Technology, Mobiles tabs, 4th Aug 2018, News & Stories from India

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After being alerted about the incident, a police team rushed to the spot and the victim's body was taken to the Government Civil Hospital for a post-mortem. (Representational Image)

Woman stabbed to death in Thane, assailant flees

The victim, Prachi Zade, was on a two-wheeler when the man stopped her and stabbed her repeatedly, killing her on the spot, before fleeing.

04 Aug 2018 4:28 PM

Lydia stripped naked and told locals that she had been eating her husband but had decided to take the body outside because it had started to smell. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cannibal dumps dead husband's half-eaten body in children's playground

The pensioner, who dumped her husband's remains near children, said she got fed up of the smell.

04 Aug 2018 4:21 PM

Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Ministry.

GST slabs may reduce to 3 in long-term: Sanjeev Sanyal

Presently, there are four GST slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, plus the exempted category which attracts 0 per cent GST.

04 Aug 2018 4:13 PM

That roasted the previous record, set in Death Valley in July 2017 when the average was 107.4 degrees (41.89 Celsius). (Photo: AP)

Death Valley sees hottest month, sets world record

The natural furnace of California’s Death Valley was on full broil in July, tentatively setting a world record for hottest month ever.

04 Aug 2018 3:52 PM

The effect of looking at an image of a baby animal was stronger for women compared to men. (Representational image)

Seeing baby animals may reduce women's appetite for meat

A follow up study asked people to rate their appetite for meat when presented with an image of either a calf, cow or no animal.

04 Aug 2018 3:44 PM

Higher BMI caused higher blood pressure and also caused enlargement of the left ventricle, the heart's main pumping chamber. (Photo: Pixabay)

Being overweight may up heart disease risk: Study

Recall-by-genotype is novel and exploits the random allocation of genes at conception.

04 Aug 2018 3:41 PM

The in-built rechargeable battery is said to deliver 4-5 hours of battery back-up.

JVC announces its Trolley speaker XS-MC15

The speaker comes with an attached trolley for convenient movability while it also displays inbuilt disco lights.

04 Aug 2018 3:39 PM

Justice Indira Banerjee started out as a lawyer on July 5, 1985 and practised in the Calcutta High Court. (Photo: File)

With Indira Banerjee's appointment, SC gets its 8th woman judge

After Justice Indira Banerjee's appointment, SC for the first time will have three women judges.

04 Aug 2018 3:38 PM

Justice Mittal was till now the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. (Photo: PTI)

Justice Geeta Mittal becomes first woman Chief Justice of J&K High Court

On Friday, Sindhu Sharma became the first woman judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

04 Aug 2018 3:27 PM

After fetching water from River Ganga in Har Ki Pauri of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, the pilgrims are now walking back to their village and will offer 'Gangajal' at a temple in their village. (Photo: ANI)

Around 35 pilgrims carries 361-ft long tricolour in memory of martyrs

The Delhi-Dehradun National Highway was seen drenched in the colours of the national flag carried by the pilgrims.

04 Aug 2018 3:21 PM

Hike is a social content platform focused on privacy, expression and bite-sized content.

Five Hike features that you should know about

The messaging platform offers several features that can improve your chatting experience.

04 Aug 2018 3:19 PM

Posters of 'Fanney Khan', 'Mulk' and 'Karwaan'.

Box Office: Taapsee’s Mulk, Aishwarya’s Fanney Khan, Irrfan’s Karwaan opens poorly

The movies will also face competition from Kamal Haasan’s ‘Vishwaroopam 2’ if they sustain till next week.

04 Aug 2018 3:11 PM

The broader health impacts of India’s commitment to accelerated sanitation coverage, the WHO said includes improved overall nutritional status and reduced incidence of infectious diseases such as neglected tropical diseases and acute respiratory infections, as well as vector-borne diseases. (Representational Image)

Swachh Bharat campaign can prevent over 3 lakh deaths: WHO

The WHO noted that India's commitment and progress is reflected in the fact that household sanitation coverage has greatly increased.

04 Aug 2018 3:05 PM

According to Swedish police authority, officers assumed the scene was ‘threatening’. (Photo: File/Representational)

'Threatened' Swedish cops shoot man with Down syndrome, he was holding toy gun

Torrell’s family said that Eric had Down syndrome, autism and was essentially nonverbal.

04 Aug 2018 3:00 PM

The device is loaded with features such as over 15 preloaded sports apps, wrist-based heart rate 2 and VO2 max all day stress tracking 2.

Garmin Launches Vívoactive 3 Music GPS Smartwatch

The fitness watch has on-device music storage capacity for 500 songs.

04 Aug 2018 2:57 PM

Sharma, in his ‘laced-with-sarcasm- way’ says that TISOAA is a literary criticism laced with satire and sarcasm.

Rejection is the reason behind creating my new book, says Gaurav Sharma

Perfectly capturing vagaries of publishing world, Sharma’s new book The Indian Story of an Author is an intriguing read about ‘nothing’.

04 Aug 2018 2:46 PM

The boy told the police that his father was a drunkard and often quarreled with his mother as well as attempting to poison his mother in the past. (Representational image)

Woman chokes to death after husband stuffs glue in her mouth, nose

The accused had asked his two sons to go outside the house before killing her and she was found only when one of the sons returned home.

04 Aug 2018 2:45 PM

Globally, gold rose 0.51 per cent to USD 1,213.30 an ounce and silver gained 0.62 per cent to USD 15.38 an ounce in New York. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Gold extends gains on firm global cues; silver tops Rs 39,000

Gold is trading at Rs 30,550 per 10 grams on sustained buying by local jewellers amid a firm trend overseas.

04 Aug 2018 2:33 PM

Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani, in his submission to the board, has said that the pension orders of all the pensioners who have retired prior to January 2016, be revised. (Photo: File/PTI)

FinMin must take over pension liability of railway staff, suggests panel

The Railways has said that the impact of pension payment on the railways at the moment is around Rs 50,000 crore annually.

04 Aug 2018 2:26 PM

Friendships day is a good excuse to spoil your gadget techie friend with cost-effective and useful gadgets.

Friendship Day: Gifting ideas for your Techie friends

We have something for the fitness techie, the music techie, the gamer techie and the binge-watching techie.

04 Aug 2018 2:20 PM

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