Choose the Right Wedding Photographer in Jaipur
Everyone looks towards their wedding day with nostalgia. They plan make it a bash and have every bit captured in photographs that naturally tell the story. Photographs once taken cannot be altered. For this reason, choosing a wedding photographer in Jaipur can be stressful. Should it be? Photographs afford...
What is a Phishing Scam
According to Websters online dictionary Phishing is “a scam by which an e-mail user is duped into revealing personal or confidential information which the scammer can use illicitly.” They often come in the form of unsolicited emails and can look very convincing. Microsoft Takes on Internet Scams Like Phishing...
Get Set Go! Facebook May Offer Ad-Free Version
Facebook may soon lure its users with ad-free version of the social platform, but it will not come free. It will be a paid subscription. It is learned the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company lately has been conducting market research to assure whether paid version of Facebook could be able to...
Reliance To Offer 1.1TB Data Through Jio Fibre
Reliance Jio may soon launch Jio Fiber fixed line broadband services in India. Since September 2016 the new service is in testing mode in select cities. Named as fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), it is learned the Jio Fiber has come up with initial plan offering up to 1.1TB of data though...
Dedicated Server Benefits and Disadvantages
Normally, hosting solutions that are usually seen advertised, unless explicitly stated, is shared hosting – not dedicated sever hosting. Shared hosting means that your server is simultaneously hosting many other sites at the same time, on the same server. While shared hosting provides the benefit of lower hosting costs...
Creating a Slideshow with Music Using Movavi Slideshow Maker
Thinking about compiling a slideshow out of some of the travel photos that you snapped on a recent vacation? Maybe instead you want to create a presentation out of images to talk ab out a certain topic? As you’re probably aware slideshows can be used in a number of...
BJP’S Communal Politics Behind Triple Talaq Bill
By Kalyani Shankar Is there politics behind the Triple Talaq Bill, which the Modi government is keen to push through in the ensuing Monsoon session? Will it be passed or sent to the select committee for further scrutiny or will it be buried? The Lok Sabha passed the Bill...
‘M’ Is The Flavour Of The Month
By Aditya Aamir Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in election mode. A picture doing the rounds on Monday, July 16, 2018, tells it all. To sense what Modi is thinking and is up to, look at the Opposition. The picture shows a galaxy of out-of-power politicians lined...
Chocolate Ad Not Made For The Lynch Mob
By Sushil Kutty Looking “sophisticated” and “polished” doesn’t mean zilch to the lynch mob. And if you distribute candies and toffees to children you’re bound to be a child-lifter, get your skull cracked. This much was proven last Friday after a mob gathered by Whatsapp beat to...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Shia Waqf Board surrenders claim to Ayodhya Land – During the hearings of the Babri Masjid demolition case last week, in a surprising development, the Shia Central Board of Waqf decided to surrender its claim to the temple land in the interest of the ‘integrity of the country’. The...
Congress In Kerala Scores A Self-Goal
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress in Kerala has scored a self-goal, to put it in the prevailing mood of football fever. The reference is to the move by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee’s (KPCC) ‘Vichar Vibhag’ to celebrate the ‘Ramayana month’ to ‘liberate Ramayana from the clutches of...
Supreme Court Bench Receptive To Protecting Rights For Gays
By Amritananda Chakravorty The much awaited hearings in the constitutional challenge to Section 377, IPC began last week before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, presided by Chief Justice Dipak Mishra, and Justice Rohington Nariman, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, and Justice Indu Malhotra. The...
Labour Issues Will Play A Key Role In Monsoon Session Of Parliament
By Nitya Chakraborty The monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 18 is set to witness fierce battle between the NDA government led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a number of key policies including labour issues, especially the centre’s bid for privatization of the public sector companies...
High Tax Rates Inducing Tax Evasion, Avoidance
By Nantoo Banerjee The population count is around 1.3 billion. The national GDP is close to $2.6 trillion. India, the world’s sixth largest economy, is growing at well over seven percent. Big spenders number nearly 250 million. The domestic air traffic growth, last year, was close to 20...
