Technology, Mobiles tabs, 17th Aug 2017, News & Stories from India

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Technology Mobiles & Tabs 17 Aug 2017

Technology, Mobiles tabs, 17 Aug 2017

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav attend a day-long convention 'Sajha Virasat Bachao Sammelan' in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Opposition unites against ‘divisive’ BJP

16 parties attend meet called by Sharad Yadav to ‘save composite culture’.

17 Aug 2017 11:49 PM

For instance, the concept images a new “HomeBar” that houses notifications, shortcuts, widgets, and more. It sounds a lot like the rumored ‘function area’ from earlier this year.

Latest iPhone 8 concept visualizes ‘HomeBar’ for virtual Home button

The concept shows that the iOS 12 could apply to the OLED iPhone next month with it carrying features which focus mainly on the iPhone 8.

17 Aug 2017 9:43 PM

The phone will be sold by Amazon and Best Buy in the United States in addition to Sprint. The smartphone is priced at $699.

Black PH-1 ready to ship, white PH-1 not ready yet, says Essential

Customers who have ordered the white version are going to have to wait.

17 Aug 2017 9:42 PM

Priced at Rs 4999, TEZ4G comes in golden and black vibrant colors. The product is available across the country at 20,000 retail points of all formats and leading e-commerce sites.

M-tech introduces its affordable 4G VoLTE smartphone

The TEZ is powered by 1.3 GHz quad core processor, 1GB RAM and runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.

17 Aug 2017 9:41 PM

A worker sweeps in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. (Photo: AP)

Do you want to destroy Taj Mahal, SC asks Centre

The scathing remarks came during the hearing of an application seeking its nod to cut over 400 trees to lay down additional railway track.

17 Aug 2017 9:19 PM

An injured person is carried in Barcelona, Spain, after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people. (Photo: AP)

Terror attack in Barcelona leaves 13 dead, several injured

Cars, trucks and vans have been the weapon of choice in multiple extremist attacks in Europe in the last year.

17 Aug 2017 9:18 PM

Bannon talked about the infighting in the White House, now engulfed in a storm over Trump's defensive response to deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia. (Photo: AP)

N Korea conflict only ‘sideshow’, US in ‘economic war’ with China: WH strategist

Bannon, an economic nationalist and ex-CEO of Breitbart news website, is said to be on shaky ground with President Trump.

17 Aug 2017 9:00 PM

Among the national parties, BJP received the maximum donations of Rs 705.81 crore from 2,987 corporate donors. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Corporate houses donated Rs 956.77 cr to national parties in 4 yrs: ADR report

BJP received maximum donations of Rs 705.81 crore from 2,987 corporate donors followed by INC.

17 Aug 2017 8:58 PM

Dalit woman's nose cut, husband beaten up in MP village

Narendra Singh and his father, Sahab Singh, beat up the woman's husband on Monday when he refused to go to their house and do some work.

17 Aug 2017 8:49 PM

Gov. Abdallah Pene Mbaka said on Thursday that teams are being sent to assess the damage in the village of Tora. (Photo: File)

Mudslide in northeast Congo leaves 40 dead, say authorities

Jean-Bosco Lalu, who leads civil society groups in the nearby regional hub of Bunia, says 30 bodies have been recovered.

17 Aug 2017 8:35 PM

Here are a few remedies for erectile dysfunction

Find out what they are.

17 Aug 2017 8:20 PM

Cloudy water risks your stomach health

The Drexel University analysis looked into a collection of studies.

17 Aug 2017 8:00 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Can 'electric shock' therapy for depression beat insomnia in oldies?

Find out more.

17 Aug 2017 7:49 PM

AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. (Photo: AFP)

In a first, Army adds 6 Apache attack helicopters to arsenal

The go ahead was given at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley.

17 Aug 2017 7:45 PM

Apart from these, users can now create custom templates with add-ons to maximise efficiency and reduce time.

Google Docs makes shared documents easier to work on

Users can now track changes, use new templates and search for particular things through enhanced Search function.

17 Aug 2017 7:41 PM

Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said that declaring organisations or groups supporting freedom struggle in Kashmir as terrorist outfits is completely unjustified. (Photo: PTI/File)

US decision to blacklist Hizbul Mujahideen as terror outfit unjustified: Pak

The US decision came nearly 2 months after declaring its Pakistan-based chief Salahuddin as a global terrorist.

17 Aug 2017 7:28 PM

Fixing of minimum wages will not only adversely affect the exports, but lead to a fall in employment generation. (Photo: PTI)

Doubling of minimum wages to hit exports, jobs: AEPC

Minimum wages in the garment industry if doubled to Rs 18,000 per month will jack up costs.

17 Aug 2017 7:01 PM

JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav speaking at the 'Sanjhi Virasat Bachao' meeting in Delhi. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Sharad Yadav compares BJP reign with that of Adolf Hitler

Speaking at the 'Sanjhi Virasat Bachao' meeting in Delhi, Yadav said if people in India start working together, not even Hitler can win.

17 Aug 2017 6:51 PM

The group said on its Facebook account that cetaceans were very susceptible to stress (Photo: AP)

Baby dolphin dies after it was passed around for selfies

A nonprofit organization that works to protect marine animals in the southern province of Almeria, said that the dolphin died on Aug. 11.

17 Aug 2017 6:34 PM

In March, the 20-year-old had revealed her 'conditional offer' to study the three subjects at the world-famous university if she achieved three As in her A-level results. It would seem she has got the grades that she required. (Photo: AP)

After scoring A-level results, Malala Yousafzai gets place at Oxford University

Malala will be following in the footsteps of world leaders by studying philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).

17 Aug 2017 6:28 PM

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