The Board of Control for Cricket in India is to conduct bidding for the media rights to the Indian Premier League on Monday. A total of 24 players have picked up tender documents for the auction to the media rights. Companies will be bidding for two major categories -- broadcast and digital (Internet and mobile) rights.
The Supreme Court is to hear the Centre’s petition seeking transfer of various pleas, which challenge validity of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) and are pending in different High Courts, to the Delhi High Court. The government mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and said 21 petitions challenging the validity of the Act are pending in various High Courts across the country.
The Madras High Court said it will take action against “deadly” online games like ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ which claimed one life in Madurai district last month. Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan of the Madurai bench stated this when Krishnamurthy, an advocate, made an appeal to the court to direct the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to ban such games and also sought permission to file a petition. The judges said, “We will take up the case suo motu” and added that hearing would be on September 4.
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is to visit Ahmedabad on Monday. He will address a gathering of party representatives from local bodies such as municipalities, municipal corporations and district and taluka panchayats. Around 25,000 party workers are expected to participate in the programme where the framework of the election campaign for the coming Assembly elections is expected to be discussed.
The 6GB RAM Coolpad Cool Play 6 smartphone launched for the Indian market at Rs 14,999 will be available exclusively on Amazon from September 4. The phone has a metal body and sports a bezel display. It has a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 1080 x 1980 pixels screen resolution. Powered by 1.95GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 processor Cool Play 6 would be the most affordable 6GB RAM smartphone in India. It also has a fingerprint sensor.