When you get your hands on a new Apple iPhone 12 series phone this year, you will notice that the packaging is a bit more compact than usual. This is because the power adapter, a standard accessory so far on millions of phones shipped each year, will not be part …
Read More »RBI expects fiscal year 21 GDP growth to contract 9.5% in the first official estimate; Buyback rate unchanged at 4%
A man checks his phone outside the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Mumbai. (REUTERS / Francis Mascarenhas / Archives) The monetary policy committee (MPC) kept the repurchase rate, its key interest rate, at 4%, while the reverse repurchase rate or the key interest rate remained at …
Read More »Google Pixel 4a will cost Rs 29,999 and will go on sale on October 16
The price announcement you were probably waiting for! The Google Pixel 4a will cost Rs 29,999 in India and will go on sale on October 16 as part of the Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale. This is the special introductory price, Google says, and the phone’s actual tag price is …
Read More »Delays do not hide large fault lines
Google hasn’t had a great time, at least late, with the Indian app developers. And things have been brewing for a while. Perhaps especially in the background, and sometimes on the international stage. But, when Paytm, India’s leading digital payments platform, took on Google last month, things really started to …
Read More »Date Reveal, OnePlus 8T, new Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite and more
Online shopping battles are ready to resume. Amazon and Flipkart have confirmed that the battle lines have been drawn before the festive shopping season. Amazon has just announced the Indian Festival Grand Deal and still says, “coming soon”. Amazon is expected to finalize the dates of the Amazon Great Indian …
Read More »Gherao Smriti Irani Congress Workers in Varanasi after ‘Policy on Rape’ comment against Rahul Gandhi
A congressional activist protests near the vehicle of Union Minister Smriti Irani over the death of a 19-year-old Dalit gang rape victim in UP’s Hathras, during her visit to Varanasi on October 3, 2020 (PTI Photo) . At a press conference, Smriti Irani said that the actions against the rapists …
Read More »New details, OnePlus 8T 5G and more
E-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart have made their intentions very clear as the battle lines have been drawn ahead of the festive shopping season. Amazon has announced the Indian festival’s big deal as the Flipkart Big Billion Days deal, and while they both say sales are “coming soon,” there is …
Read More »Jaswant Singh, Former Union Minister and BJP Leader, Dies at 82; Main tributes of Modi, Rajnath
File photo of former union minister and BJP veteran Jaswant Singh. (PTI) Condoning the death of Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled his service to the nation as a soldier and later as a Union minister. News18.com New Delhi Last update: September 27, 2020 9:25 AM IST FOLLOW US: …
Read More »Terrorism and clandestine nuclear trade is Pakistan’s ‘only supreme glory’ for 70 years, India tells UN
In this photo taken from UNTV video, Mijito Vinito, the first secretary of India’s UN mission to the United Nations, addresses the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2020 , at the UN Headquarters. (UNTV via AP) India’s strong rebuttal at the UN virtual meeting …
Read More »If you are rich enough this is an outright winner
I said it last year and I’ll say it again. The foldable phones we see and use here and now tell us exactly what most smartphones will look like in the future. Not tomorrow. Not this year. Maybe not even next year. But in a few years, remember my words, …
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