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United States President Donald Trump just took to Twitter to share his thoughts on cryptocurrency. Trump clearly stated that he did not consider the different type of cryptocurrencies as actual money. He also went on to criticize Bitcoin and Facebook-backed Libra among other cryptocurrencies. Trump also issued a warning...
Vodafone Idea prepaid plan getting extra 400MB data: Here are details
Following Bharti Airtel, now Vodafone Idea has also started offering additional 400MB free daily data on prepaid plans of Rs 399 and Rs 499. What it means is, that the existing plan benefit will add 400MB daily data on both the recharges. The Rs 399 prepaid plan from Vodafone and...
WhatsApp will get Quick Edit Media Shortcut soon on iOS and Android
It looks like WhatsApp developers are currently working on a new feature for iOS and Android platforms. According to a new report, this new feature will allow users to edit media directly in the chat window. This means that users won’t have to dig in the app for options to...
Huawei EMUI 10 with Android Q launch date, features
Amidst everything that happened in last month or so, Huawei software engineers seem to be working overtime. According to a new report, it looks like the company is gearing up for the launch of EMUI 10. For people who may not be aware, EMUI 10 is the next major...
Made in India iPhones expected in August 2019, prices may drop too
Apple will reportedly manufacture some of its iPhones in India and the devices are all set to hit the stores next month. If rumors are to be believed, the iPhone XS and iPhone XR devices will be manufactured by Foxconn in India and the units might hit the shelves...
Realme 3i teaser on Flipkart confirms 6.22-inch display
Realme is set to launch two new smartphones in India next week. The former Oppo sub-brand will launch Realme X alongside Realme 3i on July 15. The Realme 3i will be the third addition to Realme 3 series, which already includes the Realme 3 and Realme 3 Pro. While...
A jail in Kerala is now selling Chicken Biriyani on Swiggy
Seeking to tap the hugely popular online food market, prison authorities in Kerala on Thursday began offering piping hot biriyani prepared by jail inmates. In the first phase, the plan is to sell biriyani combo online, priced at Rs 127. The combo, which was specifically designed for online sale,...
Indian Agriculture To Remain Vulnerable
By Gyan Pathak Three years from now, let us be optimistic to begin with, farmers’ income will be doubled, or else our prime minister will dub us a ‘professional pessimist’. However, the irony is, ever since Modi had announced this flagship programme agriculture sector is suffering steep decline....
NRC Is A Nightmare For Bengalis In Assam
By Barun Das Gupta For the Bengalis in Assam – both Hindu and Muslim – the year 2019 is proving to be a veritable annus horibilis, a terrible year. The final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) is going to be published on July 31. In two...
Climate Change Is A Working-Class And Poor People’s Issue
By Mallika Khanna If you’ve read anything about climate change over the past year, you’ve probably heard about the IPCC report that gives a 12-year deadline for limiting climate change catastrophe. But for many parts of the world, climate change already is a catastrophe. Recently in...
Climate Change Escalates Water War
By Conn Hallinan During the faceoff earlier this year between India and Pakistan over a terrorist attack that killed more than 40 Indian paramilitaries in Kashmir, New Delhi made an existential threat to Islamabad. The weapon was not India’s considerable nuclear arsenal, but one still capable of...
Flipkart, Axis Bank partner to launch co-branded credit card
As online cashless transactions continue to grow, e-commerce giant Flipkart has launched a co-branded credit card in partnership with Axis Bank and Mastercard. It is Flipkart’s first co-branded card. The highlight of this card is that it offers users with a five percent flat discount on purchases made on...
Madhya Pradesh Continues To Remain A ‘BIMARU’ State
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Three developments in Madhya Pradesh have damaged the prestige of the Bhartiya Janata Party. They are: 1. Decision of the state government to place the report of judicial commission headed by Justice (Retd.) N. K. Jain about some alleged malpractices by Kailash Vijayvargiya,...
Tamil Nadu Curbs Right To Strike In Auto Component Industries
By B. Sivaraman If Karnataka, with Bangalore as the IT capital of India, has banned workers’ strikes in IT industry, Tamil Nadu, with Chennai as the ‘Detroit of India’, now bans strikes in auto components industries. These so-called advanced states impose such strike bans by declaring them as...
From Red Cloth To Politics Of Nudge
By Arun Srivastava While presenting her budget in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tried to reason out her move to carry the budget papers in a red cloth. Red cloth otherwise has been pariah for the saffron as it symbolized Marxism for them. But here it was something...
No End In Sight To Kerala’s Budgetary Blues
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It has been an unremitting tale of neglect for Kerala in Union Budget ever since the Modi government came to power. The latest Budget is no exception to the ‘rule’! Kerala, it may be mentioned, had pinned great hopes in the wake of...
Leadership Void Stares Congress In The Face
By Rahil Nora Chopra After the Lok Sabha election, Congress President Rahul Gandhi resigned from the post. But political observers who are watching the Congress closely, are saying that for decades the Congress has not planned for life without the Gandhi-Nehru family. It last happened after the assassination...
Xiaomi Mi A3, Mi A3 Lite to feature Snapdragon 730 and Snapdragon 675?
Xiaomi is widely expected to launch the Mi A3 and Mi A3 Lite smartphones soon, and these will be part of Google’s Android One program. We have heard few rumors about the phones, and the last one from XDA claimed that the new Mi A3 series could be powered...
