Technology, Mobiles tabs, 7th Dec 2017, News & Stories from India

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Technology Mobiles & Tabs 07 Dec 2017

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Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar has directed all accused, including former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, to remain present in court on the date of judgement. (Photo: PTI/File)

Coal scam: Special court to pronounce verdict on Dec 13 against ex-Jharkhand CM, others

According to CBI, Koda, Basu and two accused public servants conspired to favour VISUL in the coal block allocation.

07 Dec 2017 10:51 AM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

Govt committed to protecting rights of depositors: Jaitley

Bill provides for establishment of a resolution corporation with powers relating to transfer of assets to a healthy financial firm.

07 Dec 2017 10:49 AM

RBI had in December last year capped the MDR charges at 0.25 per cent for transactions up to Rs 1,000.

RBI rationalises charges on debit card transactions

MDR is the rate charged to a merchant by a bank for providing debit and credit card services.

07 Dec 2017 10:40 AM

The Prime Minister will connect with the party workers on their mobile phones through the "audio bridge" technology and directly interact with the divisional heads of the party's SC and ST units in the state. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Gujarat polls: Modi to conclude campaign by addressing SC, ST members of BJP

The 182-member Gujarat Assembly will go to the polls in two phases – on December 9 and 14 – and votes will be counted on December 18.

07 Dec 2017 10:38 AM

An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an 87-year-old man in outer Delhi's Narela. (Photo: Representational | File)

Delhi: 87-yr-old man rapes minor, arrested

On December 4, he lured the girl, who was playing outside, to his makeshift barn in Rohini.

07 Dec 2017 10:28 AM

EPFO has made it easy with this facility with an objective of having 'one employee, one EPF account'.

Merge 10 old EPF accounts at one go with EPFO's new service

Currently EPFO subscribers are required to file separate transfer claims online using UAN on EPFO's UAN portal.

07 Dec 2017 10:27 AM

Aamir's Dangal declared Best Asian Film at AACTA, beats Big B's Pink

The Nitesh Tiwari-directorial was unanimously selected at the seventh Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.

07 Dec 2017 10:24 AM

NSE Nifty recovered by 49.25 points or 0.49 per cent to 10,093.35.

Sensex rebounds 149 points in early trade

All sectoral indices led by capital goods, power, oil and gas and PSU were trading in green with gains of up to 1.20 per cent.

07 Dec 2017 10:14 AM

Housing prices will not be affected by the unchanged monetary policy. (Photo: AP)

A policy rate cut could have spurred housing market: Industry

Developers are optimistic that there is still room for banks to bring down the rate on home loans.

07 Dec 2017 10:09 AM

An illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near active black hole. (Photo: NASA)

Farthest ever super big black hole from early universe found

The black hole lies in a quasar dating to 690 million years of the Big Bang meaning the light from it has been travelling for 13 bn years.

07 Dec 2017 10:06 AM

Researchers used the Synchrotron to create three-dimensional images of the fossil, which showed the creature was indeed a single animal and not a concoction built up from several sources. Photo:AP/Lukas Panzarin

A dinosaur that looks like an odd mix of duck, croc, ostrich and swan discovered

The tiny creature, only about 18 inches (45 centimeters) tall, roamed 75 million years ago in what is now Mongolia.

07 Dec 2017 9:52 AM

Xiaomi a will ramp up the number of exclusive stores and other retail sale centres in different cities of the country in the coming days.

Xiaomi to focus on offline sales to boost India business

Currently, online sales account for 80 per cent of the company's mobile phone business.

07 Dec 2017 9:52 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Is your skin a slave to pollution?

Our skin is exposed to smog, dust, and much more that can damage it on a daily basis.

07 Dec 2017 9:50 AM

Dealers said apart from increased demand for the dollar form importers and banks. (Photo: PTI)

Rupee down 5 paise, stronger equities contain fall

Rupee is trading at 64.57 against dollar at interbank foreign exchange due to higher demand for American currency.

07 Dec 2017 9:43 AM

The skeleton, dubbed Little Foot, was discovered in the Sterkfontein caves, about 40 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg when small foot bones were found in rock blasted by miners. Photo:AP

Rare human ancestor skeleton from 3.6 million years ago found

The researchers say it has taken 20 years to excavate, clean, reconstruct and analyse the fragile skeleton.

07 Dec 2017 9:30 AM

Smartphone apps may not be accurate at tracking your physical activity: Study

Despite the findings, researcher also say people should not be discouraged from using health apps for motivation.

07 Dec 2017 9:29 AM

County will not pay the $23,000 demanded by the hacker believed to be in Ukraine or Iran.

Ransomware slows a US state county government to a crawl

Jail staff processed inmates by hand, the tax office turned away electronic payments and building code inspectors switched to paper records.

07 Dec 2017 9:21 AM

Combination of breast milk, probiotics cuts cancer risk in babies

Researchers now want to study how the combination of breast milk and probiotics affects the gut health of premature babies.

07 Dec 2017 9:09 AM

First look of Ranveer as cop in Simmba revealed; Karan, Rohit to collaborate on film

Karan and Ranveer shared the poster on Twitter, also revealing the release date, 28 December, 2018.

07 Dec 2017 9:04 AM

This innovative approach may detect symptoms of heart disease in elderly

Here's how.

07 Dec 2017 9:01 AM

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