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July 23, 2022

Maternal deaths drop by 28%

Experts attribute the dip to several factors, including awareness and advanced treatment options; in Mumbai, cases decreased from 130 in 2019 to 93 in 2021

2 mins

Will inflation go up when prices rise?

One of the bolder decisions taken by the government was to increase the GST rates on several goods and services. This was taken at a time when inflation was high at around 7% with surprises coming in every day, the latest being the rupee touching the 80 mark against the dollar.

3 mins

Ukraine, Russia ink food deal; grain prices fall

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements on Friday with Turkey and the United Nations clearing the way for exporting millions of tonnes of desperately needed Ukrainian grain - as well as Russian grain and fertiliser-ending a wartime standoff that had threatened food security around the globe.

1 min

Gunawardena appointed Lankan PM

Dinesh Gunawardena, a veteran politician and a close ally of the Rajapaksa family, was appointed on Friday as Sri Lanka's prime minister as President Ranil Wickremesinghe swore in his 18member Cabinet in the hope of ending the political instability and the unprecedented economic crisis in the country.

1 min

Neeraj Chopra qualifies for final with 88.39m throw

The 24-year-old Indian superstar, hot favourite for a medal, opened the Group A qualification round by sending his spear to 88.39m for his third career-best throw

1 min

HELLO HOLLYWOOD!

Dhanush answers a volley of queries at The Gray Man's Mumbai press conference

2 mins

Truth bombs

Mimi Chakraborty reacts to Ranveer Singh's nude photoshoot

1 min

Hubby's DAY

Alia Bhatt gushes with joy as husband Ranbir Kapoor's Shamshera releases

1 min

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The Free Press Journal is one of the oldest English Daily newspapers from Mumbai with a heritage of more than 90 years. And yet, The Free Press Journal is a contemporary paper and rooted in current urban realities.

In keeping with the international trend, it has reinvented itself in terms of design, get up and content. It means different thing to different people – a platform for the articulate, a trendsetter for the young and a chronicle for the old.

It was at the forefront of freedom struggle against the British and continues with the free and fearless journalism till date. Indeed, the history of The Free Press Journalism mirrors that of Indian independence.

Swaminath Sadanand, a 30-year-old idealist from Madras trudged his way to Bombay and with a vision that was to prove uncomfortably ahead of his day, brought out a newspaper as unorthodox in character as it was innovative in concept. For Swaminath Sadanand, the Free Press Journal was not so much a business venture as a cause.

The spirit with which he launched the paper and ran it for almost three decades helped it make it an integral part of two great Indian movements — the struggle for independence and the evolution of Indian publishing.