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August 14, 2022

Russia pounds the east as Ukraine strikes key bridge

Russia's military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming gains, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an occupied southern region, striking the last working bridge over a river in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday.

1 min

Trump potentially facing Espionage Act violation case

US federal agents took away 11 sets of classified documents from the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump during an unprecedented search earlier this week, according to legal papers related to the search and the ongoing investigation unsealed by a court on Friday.

1 min

Minister switches sides from Sunak to Truss

UK PM RACE

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SALMAN RUSHDIE ON VENTILATOR, LIKELY TO LOSE AN EYE

Salman Rushdie was on a ventilator with damaged liver and may lose an eye after the Mumbai-born controversial author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man at an event in New York state, sending shockwaves across the literary world, which condemned the incident as an attack on freedom of expression.

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How to talk to kids about freedom?

Parents need to explain their children the meaning and importance of freedom so that they can grow up to be responsible individuals

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SEXUAL FREEDOM FOR OUR NEW INDIA

On the eve of the momentous I-Day, FPJ wonders how free are we in reality to define our sexual identities

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Get in the patriotic groove with these songs

Songs like Ae mere watan ke logon, Maa Tujhe Salam, etc. might have made it to the classic list. However, there are so many new-age patriotic Bollywood songs that certainly make for a good addition to the Independence Day playlist. Give your playlist a makeover with these songs:

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Why Gandhi refused to celebrate on 15 Aug 1947

15 August 1947 was a moment in world history. It marked the end of British rule in India and triggered the collapse of British colonialism across the globe. The British Empire was born in Calcutta and died in Delhi.

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The Free Press Journal - Mumbai Newspaper Description:

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.