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Should we ‘get over’ print books in the digital age – or are they more precious than ever?

Melbourne, Nov 26 (The Conversation) Ebooks have been popular for decades and audiobooks are increasingly so. But physical books are still the decided favourite: a survey of Australian publishers after last Christmas reported print books made up a comfortable majority of sales (ebooks were 4–18% and audiobooks 5–15%). This is despite regular warnings about the death of the book. Some critics of print books have even changed their tune. “We need to get over books,” wrote journalist Jeff Jarvis in a 2009 book calling for them to be digitised. “I recant,” he wrote in the Atlantic nearly 15 years later,

Will not allow any attack on Constitution, my duty to protect it: Rahul Gandhi

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New Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI) Asserting that the Constitution is the protective shield of the poor, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged people to pledge that “we will not allow any attack” on the Constitution and said he will be the first to stand up against any assault on it. On Constitution Day, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stressed the need to protect the fundamental principles of the Constitution such as justice, equality, freedom, mutual brotherhood, secularism, and socialism. He also pledged to uphold the freedom of democracy and the Constitution for the unity and integrity of the country, for

Rupee rises 2 paise to 89.20 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Nov 26 (PTI) The rupee pared initial losses and strengthened 2 paise to 89.20 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday tracking a weak greenback and firm domestic equity market sentiment. According to forex traders, some inflow of foreign capital into domestic stock markets also supported the Indian currency even though rising crude oil prices kept it under pressure. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 89.24, lost to 89.26 and then regained to trade at 89.20 against the greenback in initial deals, up 2 paise from its previous closing level. The rupee settled

Sensex, Nifty jump in early trade mirroring rally in global markets

Indian stocks trader watch share prices on his screen during intra-day trade in Mumbai.

Mumbai, Nov 26 (PTI) Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Wednesday after three-days of decline in tandem with a rally in global peers and fresh foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 307.93 points to 84,894.94 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 93.5 points to 25,978.30. From the Sensex firms, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, Trent, Power Grid and Axis Bank were among the major gainers. Bharti Airtel emerged as the only laggard from the pack during the morning trade. In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi,

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