Technology, Mobiles tabs, 9th Mar 2018, News & Stories from India

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Barack Obama, Michelle in discussions to produce shows for Netflix

The proposed deal was reported by NY Times, which cited people familiar with the discussions who were not identified.

09 Mar 2018 5:43 PM

For execution of BharatNet project, government has provided Rs 5,744 crore in Phase-I and has earmarked Rs 6,500 crore in Phase-II for BSNL.

Govt allocates projects worth Rs 25,000 crore to BSNL

The big projects include laying of optical fibre based network dedicated for use by Defence worth Rs 13, 334 crore.

09 Mar 2018 5:42 PM

Rodrigo Duterte, who took office in 2016 and has boasted of killings he claims to have committed personally, has sidelined many of his top domestic critics. (Photo: File)

UN rights chief says Philippines prez needs ‘psychiatric evaluation’

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein and other UN rights officials have focused significant attention on Duterte's controversial drug war.

09 Mar 2018 5:39 PM

Audio Technica is known for balanced audio quality across its entire range of products and the ANC40BT is no exception.

Audio Technica ATH-ANC40BT review: Go wireless for longer periods

The ANC40BT wireless headphones shine with a balanced audio frequency, great battery life and decent noise cancellation.

09 Mar 2018 5:37 PM

CPI(ML) leader Kavita Krishnan, who also addressed the Left supporters, said the social media campaign of the BJP-RSS against Lenin, calling him a foreigner, was not justified at all. (Photo: File)

7 Left parties march protesting felling of Lenin's statue, stopped by police

Disfiguring statues of Lenin and Periyar shows BJP's intolerant approach towards other ideologies, said CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat.

09 Mar 2018 5:31 PM

RBI expects inflation to go up to between 5.1-5.6 per cent in the first half of the next fiscal or the April-September period. (Photo: AFP)

RBI may hike repo rate by 0.25 per cent in 2018: report

The key repo rate at which it lends to the system stands at 6 per cent currently.

09 Mar 2018 5:22 PM

Companies had also said that the transaction is likely to be completed in a phased manner by March 2018. (Photo: File/PTI)

CCI clears RCom's plans to sell infra assets to Jio

Jio nor RCom had divulged the size of the deal, sources have pegged the transaction value at Rs 18,000 crore.

09 Mar 2018 5:14 PM

The CBI sought Karti's custody for six more days to interrogate him, saying 'new incriminating materials' have been found against him. (Photo: PTI | File)

INX Media case: CBI gets custody of Karti for 3 more days till March 12

CBI has already taken nine days police custody of Karti out of the 15 days prescribed under law.

09 Mar 2018 5:08 PM

Authorities pointed clear instructions on the spray to keep it away from a flame (Photo: Pixabay)

Man trying to burn cockroaches sets off explosion in his own house

While the explosion damaged the kitchen and walls of the house, the shrapnel caused lacerations on the man’s head and hand.

09 Mar 2018 5:05 PM

American daily pays homage to Hindi cinema actress Madhubala

The daily introduced Madhubala, who preferred to be address by her first name, as the one who "transfixed Bollywood".

09 Mar 2018 5:02 PM

Company in its latest India market forecast estimated that the country would need 1,750 new aircrafts over the next 20 years.

Airbus aims to deliver 1 aircraft per week over 10 years in India

Domestic traffic in India is expected to grow five-and-half times over the next 20 years

09 Mar 2018 5:01 PM

Gauri Lankesh, 55, was shot down with a 7.65 mm country made pistol in the drive way of her home in west Bengaluru on the evening of September 5, 2017. (Photo: File)

Gauri Lankesh murder: K'taka Police arrests accused after 6 months

Bengaluru Magistrate Court has sent Naveen Kumar, described as person with links to right-wing groups, to 5-day SIT custody.

09 Mar 2018 4:55 PM

NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,296.70 and 10,211.90, finally ended 15.80 points, or 0.15 per cent down at 10,226.85.

Sensex ends marginally lower on late sell-off

Sensex finished 43 points lower at 33,307.14 after a bout of fag-end selling wiped out early gains.

09 Mar 2018 4:21 PM

ONGC holds 13.77 per cent stake in nation's biggest refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC), which at today's trading price is worth close to Rs 26,000 crore.

ONGC to sell OPaL stake to fund HPCL buy

ONGC had borrowed money from banks to buy government's 51.11 per cent stake in HPCL for Rs 36,915 crore.

09 Mar 2018 4:16 PM

'The incident took place in a crowded place like a shopping mall. It indicates that under the BJP rule, women are not safe and criminals are not scared of law,' said MP Cong spokesperson Narendra Saluja. (Representational Image)

Indore: Game zone employee rapes 9-yr-old girl in upscale mall

The people in the mall caught hold of the accused and thrashed him, before handing him over to the police.

09 Mar 2018 3:58 PM

On the flip side, the ability to sense another's emotional state is a key part of creating and building social bonds (Photo: AFP)

Research suggests stress can turn out to be contagious

The researchers discovered that the activation of these CRH neurons causes the release of a chemical signal.

09 Mar 2018 3:43 PM

Shami has refuted all the allegation and said that someone was misleading his wife. (Photo: Twitter)

Mohammed Shami charged with attempt to murder, domestic violence

A FIR has been registered against Shami and his four other family members in Kolkata's Jadavpur police station under several IPC sections.

09 Mar 2018 3:41 PM

Most of his victims were drama students at a provincial university where he taught, it said, adding the 52-year-old had been forced out of his professorship over the scandal, leaving his career in tatters. (Photo: AP)

S Korean actor accused in #MeToo campaign possibly commits suicide

Jo Min-ki, who had been accused of sexually molesting at least eight victims, was found dead at his home in Seoul.

09 Mar 2018 3:40 PM

As on March 2, total of 6,811 Aadhaar enrolment or updation centres are operational in bank branches.

16.65 crore PAN, 87.79 crore bank A/c linked to Aadhaar: Govt

Govt has mandated submission of 12-digit unique identity number Aadhaar by every bank account holder by Mar 31, 2018.

09 Mar 2018 3:29 PM

A senior government official said a majority of 'fake' madrasas were covered under the madrasa modernisation scheme under which teachers are given honorarium by the government to teach subjects like Mathematics, Science, Hindi and English. (Representational Image)

UP: 'Fake' madrasas registered online cost state over Rs 100 cr per yr

There are 19,213 madrasas recognised by the State Madrasa Board while only 17,000 have submitted their information.

09 Mar 2018 3:26 PM

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