Technology, Mobiles tabs, 10th Aug 2017, News & Stories from India

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Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller (Photo: AP)

Indian-origin anti-Brexit campaigner fears acid attack in UK

Scotland Yard has served eight cease and desist notices to people who had sent Miller threatening messages.

10 Aug 2017 7:16 PM

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the bill approving merger of SBI with associate banks.

Lok Sabha passes bill approving merger of associate banks with SBI

Five associates and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank became part of State Bank of India (SBI) beginning April.

10 Aug 2017 7:15 PM

A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra, Amitav Roy and AM Kanwilkar told senior counsel Indira Jaising, and other counsel appearing for a batch of students that it would be difficult to disturb the admission process particularly when over six lakh students had passed the NEET, out of 11.74 lakh students who appeared for it. (Photo: File/Representational)

SC refuses to set aside 2017 NEET exam, wants uniform question papers from 2018

The bench however, pulled up the CBSE for having different question papers for English, Hindi and regional languages.

10 Aug 2017 6:57 PM

Pilots against DGCA's proposal to extend notice period to 1 year

At present, pilots are required to serve a notice period of six months.

10 Aug 2017 6:52 PM

With this policy, Facebook hopes to let advertisers spend more capital on ad content rather than paying for clicks that don’t matter.

New facebook policy to favour advertisers

The social media giant wants to improve experiences for the businesses and users alike.

10 Aug 2017 6:42 PM

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

New biofuel policy in the works, eyes Rs 1 lakh crore investment

Use of biofuel extracted from non-edible oils will help meet target of reducing imports by 10 per cent by 2022.

10 Aug 2017 6:26 PM

Facial recognition is already present on some flagship smartphones but none of them has the ability to do what this leak claims for the iPhone 8.(Representational image)

You could possibly look at the iPhone 8 for switching it to silent mode

The HomePod firmware has revealed the presence of ‘FaceID’ making the phone go silent.

10 Aug 2017 6:18 PM

The Mi 5X is essentially a Redmi Note 4 with a dual rear camera sensor and was launched last month in China.

India could get the Mi 5X or the Mi 6 handsets from Xiaomi

The latest teaser on Xiaomi India VP’s Twitter page has hinted at a dual camera phone from Xiaomi.

10 Aug 2017 5:45 PM

Vijaypat Singhania, the former owner of Raymond Ltd.

Solve dispute amicably: Bombay HC advise to Singhania father and son

Vijaypat Singhania also alleged in his petition that Gautam was occupying greater area in the JK House.

10 Aug 2017 5:40 PM

The court directed all accused to remain present before it on August 28 for formally framing charges against them. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Cash-for-question scam: 11 ex-MPs framed with graft, criminal conspiracy charges

The prosecution has relied upon CDs/DVDs containing conversation among the accused and others.

10 Aug 2017 5:37 PM

Sleep could help babies learn to talk faster: study

Infants aged six to eight months were able to associate words.

10 Aug 2017 5:29 PM

The implementation of GST and increased surveillance post demonetisation will help increase the tax-GDP ratio to 11.9 per cent by 2019-20, said the government. (Representational Image)

GST, surveillance post note ban to fuel growth of tax-GDP ratio

The government has budgeted for over Rs 19.06 lakh crore from taxes in 2017.

10 Aug 2017 5:11 PM

Experts are worried about these trends (Photo: Pixabay)

Weird trend involves Chinese women making heart shaped breasts

Earlier the A4 size waist challenge and taking pictures with a finger hiding breasts became trends.

10 Aug 2017 5:04 PM

India climbed up by four places to an unprecedented 96th spot, their second-best ranking of all time.

India Football team takes drop in FIFA ranking, slips to 97th spot

The downward movement in the rankings came as India did not play a single international match in last one month.

10 Aug 2017 4:57 PM

Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya.

Panagariya says legacy issues need to be tackled for long-term growth

He said civil services, judiciary, police are all long standing issues which need to be tackled.

10 Aug 2017 4:52 PM

Among living primates, humans are most closely related to the apes, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and gibbons, but little is known about their last common ancestor.(Image: Isaiah Nengo)

Scientists discover 13 million-year-old fossil skull of an infant ape

The fossil skull of the infant ape may reveal how the common ancestor of all living apes and humans looked like.

10 Aug 2017 4:51 PM

Sahara Group founder Subrata Roy. (Photo: PTI)

SC rejects Sahara plea; auction of Rs 39,000-cr Aambey Valley to go on

Subrata Roy's group had approached apex court seeking stay on auction of plump property near Pune.

10 Aug 2017 4:48 PM

Serena, 23-time Grand Slam champion, who was pregnant when she bagged the Australian Open in January, had earlier expressed her strong desire to make a return to tennis next year. (Photo:AP)

`Mother of all comebacks` will be challenging for Serena Williams: Kim Clijsters

Williams will face a difficult path ahead when she attempts to make a return to tennis court after having her first child.

10 Aug 2017 4:47 PM

The airline has a debt burden of more than Rs 50,000 crore.

'Govt will continue to support Air India during stake sale process'

Air India has drawn up a proposal to offer voluntary retirement scheme to around 15,000 employees.

10 Aug 2017 4:45 PM

Under-bust sweat is a problem faced by women everywhere and Erin’s Ta-Ta towel offers a good solution to it (Photo: Ta Ta towel website screengrab)

Woman creates new towel design, ladies love it!

LA resident Erin Robertson's invention has taken fashion market by storm with women tweeting how much they want it.

10 Aug 2017 4:42 PM

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