Hollywood celebs join Instagram \'freeze\' to protest Facebook inaction over \'hateful\, false\' content

Hollywood celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction over 'hateful, false' content

They were among the high profile names lending their backing to the '#StopHateforProfit' movement's latest campaign.

Published: 16th September 2020 08:04 PM  |   Last Updated: 16th September 2020 08:04 PM   |  A+A-

(From left) Kim Kardashian West, Leonardo DiCaprio and Katy Perry

(From left) Kim Kardashian West, Leonardo DiCaprio and Katy Perry (File photos| AP)

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LONDON: Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio are among celebrities taking part in a 24-hour Instagram "freeze" on Wednesday to protest against what they say is parent company Facebook's failure to tackle violent and hateful content and election misinformation.

They were among the high profile names lending their backing to the "#StopHateforProfit" movement's latest campaign. The movement asks people to put up a message highlighting what they called the damage Facebook does but otherwise refrain from posting on Instagram for a day.

"I can't sit by and stay silent while these platforms continue to allow the spreading of hate, propaganda and misinformation - created by groups to sow division and split America apart - only to take steps after people are killed," Kardashian West posted on her Instagram account on Tuesday.

They were among the high profile names lending their backing to the '#StopHateforProfit' movement's latest campaign.

Facebook declined to comment but pointed to recent announcements about what it's doing to limit the reach on its platform of groups that support violence and its efforts to protect the US election in November.

With 188 million followers, Kardashian West is one of the most influential people on Instagram and support from her and other big names for the boycott saw Facebook shares slide in aftermarket trading late Tuesday. They were down 1.3 per cent ahead of the market open on Wednesday.

The organisers behind "#StopHateforProfit", including civil rights groups such as the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and Color Of Change, had previously led a campaign that got hundreds of companies and groups to join a Facebook advertising boycott in July.

Ashton Kutcher, Mark Ruffalo, Kerry Washington, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Foxx and Sacha Baron Cohen were among at least two dozen other Hollywood stars supporting the campaign, the organizers said.

DiCaprio said he was standing with the civil rights groups to call "on all users of Instagram and Facebook to protest the amplification of hate, racism, and the undermining of democracy on those platforms". Social media companies, led by Facebook, are facing a reckoning over what critics call indefensible excuses for amplifying divisions, hate and misinformation on their platforms.

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Snowflake IPO Raises $3.36 Billion in Year's Biggest US Listing

Snowflake’s IPO was priced at $120 (roughly Rs. 8,830) per share.

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California-based Snowflake said it was aiming to sell 28 million shares at $100 to $110 per share

Highlights
  • Snowflake's IPO eclipses that of Royalty Pharma
  • Snowflake confidentially filed to go public earlier this year
  • Sequoia owned an 8.4 percent stake in the company before the offering

Snowflake said late on Tuesday that its initial public offering raised $3.36 billion (roughly Rs. 24,711 crores) after it was priced above the target range in the biggest US listing so far this year.

The IPO, which was priced at $120 (roughly Rs. 8,830) per share, values the cloud-based data warehouse firm at north of $30 billion (roughly Rs. 2,20,606 crores).

San Mateo, California-based Snowflake said on Monday it was aiming to sell 28 million shares at $100 (roughly Rs. 7,350) to $110 (rouhgly Rs. 8,090) per share after its expected pricing was raised from a range of $75 (roughly Rs. 5,520) to $85 (roughly Rs. 6,250) per share last week.

Snowflake's IPO eclipses that of Royalty Pharma, which so far was the biggest IPO of 2020, and underscores the recent rebound in the US market for new stocks after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted several companies to put IPO plans on hold.

Snowflake confidentially filed to go public earlier this year, shortly after its last funding in February that valued it at over $12 billion (roughly Rs. 88,246 crores). Venture capital firm Sequoia owned an 8.4 percent stake in the company before the offering.

Snowflake's revenue jumped 173.9 percent to $264.7 million (roughly Rs. 1,946 crores) for the full year ended January 31, though its net loss nearly doubled to $348.54 million (roughly Rs. 2,563 crores).

The company's shares are set to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday under the ticker "SNOW," and the offering is expected to close on September 18.

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Allen & Co and Citigroup are the lead underwriters for the offering.

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HIFIMAN TWS600 Review
HIFIMAN TWS600 Review

HIFIMAN TWS600 Review

Dhriti Datta   |  14 Feb 2020
DIGIT RATING
73 /100
  • design

    69

  • performance

    77

  • value for money

    69

  • features

    76

  • PROS
  • Detailed mids and highs
  • Comfortable and secure fit
  • Expansive soundstage
  • CONS
  • Underwhelming bass response
  • On-ear controls cause discomfort when pushed
  • Pretty pricey

Verdict

The HIFIMAN TWS600 is a competent audiophile-grade true wireless pair of earphones that boast sonic accuracy and an uncommon A-shaped sound signature. It also features an alleged wireless range of 150m in an open space and over 38 hours of battery life along with the charging case. Although they aren’t the most aesthetic or premium-looking pair of earphones, the HIFIMAN TWS600 sports a snug fit inside the ear. They are comfortable to wear over extended periods of usage without feeling overly fatigued. Overall, these earphones are geared towards audiophiles, individuals who prefer a more bass-forward approach might be slightly disappointed with these. 

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HIFIMAN TWS600 detailed review

HIFIMAN, a Chinese headphone and audio equipment manufacturer, cemented its status as a brand catering to audiophiles with products such as the HIFIMAN Sundara, and their flagship, Shangri-La, which is priced at a whopping Rs 35,99,900. Known for delivering some of the best planar magnetic tech in headphones, the company has garnered a fair bit of attention from audiophiles. While the company largely specialises in wired, high-end headphones, they have also begun testing the waters when it comes to wireless in-ears. The HIFIMAN TWS600 is a high fidelity true wireless offering from the company. These feature the company’s proprietary Topology Diaphragm drivers which promise sonic accuracy despite being wireless. Let’s see how they fared.

Build and design

Putting it mildly, the HIFIMAN TWS600 earphones have an odd design characteristic. While most manufacturers are attempting to make their true wireless offerings look sleek and streamlined, the HIFIMAN TWS600 looks excessively “bulge-y”. The charging case resembles an elongated egg, sports a metallic grey sheen and the HIFIMAN logo, while the earphones themselves are shaped like kidney beans with odd bulging protrusions. 

The protrusion we mentioned actually leads to the earbuds’ angled nozzles. The purpose for the, frankly, ugly protrusion could be the way the patented Topology Diaphragm drivers are placed inside the earphones and their dimensions. However, this is just speculation. In addition to the bulge, the outer portion of the earphones houses the physical buttons. There are transparent patterns around the buttons which allow the LEDs inside the earbuds to shine through. There are also tiny HIFIMAN logos on the side of the earphones.

Coming back to the charging case, upon opening it, you will discover a battery indicator with four LEDs that relay the amount of battery life the case has remaining. The LED on the earphones also glows, quite brightly, when they are tucked within the case to signify that they’re charging. The case houses a USB Type-C charging port on the rear, towards the right side. 

Design aside, the charging case refuses to open up using only one hand, at least for us. The best way to do it is by prying it apart using two thumbs, however, it still takes some force. It is relatively pocketable but will bulge out considerably if your pants are form-fitting. 

The HIFIMAN TWS600 also comes with a USB Type-C charging cable and not 2 or 3, but 8 additional pairs of silicone tips including double-flanged, triple-flanged, wide-bore and more options. The result? The earphones fit inside most ears extremely securely and feel comfortable to wear even over extended periods of usage. 

Unfortunately, the control buttons on these earphones were a major pain point for us. Literally, painful… Since the buttons are relatively small in size and quite hard to press, they cause the earbuds to dig further into your ear when you press them. We found that using multiple fingers to secure the earbud’s position and then pressing the button was slightly more comfortable. 

You can control music playback (pause/play) and answer/reject calls by tapping the button on either side once. A double-tap on the right increases the volume while double-tapping the left decreases it. Triple taps help you seek tracks, with the right going forward a song while the left taking you to the previous one. Holding either button down for two seconds summons your phone’s voice assistant. Not really standard controls, but they work for the most part.

Overall, the HIFIMAN TWS600 is quite unusual-looking, especially the earphones themselves with the unsightly bulges. The comfort and fit, nevertheless, is phenomenal. Unfortunately, the comfortable fit was counteracted with some discomfort due to the physical controls and their tendency to make you push the earphones deep inside your ears. 

Features


Source: HIFIMAN website

HIFIMAN claims that the TWS600 has an absurdly-long Bluetooth range of up to 490 feet (150m)! Sporting Bluetooth v5.0, the box, however, makes a more conservative claim of 10m - 50m (33 feet - 164 feet) Bluetooth range. On the website, HIFIMAN claims to have achieved the astounding 150m of Bluetooth range in an open field. While we couldn’t test the lofty claims of 150m (finding 490 feet of open area in Mumbai is a chore, guys), we did manage to achieve around 80 feet in a large parking area without any lags in the connection. However, put a few barriers between this and you’ll start to hear drops and skips. 

Additionally, the HIFIMAN TWS600 also features a total battery life of 38.5 hours. According to the company, you get about 5.5 hours in the buds and 33 hours through the charging case. In our tests, the buds lasted about 6 hours with the volume at 40 per cent (these earphones are inordinately loud!) and the case lasted well over a week’s worth of usage as well, which is pretty impressive. The charging time is fairly brief as well, with the buds needing about an hour to charge fully, while the case charges up to full in 1.5 hours. 

Despite being audiophile-grade earphones, the HIFIMAN TWS600 only supports SBC and AAC audio codecs. Unfortunately, there’s no aptX support. The company claims that the earphones are tuned in a manner to ensure low latency, and their claims were proven right in our tests. While watching content on YouTube, Netflix and Prime Video, there was a very negligible delay between the video and audio. It was almost unnoticeable.

The earphones sport an IPX4 dust and sweat resistant rating as well. So, they are well equipped to deal with light splashes and sweat when you’re exercising. However, it is not safe to go swimming with.

Performance

The sound signature of the HIFIMAN TWS600 is peculiar in comparison to most other competing products in the true wireless segment. It features an ‘A-shaped’ sound graph, with a higher emphasis on the mids and upper mids that makes the lows and highs sound recessed in comparison. However, the lows and bass response seems a tad more recessed than the highs. 

The bass response on these earphones, while controlled and detailed, ends up sounding quite lethargic since it lacks drive. It takes a backseat to the mids and upper-mids. In the track Around the World by Kings of Leon, the shakers in the background sound listless since the mid-range guitar simply overpowers them. 

The vocals are clear and well-articulated as seen in tracks such as Rescue Me by OneRepublic. Female vocals can sometimes have a bit of sibilance, but only if you push the volume past 50 per cent. The earphones get extremely loud, so it’s best to listen to these earphones at the 40 - 50 per cent volume range. The highs, while slightly overpowered by the impactful mids, sound sonically accurate. They also have a shine and brilliance to them all without sounding too fatiguing. Whether this is the result of HIFIMAN’s unique tuning or their Topology Diaphragm tech or both, we can’t judge. 

HIFIMAN has done a great job making a mids and upper-mids focused sound signature sound almost flat. The detail retention across frequencies is extremely commendable. However, the bass could have been slightly boosted to make it energetic.

The soundstage is where these earphones blow past most of their competitors. It is ridiculously expansive, featuring impressive width, and even some height. The music fills inside your head and appears to extend beyond it, which is something you usually see in open-back headphones. Given that these are closed-back, in-ears, the soundstage is truly remarkable. The only other true wireless pair of earphones that comes close to this is the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless. 

Imaging is excellent as well with each instrument being easily placeable in the soundscape and instrument separation is quite decent too, which instances of overlap being uncommon. Call quality is pretty decent. On both ends, the quality is manageable. In our microphone test, the live transcribing app was able to pick up most of the words we spoke accurately as well.

Overall, the HIFIMAN TWS600 true wireless earphones offer a largely atypical sound profile. However, it manages to retain details across frequencies. The bass lacks drive but still sounds very intricate and precise. In addition to maintaining clarity and detail across frequencies, it manages to sound pretty euphonic as well. Except for maybe the highs on loud volume levels which tends to sound a bit too bright.

Bottomline

The HIFIMAN TWS600 is a competent audiophile-grade true wireless pair of earphones that boast sonic accuracy and an uncommon A-shaped sound signature. It also features an alleged wireless range of 150m in an open space and over 38 hours of battery life along with the charging case. Although they aren’t the most aesthetic or premium-looking pair of earphones, the HIFIMAN TWS600 sports a snug fit inside the ear. They are comfortable to wear over extended periods of usage without feeling overly fatigued. Overall, these earphones are geared towards audiophiles, individuals who prefer a more bass-forward approach might be slightly disappointed with these. 

HIFIMAN TWS600 Key Specs, Price and Launch Date

Release Date: 30 Oct 2019
Variant: None
Market Status: Launched

Key Specs

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    NA
  • Frequency Range Frequency Range
    NA
  • Channels Channels
    NA
  • Dimensions Dimensions
    NA

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300,000 Pounds Suspect Cash Seized From Indian-Origin Couple's UK Home

300,000 Pounds Suspect Cash Seized From Indian-Origin Couple's UK Home

Searches of a house belonging to husband-wife Sailesh and Harkit Singara in Edgware, north west London, revealed a total of more than 200,000 pounds, with around half of the money neatly stacked on a bed

300,000 Pounds Suspect Cash Seized From Indian-Origin Couple's UK Home

Crime prevention officials in UK recovered over 300,000 pounds in cash from an Indian-origin couple.

London:

Crime prevention officials and police in the UK have recovered over 300,000 pounds in cash suspected of being the proceeds of crime from an Indian-origin couple.

Searches of a house belonging to husband-wife Sailesh and Harkit Singara in Edgware, north west London, revealed a total of more than 200,000 pounds, with around half of the money neatly stacked on a bed. Another 100,000 pounds was discovered in a suitcase on the floor, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

"Some Money Service Businesses (MSBs) continue to pose a risk to the UK by facilitating the movement of illicit cash. The NECC and its partners have developed an increased understanding of this threat, which is enabling more effective action against suspicious MSBs while supporting legitimate businesses," said Rachael Herbert, Head of Threat Response at the NCA.

Nearby, officers found a further 100,000 pounds in a bag which was in the possession of Sailesh Mandalia, a business associate of Singara.

Believing the money to be the proceeds of crime, Metropolitan Police Organised Crime Partnership (OCP) investigators applied for a forfeiture order - a civil process in the UK intended to recover illicit cash where there has been no proven criminal offence.

In October 2019, the order was granted at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, along with instructions that the three respondents pay costs of a combined 1,895 pounds.

However, Mandalia and the Singaras had appealed against the forfeiture.

All the accused, who collectively own two money service businesses, asserted that the cash was intended for legitimate business accounts, and that poor accounting over several years was responsible for any confusion.

But on September 10, a judge at Southwark Crown Court dismissed their appeal, ensuring the full sum can be recovered by the NCA.

Detective Chief Inspector Tony O'Sullivan, Head of the Met Police OCP, said: "While the three individuals are not accused, and have not been convicted, of any crime in relation to these events, the 300,000 pounds recovered will now go into the public purse where it can positively impact on communities.

"Money is at the heart of organised crime, and it is vital that those in possession of huge sums of cash can account for it legitimately. We at the OCP continue to tackle the criminality that generates illicit cash in London and beyond," he said.

The court additionally instructed the three respondents to pay costs of a combined 4,350 pounds. 

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Apple Debuts Discount Watch, But No New IPhones ... Yet
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Apple Debuts Discount Watch, But No New IPhones ... Yet

In this still image provided by Apple from the keynote video of a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, Calif., Laura Legros, Apple's vice president of hardware engineering, unveils the all-new iPad Air on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Apple took the wraps off a new discount watch in addition to a new high-end model, a next-generation iPad and a couple new subscription services during a virtual event held Tuesday while the company puts the finishing touches on its next line-up of iPhones, its most popular and profitable device. (Apple via AP)

In this still image provided by Apple from the keynote video of a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, Calif., Laura Legros, Apple's vice president of hardware engineering, unveils the all-new iPad Air on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Apple took the wraps off a new discount watch in addition to a new high-end model, a next-generation iPad and a couple new subscription services during a virtual event held Tuesday while the company puts the finishing touches on its next line-up of iPhones, its most popular and profitable device. (Apple via AP)

Apple introduced a cheaper version of its smartwatch, its latest attempt to broaden the appeal of its trendsetting products while many consumers are forced to scrimp during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 1:00 AM IST

SAN RAMON, Calif.: Apple introduced a cheaper version of its smartwatch, its latest attempt to broaden the appeal of its trend-setting products while many consumers are forced to scrimp during the coronavirus pandemic.

The scaled-down Apple Watch follows on the heels of a budget iPhone the company released five months ago as the economy cratered and unemployment rates rose above the levels reached during the Great Recession more than a decade ago.

Apple also took the wraps off a new high-end watch model, a next-generation iPad and a couple of new subscription services during a virtual event held Tuesday. The company normally also rolls out its new iPhones at this time of year, but production problems caused by the pandemic have delayed their release until at least October.

CEO Tim Cook didnt mention iPhones during Tuesdays one-hour presentation recorded at the company’s massive, but now mostly empty, headquarters in Cupertino, California.

The Apple Watch has never come close to rivaling the iPhone’s popularity, but it does dominate the market for smartwatches. Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley estimates about 51 million Apple Watches will be sold this year, a 5% increase from last year. The research firm GlobalData pegs Apple’s share of the $64 billion smartwatch market at roughly 60%.

The new discount model, called the Apple Watch SE, will sell for $279 and be available beginning Friday. The price is a markdown from the $399 that Apple is asking for the next version of its higher end watch, the Series 6. Apple watches have been selling for an average of $377, based on Walkleys calculations.

Apple added more features to help the watch monitor its owners health, including a sensor that can read blood oxygen levels. The feature, specific to the Series 6, could be timely, given that COVID-19 frequently attacks the lungs.

Apple also announced a new fitness subscription service tailored for its watches for $10 per month, as well as a new option that will bundle its existing music, video, news and gaming services into a package that will cost $15 to $30 per month.

Tens of millions of people already subscribe to Apple’s various services, helping the company double its revenue during the past four years within a division that creates products for the more than 1 billion iPhones, iPads, watches and other devices that the people already use.

The services division also includes Apples app store, which is under regulatory scrutiny for charging a commission of up to 30% for products sold through other companies who have no other option but to use the store to reach the mostly affluent consumers who buy iPhone products.

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Blackberry Passport Review

Blackberry Passport Review

By Nikhil Pradhan | Updated May 22 2019
Blackberry Passport Review
DIGIT RATING
69 /100
  • design

    59

  • performance

    81

  • value for money

    60

  • features

    84

User Rating : 3/5 Out of 1 Reviews
  • PROS
  • Top end specs
  • Solid build quality
  • Good real world performance
  • Very powerful battery
  • Great call quality
  • CONS
  • Shape & size make it an ergonomic nightmare
  • Keyboard is uncomfortable to use
  • Uncommon screen aspect ratio
  • Heats up during gaming

Verdict

The Blackberry Passport has great specs, a display of fantastic quality and solid build quality but it feels like a novelty device and not one for mainstream consumption. The Passport is uncomfortable to use and not meant for anyone apart from hardcore Blackberry fans.

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It will be very difficult to find someone who’s envious of Blackberry’s current state in the market. The former mobility giant is a shadow of its former self and has seen its market share erode almost continuously since the advent of touchscreen smartphones. However, one thing you can’t blame Blackberry of being is complacent. The Canadian phone manufacturer has constantly tried to innovate and experiment with device types, form factors and operating systems that try their very best to marry the best of the productivity world with the touchscreen world.


The Blackberry Passport is emblematic of the ‘new’ Blackberry’s strategy to pivot back to focusing on productivity users and to be ‘unconventional’ and ‘disruptive’. The Passport ignores what is now considered standard for smartphones- a candy bar design, a large 16:9 screen and no physical keyboard. As a result, the Passport is unlike any smartphone in the market both in terms of looks and usability.

Let’s see if the changes make sense.

The Design and Build

In an ocean of similar looking touchscreen smartphones, the Blackberry Passport stands out. As is evident from its photos, the Passport is not shaped like a candy bar but instead is almost a perfect square and emulates a real-world Passport. Blackberry’s explanation for this unorthodox design is that most business users are happy placing their phones and passports in their front jacket/blazer/coat pocket, so the Passport is perfectly suited for that. On that count, Blackberry is correct. The Passport fits snugly in the front pocket of both my jacket and shirt. The fit is very snug and there’s no way you’ll be able to ignore the phone as it sits against your chest but at least it’s comfortable. That comfort level drops when you put the Passport in your pants pocket, especially if you’re wearing trousers or jeans that themselves are a little tight.

The Passport is not slim and measures 9.3 mm in thickness which would be manageable if it wasn’t such a broad phone to begin with (3.56 inches across). In comparison, the Sony Xperia Z3 is 7.3 mm thick and 2.83 inches wide, the massive Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is 8.5 mm thick and 3.09 inches wide while the iPhone 6 Plus is a mere 7.1 mm thick and just over 3-inches wide. As a result, the Passport immediately culls a large portion of the prospective buyers market. While older Blackberry smartphones, still meant for business users, didn’t outright turn off non-business users, the Passport appears like it was built with the express intent to do so. The Passport also tilts the scales at 196 grams which is on the higher side when compared to modern high-end smartphones.

On the other hand, as we’ve come to expect from Blackberry, the Passport’s build quality is uniformly excellent. The smartphone is very solid and the materials used in its construction are very premium. The front of the phone is encased in glass and the bottom 1/4th has the plastic keyboard (which I’ll talk about below). The sides sport solid metal bands while the back is made up of a soft touch rubberized material with a matte finish.

Overall, the Passport is a very well built device but in terms of aesthetics, it will please only a few.

The Keyboard

What is a Blackberry phone without a keyboard? In the smartphone world that almost qualifies as a theological question and the Passport reaffirms Blackberry’s belief in the physical keyboard. The Passport’s three row keyboard, not exactly a classic smartphone keyboard, is very wide and doesn’t have any keys for numbers or symbols. For those keys, the Blackberry exploits its 4.5-in touchscreen to add virtual rows. This immediately becomes a problem especially if you’re used to typing at hypersonic speeds on a Blackberry keyboard because moving between virtual keys and physical ones is not a seamless affair and hampers speed. Also, I felt that the vertical space occupied by the physical keyboard was too little to afford typing comfortably. Whenever I used the Passport’s keyboard, my fingers felt too cramped and I ended up missing a taller touchscreen keyboard. To type comfortably, the Passport forces you to hold it closer to the bottom edge than near the middle which again does not let you do things quickly if you want to use the touchscreen.

The Passport’s keyboard is unique in the sense that it recognizes gestures. You can scroll through pages by swiping up or down on the keyboard, you can close any app by swiping up from the keyboard to the touchscreen and you can also select any word that the phone’s auto-correct dictionary suggests by swiping up on the keyboard under the word. However, chances are that the only reason you will use the gestures on the keyboard is because it’s a hassle to shift your grip to make the touchscreen accessible, and not because the keyboard gestures actually improve usability.

I realise that usability is a highly subjective matter and that others may have a different experience with the way Passport has been designed and can be used. However, in my opinion, ergonomics on the Passport is a big miss and the device does not make it comfortable for me to use either the touchscreen or the physical keyboard. I shudder to think how uncomfortable the phone will be for users with smaller hands than mine.

The Screen

Moving on to sunnier climes, the Passport’s 4.5-inch IPS display is very sharp and boasts of a resolution of 1440 x 1440 pixels and pixel density of 453 ppi. The display has excellent viewing angles and accurate colour reproduction. Outdoor visibility is also very good and at full brightness you will have no problems using the phone under bright sunlight. The sharpness also means that the Passport excels (no pun intended) at reproducing spreadsheets and word documents.

Unfortunately, the Passport’s unorthodox form factor again attempts to play spoilsport here. The screen’s 1:1 aspect ratio (something we saw in Blackberry’s Q5 and Q10 as well) means that black bars take up real estate when playing videos. This is particularly frustrating in the case of HD or full HD videos, both of which are in 16:9 aspect ratio. If you like watching videos and movies on your phone, you will feel disappointed by the fact that you can’t make optimal use of the Passport’s hi-res display.

Overall, the Passport’s screen is ideal for working on office docs and spreadsheets or browsing the Web but not so much for watching videos.

The Software

The Passport runs on Blackberry 10.3 OS which brings in some changes to BB10 but nothing that can be categorized as revolutionary. BB 10.3 still uses a combination of swipes and gestures to navigate the interface and includes the very useful Blackberry Hub, which is a central repository of all ‘communication’ on your phone including messages, social media updates, chats and emails. To get a better idea of how BB10 works, head on over to my Blackberry Z30 review.

 


The Blackberry Hub

 

 

With BB 10.3, BB OS is now able to run Android 4.3 apps. The Amazon App Store comes pre-installed and you can also install some third party app stores like SlideME or AppBrain to get access to a larger collection of Android apps. While it’s great that you can install apps from both the Blackberry World App Store and Android stores, you should keep in mind that the Passport doesn’t get access to all Android apps. Popular games like Dead Trigger 2 are unavailable on the Passport. However, not finding a popular app to download is relatively rare and even if you don’t, there are quality alternatives available.

BB OS 10.3 also comes with some UI tweaks including the ability to pull down the quick settings menu from any screen (swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers) and the presence of a permanent homescreen, which is essentially the multitasking window. The entire interface also features a flatter design which is in line with modern UI design principles.

Then there’s Blackberry Blend, a feature that lets you work on and access documents, emails, messages, notes and calendar entries synced to your Blackberry account on your PC. Once you install Blend on your PC you can reply to emails or continue drafting one from your phone on your PC and you will also get notifications on your PC. Blend is a handy feature especially if you get a lot of emails and don’t want to constantly check your phone. The Passport also comes pre-installed with the Docs to Go app.


Blackberry Blend

The Performance

Although the Passport can run Android benchmarks, the fact that it runs them in a runtime environment means that the numbers don’t really represent accurate performance. However, just for comparison sake, take a look below at how the Passport did in some standard Android benchmarks:

 

 

In terms of real world performance, the Passport gave me nothing to complain about. Performance was smooth and lag-free and apps opened quickly. Browsing was also a good experience thanks to both the phone’s speed and the sharp screen.

Gaming on the Passport is a less than ideal experience mainly because of the display’s unorthodox aspect ratio. As a result, I saw parts of a game’s HUD getting cut off, or the entire game being stretched to fit the screen. Also, there was a clear performance difference between games downloaded from the Blackberry App World store and the Android games. Finally, the metal elements on the Passport (the sides, the BB logo at the back) heat up substantially after only a few minutes of gaming which is alarming.

Call quality on the Passport is undeniably fantastic. Voices during a call sounded crisp and clear without any static or echoing. The loudspeaker lives up to its name and delivers good volume without distortion.

The Passport has one of the most powerful batteries we’ve seen in a smartphone. In our test we played a full HD video on the phone with Wi-Fi on and brightness at max and the battery just dropped by 6% in an hour. This means that the phone will easily last more than a day of normal use on a single charge, which is exceptional.

The Passport is great at playing both music and video. Audio playback over earphones and the loudspeaker was very good and the quality was at par with any top of the line smartphone. Video playback was also really good and the Passport played all our 1080p and 720p test videos including popular formats such as MP4 and MKV. Of course, the 1:1 aspect ratio means that almost any new movie or TV show or Internet video will run with big black bars running on both the top and bottom of the screen.

The Camera

The Passport entered our labs with a reputation as the best Blackberry with respect to camera quality. I’m happy to report that the Passport lived up to the reputation. Unfortunately, since Blackberry phones haven’t exactly set the world on fire in the past with their imaging prowess, the Passport doesn’t need to do all that much to jump to top of the pile.

 

 

The Passport’s 13MP camera is good at shooting photos under good light both indoors and outdoors and the photos have decent sharpness and good colour levels. However, even under good lighting, the resulting photos have more than average noise. The Passport’s camera takes a good amount of time to focus as well and when shooting photos under poor light it was just unable to hold proper focus. The photos also showed overexposure issues especially in the white areas in scenes.


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Videos shot with the Passport also exhibited the overexposure issues but on the whole, the videos looked good. The ‘Continuous Focus’ mode worked well and the sound recording was also up to the mark.

So, the Passport may be the best Blackberry yet for shooting photos but if you look at the universe outside Blackberry smartphones, it doesn’t really stand out.

The Bottomline

The Blackberry Passport has great specs, a display of fantastic quality and solid build quality but it feels like a novelty device and not one for mainstream consumption. The Passport’s design and size puts it alongside the many ‘Porsche’ branded smartphones or those made by Vertu as a device that’s too caught up with its own ‘uniqueness’ to actually want to please mainstream users.

It’s clear that Blackberry wants business users to buy the Passport but gone are the days when phone manufacturers could put consumers into neat little buckets like that. Chances are even if you like to wear a suit to work, you will change into more comfortable clothing at the end of the day but the Passport is a device that’s not made to follow your example. Instead it feels like it wants to only cater to you for only half of the day and in this day and age, and for a price of Rs. 49,990, that’s simply not enough.

Blackberry Passport Key Specs, Price and Launch Date

Price:
Release Date: 06 Oct 2014
Variant: 32GB
Market Status: Launched

Key Specs

  • Screen Size Screen Size
    4.5" (1440 x 1440)
  • Camera Camera
    13 | 2 MP
  • Memory Memory
    32 GB/3 GB
  • Battery Battery
    3450 mAh

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Air quality in five major cities in Oregon was the worst on record as the state continues to be blanketed by thick smoke from wildfires ravaging nearly 5 million acres in the U.S. West, environmental officials in the heavily forested state said.

  • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 8:15 AM IST

SACRAMENTO, Calif./WASHINGTON, D.C.: Air quality in five major cities in Oregon was the worst on record as the state continues to be blanketed by thick smoke from wildfires ravaging nearly 5 million acres in the U.S. West, environmental officials in the heavily forested state said.

The fires have generated so much smoke that along with hazardous air from California to Washington state, skies above the U.S. capital have also taken on a hazy din, thanks in part to smoke wafting thousands of miles from the West Coast.

The unprecedented wildfires – burning across a total of some 4.5 million acres (1.8 million hectares) as of Tuesday – have burned through towns in Oregon while also devouring forests in California, Washington and Idaho. The resulting blanket of ash and smoke has made the region’s air quality among the worst in the world.

Hardest hit is Oregon, where tiny bits of smoke and ash known as particulates have reached the highest levels on record in Portland, Eugene, Bend, Medford and Klamath Falls, the state’s Department of Environmental Quality said on Tuesday.

Air this week in all five cities was rated “hazardous” according to air quality standards, and in Bend, the air quality index topped 500, exceeding the air quality scale altogether, the department said.

Satellite images show that some of the smoke from the fires, traveling on the jet stream at high altitude, has wafted east as far as New York and Washington, D.C., according to the National Weather Service.

That smoke is not necessarily reducing the air quality near the ground, though.

John Simko, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that generally, such particles are carried high on the wind and may not come close enough to earth to impact air quality.

He did not address air quality in a specific region of the country. But on Tuesday, measures of fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5, in New York and Washington, D.C., were within a range considered safe by U.S. standards.

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Only a handful of families have moved into Chengdu's Qiyi City Forest Garden because of an infestation of mosquitoes, state media have reported.

Drone photos show an aerial view of Qiyi City Forest Garden residential buildings complex in Chengdu, China

Drone photos show an aerial view of Qiyi City Forest Garden residential buildings complex in Chengdu, China

The project in the southwestern city was built in 2018, with every private balcony designed to provide space for plants to grow

The project in the southwestern city was built in 2018, with every private balcony designed to provide space for plants to grow

A photo from the beginning of August shows residents looking on from a balcony covered with plants in their apartment

A photo from the beginning of August shows residents looking on from a balcony covered with plants in their apartment

All 826 apartments were sold out by April this year, according to the project's estate agent, but instead of a modern eco-paradise, the towers look like the set of a desolate, post-apocalyptic film

All 826 apartments were sold out by April this year, according to the project's estate agent, but instead of a modern eco-paradise, the towers look like the set of a desolate, post-apocalyptic film

The project in the southwestern city was built in 2018, with every private balcony designed to provide space for plants to grow, according to local media reports.

Without any tenants to care for them, the eight towers have been overrun by their own plants - and invaded by mosquitoes.

Plants have almost entirely swallowed up some neglected balconies, with branches hanging over railings all over the towers, footage shot this month showed.

Plants have almost entirely swallowed up some neglected balconies, with branches hanging over railings all over the towers

Plants have almost entirely swallowed up some neglected balconies, with branches hanging over railings all over the towers

Residents were promised a modern eco-paradise and specially-designed balconies for growing plants but only a handful of families have moved into Chengdu's Qiyi City Forest Garden because of an infestation of mosquitoes

Residents were promised a modern eco-paradise and specially-designed balconies for growing plants but only a handful of families have moved into Chengdu's Qiyi City Forest Garden because of an infestation of mosquitoes

Some residents appeared to have braved the mosquitoes as a handful of balconies had pruned plants and outdoor furniture, and lights turned on inside the apartments

Some residents appeared to have braved the mosquitoes as a handful of balconies had pruned plants and outdoor furniture, and lights turned on inside the apartments

Without any tenants to care for them, the buildings have become overrun by their own plants and invaded by mosquitoes

Without any tenants to care for them, the buildings have become overrun by their own plants and invaded by mosquitoes

Paper was seen taped over some of the windows that were still visible behind the overgrown plants.

But some residents appeared to have braved the mosquitoes - a handful of balconies had pruned plants and outdoor furniture, and lights turned on inside the apartments.

Only about 10 families have moved in, according to the state-run Global Times newspaper.

When the project was built in 2018, each balcony was given space to grow its own plants but they are now overrun, with branches hanging down on the balcony below

When the project was built in 2018, each balcony was given space to grow its own plants but they are now overrun, with branches hanging down on the balcony below

According to state-run Global Times newspaper, only about 10 families have moved in despite all 826 apartments being sold out by April this year

According to state-run Global Times newspaper, only about 10 families have moved in despite all 826 apartments being sold out by April this year

The plants on the balconies in Chengdu's Qiyi City Forest Garden have overgrown and been invaded by mosquitoes

The plants on the balconies in Chengdu's Qiyi City Forest Garden have overgrown and been invaded by mosquitoes

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Thousands of evacuees displaced by deadly wildfires in Oregon settled into a second week of life in shelters and car camping on Tuesday as fire crews battled on, and search teams scoured the ruins of incinerated homes for the missing.

  • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 9:54 AM IST

PORTLAND, Ore.: Thousands of evacuees displaced by deadly wildfires in Oregon settled into a second week of life in shelters and car camping on Tuesday as fire crews battled on, and search teams scoured the ruins of incinerated homes for the missing.

With state resources stretched to their limit, President Donald Trump approved a request from Oregon’s governor for a federal disaster declaration, bolstering U.S. government assistance for emergency response and relief efforts.

Dozens of fires have charred some 4.5 million acres (1.8 million hectares) of tinder-dry brush, grass and woodlands in Oregon, California and Washington state since August, ravaging several small towns, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 34 people.

Eight deaths have been confirmed during the past week in Oregon, which became the latest and most concentrated hot spot in a larger summer outbreak of fires across the entire western United States. The Pacific Northwest was hardest hit.

The conflagrations, which officials and scientists have described as unprecedented in scope and ferocity, have also filled the region’s skies with smoke and soot, compounding a public health crisis already posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Satellite images showed high-altitude plumes of smoke from the fires drifting as far east as New York City and Washington, D.C., carried aloft by the jet stream.

The fires roared to life in California in mid-August, and erupted across Oregon and Washington around Labor Day last week, many of them sparked by catastrophic lightning storms and stoked by record-breaking heat waves and bouts of howling winds.

Weather conditions improved early this week, enabling firefighters to begin to make headway in efforts to contain and tamp down the blazes.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) said 16,600 firefighters were still battling 25 major fires on Tuesday, after achieving full containment around the perimeter of other large blazes.

Firefighters in the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los Angeles waged an all-out campaign to save the famed Mount Wilson Observatory and an adjacent complex of broadcast transmission towers from flames that crept to within 500 feet of the site.

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At least 25 people have perished in California wildfires over the past four weeks, while more than 4,200 homes and other buildings have gone up in smoke, CalFire reported. Nearly 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) in California alone have burned – more than in any single year in its history – and five of the 20 largest wildfires on record in the state have occurred during that time-frame.

One wildfire fatality has been confirmed in Washington state, where some 400 structures have been lost. Roughly 1 million acres (400,000 hectares) have been blackened in Oregon, double the state’s annual average over the past decade.

At the height of the crisis there, some 500,000 residents – at least 10% of the state’s population – were under some form of evacuation alert, many forced to flee their homes as swiftly advancing flames closed in on their neighborhoods. More than 1,700 structures, most of them dwellings, have been incinerated

At last count, some 16 people reported missing remained unaccounted for in Oregon, emergency management officials said. Last week, authorities said they were bracing for possible mass casualties as search teams began combing wreckage of homes destroyed during chaotic evacuations.

In the fire-stricken southwestern Oregon town of Phoenix, uprooted families, many with young children, were sleeping in their cars, huddling at a civic center or in churches, City Council member Sarah Westover said.

“It’s much more difficult to follow the COVID restrictions given the environment,” Westover said.

Marcus Welch, a food service director and youth soccer coach in Phoenix, said he was helping a group of high school students whose homes were spared to run a donation center set up to assist evacuees from a mobile-home park reduced to ash.

“Every day, I hear a sad story. Every day, I hear a family displaced. People are crying because high school kids are giving them food, water. … It’s been a total blessing,” Welch said. “Some people, they lost everything, so we encourage them to take everything they can.”

Westover said her community was in grief, while fearing a flareup might force them to flee again. Her house in Phoenix was spared, but others nearby were leveled.

“It’s like it cherry-picked – it burned down a house, then skipped two, then burned down another. I guess that’s the way they kind of work with the embers flying around,” Westover said.

Rhonda and Chuck Johnston, of Gates, Oregon, described celebrating their 32nd wedding anniversary outside their RV playing card games and eating barbecued chicken in the parking lot of a fairgrounds after a hasty evacuation.

“This is something you never think you’re going to go through,” Rhonda Johnston said. “We grabbed a couple days’ worth of clothes, pills, and two cars full of pictures and two dogs and a cat and our daughter.”

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Black Widow Release Date Likely Delayed Again: Report | Entertainment News

Black Widow Release Date Likely Delayed Again: Report

US theatres aren’t performing as studios had hoped.

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  • Black Widow release date currently set for November
  • Wonder Woman 1984 recently moved from Oct to Dec
  • Pixar’s Soul, also set for Nov, might move to Disney+

Black Widow might not release in November. Disney will likely delay the next Marvel Cinematic Universe chapter for a second time, owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That comes in the wake of Warner Bros. pushing Wonder Woman 1984 from early October to Christmas, on the back of Christopher Nolan's Tenet not delivering as expected for the studio at the American box office. Tenet has done better globally, but since the US is the single biggest contributor for Hollywood movies, studios — including Disney — are not confident about releasing big blockbuster movies such as Black Widow in theatres during the pandemic.

Variety brings word of Disney looking to delay the Black Widow release date for a second time. In mid-March, as coronavirus swept across the world and quarantine lockdowns were put in effect, Disney delayed Black Widow. Its current November release date was announced a couple of weeks later. This isn't the first we've heard of it though. When Warner Bros. was looking to delay Wonder Woman 1984 to November, Deadline had noted that Black Widow would move from that month. But WW84 instead jumped to Christmas. Disney still wishing to delay Black Widow suggests it's more due to the condition of the US box office.

Disney declined to comment on the potential new development. If Black Widow does end up getting delayed, that would leave the Bond film No Time to Die as the only major movie in November. No Time to Die is set to release November 12 in the UK and November 20 in the US. An exact release date in India has not been set but Universal Pictures is hoping to push No Time to Die in Indian cinemas in November too. Theatres remain shut till September 30, and though the government has yet to publicly discuss their reopening, the industry has been making a considerable push on social media under the hashtag “#UnlockCinemaSaveJobs”.

Additionally, Variety notes that Disney is also exploring options for Pixar's next movie, Soul. It's currently set to open opposite No Time to Die on November 20, but that's unlikely to happen, according to Variety. It will either be delayed or be moved to Disney+, as has been the case for Artemis Fowl, Hamilton, and The One and Only Ivan earlier this year. It's unclear if Pixar's Soul might take the Mulan approach, which involves an additional fee on top of the Disney+ subscription. If that happens, Soul won't be available on Disney+ Hotstar at launch.

There's no word on when Black Widow would move to. And it's unclear what that might mean for the rest of the MCU slate, which has planned for Eternals in February 2021, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in May 2021, Spider-Man 3 in December 2021, Thor: Love and Thunder in February 2022, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in March 2022, Black Panther II in May 2022, and Captain Marvel 2 in July 2022.

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Automatic Pani Puri Machine? Twitter Loves This 'Jugaad'

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Automatic Pani Puri Machine? Twitter Loves This 'Jugaad'

Twitter is all for this automatic pani puri machine.

The demand for gadgets that reduce contact between people has soared during the coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps that is why Twitter is fascinated with a pani puri vending machine that minimises contact between the seller and the customer. Pani puri, puchka, golgappa or pani batasha is a beloved street food. However, with no-contact and social distancing being the new normal, many had been avoiding this snack which is usually assembled at the spot and served, rather than delivered home.

This vending machine may just be the answer to those challenges.

IAS officer Awanish Sharan took to the microblogging platform on Tuesday to share a video of a panipuri shop in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, which has deployed the machine to dispense flavoured water automatically.  

The video, filmed at the establishment which is aptly named 'Touch Me Not Pani Puri', shows a customer using the vending machine to sample different flavours of water - garlic, khatta meetha and dhaniya pudina. The machine uses sensors to dispense the flavoured water. Mr Sharan praised it as an amazing "jugaad" or hack in his tweet.

"Automatic Panipuri in Telibandha Raipur," he wrote in Hindi. "Awesome jugaad," he added. Watch the video below:

Since being posted on Twitter a day ago, the clip has garnered 24,000 views and dozens of impressed comments.

"Very nice, will surely visit this pani puri wala," wrote one person in the comments section. "Superb idea," another remarked.

This is not the first innovation that aims to reduce contact between pani puri sellers and their customers. A pani puri vending machine had also gone viral on social media recently.
 

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Could VR help universities teach students?

Universities are preparing to reopen but not all teaching will be in-person. The Covid-19 pandemic means that remote learning will also play a pivotal part in education.

BBC Click's Lara Lewington took a trip to a university science department, currently devoid of students, to see how virtual labs could change science education as we know it.

The virtual reality (VR) labs provide a safe place for experiments that may be difficult to do in the flesh - and offer universities who could not afford the kit, the same opportunities to experiment.

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New Delhi, Delhi, India:  One in every four cars sold in the C-segment market in India is a Ford IKON. The car for those with josh, continuing its successful run, has registered an impressive market share of 24 per cent for calendar year 2001 in this segment.
In July 2001, Ford India sold 3,463 Ford IKONs, including domestic sales of 1,103 Ford IKONs and export of 2,360 Ford IKON CKDs. The July 2001 sales reflect an increase of 15.7 per cent over June 2001 sales. With the sales in July 2001, the Ford IKON has registered an impressive 130 per cent growth over sales in July 2000. The Ford IKON continues to be the customer favourite with over 48,515 Ford IKONs sold since its launch in November 1999.


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Amazon Launches Luxury Stores for Select Prime Members

Amazon’s invitation-only Luxury Stores sees Oscar de la Renta as the first partner, with more brands expected in the coming weeks.

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Amazon seeks to create a new online shopping portal with top brands and upgraded technology

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  • Luxury Stores will operate on an invitation-only basis for Prime members
  • Within the Amazon app the new portal will offer improved graphics
  • It will allow brands to sell as a "store within a store"

Amazon unveiled plans Tuesday for a new online luxury "shopping experience" that will seek to connect well-heeled consumers and high-end brands.

The first partner for the new online "Luxury Stores" is Oscar de la Renta, the US fashion house that will show its 2020 collections, with more brands expected in the coming weeks, according to an Amazon statement.

The move is not Amazon's first foray into luxury goods but seeks to create a new online shopping portal with top brands and upgraded technology offering 360-degree views for shoppers.

Luxury Stores will operate on an invitation-only basis for Amazon Prime members.

Within the Amazon app, the new portal will offer improved graphics and visualisation, and allow brands to sell as a "store within a store," controlling their own inventory, selection and pricing.

"We are always listening to and learning from our customers, and we are inspired by feedback from Prime members who want the ability to shop their favorite luxury brands in Amazon's store," said Christine Beauchamp, president of Amazon Fashion.

"We are excited to offer luxury brands the services and technology to build an inspiring, elevated customer experience."

The move comes with Amazon having boosted online sales in many sectors in recent months during the coronavirus pandemic, which has closed many physical stores and kept consumers cautious about going out to shop.


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The Importance Of Foreign Language Courses For India

The Importance Of Foreign Language Courses For India

When we learn a language, we just don't gain the ability to read one more set of symbols or recognise one more set of meaningful sounds, we also gain access to a whole new world. A language is a passport to the world of accumulated knowledge of a community; a key to understand a different society; a lens with which to view the culture and history of a group of people.

From times immemorial, foreign language learning has played a significant role in strengthening trade, knowledge, and the military and diplomatic strength of nations. Even European colonial powers accorded a lot of importance to foreign language learning to strengthen their grip on the countries and people they colonised.

In today's world, foreign language as a communication tool is a force multiplier in the fields of trade, diplomacy, defence, etc. India must therefore give serious attention to setting up foreign language universities all over the country to boost the prospects of strengthening its interests globally.

India has the potential to become the leading supplier of global manpower. Traditionally, Indians are known for giving great importance to education and that has resulted in Indians being successful globally. In the US, for a long time, Indian Americans have been the most successful and richest of all the ethnicities. But this is a small percentage of the Indian population worldwide. India's population, with a considerably large percentage being very young, is a significant asset for the country. Apart from meeting our own demand for skilled manpower in various sectors, we can also aim to be the global hub of skilled manpower. Foreign language skills can catalyse this process to a considerably higher degree.

Indians have a natural tendency to be multilingual because of the many languages spoken throughout the country. Apart from the 22 officially-recognised languages, there are 122 other major languages, but the total number of mother tongues (languages and variants) spoken in India are more than 19,500. Most Indians are exposed to more than one language from childhood. Most Indians can converse in more than one language and picking up languages is not a very unusual task for them. Therefore, as far as learning foreign languages are concerned, Indians definitely have an advantage compared to many other nationalities. Research shows that after learning a language (other than the first language), learning more languages become a lot more easier.

Many countries in the world today are suffering from a population deficit and this has naturally resulted in a workforce deficit. Japan, for example is taking many steps to attract skilled manpower from other countries. Canada, Sweden, Germany, Norway, etc. are some other countries that are on the lookout for skilled global manpower for sectors including IT, Management, Hospitality, Agriculture. If Indians are fluent in foreign languages, they will become an even more attractive segment.

Various Indian languages have some similarities with other languages around the world. This makes it easier for certain Indian language speakers to learn certain foreign lanaguages. We can also capitalize on this aspect to produce foreign language experts in our country.

Foreign language fluency can also immensely help in tourism, hospitality in India.

There are several institutions in India that run various foreign language courses. But these are available largely in cities. The government must aggressively take up the mission of setting up foreign language universities all over the country that will prepare a formidable Indian workforce well-versed in global languages.

Apart from skill development and employability enhancement, foreign language expertise is important for strengthening pro-Indian narratives as well as countering anti-India narratives. Chinese radio stations continuously spread aggressive propaganda through powerful radio signals in strategic Indian territories. India, in recent times, has also stepped up such broadcasts in Mandarin but the effort is negligible compared to that if its most hostile neighbour. The Indian government should also encourage private players to broadcast foreign language content in order to strengthen the Indian narrative on various issues. Emphasising on foreign language learning has to be a major part of this strategy.

Apart from increasing global employment prospects and national narratives, foreign language training can boost foreign trade. It will help Indian businesses to penetrate foreign markets more easily. Learning foreign languages (or any language) has other benefits too. Research shows that multilingualism improves memory and brain-power. It also improves multi-tasking abilities and decision-making and keeps the mind sharper for longer period of time. 

We need undergraduate and Master's courses in foreign languages, as also diploma and certificate courses. The importance of foreign language universities become more prominent because of this. While short-term courses can be relevant for professionals who need foreign languages to simply communicate in another environment, the in-depth study of a language and its literature is paramount if India wants to pursue global influence seriously.

(Vijayasai Reddy is Parliamentary Party Leader and National General Secretary of YSRCP.)

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Ties with China Have Not Worsened amid Border Standoff, MEA Says in Written Reply in Lok Sabha
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Ties with China Have Not Worsened amid Border Standoff, MEA Says in Written Reply in Lok Sabha

The 54-member ECOSOC, holding the first plenary meeting of its 2021 session in the General Assembly Hall on Monday, held elections for two seats in the Asia-Pacific States category with Afghanistan, India and China in the fray.

The 54-member ECOSOC, holding the first plenary meeting of its 2021 session in the General Assembly Hall on Monday, held elections for two seats in the Asia-Pacific States category with Afghanistan, India and China in the fray.

The relationship between both countries has steadily deteriorated since May, when China ramped up troops along the LAC in Ladakh, leading to the clashes in Galwan in which 20 Indian Army personnel died.

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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday said that ties with China have not worsened in the aftermath of the border tensions caused by the Galwan Valley clashes in eastern Ladakh in June. The government was replying to a question from Trinamool MP Sougata Roy.

The relationship between both countries has steadily deteriorated since May, when China ramped up troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, leading to the clashes in Galwan in which 20 Indian Army personnel died. India, meanwhile, has banned hundreds of mobile apps linked to China, hoping to hit its neighbour with an economic blow.

Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs told the Rajya Sabha that no infiltration had taken place along the Indo-China Border in six months even as the standoff between the two countries continues in Ladakh.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had said the government has conveyed to China that any attempt to "unilaterally" change the status quo along the LAC is not at all acceptable, while acknowledging that India is facing a "challenge" in the region.

Singh had said there should be no doubt about the country's determination to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and asserted that India's armed forces are ready to deal with "all contingencies" in the high-altitude region.

Referring to the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15, Singh had said Indian soldiers "inflicted costs including casualties on the Chinese side", adding the House should have "full confidence" that the armed forces will always rise to the challenge and make the country proud.

"I will not hesitate to share with this august House that we are facing a challenge in Ladakh and I urge the House to pass a resolution in support of our armed forces who have been defending our motherland at great heights and most inclement weather conditions," he had said, adding that although the situation this year is very different, both in terms of scale of troops involved and the number of friction points, India remains committed to the peaceful resolution of the current situation.

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Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q Review

Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q Review

By Anirudh Regidi | Updated Nov 04 2019
Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q Review
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  • design

    85

  • performance

    79

  • value for money

    60

  • features

    57

User Rating : 3.6666666666667/5 Out of 6 Reviews
  • PROS
  • Nice brightness, contrast
  • Exceptionally well built
  • Easy to use on-screen display (OSD)
  • CONS
  • Monitor doesn't "wake up" from sleep consistently

Verdict

Throughout our performance tests and subjective use, the Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q monitor performed admirably well on all counts, and it's very well built. If you’re looking for a 4K monitor for work or pleasure, it's really one of the best ones out there, no questions about that.  If you can afford it, just close your eyes and buy it.

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Screen resolution is a curious thing; the Internet abounds with arguments both for and against 4K, but our experience with superlative Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q puts us very firmly in the court that says that 4K should be as compulsory as a fundamental right (only for PC users, in this context) and those who argue otherwise, really don’t know what they’re on about.

The Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q is the first IGZO display to grace our test centre and it created a bit of a stir when it arrived. For those not in the know, IGZO stands for Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide, a semi-conducting compound “used in the TFT backplane” of flat-panel displays. Without going into technical details, this semi-conductor allows for a faster transmission of electric current and this matters as it allows manufacturers to build displays with higher pixel densities (or better refresh rates).



Ignoring use case for the moment, the monitor itself performs at par with any IPS panel in its class. As measured by our Spyder 3 calibration too, the contrast ratio came in at a very decent 545:1, the brightness was also good at about 300cd/m2. In fact, the monitor scored quite well in just about all our monitor tests, managing to score well above average in everything. 

One area where the monitor does stand out is with regards to build quality. It’s a very large and somewhat heavy monitor, but it’s exceptionally well built and very stable for its 32-inch frame. The Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q's OSD is also the easiest we’ve come across and was a joy to use (the buttons are touch sensitive). All the connectivity ports are neatly stacked on its back panel and hooking or unhooking wires to any of its peripheral ports isn't too cumbersome. One thing we did note is that the top of the monitor tends to get extremely hot but the screen itself doesn’t generate too much heat, which makes for a more pleasant viewing experience.



What we’re basically saying is that this monitor is great and if you’re looking for a 4K monitor for work or pleasure, it's really one of the best ones out there, no questions about that.  If you can afford it, buy it.

However, there are some serious issues with the technology that’s built around 4K that makes using it a bit of a pain if you’re the type who plays a lot of games or generally just switches resolution a lot. Our test rig consisted of an Intel Core i7 3960x, 32GB of DDR3 RAM running at 2400MHz and a GTX760 GPU. This rig was specifically chosen with the GPU as a bottleneck to showcase the effect of 4K on a very capable mid-range GPU. From our tests we observed that many games were playable (at about 25-35fps in games like Bioshock Infinite) but we had to drop settings to medium or lower to hit that holy grail of 60fps. Obviously you need a beefy rig if you’re going to game on this display.


While someone with a more powerful GPU (or multiple GPUs) would be able to work around this, the more important problem we faced was with regards to the way 4K is handled by Windows 8.1, the software on your PC and your GPU drivers. Firstly, you need a DisplayPort 1.2 ready GPU and cable if you want to have your display running at 60Hz (otherwise it defaults to 30Hz, which is painful). Secondly, almost every time your PC goes to sleep, half the panel doesn’t wake up and you’ll either be stuck with half the panel at one resolution and the other half at another, or half the panel switched off and the other, on (an artefact of the 4K manufacturing process).

Either way, it’s mighty frustrating to use a PC like that, especially if you have to spend a couple of minutes resetting your monitor every time your PC goes to sleep. The troubles don’t end here. Considering that most apps are designed for 1080p at most, font and graphics scaling doesn’t happen properly on a lot of third-party apps including uTorrent and even Chrome (till update 36).

Obviously, all the above “issues” are software issues that will be ironed out over time, but at the moment, these issues are a little frustrating to deal with when they pop up. That said, when it comes to doing real work, the true joy of a 4K display needs to be experienced to be believed.

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Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress | DefenceTalk
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In December 2016, the Navy released a force-structure goal that calls for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 355 ships of certain types and numbers. The 355-ship goal was made U.S. policy by Section 1025 of the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2810/P.L. 115-91 of December 12, 2017).

The Trump Administration has identified the achievement of a Navy of 355 or more ships within 10 years as a high priority. The Navy states that it is working as well as it can, within a Navy budget top line that is essentially flat in real (i.e., inflation-adjusted terms), toward achieving that goal while also adequately funding other Navy priorities, such as restoring eroded ship readiness and improving fleet lethality.

Navy officials state that while the 355-ship goal is a priority, they want to avoid creating a so-called hollow force, meaning a Navy that has an adequate number of ships but is unable to properly crew, arm, operate, and maintain those ships.

The Navy states that its proposed FY2021 budget requests the procurement of eight new ships, but this figure includes LPD-31, an LPD-17 Flight II amphibious ship that Congress procured (i.e., authorized and appropriated procurement funding for) in FY2020. Excluding this ship, the Navy’s proposed FY2021 budget requests the procurement of seven new ships rather than eight.

A figure of 7 new ships is less than the 11 that the Navy requested for FY2020 (a figure that excludes CVN-81, an aircraft carrier that Congress authorized in FY2019) or the 13 that Congress procured in FY2020 (a figure that again excludes CVN-81, but includes the above-mentioned LPD-31 as well as an LHA amphibious assault ship that Congress also procured in FY2020). The figure of 7 new ships is also less than the 10 ships that the Navy projected under its FY2020 budget submission that it would request for FY2021, and less than the average ship procurement rate that would be needed over the long run, given current ship service lives, to achieve and maintain a 355-ship fleet.

In dollar terms, the Navy is requesting a total of about $19.9 billion for its shipbuilding account for FY2021. This is about $3.9 billion (16.3%) less than the Navy requested for the account for FY2020, about $4.1 billion (17.0%) less than Congress provided for the account for FY2020, and about $3.6 billion (15.3%) less than the $23.5 billion that the Navy projected under its FY2020 budget submission that it would request for the account for FY2021.

The Navy states that its FY2021 five-year (FY2021-FY2025) shipbuilding plan includes 44 new ships, but this figure includes the above-mentioned LPD-31 and LHA amphibious ships that Congress procured in FY2020. Excluding these two ships, the Navy’s FY2021 five-year shipbuilding plan includes 42 new ships, which is 13 less than the 55 that were included in the FY2020 (FY2020-FY2024) five-year plan and 12 less than the 54 that were projected for the period FY2021-FY2025 under the Navy’s FY2020 30-year shipbuilding plan.

The Navy’s 355-ship force-level goal is the result of a Force Structure Assessment (FSA) conducted by the Navy in 2016. A new FSA, referred to as the Integrated Naval FSA (INFSA), is to be published sometime during the spring of 2020. Statements from Department of the Navy (DON) officials suggest that the INFSA could result in a once-in-a-generation change in the Navy’s fleet architecture, meaning the mix of ships that make up the Navy.

DON officials suggest that the INFSA could shift the fleet to a more distributed architecture that includes a reduced proportion of larger ships, an increased proportion of smaller ships, and a newly created category of large unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and large unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).

Such a change in fleet architecture could alter the mix of ships to be procured for the Navy and the distribution of Navy shipbuilding work among the nation’s shipyards.

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How a lightbulb moment in the back of an Uber lead to three people creating a multimillion dollar app that’s guaranteed to save you money

  • The entrepreneurs behind Australia's hottest new app met in a Sydney rideshare
  • Their start up, GetReminded, is now on the cusp of huge international success
  • The trio told Daily Mail Australia their startup began with a chance encounter

The creative force behind one of Australia's hottest new apps met each other by accident in an Uber.  

David Wareing, Tim Nicholas and Silje Dreyer are the entrepreneurs behind GetReminded - a free digital platform dreamed up in a Sydney rideshare that reminds users when their bills, policies, mobile phone plans and insurance premiums are up for renewal. 

According to the trio, the simple idea is saving users thousands of dollars a year, they told Daily Mail Australia. 

David Wareing (left), Silje Dreyer (centre) and Tim Nicholas (right) are the entrepreneurs behind GetReminded

David Wareing (left), Silje Dreyer (centre) and Tim Nicholas (right) are the entrepreneurs behind GetReminded

GetReminded is a free digital platform dreamed up in a Sydney rideshare that reminds users when their bills, policies, mobile phone plans and insurance premiums are up for renewal

GetReminded is a free digital platform dreamed up in a Sydney rideshare that reminds users when their bills, policies, mobile phone plans and insurance premiums are up for renewal

It all started when Mr Wareing returned from overseas after spending about a decade working in motor vehicle marketing. 

'The holy grail in automotive marketing was knowing when people wanted to change their car,' Mr Wareing said.

'I thought, instead of brands just spraying messages to people all the time, isn't it better to understand customers a little more, so they know what they need and when they need it?' 

He had returned to Sydney and was working as an Uber driver when he picked up Mr Nicholas in 2017 - a digital marketing and website development specialist who had the kind of expertise needed to raise money, promote the concept and get the idea of the ground.

But the pair were still one short when it came to technical experience and design capabilities.

Until the day Ms Dreyer showed up in the back of Mr Wareing's Uber.   

'I have a Master's in interactive design from the University of Sydney and had been working in the sector for a few years,' she said.

'When I met David I was very skeptical at first, but I was really intrigued and I just thought there might really be something here.

Mr Wareing (pictured) was driving an Uber in 2017 when he picked up his business partners
Mr Nicholas (pictured) is a digital marketing and website development specialist

Mr Wareing was working as an Uber driver when he picked up Mr Nicholas in 2017 - a digital marketing and website development specialist who had the kind of expertise needed to raise money, promote the concept and get the idea of the ground

'We talked about the idea and I just had a gut feeling... I also had nothing to lose.'

In July 2017, the business went live. 

'We started it with a website only. In the tech world they call it a minimum viable product - just to see what the take up would be,' Mr Nicholas said.

'We discovered very quickly that most people were accessing it on their mobile so we knew we have to build this as an app.

Ms Dreyer (pictured) said she had 'a gut feeling' there was something here

Ms Dreyer (pictured) said she had 'a gut feeling' there was something here

'We build version one of our app in just a few months with seed funding, now we are on version three.'

Australia has been a hotbed of start up success with billion-dollar unicorns like Atlassian, Afterpay, Nearmap, Airwallex and 10x Genomics.

GetReminded already has over 23,000 users in Australia and New Zealand, and last month the company launched in the UK and Ireland.

In the near future, GetReminded plans to expand into the US and other markets after securing more funding to scale up and raise brand awareness.     

'There are some calendar apps and reminder services out there but nobody is replicating what we're doing,' Ms Dreyer said.

'What's unique is that it gives you a lot of reminders leading up expiry dates, most apps usually give you a reminder when it's too late and you don't have time to look for a better deal.'

'We are not trying to be a bill paying app, we are not a comparison site, we are not fintech, we are not lending money to people, we are just focused on giving users good consumer help,' Mr Wareing said.

Ms Dreyer (pictured pictured with her children) has a Master's in interactive design from the University of Sydney and had been working in the sector for a few years

Ms Dreyer (pictured pictured with her children) has a Master's in interactive design from the University of Sydney and had been working in the sector for a few years

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With over 2,100 active cases, Rajkot has 3rd highest number of Covid cases in Gujarat; RMC chief tests positive, too

The rate at which coronavirus cases is rising in Rajkot is alarming. With 2,180 total active cases as of Monday night, Rajkot has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the State.

The number of daily cases in the city, which is also Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's hometown, has been hovering above 90 for the past three weeks. "Such is the situation in Rajkot that private hospitals are running out of Covid beds for patients," said businessman Brijesh Shah.

As per RMC Opposition leader Vashram Sagathiya, Rajkot death figures given by the State differs from that given by the Corporation. "This figure again does not match figures we get from crematoriums. On Monday, there were 39 deaths in Rajkot. But, State said there were only three," he said.

Meanwhile, Rajkot Collector Remya Mohan tested positive on Tuesday. She is under home quarantine.

As per IMA President Jay Dhirwani, at least 110 doctors have tested positive in Rajkot city. Another 37 doctors in Rajkot Rural have tested positive so far, said CDHO Mitesh Bhanderi.

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Reinfection in Gujarat is ‘clinically suspect’ with 1st samples gone

Six Covid ‘reinfection’ cases in Ahmedabad will remain clinical suspects as samples from the patients’ earlier bout are now unavailable. Learning from this experience, officials at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital will now preserve all positive Covid-19 samples for future research


Gujarat reports 1,349 cases

The coronavirus count in Gujarat rose to 1,16,345 on Tuesday with the addition of 1,349 new cases. With 17 more fatalities in the last 24 hours, the death toll increased to 3,247, the department said. Of total 17 fatalities, five took place in Surat, four occurred in Ahmedabad, three in Jamnagar, two in Vadodara, while one person died each in Gandhinagar, Mehsana and Rajkot.

At 277, Surat reported highest number of new cases in the state in a day.

Ahmedabad (172), Rajkot (141), Vadodara (129), and Jamnagar (123) are the four districts that reported more than 100 cases in the day in the state.

Elsewhere, Mehsana reported 49 new cases, Patan 45, Gandhinagar 43, Bhavnagar 38, Junagadh 35, Amreli 30, Panchmahal 29, Morbi 28, and Banaskantha 24. Kutch and Mahisagar added 19 patients each, followed by Surendranagar at 18, Dahod 17, Bharuch 16, Gir Somnath 14, and Botad 12, while Kheda and Sabarkantha added 10 cases each.

Covid +ve newborn undergoes surgery

ACovid positive newborn with tracheo-oesophageal fistula was successfully operated upon by paediatric surgeons at Ahmedabad Civil. The 20-day-old baby girl was born in a private hospital on August 27. She was shifted to Civil after the abnormality was detected. What complicated the case was that the neonate was detected Covid positive S he was operated upon by Dr Jaishree Ramji, associate professor at Dept of Paediatric Surgery . Today, the baby is Covid-free and feeding properly.


Guj HC puts off physical hearing

The physical hearing of cases at HC scheduled to start from September 16 has been postponed. The decision was taken by the HC Standing Committee. “The judges presiding over the Benches of physical functioning will revert to virtual hearing as per appropriate orders,” an official communication stated. After a gap of 6 months, the HC had decided to start physical hearing of cases from September 16. It had also issued guidelines to lawyers, clerks, litigants and staff for entry to HC.


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COVID-19: Ahmedabad crosses 34,000 mark; four deaths take toll to 1,781

The Covid-19 tally in Ahmedabad district crossed 34,000-mark on Tuesday and rose to 34,072 with addition of 172 new cases, Gujarat health department said. With four more deaths, the toll rose to 1,781, it said.

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Climate target ambition must be matched by supportive EU policies, auto makers underline

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) takes note of the ‘2030 Climate Target Plan’ unveiled today by the European Commission

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) takes note of the ‘2030 Climate Target Plan’ unveiled today by the European Commission. The auto industry supports the European Union’s long-term goal of climate neutrality by 2050, and wants to play its part in making Europe the first climate-neutral continent.

“It is clear that the EU strategy needs to be reviewed and adapted periodically to ensure that all parties are on track to meet its objectives,” stated ACEA’s Director General, Eric-Mark Huitema. “However, policy makers need to put in place not only targets but also the required supportive policies for all vehicle types, without which these targets will simply not be achievable.”

These policies include a dense EU-wide network of charging points and re-fuelling stations (with binding targets for member states), coupled with economically-sustainable incentive schemes, so that zero-emission mobility can become an accessible and affordable option for all Europeans. In addition, to support the transition to zero-emission mobility, all energy carriers should be part of a stronger EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) that applies a carbon price at a level that drives real change.

“The higher the climate targets become, the higher and more critical the ambition level of these enabling factors must also be,” Mr Huitema stressed.

As regards targets for CO2 emissions from new passenger cars and vans, the Commission should first ensure that the necessary enabling factors are actually delivered and strengthened, before going back to the drawing board to raise targets that were only set last year.

Huitema: “We recognise the desire to be a global trailblazer when it comes to climate action, but we will need an unprecedented regulatory shift to ensure all the right enabling factors are secured. Until we have a clearer vision on the accompanying policy framework and the impact assessment, it is difficult to predict what a realistic scenario is in terms of future CO2 targets.”

The EU auto industry dedicates a large part of its annual €60.9 billion R&D budget to decarbonisation. Indeed, because of these investments, EU sales of electrically-chargeable cars increased by 110% from 218,083 in 2017 to 458,915 last year. Investment in infrastructure, however, is falling behind this growth. During the same period, the number of charging points for electric cars only grew by 58% for example.

The ambitious targets laid out in today’s Commission proposal will require massive additional investments from the auto industry, at the very time when the industry has been rocked by the coronavirus crisis.

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Next thing I know, she's on top of me, our clothes are off.' Brandi Glanville lifts lid on affair with Denise Richards, who instigated sex after first hookup when actress threw her against bathroom wall to make out after asking to see breasts

  • Brandi Glanville has lifted the lid on her salacious affair with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Denise Richards exclusively to DailyMailTV
  • The current RHOBH season has been roiled by drama after Brandi first revealed the affair on camera, first revealed by DailyMail.com 
  • Brandi said 'sexually aggressive' Denise instigated the affair by asking to see her breasts before throwing her up against a wall and kissing her in September 2018 
  • Brandi said: 'She said to me, "Oh my God, I always wanted to f**k the s**t out of you. And I was like, what? But I was going with it. I was having a good time' 
  • DailyMailTV has seen dozens of text exchanges between the two women which show they had a very close friendship, next seeing each other again in November
  • In late April 2019, Brandi flew to Mendocino to interview Denise for her podcast and after a night of heavy drinking, the two women slept together 
  • Brandi said: 'The next thing I know we're making out, she's on top of me and our clothes are off. And yeah, we're going at it, we had sex' 
  • But the next morning, she was shocked by Denise's reaction
  • 'She was like, "wow, you left marks all over my body and Aaron, if he ever finds out, he's gonna kill me. He can never find out",' Brandi said
  • Brandi calls Denise a 'coward' and says she's 'playing a part' on the show, but she's now been found out 

Brandi Glanville has lifted the lid on her salacious affair with Denise Richards revealing she first became intimate with her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-star TEN days after Denise married her husband Aaron Phypers.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV, Brandi spilled all the intimate details of the secret tryst, revealing how 'sexually aggressive' Denise instigated the affair by demanding to see her breasts before throwing her up against a bathroom wall in a restaurant and kissing her passionately.

The star, once married to Hollywood wild man Charlie Sheen, then lured Brandi into bed by inviting her on set during a movie she was filming with her ex boyfriend Patrick Muldoon.

But Brandi, 47, claims that after they slept together Denise freaked out saying her husband Aaron would kill her if he ever found out - even though she had claimed they had an open relationship.

'I felt she wanted to hit it and quit it. She was very sexually aggressive and once she got what she wanted, she didn't want to know,' explained Brandi.

The current RHOBH season has been roiled by drama after Brandi first revealed the affair on camera, first exclusively revealed by DailyMail.com. 

And the blonde star spoke out after Denise has repeatedly denied the affair amid a torrent of headlines about the tryst, branding her comments 'BS'.

Brandi Glanville has lifted the lid on her salacious affair with Denise Richards revealing she first became intimate with her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-star TEN days after Denise married her husband Aaron Phypers

Brandi Glanville has lifted the lid on her salacious affair with Denise Richards revealing she first became intimate with her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-star TEN days after Denise married her husband Aaron Phypers

In an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV, Brandi spilled all the juicy details of the secret tryst, revealing how 'sexually aggressive' Denise instigated the affair by demanding to see her breasts before throwing her up against a bathroom wall in a restaurant and kissing her passionately

In an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV, Brandi spilled all the juicy details of the secret tryst, revealing how 'sexually aggressive' Denise instigated the affair by demanding to see her breasts before throwing her up against a bathroom wall in a restaurant and kissing her passionately

But Brandi, 47, claims that after they slept together Denise freaked out saying Aaron would kill her if he ever found out - even though she had claimed her and her husband had an open relationship. 'I felt she wanted to hit it and quit it. She was very sexually aggressive and once she got what she wanted, she didn't want to know,' explained Brandi

But Brandi, 47, claims that after they slept together Denise freaked out saying Aaron would kill her if he ever found out - even though she had claimed her and her husband had an open relationship. 'I felt she wanted to hit it and quit it. She was very sexually aggressive and once she got what she wanted, she didn't want to know,' explained Brandi

Asked for a response to Brandi's slew of accusations, a representative for Denise simply said: 'Not true'. 

Brandi says Denise, 49, has even threatened her with legal action, issuing a cease and desist letter in a bid to keep her silent.

'I really didn't think it was going to be as huge as it is. It's literally everywhere,' says Brandi.

'However, I think the denial with Denise has made it a huge deal, especially since it's all over Housewives.

We went into the bathroom and I showed her my boobs and right when I took my shirt down, she just kind of threw me against the wall and started making out with me. 

'All I'm interested in is getting the truth out there.'

Brandi first met Denise on September 18, 2018 at Rande Gerber's upscale Café Habana restaurant in Malibu.

Brandi had just left the Celebrity Big Brother House and her agent told her he was taking on Denise as a client and wanted them to meet so Brandi could give her some advice about appearing on RHOBH.

'We went to dinner and Denise is sitting across from me and the whole time she is looking at my boobs,' recalls Brandi.

'Then our agent left because it was getting late for him, but we stayed because we were having a great time, we were hitting it off.

'And then Denise said to me: "Oh my God, does it seem like I've been looking at your boobs all night?" I'm like, "yeah, pretty much".'

Brandi says mom-of-three Denise then asked to see her breasts in the bathroom because the actress was considering getting hers redone by a surgeon.

The pair had been drinking heavily; Denise tequila and Brandi wine.

'We went into the bathroom and I showed her my boobs and right when I took my shirt down, she just kind of threw me against the wall and started making out with me,' recalls Brandi.

Brandi first met Denise on September 18, 2018. Denise said to me: "Oh my God, does it seem like I've been looking at your boobs all night?" I'm like, "yeah, pretty much".' Brandi says Denise then asked to see her breasts in the bathroom because the actress was considering getting hers redone. 'We went into the bathroom and I showed her my boobs and right when I took my shirt down, she just kind of threw me against the wall and started making out with me,' recalls Brandi
Brandi says the two of them didn't really see each other until they shot a scene together for RHOBH in November that year

Brandi first met Denise on September 18, 2018. Denise said to me: "Oh my God, does it seem like I've been looking at your boobs all night?" I'm like, "yeah, pretty much".' Brandi says Denise then asked to see her breasts in the bathroom because the actress was considering getting hers redone. 'We went into the bathroom and I showed her my boobs and right when I took my shirt down, she just kind of threw me against the wall and started making out with me,' recalls Brandi. Brandi says the two of them didn't really see each other until they shot a scene together for RHOBH in November that year (left and right) 

Brandi said Denise did say she wanted to see her again, however, and it wasn't long before she was bombarding the beauty with texts. Pictured: Brandi texting Denise a photo of her breasts, telling her who the surgeon was

Brandi said Denise did say she wanted to see her again, however, and it wasn't long before she was bombarding the beauty with texts. Pictured: Brandi texting Denise a photo of her breasts, telling her who the surgeon was

Brandi added: 'And I was down for it, I honestly didn't mind. I was like, okay, what are we doing, but this is fun. 

'We were drunk and it's not the first time I've made out with a friend or a girl. I was flattered, it was a compliment. She's a beautiful girl. She's Denise Richards.

'We had a good time and then we went back to the table and had more drinks.'

Brandi says Denise then came on heavy.

'She said to me, "Oh my God, I always wanted to f**k the s**t out of you. And I was like, what? 'But I was going with it. I was having a good time.'

The former fashion model reveals the two women went back to the bathroom for a second time and things became even steamier.

'We were just making out, I had jeans on. There was nothing other than like a little bit of ti**y sucking, but it was sexy,' she said.

When the women, by now heavily intoxicated, decided to leave, Brandi said she left her car behind and ordered an Uber for herself but Denise insisted on driving herself home.

'We were both so drunk. I walked her across the street to her car, where the Ralph's parking lot was, and we made out a little bit again in her car and then this car comes driving up and she's like, "Oh my God it's paparazzi, it's paparazzi, get down".

'I'm like, "I think it's my Uber, babe". There was a little paranoia there. And before we left she was like, "Oh my God, I hope that you would never tell anyone about this, my personal life is my personal life. I trust you".

'To me it was not a big deal, two girls getting drunk and making out, but of course I didn't know she was married at this point, she never mentioned Aaron once.'

Brandi said Denise did say she wanted to see her again, however, and it wasn't long before she was bombarding the beauty with texts.

'It was nonstop from her after the first night we met,' recalls Brandi. 'She wanted to finish what she started, that's how I felt.'

Brandi said: 'To me it was not a big deal, two girls getting drunk and making out, but of course I didn't know she was married at this point, she never mentioned Aaron once.' Denise married husband Aaron on September 8, 2018.

Brandi said: 'To me it was not a big deal, two girls getting drunk and making out, but of course I didn't know she was married at this point, she never mentioned Aaron once.' Denise married husband Aaron on September 8, 2018. 

But Brandi says she fobbed Denise off with a string of excuses so things wouldn't go too far.

'She was literally texting me every single day. "Oh, I'm in your neighborhood, can I just come over? Can I come over? I need to see you".

'I said, well, "I can meet you for a drink, I can meet you at dinner". I just didn't want to be alone with her, because I felt that she had a lot of dude energy, like she really wanted me.

'I felt almost like it was a guy that wanted to hit it and quit it. Like he wanted to get what he wanted, but this was Denise.

'All I wanted was a new friend that I liked, that was cool and drank. I really was not looking for any kind of sexual partner, I felt like I was running from her.'

Brandi says the two of them didn't really see each other until they shot a scene together for RHOBH in November that year.

 All night we talked about sex and how he (Aaron) was okay as long as she was with a girl, she could never be with a guy.

And immediately after filming ended Brandi was given an insight into the alleged open marriage Denise has with husband Aaron.

'After filming we were like, 'let's just go out and party",' Brandi recalls.

'We went back to the scene of the crime Café Habana and her husband Aaron met up with us and we were all getting very hammered.'

Brandi claims it wasn't long before the newly married couple began openly talking about having threesomes with other women.

She also claims her first intimate encounter with Denise was brought up and Aaron was fully aware.

She said: 'They got on the subject of how do they get other women to come into their marriage and into their bed? They asked if I could help them? And I'm like, "um, call Charlie Sheen".

'All night we talked about sex and how he (Aaron) was okay as long as she was with a girl, she could never be with a guy.

'It was an interesting conversation and it just made me feel like, okay, these are very sexual people that are very open.'

Brandi says she fobbed Denise off with a string of excuses so things wouldn't go too far. 'She was literally texting me every single day. I just didn't want to be alone with her, because I felt that she had a lot of dude energy, like she really wanted me.' Pictured: Brandi and Denise on the 2019 trip Brandi claims they had sex

Brandi says she fobbed Denise off with a string of excuses so things wouldn't go too far. 'She was literally texting me every single day. I just didn't want to be alone with her, because I felt that she had a lot of dude energy, like she really wanted me.' Pictured: Brandi and Denise on the 2019 trip Brandi claims they had sex 

DailyMailTV has seen dozens of text exchanges between the two women which show they had a very close friendship

DailyMailTV has seen dozens of text exchanges between the two women which show they had a very close friendship

Brandi says that after that meeting Denise carried on pursuing her over text. 'We spoke a lot but I continued to make myself unavailable,' Brandi said

Brandi says that after that meeting Denise carried on pursuing her over text. 'We spoke a lot but I continued to make myself unavailable,' Brandi said

At some point in the night Brandi and Denise locked lips and took a photo that was sent to Andy Cohen and later posted on Twitter on June 27 this year.

Brandi says that after that meeting Denise carried on pursuing her over text.

DailyMailTV has seen dozens of text exchanges between the two women which show they had a very close friendship.

'We spoke a lot but I continued to make myself unavailable,' Brandi said.

And it wouldn't be until late April 2019 that the two women would see each other again.

Brandi said she wanted Denise to appear on her podcast, which at the time was her only income, but Denise was out of town filming a movie.

'She was filming with her ex Patrick Muldoon and Denise suggested I come to the set in Mendocino, I was reluctant at first but I knew Denise being on my podcast would do really well, so I agreed, I have to put food on the table.

'I did feel a little bit like it was her way of finally getting me alone, but I knew what I was getting myself into.

'It's not that I didn't like Denise, I just didn't want to have sex with her.'

Brandi flew to Mendocino, a beautiful coastal town in northern California, and stayed in a cottage with Denise at the Mendocino Hotel.

Denise had been filming the Christmas movie My Adventures with Santa in which her and her ex Patrick played husband and wife.

And it wouldn't be until late April 2019 that the two women would see each other again. Brandi flew to Mendocino, a beautiful coastal town in northern California, and stayed in a cottage with Denise at the Mendocino Hotel. Pictured: Denise inviting Brandi to stay with her

And it wouldn't be until late April 2019 that the two women would see each other again. Brandi flew to Mendocino, a beautiful coastal town in northern California, and stayed in a cottage with Denise at the Mendocino Hotel. Pictured: Denise inviting Brandi to stay with her 

Brandi recalled that after a night of drinking with Denise: 'I was really ready to pass out. And the next thing I know we're making out, she's on top of me and our clothes are off. And yeah, we're going at it, we had sex.' Pictured: Denise showing Brandi the hotel she was at

Brandi recalled that after a night of drinking with Denise: 'I was really ready to pass out. And the next thing I know we're making out, she's on top of me and our clothes are off. And yeah, we're going at it, we had sex.' Pictured: Denise showing Brandi the hotel she was at 

Brandi admits she bit Denise several in the throes of passion in what she claims was an attempt to put her off sex. 'It's not that I don't think she's a beautiful, attractive woman. I just put myself in a situation that I didn't want to be in,' she explained. Brandi admits she went to Mendocino with her eyes open though, saying: 'I put myself in that situation, so I'm not a victim'

Brandi admits she bit Denise several in the throes of passion in what she claims was an attempt to put her off sex. 'It's not that I don't think she's a beautiful, attractive woman. I just put myself in a situation that I didn't want to be in,' she explained. Brandi admits she went to Mendocino with her eyes open though, saying: 'I put myself in that situation, so I'm not a victim'

Denise, who had her daughter and her daughter's friend staying with her, had promised Brandi a roll away bed to sleep on but one never materialized.

'When I arrived, I met up with her and Patrick and we all hit it off and were having a great time,' she said.

'Patrick and I were just being silly and we started kissing. I think in a weird way, I was making out with him just to put off having to make out with Denise.'

Denise went to bed early to phone her husband so when Brandi came to bed she was already asleep.

The following day, Denise went off to film and Brandi looked around Mendocino with her daughter and friend.

After Denise and Patrick finished on set the trio started drinking and Brandi recorded a podcast with Patrick in his hotel room.

'I thought it was great. We were all wildly drunk, and Patrick said, "so did you hook up with Denise last night after you left me?"

'And I said, no, what are you talking about? But he said, "Brandi, I dated the girl for five years, I know she likes girls".

'That night we all got even more drunk than the night before and went back to Denise's cottage. 'The girls were asleep in their room.

'Patrick went back to his room and Denise and I went upstairs.

'I was really ready to pass out. And the next thing I know we're making out, she's on top of me and our clothes are off. And yeah, we're going at it, we had sex.

'But Denise said to me, "I don't understand, you seem like you're not into it". And I wasn't, I just didn't want to do it.'

But the morning after they slept together she was shocked by Denise's reaction. 'She was like, "wow, you left marks all over my body and Aaron, if he ever finds out, he's gonna kill me. He can never find out". I literally did a double take and I was silent for a few minutes. I am not good with secrets. They make me uncomfortable.' Pictured: Brandi texting Denise after word spread that the two women had slept together

But the morning after they slept together she was shocked by Denise's reaction. 'She was like, "wow, you left marks all over my body and Aaron, if he ever finds out, he's gonna kill me. He can never find out". I literally did a double take and I was silent for a few minutes. I am not good with secrets. They make me uncomfortable.' Pictured: Brandi texting Denise after word spread that the two women had slept together 

Pictured: Denise denying she ever brought her name up to her RHOBHc co-stars

Pictured: Denise denying she ever brought her name up to her RHOBHc co-stars

Denise texted Brandi: 'I was shocked at the stuff they had said... There is still time that you and I can fix this so our families don't have to endure this bulls**t'

Denise texted Brandi: 'I was shocked at the stuff they had said... There is still time that you and I can fix this so our families don't have to endure this bulls**t'

Denise texted Brandi: 'It's apparent that you & I are scapegoats for their drama at the potential expense of our kids... They do not care about our children and families and they'll stop at nothing'

Denise texted Brandi: 'It's apparent that you & I are scapegoats for their drama at the potential expense of our kids... They do not care about our children and families and they'll stop at nothing'

Brandi admits she bit Denise several in the throes of passion in what she claims was an attempt to put her off sex.

'It's not that I don't think she's a beautiful, attractive woman. I just put myself in a situation that I didn't want to be in,' she explained.

Brandi admits she went to Mendocino with her eyes open though, saying: 'I put myself in that situation, so I'm not a victim.'

But the morning after they slept together she was shocked by Denise's reaction.

'She was like, "wow, you left marks all over my body and Aaron, if he ever finds out, he's gonna kill me. He can never find out".

'I literally did a double take and I was silent for a few minutes. I am not good with secrets. They make me uncomfortable.

 Wow, you left marks all over my body and Aaron, if he ever finds out, he's gonna kill me. He can never find out.

'And as far as I was aware Aaron was one million per cent aware that Denise and I made out the first night we met because we talked about it.

'He also knew I was going to Mendocino and I was sleeping in the same bed as her, so I was shocked by what she was saying.'

That day Brandi, Denise, Patrick and the two girls went horseback riding and Brandi processed what had happened.

When she got home she also told her closest friends what went down.

'You know, the conclusion I came to was that Aaron wouldn't care less about it but this was her way of having something over me and making sure I never talk about it to anyone else,' she said.

Brandi, who has two teenage boys with her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian, says following that weekend she did not see Denise for more than six months because she made herself 'unavailable'.

'The first time I saw her was on Housewives in November and I was so nervous because I didn't know whether to be like, "screw you" or to shut up and not let anyone know because I was ashamed,' she said.

'And I thought people were going to judge me - you're a cheater, you're sleeping with a married woman. And so I had this weight on my shoulders.'

When rumors of her affair with Brandi first circulated earlier this year Denise bluntly denied them, telling Entertainment Tonight: 'I was very much caught off guard, and the subject matter that seems to be in all the tabloids of late is - I think it's kind of disgusting that they even talk about it'

When rumors of her affair with Brandi first circulated earlier this year Denise bluntly denied them, telling Entertainment Tonight: 'I was very much caught off guard, and the subject matter that seems to be in all the tabloids of late is - I think it's kind of disgusting that they even talk about it'

In an episode aired in June this year the housewives later confront Denise in Rome about the alleged affair, to which she tearfully responds: 'What the f***?' (pictured)

In an episode aired in June this year the housewives later confront Denise in Rome about the alleged affair, to which she tearfully responds: 'What the f***?' (pictured) 

Later in the show some of the RHOBH cast struggled to believe Brandi's claims, but when she produced a series of text messages proving her and Denise were close most of the women began to back her

Later in the show some of the RHOBH cast struggled to believe Brandi's claims, but when she produced a series of text messages proving her and Denise were close most of the women began to back her

And it was after a drunken sleep over at Brandi's close friend and RHOBH veteran star Kim Richards that the truth came out.

Brandi said she confided in Kim about the affair because she felt safe.

But Kim knew the revelation was a bombshell for the show so convinced her to say something.

Brandi dropped the bombshell news at a sit-down dinner with the rest of the RHOBH cast.

'I f***ed her, woke up the next morning [and] she said, "Aaron can never know this. He'll kill me",' Brandi told Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Lisa Rina and Erika Girardi on the show — seemingly before Denise's arrival.

The women were all in shock following the reveal.

In an episode aired in June this year the housewives later confront Denise in Rome about the alleged affair, to which she tearfully responds: 'What the f***?'

'That is not true,' says Denise. Denise's rep also denied the affair to multiple media outlets who followed up on the story at the time.

Later in the show some of the RHOBH cast struggled to believe Brandi's claims, but when she produced a series of text messages proving her and Denise were close most of the women began to back her.

'I think as far as Kyle, Kim, Lisa Rina and Erika go, they know I'm a straight shooter. They know I'm not going to make anything up,' says Brandi.

'Dorit, I can't even speak about, but I said, listen, here you go, look at all of the messages please.

'And they were like, okay, Denise is 100 percent lying. And it really did feel like, "Oh my gosh, thank God somebody believes me".

Brandi said: 'I was super shocked when Denise said that she was leaving the show. She's a strong woman. She said she wanted closure all year, so sit down with me and get closure. 'I think that she just needs more of a narrative that she can control. And you know what, maybe she's just not built for reality television.' She added: 'I just want to know why she made up all the lies.'

Brandi said: 'I was super shocked when Denise said that she was leaving the show. She's a strong woman. She said she wanted closure all year, so sit down with me and get closure. 'I think that she just needs more of a narrative that she can control. And you know what, maybe she's just not built for reality television.' She added: 'I just want to know why she made up all the lies.'

Denise joined the cast of the RHOBH in 2018 during the popular reality series' ninth season on Bravo. She recently announced she would not be returning

Denise joined the cast of the RHOBH in 2018 during the popular reality series' ninth season on Bravo. She recently announced she would not be returning 

Brandi calls Denise a 'coward' and says she's 'playing a part' on the show, but she's now been found out.

Denise joined the cast of the RHOBH in 2018 during the popular reality series' ninth season on Bravo.

When rumors of her affair with Brandi first circulated earlier this year Denise bluntly denied them, telling Entertainment Tonight: 'I was very much caught off guard, and the subject matter that seems to be in all the tabloids of late is - I think it's kind of disgusting that they even talk about it.

'But that's something they choose to, and I've had worse things said so I can rise above it. I have a very solid marriage and my husband and I, we just rise above it. People will say what they'll say, and in the big picture, we can't worry about that stuff.'

Denise was asked whether she had told Aaron about the claims Brandi made, and Denise said 'yes.'

'Aaron and I don't have any secrets from each other, and if I did come home and say, ''Hey, I slept with Brandi,'' he would be like, ''How come I wasn't invited?'',' she emphasized.

Brandi said: 'I was super shocked when Denise said that she was leaving the show. She's a strong woman. She said she wanted closure all year, so sit down with me and get closure.

'I think that she just needs more of a narrative that she can control. And you know what, maybe she's just not built for reality television.'

She added: 'I just want to know why she made up all the lies.'  

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Vivo Y55S Review

Vivo Y55S Review

By Hardik Singh | Updated May 22 2019
Vivo Y55S Review
DIGIT RATING
55 /100
  • design

    67

  • performance

    50

  • value for money

    46

  • features

    52

  • PROS
  • Well built
  • Dependable performance
  • Nice Display
  • CONS
  • Camera is below average
  • No fingerprint sensor

Verdict

The Vivo Y55s is a depandable smartphone, and it'll reach more people, being sold offline. It's good to know that offline buyers have a dependable phone to buy, but in the market at large, the Y55s is simply not up to its competition. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 costs about the same and is faster, with better battery life and faster performance. On the other hand, the Moto G5 Plus costs much more, but has a vastly better camera, faster performance and better battery life too. The Vivo Y55s is appreciable, but not what we would recommend.

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The performance gap between a sub-15K smartphone and a flagship device is thinning with each passing year. However, there are often devices that don’t look powerful on paper, but still perform well. The Vivo Y55s is a good example of the same. The device looks, feels and functions like a budget smartphone and makes one wonder whether benchmarks are really the proof of performance.


Build and Design
Vivo's smartphones have resembled Apple's iPhones in the past, and so does this one. However, that also means its a good looking phone, or at least that's what I think. The metal back feels nice and the rounded edges help provide comfortable grip. A thin metal strip runs around the phone, separating the front from the metal back, adding an unique feel to a phone that otherwise looks pretty much like all of Vivo's other devices. Both the power key and volume rocker are on the right, you get a dual SIM card slot on the left and a dedicated microSD slot on the top.

The build quality, on the other hand, is pretty much the industry average for budget smartphones. I've travelled with this in my pocket and inadvertently put my keys and coins in the same pocket, but the Vivo Y55s came out scratch free. Now, I don't recommend that you do this, but it's good to escape unscathed. At least the metal back seems resistant to scratches, while tempered glass comes installed on the display out-of-the-box.

Display and UI
Displays on budget devices have evolved over the years, but there are many that lack quality. The Vivo Y55s is amongst the former, though. Colour saturation and viewing angles are good and at par with the likes of Honor 6X and Coolpad Cool 1. Touch response is also decent and I didn't find the experience lacking in any way.

That said, it isn't without flaws. I definitely felt the low pixel density on the display, as the 5.2-inch panel only has 720p resolution. Moreover, it's quite dim. In fact, at 220 lux luminance, it's one of the dimmest panels I have seen on any device. This affects sunlight visibility too, which could have been better.

Vivo has not changed the UI from what we saw on the V5 Plus some months back. In fact, it adheres to the same iOS-themed interface it has been using since launch. The UI is more refined now, though, and doesn't tax the memory as much, which in a way is a good thing. It caters all the features you would expect from a Chinese UI, including, but not limited to, themes, a phone manager, a third party app store (V-App store), a pre-installed keyboard, and more. There are a few gesture-based features, such as smart split that basically is a split screen mode, and a dedicated one handed-mode that shrinks the UI to be used in one hand.

Performance
Setting aside the iOS-like UI, the phone really surprises with its performance. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 SoC and bundled with 3GB of RAM, the phone does a fine job, providing dependable experience. Using it as a daily driver with all the basic apps, including Facebook, Whatsapp, Youtube, Gmail, Maps, Wynk, Pocket, Chrome and more, I had no issues with performance. Even when I tested games like Asphalt 8 and Marvel’s Contest of Champions, the phone was able to provide stable frame rates of 29 fps, which is reasonable for the price. However, synthetic benchmarks don't really reflect the same.

Here's the thing though. While this kind of performance is good, it's available at much cheaper prices as well. At Rs. 12,490, there are better performers out there. The Vivo Y55s isn't meant for those who multitask a lot, neither is it meant for avid gamers. It does the job, but only reasonably so. Given that you can get more, it's tough to justify the Snapdragon 425 and HD display. 

During gaming and even while shooting video (it can do FHD at best), the phone does heat up. I recorded max temperatures of about 41 degree celsius under ideal outdoor conditions, in the middle of the day. This, though, may be tougher to manage during the summers.

As for the audio, the bottom firing speaker isn't the best. It is loud enough to be heard in on roads, but you'd want headphones for listening to music. It's not the best for calling, either. The Vivo Y55s often dropped connections in areas where most other phones were performing well, while on the same network. For call quality, the earpiece volume is lower than most phones.

Battery 
This brings us to the battery, which is just good enough for a work-day’s worth of usage. The phone lasted 5 hours and 31 minutes on the PCMark Work 2.0 Battery Test, which is definitely not in the Redmi Note 4 territory, but not bad either. The 2730mAh battery seems well optimised as well and there are no worrisome drops even if you are playing video games, recordings videos or just using navigation. In my test period, I did not find the battery life insufficient on a day-to-day basis, even with half an hour of gaming and at least an hour of music streaming.

Camera
The camera, however, is a hit or miss. Photos shot in bright outdoor conditions by the 8MP rear camera produce sharp colours that are noticeably oversaturated, along with soft details. The sharpness levels are fairly decent, but object edges are compromised because of the lack of fine details. Most photographs tend to produce noise, which still remain limited in brightly lit conditions.

 

Colour details are fairly decent for its price, but the dynamic range is not exemplary. Things change for the worse as the light diminishes, with photographs getting expectedly noisier and more pixelated details. The camera spikes ISO to high levels which leads to the soft noise that mars details, and in all of this, the focusing is also slower than other phones in contention.

The Vivo Y55s can shoot 1080p videos with autofocus, which for the most part, looks good. In addition, there are slow motion and time-lapse modes as well, which work as intended.

The front-facing camera is only average at best, and the beauty mode noticeably softens skin tones, that we saw on the Vivo V5 lineup.

Bottomline
The Vivo Y55s is in many ways is a good budget device. It ignored the specs war, but manages to do most things right. It looks good, performs well, has a functional UI, along with a day's worth of battery life. A good camera would have completed the package, but I guess you still can't have everything on a budget. However, there are far better smartphones available in this price range. For example, the Moto G5 Plus may be more expensive, but it is much faster and has a vastly better camera. On the other hand, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 can do everything the Vivo V5 can, but better. It is also noticeably faster, making the V5's optimised performance look weak. While the Snapdragon 425 has been used well here, the 625s and 650s in this price range are just too fast to overcome with simple software optimisations.

The Vivo Y55s will reach more, being sold offline, and it's good to know that they have a dependable phone for themselves. However, in the market at large, this phone pales in comparison to its competitors.

Vivo Y55S Key Specs, Price and Launch Date

Price:
Release Date: 24 Feb 2017
Variant: 16GB
Market Status: Launched

Key Specs

  • Screen Size Screen Size
    5.2" (720 x 1280)
  • Camera Camera
    13 | 5 MP
  • Memory Memory
    16 GB/3 GB
  • Battery Battery
    2730 mAh
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This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself and his wife Yulia, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020, with the caption

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself and his wife Yulia, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020, with the caption "Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still can't do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day." (Navalny instagram via AP)

The German government on Wednesday welcomed news that poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's condition has further improved, and confirmed that Moscow has sent a second request for judicial assistance to Germany in the case.

  • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 7:45 PM IST

BERLIN: The German government on Wednesday welcomed news that poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has further improved, and confirmed that Moscow has sent a second request for judicial assistance to Germany in the case.

Navalny, who fell ill on a domestic flight in Russia on Aug. 20, on Tuesday posted a selfie photo from Berlin’s Charit hospital where he has been treated for almost four weeks. “I still cant do almost anything on my own, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day, he wrote.

The German government is relieved about the latest news from the Charit, according to which the health situation of Alexei Navalny has further improved,” government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer told reporters, citing his social media. That is encouraging and the German government wishes Mr. Navalny a quick and complete recovery.

Germany has demanded that Russia should answer questions about Navalny’s poisoning, after a German military laboratory confirmed the presence in his body of Novichok a Soviet-era nerve agent previously linked to the attempted assassination of Kremlin critics.

Russia has rejected the suggestion that it was involved in Navalny’s poisoning. The affair has added to pre-existing friction between Berlin and Moscow over issues such as Ukraine, Syria, and alleged Russian intelligence activity on German soil.

Demmer declined to say whether German Chancellor Angela Merkel planned to meet Navalny any time soon. But she confirmed that, despite speaking out prominently on the Navalny case, she has not so far discussed it directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Separately, Germany’s justice ministry said it has received a second request for judicial assistance from Russia.

On Sept. 14 the Russian prosecutor general approached the Federal Office of Justice with a second judicial assistance request, ministry spokesman Marius Leber said. It is currently being examined.

Moscow has accused Germany of failing to provide information necessary for investigators examining the case.

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A boat sank in the Chambal river Gotha village of Bundi District - चंबल नदी पार करते समय नदी में डूबी नाव, 50 से ज्यादा लोग थे सवार, 6 की मौत | India News in Hindi

चंबल नदी पार करते समय नदी में डूबी नाव, 50 से ज्यादा लोग थे सवार, 6 की मौत

बूंदी जिले की सीमा पर गोठड़ा कला गांव के पास एक बड़े हादसे की जानकारी सामने आ रही है. यहां एक नाव चंबल नदी को पार करते हुए डूब गई.

चंबल नदी पार करते समय नदी में डूबी नाव, 50 से ज्यादा लोग थे सवार, 6 की मौत

मौके पर बड़ी संख्या में ग्रामीण पहुंच गए हैं

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बूंदी जिले की सीमा पर गोठड़ा कला गांव के पास एक बड़े हादसे की जानकारी सामने आ रही है. यहां एक नाव चंबर नदी को पार करते हुए डूब गई. प्राप्त जानकारी के अनुसार नाव में महिलाओं और बच्चों समेत 50 से ज्यादा लोग सवार बताए जा रहे हैं. लोगों के अलावा नाव में ग्रामीणों की मोटरसाइकिल भी रखी हुई थी. इस हादसे में कई लोगों के नदी में डूबने की आशंका है. मौके पर पहुची रेस्क्यू टीम ने अब तक 6 लोगो के शव बाहर निकाले हैं. घटना स्थल पर बड़ी संख्या में ग्रामीण पहुंच गए और अपने स्तर पर बचाव व राहत कार्य में जुटे हुए है. पुलिस और प्रशासन भी मौके पर पहुंच गया है. 

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हादसे की सूचना मिलने पर कोटा से भी बचाव और राहत दल रवाना हो गए हैं. लोकसभा अध्यक्ष ओम बिरला ने इस घटना पर चिंता जाहिर की है. लोकसभा अध्यक्ष कार्यालय जिला प्रशासन से लगातार संपर्क में है. इधर जिला कलक्टर और एसपी ने हादसे की जानकारी ली और आला अधिकारी मौके के लिए रवाना हो गए हैं. जानकारी के अनुसार अचानक नाव असन्तुलित हो गई और पानी भरने लग गया. नाव को डूबता हुआ देखकर कुछ लोग नदी में कूद गए थे, इसके बाद नाव भी पानी में डूब गई. 

जो लोग तैरना जानते थे, वह तैरकर नदी से बाहर आ गए हैं. अभी तक यह पता नहीं चला कि कितने लोग नदी में डूबे हुए हैं. मौके पर सैकड़ों की संख्या में ग्रामीण है, लोगों की तलाश युद्ध स्तर पर की जा रही है. 

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Opendoor To Go Public In Social Capital Merger In $4.8 Billion Deal
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Opendoor To Go Public In Social Capital Merger In $4.8 Billion Deal

Opendoor Labs Inc, the homeselling platform backed by SoftBank Group , said on Tuesday it has agreed to go public through a merger with a blankcheck company led by venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya in a deal that will value the company at $4.8 billion.

  • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 3:12 AM IST

Opendoor Labs Inc, the home-selling platform backed by SoftBank Group , said on Tuesday it has agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check company led by venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya in a deal that will value the company at $4.8 billion.

Opendoor buys properties from sellers and makes repairs, at a service charge, then lists them for sale. As part of the deal with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp II , Opendoor will get $1 billion cash, including $600 million from Palihapitiya and other investors such as BlackRock and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan.

OpenDoor was hit hard by the pandemic this year, and laid off 35% of its workforce in April. As the home resale business started to recover, it looked for capital to fuel expansion and opted to go public through merging with Social Capital over a traditional initial public offering.

The San Francisco-based firm wanted to access the public market faster and with more certainty, worried the U.S. presidential election and the second wave of coronavirus could cast shadow on its growth, according to a person familiar with the discussions. In a SPAC deal, the funds raised by the company are committed upfront.

The merger is expected to close to by year end. Social Capital II shares jumped almost 35% on Tuesday.

A blank-check company, also known as a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), uses capital raised through an initial public offering to buy a private company, usually within two years. The deal then takes the private company public.

SPACs emerged this year as an alternative route to the public market over a traditional IPO, led in part by successful deals for space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc and fantasy sports and gambling company DraftKings Inc .

Social Capital, the blank-check firm backed by Virgin Galactic Chairman Palihapitiya, raised $360 million when it went public in April.

In 2018, SoftBank’s Vision Fund invested $400 million in Opendoor, which was founded in 2014.

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Home Ministry Seeks Legislative, Judiciary's Inputs On Criminal Law Changes

The Union home ministry has sought suggestions from governors, chief ministers, the Chief Justice of India, among other stakeholders, on comprehensive amendments in criminal laws.

Home Ministry Seeks Legislative, Judiciary's Inputs On Criminal Law Changes

The ministry of home affairs had set up a committee for reforms in criminal laws this May. (File)

New Delhi:

The Union home ministry has sought suggestions from governors, chief ministers, lieutenant governors, the Chief Justice of India and chief justices of various high courts on comprehensive amendments in criminal laws.

Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy told the Rajya Sabha today that a committee has been made under the chairpersonship of Delhi National Law University Vice-Chancellor to suggest reforms in the criminal laws.

"The Ministry of Home Affairs has also sought suggestions governors, chief ministers of states, lieutenant governors and administrators of union territories, the Chief Justice of India, chief justices of various high courts, the Bar Council of India, bar councils of various states and various universities and law institutes on comprehensive amendments in criminal laws," he said in a written reply to a question.

Reddy said the suggestions received and the report of the committee is subject to examination by the ministry in consultation with all stakeholders.

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National Education Policy backward looking document, says Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge

"Therefore the values of moral education in schools and higher education should be based on the principles of the Constitution and not on ancient cultural values," he added.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun KhargeSenior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge
NEW DELHI: Terming the new National Education Policy as a "backward looking document", senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said on Wednesday that education should be based on principles of the Constitution and not on ancient cultural values. Raising the issue as a Zero Hour mention in Rajya Sabha, Kharge, who was recently elected to the upper house, said the entire NEP is a "backward looking document" that is looking 2000 years back instead of planning and preparing our children for the future.

"Therefore the values of moral education in schools and higher education should be based on the principles of the Constitution and not on ancient cultural values," he added.
The NEP-2020 is the first education policy of the 21st century, which was announced 34 years after the previous National Policy on Education in 1986. The NEP-2020 is directed towards major reforms at both the school and higher education level, the government has said

Kharge noted that a provision in the Constitution states that in state and state-aided institutions there should be no religious instructions.

According to Article 28 (1), no religious instructions shall be provided in any educational institutions wholly maintained out of the state fund, he said.

In cities, Kharge said, children who have access to quality nursery education learn to read and write by the time they join class 1.

However, he said poor children in towns and villages will be at a disadvantage because there is no proper policy defined for training of Aanganwadi teachers. Poor children will start with a disadvantage of not having learnt for three years before joining class 1.

"Nearly 50 per cent of students drop out after Class 10. There is no plan that has been suggested to reduce this drop outs. It is estimated that 32.4 per cent of these student drop outs are Dalits, 25.7 per cent minorities and 16.4 per cent are tribals," Kharge said.

Teachers are already burdened with several duties like elections, census and vaccinations etc. which makes it difficult for them to concentrate on teaching and it is impossible to improve the quality of education, the Congress leader said.

Kharge said the focus should be on mathematics, science and english for providing opportunity of development to rural and backward areas.

"Indian culture will be learnt by students through their language and literature classes. Such kind of activism to promote a single culture of Sanskrit or Hindi by the government will only keep children from backward areas out of modern education," he said.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa and SAD member Balwinder Singh Bhunder demanded that Punjabi language should be included in the list of official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Last week, the Union Cabinet approved a bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

In special mentions, Rajmani Patel demanded establishment of a commonwealth sport centre at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, while Rakesh Sinha (BJP nominated) sought compulsory disaster management training in schools and colleges.

Amar Patnaik of the BJD wanted formulation of a central sector scheme for the community of weavers.
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    Daiwa 43-inch 4K TV Review

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    DIGIT RATING
    65 /100
    • design

      68

    • performance

      67

    • value for money

      65

    • features

      62

    • PROS
    • Good display
    • Well build
    • QWERTY + traditional remote is nice
    • CONS
    • AOSP is cumbersome for content consumption
    • Audio output could be better

    Verdict

    The 43-inch Daiwa 4K HDR TV has a good panel for 4K and 1080p content consumption considering the price point. HDR content is acceptable. The smart experience is frustrating especially if you are one looking to take advantage of streaming services. If you are looking to invest in a new 43-inch TV or want to dip a toe in the 4K arena, then you can consider it. Just know that the smart experience for content consumption isn’t great.

     

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    A 4K HDR TV is no longer one for just the premium customer. There are 4K TVs available in every budget. Today we have with us a 4K HDR TV from the house of Daiwa. The TV boasts of 4K resolution along with support for HDR. The TV is available in screen sizes starting at 43-inches going up to 65-inches but the one we have with us today is the 43-inch variant priced at just Rs 26,490. The size of the TV is ideal for a small bedroom but is one to consider?


    Key specifications at a glance

    Panel Size: 43-inch
    Panel Type: IPS 
    Panel Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - 4K
    Panel Refresh Rate: 60Hz
    HDR 10 support: Yes
    Dolby Vision Support: No
    HDMI Ports: 3
    USB Ports: 2
    Bluetooth: No
    Wi-Fi: Yes
    Ethernet: Yes
    Speakers: 2 x 10W
    CPU: Cortex A73 Dual Core 800MHz
    GPU: Dual Core Mali450-540MHz
    RAM: 1GB
    Built-in storage: 8GB
    OS: Android 7 (AOSP)
    Price: Rs 26,490

    Build and design

    Kicking things off with the build of the Daiwa 43-inch 4K TV, it isn’t the slimmest which is okay. What you will notice at the back of the TV are 2 protrusions for the wall mount. They are not a hindrance in any way, just that their presence isn't something that we have seen on other TVs. 

    The TV has a plastic shell, something we have seen on a large number of budget TVs. The borders of the TV surrounding the display are black and plastic. Since they have a matte finish, they don't really interfere with the viewing experience. Considering the price, the borders are relatively slim and the logo at the bottom bezel is small and minimal. You can choose to either wall mount the TV or put it on a table top. We put the TV on a table top using the two feet that come in the box, which are also made of metal. The metal feet are extremely well built, hold the TV in place firmly and are quite slim.The space between the table and the bottom bezel is just enough to place a set-top-box or a PS4. If you have a PS4 Pro or the Xbox One X, then you may want to move things around as it will not fit under the TV.

    Overall, the build of the TV is sturdy, especially the table top stand that comes in the box. It’s design is minimalistic. Considering the price of the TV, the build and design is good.

    Ports and connectivity

    When it comes to connectivity, the Daiwa 43-inch 4K TV has three HDMI ports of which HDMI 3 is ARC enabled, and two USB ports. All these ports are placed on the side of the TV for easy access. If you want to use the keyboard feature on the remote control, you will have to use the supplied dongle which will take up one USB port, so keep that in mind. At the back, the TV has an ethernet port, optical audio out port, 2 AV inputs, an RF input for good old antenna and a 3.5mm out in case you want to connect a pair of headphones. The TV also boasts of Wi-Fi but sadly, no bluetooth. 

     

    Once again we are happy with the selection of ports on the TV. There is ARC and 3.5mm for your audio options. There are 3 HDMI ports which at this price are enough and 2 RCA inputs for your old PS2 or DVD player or set-top-box.

    Display and picture quality

    The Daiwa 43-inch 4K TV has a 10-bit IPS panel that is made by LG. Thanks to the 10-bit panel, the TV boasts of 4K capabilities along with HDR 10 support. A 10-bit panel will help the TV output more colours which is needed for HDR content. To make the most of HDR content the TV needs to be bright as well. Daiwa tells us that the TV has a peak brightness of 350 nits which isn't a lot especially when you consider that the HDR10 standard requires a brightness of 1000 nits. How the TV performs is something we will touch upon in the following sections. Below we will highlight the performance of the TV using three types of content - 4K HDR, 1080p and gaming content. 

    The above Netflix UI is from the Xbox One X

    4K and HDR playback

    For 4K HDR content we played our standard slew of clips from Netflix which included DareDevil, Star Trek and more. Daiwa did tell us that the brightness of the TV is 350 nits which is a lot less than the requirement for HDR but is in line with what we’ve seen on other TVs in this price segment. The good news is that content is well viewable even in a lit room with the downside being that sequences in the dark seem dimmer than they should when watching HDR content. You can switch off the HDR playback via the settings of the TV to get SDR playback and that may help with some content in dimly lit situations. Having said that, the HDR performance of the TV is slightly better than the Mi TV 4A Pro that we reviewed. The Mi TV is a Full HD TV with HDR capabilities sporing an 8-bit panel whereas the Daiwa we have here is a 10-bit panel. So yes, the colours in comparison do look better on the Daiwa along with the HDR performance.

    The HDMI source recognises when HDR content is playing

    1080p content

    When it comes to Full HD content from sources like Netflix, Prime Videos, Hotstar and YouTube, the Daiwa TV shines. It produces bright images that are easy to view even in a lit room. Movies like Blade Runner 2049 and Spider-Man-Homecom play back with vibrant colours. There is some blooming here and there, especially during the night sequences in Spider-Man Homecoming but it can be attributed to the internet connection at the time. However, it doesnt change the fact that you may notice it when streaming content. 

    For TV viewing from your set-top-box or even streaming services, the Daiwa 43-inch TV is value for money for the picture quality. The colours are good, brightness is, well, bright and the preset modes are easy to control.

    Speaking of modes, be it for 4K HDR content or for Full HD content, you may want to stick with the dynamic or vivid preset as these two are the ones that give the best results. There is a ‘soft’ and ‘eco’ mode available as well but they reduce the backlight too much to have an enjoyable experience. One downside is that there are very few picture settings for you to tinker with manually incase you are one looking to set the picture yourself.

    Gaming

    When it comes to gaming, we played Doom in 4K SDR. For indoors sequences, the visuals of the game look detailed and the grey and silver techie interiors mixed with the demonic presence is immersive. However, shift outdoors into the wasteland of Mars and you will see that the saturation on the TV feels off. The orange planet of Mars needs to have a bit more red thrown into the mix to get the colour right. 

    For 4K HDR gaming, we turned to Gears of War 4, which has vast stormy skies which exhibit a lot of dark shades of red, with bright lightning strikes thrown into the mix. While playing the game, the visual fidelity of the bright and dark areas are maintained decently well and while it isn’t quite as good as a TV three times the price, most people will still feel like this is an upgrade over their SDR gaming experience.

    Overall, gaming on the TV is fun. There are a lot of games that give you in game brightness and HDR settings to tinker with and I recommend keeping the TV in Vivid mode. Only tinker with the display settings in the game if you absolutely must. 

    Audio

    The Daiwa 43-inch 4K HDR TV has 2 down firing 10W speakers. I am generally not a fan of the speakers on a TV but the ones on the Daiwa are decent and get the job done for everyday viewing. Watch the Cyberpunk 2077 E3 2018 trailer on YouTube and you will notice that at 60 percent volume, it sounds loud and room filling. If you watch news via your set top box or shows like Young Sheldon or Big Bang Theory or anything where the vocals are more important than the background score you should be just fine. There is a ‘news mode’ which enhances the vocals of the content you are watching. This works well for soap operas and news content but removes the joy from movies. By using modes like ‘Standard’ and ‘theatre’, you can enjoy the occasional movie but for a good immersive experience, you will need to invest in a soundbar like the Xiaomi Mi Soundbar. You can read our review of the soundbar here

    UI 

    The Daiwa 43-inch 4K TV runs on Android 7 out of the box but this isn’t an Android TV. It is AOSP. We have reviewed a few AOSP TVs in the past with their own custom launcher and the UI experience has been acceptable with the source of  frustration coming from the apps. Apps like Netflix and Prime Videos are only able to run their mobile versions and not the proper Android TV version. This makes navigating the UI of the app more cumbersome and also reduces the quality of the content playback. You can log into your Google account if you like but updating and downloading new apps is more seamless through the Aptoide app store, especially for streaming services. 

    The TV also has Sensy Remote. The Sensy UI reminds me of a baby version of PatchWall running on Xiaomi’s TVs. You have access to TV channels in the UI itself and the UI shows you what's playing on each channel and time remaining for the content to finish. So if you see that Game of Thrones is playing on HBO, you will also see the duration left for the episode to finish. Sensy also gives you access to a celebrity database and clicking on a celebrity will bring up information about him/her along with showing you content about him/her that is about to begin or is currently playing on a TV channel.

    Overall, Sensy is nice for those that want an internet enabled experience using their set-top-box as the source of content. However, if you are looking to stream content from services like Netflix and Prime Videos, you are better off investing in a device like a Fire TV stick or a gaming console. 

    Remote Control

    Speaking of the remote control, it has functions on both sides. On one side you have a traditional remote control with functions like power, number pad, source, settings along with shortcuts for YouTube and Netflix. The other side of the remote is a full QWERTY keypad. This is extremely helpful when logging into services like Netflix or Prime Videos (the native apps on the TVs OS). As mentioned above, those services are the mobile version because the TV runs on AOSP so the login process can get quite cumbersome. The QWERTY setup of the remote control is a little wider than I’d like but that’s the compromise of having a 2-in-1 setup. The buttons are rubbery and require you to press them down with some force which is a good thing. This ensures you don’t accidently press the wrong key when using the other side of the remote control.

     

    Speaking of the other side, the traditional controls are easy to use with one hand and the buttons are equally rubbery and clicky as the other (QWERTY) side.

    One thing to note is that to use the traditional side of the remote control, you need to point the remote at the TV. However, since the QWERTY side works the USB dongle at the back, you don’t need to point it at the TV which is nice. 

    Overall, the remote control is functional. The remote adds functions like a mouse pointer and the QWERTY keypad which really help in navigating the UI which can get frustrating at times. 

    Bottom Line

    There are a bunch of 4K TV’s available around the Rs 25,000 price point. We have a few 43-inch 4K TVs from Thompson and Kodak. The Thompson UD9 runs on AOSP and the experience is similar to what we had on this TV as far as the UI is concerned. We are yet to review the new Kodak 43-inch 4K so stay tuned for that if you want to know when one to get. As far as the Daiwa 43-inch 4K TV is concerned, it has a good panel for Full HD and 4K content consumption and is average for HDR content. If you want to watch content from  your set-top-box, then this TV should do fine. If you want to delve into the world of smart TV capabilities, I suggest investing in a device like the Fire TV stick to get a good smart TV experience. TCL has a 43-inch 1080p Android TV that works on the Google certified Android TV OS.

    Daiwa 43-inch 4K TV Key Specs, Price and Launch Date

    Price:
    Release Date: 12 Feb 2019
    Variant: None
    Market Status: Launched

    Key Specs

    • Screen Size (inch) Screen Size (inch)
      43
    • Display Type Display Type
      4K
    • Smart Tv Smart Tv
      Smart TV
    • Screen Resolution Screen Resolution
      3840 x 2160

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    Isles Stay Alive: Eberle Seals 2-1 2OT Win Over Lightning
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    Isles Stay Alive: Eberle Seals 2-1 2OT Win Over Lightning

    Tampa Bay Lightning center Blake Coleman (20) is checked by New York Islanders defenseman Devon Toews (25) during the second period of Game 5 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference final, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

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    Jordan Eberle scored on a twoonone break 12:30 into the second overtime and the New York Islanders avoided elimination with a 21 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final on Tuesday night.

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    EDMONTON, Alberta: Jordan Eberle scored on a two-on-one break 12:30 into the second overtime and the New York Islanders avoided elimination with a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final on Tuesday night.

    Semyon Varlamov stopped 36 shots and Ryan Pulock also scored for the Islanders, who cut the Lightning series lead to 3-2.

    Game 6 is on Thursday night.

    Victor Hedman scored for the Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots.

    The decisive goal came after the Lightning won a faceoff in the Islanders’ zone. The puck was drawn back to defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, who fanned on a shot at the right point. Islanders captain Anders Lee raced up the wing to chase down a loose puck. Gaining the Lightning zone, he fed a pass across to Eberle, who scored driving up the right wing.

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    Lenovo Legion Y520 Review

    Lenovo Legion Y520 Review

    By Hardik Singh | Updated Nov 01 2019
    Lenovo Legion Y520 Review
    DIGIT RATING
    70 /100
    • design

      79

    • performance

      72

    • value for money

      76

    • features

      54

    • PROS
    • Good for 1080p gaming
    • Well built
    • Good Speakers
    • CONS
    • Software issue

    Verdict

    The Lenovo Legion Y520 can be recommended to anyone who is looking to play games in 1080p. It has some drawbacks, but none of those are real deal breakers.

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    If you’ve been following Digit for long, you may know that the Lenovo Y700 won our Zero1 award for “Best Mainstream Gaming Laptop” in 2016. This year the company is pushing the envelope a little further, with the Legion Y520, which is the replacement for the last year's machine. The design has been tweaked, the guts have been upgraded, weight and dimensions lowered, and the machine is now part of Lenovo's Legion sub-brand. On paper, it looks quite interesting and somewhat similar to the Dell inspiron 7567 I reviewed recently, which means there is plenty of 1080p performance to exploit. Exploit I did, the Legion Y520 has been a good gaming partner in the past two weeks. But not everything is up to the mark either.


    Tech specs of our test machine:

    Display: 15.6-inch, 1080P, IPS Panel

    CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ

    RAM: 16GB GB

    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

    Storage 1: 128GB Samsung NVMe SSD

    Storage 2: 1TB Seagate 5400RPM

    Battery: 45 Wr

    Price: Rs. 1,05,101

    Design and Build: New and refined

    Like its predecessor, the Legion Y520 continues the red-and-black gaming theme. It’s made primarily of plastic, but it is a sturdy machine and easily comparable to entry level Thinkpads. The use of red accents in places gives the machine a more attractive look, and the angular front lip makes it distinctive among a horde of rectangular designs. The orange exhaust at the back and the shoulder mounted speakers not only look appealing, but enhance the aesthetics too.

    The Y520 uses a similar middle mounted single-hinge mechanism as the Dell Inspiron 7567 gaming, but here the flex in the display is noticeably lesser, albeit not completely missing. The keyboard deck offers ample space for both hands and the use of matte-ish paint feels good. The laptop is fairly thin and has amply rounded edges, making it easier to reach the keyboard and use it for a longer period.

    I/O: All you need

    I am pretty satisfied with the I/O selection on the Legion Y520, as it covers all the basics. On the left, you get a USB 2.0 port, a Gigabit ethernet jack, microphone/headphone combo and the proprietary power port taken directly from the Thinkpad lineup. On the right, you have two USB 3.0 ports, an SD card reader, a USB 3.0 Type-C port and an HDMI out.

    At this point, I should say that the laptop misses out on a Thunderbolt port, but limited compatibility of third party graphic amplifiers and the lack of 4K gaming performance on the NVIDIA 1050 Ti makes it a moot point. That being said, I would have preferred a third USB 3.0 port with fast charging capabilities.

    Display: Good not great

    While the 4K capabilities of the 1050 Ti are limited to video playback and some non-graphic intensive games, it does justice to the 1080p display here. The matte 15.6-inch panel, is one of the best I have seen in the category, although it is not as bright as I hoped. Producing 260 lux at the centre, it is definitely better in terms of quality and viewing angles than the Dell Inspiron 7567 and most other laptops, but it leaves me wanting for more. Colour reproduction is decent, but as long as you are not using this machine for Photoshop, it will serve you well.

    Keyboard and touchpad: Good enough
    The Lenovo Legion Y520 features a similar island style keyboard we have seen from the company in the past. It has large keys, is quite tactile and offers good feedback. The red backlighting on it matches the whole gaming theme of the laptop. Moreover, this time it uses a two step backlighting, which means it has two intensity settings. The addition of dedicated screen record button is also appreciated. 

    The synaptics touchpad is also quite good and responsive. Compared to the Dell, it certainly feels more smooth, but the precision is almost at par. The two cursor keys are glossy and somewhat raised, which may give the appearance that they might have more depth, but in reality the depression is quite small and both buttons are a little stiff to press.

    Performance: At par with competition

    The Lenovo Legion Y520 packs a similar hardware setup as the Dell Inspiron 7567 Gaming and the performance is pretty much at par as well. The Intel Core i7-7700HQ is a good performer through and through and offers unthrottled performance whether you are converting a video or playing rigorous games. It was really impressive to see the smallest GTX GPU from Nvidia putting out more than 65fps consistently on Doom, running at Ultra settings.

    Graphic intensive titles like Battlefield 1 maintained more than 45fps at ultra settings with occasional screen tearing. I did get better frame rates once I dialled down the graphics quality to high, producing more than 50fps easily. Less graphic intensive tiles like Dota 2 ran comfortably, at over 120fps on ultra settings.

    While the gaming performance is fine, I faced an odd issue which prompted me to connect an external keyboard. The thing is, the Lenovo Y520 locks the Windows key when in game, which is actually a good thing, but if you press it accidentally, the keyboard occasionally locks itself in (Windows key + X) format. This means, after you accidently pressed the Windows key, pressing just Q opens Cortana, or if you press E for instance, a new explorer window will open, and so on. It happened to me during Dota 2 and I can tell you it was way more infuriating than the slight heating issue the machine has.

    Speaking of heating, I found traces on the right side of the keyboard and felt it only if while gaming in a non-airconditioned room. It is not uncomfortable, nor does it affect performance in any way, but it is there and your palms are bound to get sweaty at least. 

    The 16GB of RAM on our test machine coped up well on the variety of workloads we threw at it. Moreover, the 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD storage solution is one of the fastest amongst its peers. Although, I would have preferred a 256GB SSD on this higher variant of the Y520.

    Audio quality via the two shoulder mounted speakers is also nothing short of amazing and while audiophiles won’t agree with me, the machine does a really good job for its price. There’s little bass to speak of, but it doesn’t seem like laptop makers will ever get that right. Still, the speakers try to keep things immersive when you’re gaming, but they’re nothing worth writing home about. They are loud though.

    Battery Life: Just Enough

    As for the battery, the Dell Inspiron 7567 Gaming has set up a new benchmark, which is tough to outperform. The Lenovo Legion Y520 tries, but manages only half of what the Inspiron achieved on the battery test. It lasts for two hours and two minutes on our battery test. You can game on the go, without the GPU and processor being throttled, but just for about an hour or so. Video playback time is still good and you can finish a movie or two on a single charge.

    Bottomline

    The Lenovo Legion Y520 is a good gaming laptop, with a very severe issue. Although the Windows key issue is not persistent, if you look past that, the design looks good, build is sturdy and performance is impressive. In addition, battery life is dependable and having an IPS display certainly helps enhance the visual experience. 

    On the other hand, I believe it would have been a more complete package, with a larger SSD option. Overall, I would easily recommend this machine to whomsoever is looking to invest on a sub-one-lakh laptop, capable of 1080p gaming.

    Lenovo Legion Y520 Key Specs, Price and Launch Date

    Price:
    Release Date: 19 May 2017
    Market Status: Launched

    Key Specs

    • OS OS
      Windows 10 Home
    • Display Display
      15.6" (1920 x 1080)
    • Processor Processor
      Intel Core i7 (7th generation) | 2.8 GHz with Turbo Boost Upto 3.8 GHz
    • Memory Memory
      1 TB with 128GB SSD support N/A/8GB DDR4

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    IIT Kharagpur Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Predict Presence of Arsenic in Groundwater
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    IIT Kharagpur Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Predict Presence of Arsenic in Groundwater

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    The group of researchers also successfully managed to delineate the high and low arsenic zones across the Ganges River delta using AI and quantify the number of people exposed.

    • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 7:41 PM IST

    A group of researchers from IIT Kharagpur in West Bengal has successfully predicted the presence of arsenic in groundwater and its adverse effect on human health in affected areas using Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms on environmental, geological and human usage parameters.

    They also successfully managed to delineate the high and low arsenic zones across the Ganges River delta using AI and quantify the number of people exposed.

    Madhumita Chakraborty, the lead author of the paper, said, “Our AI models predict the occurrence of high arsenic in groundwater across more than half of the Ganges River delta, covering more than 25% area in each of the 19 out of 25 administrative zones in West Bengal. A total of 30.3 million people are estimated to be exposed to severely high As-hazard within the Ganges River delta.”

    The AI findings will be a boon in the Eastern states where arsenic has been a concern, especially along the banks of the Ganga for almost two decades, putting millions of people at severe health risk.

    Professor Abhijit Mukherjee of Department of Geology and Geophysics at IIT Kharagpur said, “Researchers have been studying the distribution patterns of the contaminated groundwater for years to develop a large-scale ecological and environmental framework addressing this challenge in the region. For the first time, we have achieved this breakthrough.”

    “All the information forms the baseline knowledge for the recently initiated Jal Jeevan Mission of the Central government. The mission is based on providing safe drinking water to every household by 2024," he added. "The outcome of our research will provide information for the location of safe groundwater, which is the primary source of drinking water for most of India.”

    “Eastern India and Bangladesh, which source more than 80% of their drinking water from groundwater sources, are coping with this issue of naturally-sourced arsenic mass poisoning,” he added.

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    Oppo Reno4 Pro Review
    Oppo Reno4 Pro Review

    Oppo Reno4 Pro Review

    Subhrojit Mallick   |  13 Aug 2020
    DIGIT RATING
    61 /100
    • design

      58

    • performance

      71

    • value for money

      38

    • features

      64

    • PROS
    • Lightweight, ergonomic design.
    • Full charge in 30 minutes
    • CONS
    • Cannot match the performance of its peers.
    • Strictly average camera output

    Verdict

    Buy the Reno4 Pro if all you want from a smartphone is a lightweight, ergonomic design and hyper-fast charging. For everything else, there are better alternatives like the OnePlus Nord, iQOO 3 and the Realme X3 SuperZoom.

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    For a performance enthusiast or a gamer, the Reno4 Pro is easy to write off looking at the spec sheet. But for the general user, the Reno4 Pro may still offer a few compelling features, enough to make it a smartphone of choice, provided you have the budget for this smartphone. The Reno4 Pro is rather expensive for the core hardware under the hood, but then, it’s not as much about the specs than it is the experience that makes a smartphone worthy of recommending. Is the Reno4 Pro worth buying? We find out —

    Performance

    The Oppo Reno4 Pro is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, the same chipset that powers a bunch of smartphones under Rs 20,000, and can arguably be called a popular mid-range chipset. The price of the smartphone, however, is in the high-end flagship territory. It’s hard to justify that choice for power users, but for someone looking for an affordable good-looking smartphone for the basics, the Reno4 Pro should work just fine. Options like the OnePlus Nord, Realme X3 SuperZoom and the iQOO 3 outshine the Reno4 Pro in nearly every way except for the design, may be. But that's subjective. However, the gap in performance is not something one would really know unless they're constantly switching between apps, or gaming or running benchmarks.

    The benchmark results clearly state how far behind the Reno4 Pro really is, as compared to its peers in this price range.

    The performance gap that we see on benchmarks is barely noticeable in daily use though. Of course, it’s not the butter smooth experience you get from a Snapdragon 855 or an 865 processor, but it’s not easy for an average user to gauge that. I picked up the Reno4 Pro after using the OnePlus Nord for a week, and while the usual operations seemed just as smooth, minor things like a small delay in launching apps, or switching cameras, or unlocking the screen became evident. Things that won’t really bother the vanilla smartphone user, habitual to mid-range performance.

    The Reno4 Pro isn’t going to impress gamers either. The Snapdragon 720G can only run the popular games with medium graphics. We played a few rounds of PUBG Mobile and COD: Mobile and neither of them allowed the Reno4 Pro to run at the highest graphics settings. However, CoD Mobile did manage to hit 60 FPS like we have noted in the Realme 6 Pro and the Redmi Note 9 Pro, both of which run the game at 60 FPS as well. Most likely, the Adreno 618 gets maxed out running games at low graphics, because CPU usage is just around 20 per cent during gaming.

    PUBG Mobile also only hit 30 FPS on GameBench, and that too at HD graphics. So the draw distance, textures, and other details are far lesser than smartphones the Reno4 Pro competes with. Having said that, the gameplay on both PUBG Mobile and COD: Mobile is quite smooth, but no perceivable frame drops. The touch response are nothing like the flagships, and the 90Hz screen doesn’t really come into play here, but you do get a dedicated gaming mode where you can set individual profiles for each games, and enable what Oppo calls “Tournament Mode” which apparently boosts the performance.

    Software

    Part of what makes this mid-range smartphone usable enough, is the ColorOS 7 software. Oppo smartphones were not known for smooth, minimalist UI until recently with the rollout of ColorOS 7 —  One which manages to offer both personalisation and minimalism in the Reno4 Pro. You can choose how your icons will look, the wallpaper and app layout and more from the Settings, and even apply various pre-built themes available in the theme store. There’s also a capable dark mode and a nifty always-on display as well with cool clock styles.

    Annoyingly enough, the Reno4 Pro still has some of the apps that was banned by the Indian Government. It’s still harmless because they don’t work and can be uninstalled.  What irked me was the fact that despite paying Rs 34,999, there isn’t anything special in the software to write about. Almost all the features are the same as what you’d get any other Oppo smartphone priced much less.

    Camera

    The Reno series started off with a nicely tuned camera in the Reno 10X Zoom, but over the past few iterations, the camera has been quite disappointing. The Reno4 Pro’s quad camera setup also evoked the same feeling. The 48+8+2+2 MP setup is common for mid-range smartphones priced under Rs 20,000, and it's natural to expect some level of differentiation to motivate the buyer to consider paying more. The camera is how most OEMs differentiate, but not the Reno4 Pro. It’s performance is strictly average, and a far cry from the images the Reno 10X Zoom took.

    Daylight

    Oppo Reno4 Pro vs Competition:

    Shot on Oppo Reno4 Pro

    Shot on iQOO 3 5G

    In the daytime, the Reno4 Pro takes photos with good colours, and the right amount of saturation and vibrance. The dynamic range is on the lower side, and so is the details when compared against images taken from phones like the iQOO 3.

    Lowlight

    Oppo Reno4 Pro vs Competition:

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    The Reno4 Pro comes with a Night Mode which takes a good few seconds to take a low-light photo. The result is an image that looks brighter, but doesn’t have much details when you zoom in.

    Portraits

    The portrait mode algorithm does the usual beautifying enhancements which smoothens the skin and makes faces appear fairer. The subject separation is accurate, however, and you get a sharp image with lots of filters to experiment with.  

    Macro

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    The 2MP macro is best left unused. Yes, you can go close to a subject up to 4cm, but the colour appear completely faded, and there’s no details whatsoever. The iQOO 3 beats the Reno4 Pro to the punch using a software-induced macro mode.

    Videos

    The video capabilities of the Reno4 Pro is limited to 4K at 30 FPS, and while the phone manages to maintain focus, the quality of videos are much sharper in smartphones like the iQOO 3 priced the same. The light weight of the phone does help in keeping the phone stable though, and there’s a software-assisted Ultra Steady mode, which is quite handy.

    Battery

    Here’s where things get interesting. While the Reno4 Pro is strictly average in performance and camera, it sure does last long. And even when it eventually dies, it comes right back up in less than 15 minutes of charging. It has the same 65W fast charger that the Realme X50 Pro already offers, and that’s quite a game changer on its own, even though this feature alone doesn’t justify the price you have to pay. The power draw is quite controlled thanks to the Snapdragon 720G largely, and Oppo’s own resource management algorithms working in the background. The latter might become an annoyance if you switch between apps a lot, because in my case, I had the BatteryLog app running to log the battery drain, and it kept dying every few hours.  

    Design and Display

    What really makes the Reno4 Pro compelling to consider is the design. The smartphone isn’t the most powerful, but it sure does look fantastic. That’s definitely a trait the Reno4 Pro has borrowed from the Reno 10X Zoom. The first thing you’ll notice picking up the phone is it's incredibly light weight and the frosted matte finish. In the way it feels in hand, the Reno4 Pro’s design is a lot like the special edition Realme X series, the ones named Onion and Garlic for some reason.

    What works in case of the Reno4 Pro is the feather-light weight and the slim profile. It’s just 7.7mm thick and rocks a curved AMOLED display that blends in with the plastic body along the edges. As a result, the Reno4 Pro can be easily used one-handed. It’s really ergonomic, doesn’t slip and doesn’t attract the ugly smudges and fingerprints.

    As for the display itself, it’s decent for the usual tasks but lacks features like HDR support for Netflix, and other streaming apps like its rivals offer. The 6.5-inch AMOLED panel is still HDR-rated though, and supports DCI-P3 colours in the apps and UI. There’s also the OSIE Vision Effect that’s present in nearly every Realme and Oppo smartphones. Turning it on adds a warm tinge to the screen when a video is playing. The brightness levels are ideal for indoor usage. Using it under direct sunlight will cause colours to fade and make reading text difficult.

    Bottomline

    Overall, the Oppo Reno4 Pro is a strictly average smartphone that looks good, and charges in an instant. The design and the battery life are the only two things that somewhat justifies the price tag, but without the performance to back it up, the Reno4 Pro feels like a half-done job. It feels like Oppo started off with making a premium smartphone —  it got the outer shell ready, but then pivoted to making a mid-range smartphone. As a result, the Reno4 Pro can be easily mistaken as a high-performing smartphone with premium camera performance, but in reality, it’s just average.

    Buy the Reno4 Pro if all you want from a smartphone is an ergonomic design and hyper-fast charging. For everything else, there are better alternatives like the OnePlus Nord, iQOO 3 and the Realme X3 SuperZoom.

    Oppo Reno4 Pro Key Specs, Price and Launch Date

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    Release Date: 31 Jul 2020
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    Market Status: Launched

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    • Memory Memory
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    • Battery Battery
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    More Than 60 LGBT, Intersex People Killed In Colombia In First Eight Months Of 2020

    At least 63 members of Colombia's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community were killed in the first eight months of this year, the Andean country's human rights ombudsman said on Tuesday, while other acts of violence also increased.

    • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 8:21 AM IST

    BOGOTA: At least 63 members of Colombia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community were killed in the first eight months of this year, the Andean country’s human rights ombudsman said on Tuesday, while other acts of violence also increased.

    Among those killed were 17 transgender women, 12 gay men, six lesbian women and one transgender man, as well as others whose sexual orientation and gender identity could not be specified, although they belonged to the LGBT and intersex community, the organization said.

    Intersex refers to people who have reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not conform to typical definitions of male or female.

    The ombudsman, an independent organization that promotes human rights in Colombia, did not immediately include comparative figures from the same period in 2019 as collection of the information started this year.

    From January to August, the organization reported 388 cases of violence against LGBT and intersex people, mostly in the form of physical and psychological aggressions, up from 309 cases in the whole of last year.

    “During the pandemic prejudice and discrimination have been exacerbated while obstacles to accessing justice in the receiving of complaints increased,” the ombudsman said in a statement.

    The organization, which also cited 36 cases of aggression by police officers, called on the government to develop a concrete action plan to stop violence due to prejudice and fight institutional discrimination that affects this community in all areas and spaces.

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    Indian-American Pleads Guilty In USD 17-Million Bank Fraud

    Rajendra Kankariya, 61, pleaded guilty by video conference before US District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to committing wire fraud affecting a financial institution.

    Indian-American Pleads Guilty In USD 17-Million Bank Fraud

    Rajendra Kankariya faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a fine of USD 1 million.

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    An Indian-American president of a now-defunct New Jersey-based marble and granite wholesaler has admitted his role in scheming to defraud a bank in connection with a USD 17 million secured line of credit, a US Attorney has said.

    Rajendra Kankariya, 61, pleaded guilty by video conference before US District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to committing wire fraud affecting a financial institution.

    He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a fine of USD 1 million. Kankariya is scheduled to be sentenced on January 18.

    According to court documents, from March 2016 through March 2018, Kankariya, the president and part owner of Lotus Exim International Inc, conspired with other LEI employees to obtain from the bank a USD17 million line of credit by fraudulent means.

    The bank extended the line of credit believing it to have been secured in part by LEI's accounts receivable. In reality, Kankariya and his conspirators fabricated or inflated many of the accounts receivable, ultimately leading to LEI defaulting on the line of credit, prosecutors alleged.

    To conceal the lack of sufficient collateral, LEI employees, with the knowledge and approval of Kankariya, created fake email addresses on behalf of LEI's customers so they could pose as them and answer the bank''s and outside auditor''s inquiries about the accounts receivable.

    The scheme involved numerous fraudulent accounts receivable where the outstanding balances were either inflated or entirely fabricated. 

    The scheme caused the bank losses of about USD 17 million, a statement issued by US Attorney Craig Carpenito said. 

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    'Total and utter snobbery': Brutal note left on a car parked on a front lawn sparks class war between wealthy and working class suburbs

    • A homeowner has been accused of 'utter snobbery' over a car parking note 
    • The resident from Claremont, in west Perth, left the message on a stranger's car
    • It scolded the driver for parking their car on the homeowner's front lawn
    • The harsh statement prompted a digital turf war about Perth's affluent suburbs  

    A rude note left on a parked car has sparked a heated debate about snobby suburbs and whether it's appropriate to park on a front lawn. 

    A homeowner from Claremont, an affluent suburb in west Perth, has come under fire for leaving the 'very rude' and 'snobbish' message on a car parked on their lawn.  

    The note triggered a social media firestorm for taking aim at Balga, a suburb 12kms north of Perth's CBD, when it was shared to social media on Monday.   

    'This is not Balga. Park in the street, not on the lawn. Don't park here again,' the message read. 

    A homeowner in Claremont, an affluent suburb in west Perth, left a 'discriminatory' note (pictured above) on a car that was parked on their front lawn

    A homeowner in Claremont, an affluent suburb in west Perth, left a 'discriminatory' note (pictured above) on a car that was parked on their front lawn 

    The homeowner came under fire for the accusatory message and was labelled 'a freaking snob' (pictured) by social media commenters who read the note on Monday

    The homeowner came under fire for the accusatory message and was labelled 'a freaking snob' (pictured) by social media commenters who read the note on Monday 

    The 'antagonistic and discriminatory' note quickly caused commenters to label the message an act of 'total and utter snobbery'.   

    'What a freaking snob! I've lived in Balga, Midland, Gosnells, Bassendean, Beechboro, Scarborough.

    'All suburbs have their 'riff raff' and all have their so called 'pillars of society'.

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    'Have they actually lived in Balga to make this comparison? I doubt it,' one user wrote.     

    'The message displayed here is antagonistic and way out of line.'  

    'Suburbs do not make people. Most people living in so-called affluent suburbs are rotten through and through,' another commenter said.  

    Other users pointed out that cars parked on front lawns could damage sprinkler systems. 

    'I too had that problem. I spoke and left messages on the person's windscreen because we had sprinklers.  

    The Claremont homeowner (Claremont pictured) criticised the driver for parking on their verge and took aim at the northern suburb of Balga, 12kms north of Perth's CBD

    The Claremont homeowner (Claremont pictured) criticised the driver for parking on their verge and took aim at the northern suburb of Balga, 12kms north of Perth's CBD 

    Social media users defended Balga (Balga pictured above) and criticised residents from 'so-called affluent suburbs' for being 'rotten' and 'antagonistic'

    Social media users defended Balga (Balga pictured above) and criticised residents from 'so-called affluent suburbs' for being 'rotten' and 'antagonistic' 

    'Most lawns have a sprinkler system in place and cars do cause breakage when they drive off,' one commenter said.      

    Other users defended the note and condemned the driver for parking on the verge. 

    'I would also be annoyed if someone parked on my lawn without permission.' 

    'If that's what it takes to get people not to park on somebody else's lawn fair enough.' 

    'I wouldn't leave a note. There would be spikes in their tyres,' one user wrote.  

    The median price of a house in Balga is $298,250, in comparison to $1,448,890 in Claremont. 

    All councils in Perth state 'to park on a verge you will need the permission of the owner of the premises adjacent to the verge.'  

    A council spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia failure to obtain this permission could result in a visit from a parking ranger and a $100 fine. 

    Commenters defended the driver and labelled the homeowner as 'arrogant'

    Commenters defended the driver and labelled the homeowner as 'arrogant' 

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    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has described the government of Governor Dapo Abiodun as “wicked” and “insensitive” for reportedly “refusing to accede to the legitimate demands of workers in the state, despite several demands,” from the Organized Labour leaders.

    DAILY POST reports that workers in Ogun State have embarked on a seven-day warning strike over Gov. Abiodun’s refusal to pay their N30,000 minimum wage and other entitlements.

    The Ogun PDP said it is satisfied with the peaceful conduct adopted by the leadership of the Organized Labour in pressing home its demands.

    Akinloye Bankole, the Publicity Secretary of the party in Ogun State stated that, “The declaration of a week warning strike, following the insensitivity of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the state is a proof that the leadership of the Organized Labour and workers are true compatriots.”

    Bankole, in a statement he made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday, expressed optimism that, “the government will come to its senses within the period of the warning strike.”

    “The warning strike, we are hoping will not result to a full scale indefinite strike action as contained in a newsletter signed by the Organised Labour if the government can wake up from its slumber and see the welfare of its workers as germane and crucial in the interest of the development of our dear State,” he said.

    He recalled that the PDP issued a release a few weeks ago, calling on the ruling government to show empathy and compassion to the mass of government workers by implementing the minimum wage, remitting their contributory deductions and paying all their outstanding allowances and other entitlements.

    He, however, said, “As it is the usual character of Gov. Dapo Abiodun-led government not to hearken to warnings and advice, it is saddening to note that such patriotic intervention from a responsible party playing its role as a strong opposition party fell on deaf ears.

    “Without any shade of doubts, Ogun workers and indeed, the general public by extension, now know that cautions and advice relating to issues that bother on workers’ welfare and core issues of progressive governance have become matters of inconvenience to the APC ruling government.

    “Owing to our irreducible belief that no worker should be treated with indignity, our great party is left with no other option than to identify with the Ogun workers whose genuine discussion with the representatives of the government ended in deadlock, as the wicked government completely refused to accede to the legitimate demands of the workers despite several concessions made by the Organized Labour leaders,” the Ogun PDP Publicity Secretary said.

    Meanwhile, the PDP, while reiterating its unalloyed support for all issues bothering on workers welfare, enjoined the leadership of the Organised Labour to remain calm and law-abiding while the strike lasts.

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    US Broke Rules By Imposing Tariffs On China, Says World Trade Organization

    US Broke Rules By Imposing Tariffs On China, Says World Trade Body

    US says its tariffs imposed two years ago on more than $200 billion in Chinese goods were justified because China was stealing intellectual property and forcing US companies to transfer technology for access to China's markets.

    US Broke Rules By Imposing Tariffs On China, Says World Trade Body

    The World Trade Organization encouraged US and China to work to resolve the overall dispute. (File)

    Geneva:

    The World Trade Organization found on Tuesday that the United States breached global trading rules by imposing multibillion-dollar tariffs in President Donald Trump's trade war with China, a ruling that drew anger from Washington.

    The Trump administration says its tariffs imposed two years ago on more than $200 billion in Chinese goods were justified because China was stealing intellectual property and forcing US companies to transfer technology for access to China's markets.

    But the WTO's three-member panel said the US duties broke trading rules because they applied only to China and were above maximum rates agreed to by the United States. Washington had not then adequately explained why its measures were a justified exception, the panel concluded.

    "This panel report confirms what the Trump administration has been saying for four years: the WTO is completely inadequate to stop China's harmful technology practices," US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in response.

    China's Commerce Ministry said Beijing supported the multilateral trading system and respected WTO rules and rulings, and hoped Washington would do the same.

    The decision will have little immediate effect on the US tariffs and is just the start of a legal process that could take years to play out, ultimately leading to the WTO approving retaliatory measures if it is upheld - moves that China has already taken on its own.

    The United States is likely to appeal Tuesday's ruling. That would put the case into a legal void, however, because Washington has already blocked the appointment of judges to the WTO's appellate body, preventing it from convening the minimum number required to hear cases.

    The WTO panel was aware it was stepping into hot water. It noted that it had looked only into the US measures and not China's retaliation, which Washington has not challenged at the WTO.

    "The panel is very much aware of the wider context in which the WTO system currently operates, which is one reflecting a range of unprecedented global trade tensions," the 66-page report concluded.

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    The panel recommended the United States bring its measures "into conformity with its obligations", but also encouraged the two sides to work to resolve the overall dispute.

    "Time is available for the parties to take stock as proceedings evolve and further consider opportunities for mutually agreed and satisfactory solutions," it said.

    During a two-year trade war with Beijing, Trump threatened tariffs on nearly all Chinese imports - more than $500 billion - before the two countries signed a "Phase 1" trade deal in January. Extra tariffs are still in place on some $370 billion worth of Chinese goods, and $62.16 billion in duties have been collected since July 2018, U.S. Customs data show.

    Trump has described the WTO as "horrible" and biased towards China, often threatening to quit.

    However, during an ABC News town hall on Tuesday, Trump continued to back a trade deal signed with China in January, and suggested Beijing was now buying record amounts of US corn, soybeans and beef because Chinese leaders knew he was "very, very unhappy" about their handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

    As he left the White House for that event, Trump said he would "have to do something about the WTO because they've let China get away with murder."

    He said he needed to take a closer look at the ruling, but added: "I'm not a big fan of the WTO - that I can tell you right now. Maybe they did us a big favor."

    The decision could help fuel a Trump decision to leave the WTO or underpin US arguments for reforming the 25-year-old trade body, said Margaret Cekuta, a former USTR official who helped write a crucial report on China's intellectual property abuses that preceded Trump's tariffs.

    "It gives the administration ammo to say the WTO is out of date," said Cekuta, now a principal with the Capitol Counsel lobbying firm, adding U.S. officials could argue that the WTO's inability to rule on intellectual property rights left it ill-prepared to deal with the global economy.

    Trump, critical of multilateral institutions, has already quit the U.N. cultural organisation UNESCO and plans to leave the World Health Organization.

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    Meteorite study calls into doubt a popular theory about the early solar system

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    September 16, 2020
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    It is generally accepted that the inner region of the early solar system was subject to an intense period of meteoric bombardment referred to as the late heavy bombardment. However, researchers have found evidence that suggests this period occurred slightly earlier than thought and was less intense but also more prolonged. Such details about this period could impact theories about the early Earth and the dawn of life.
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    Around 4 billion years ago, the solar system was far less hospitable than we find it now. Many of the large bodies we know and love were present, but probably looked considerably different, especially the Earth. We know from a range of sources, including ancient meteorites and planetary geology, that around this time there were vastly more collisions between, and impacts from, asteroids originating in the Mars-Jupiter asteroid belt.

    Knowledge of these events is especially important to us, as the time period in question is not only when the surface of our planet was taking on a more recognizable form, but was also when life was just getting started. With more accurate details of Earth's rocky history, it could help researchers answer some long-standing questions concerning the mechanisms responsible for life, as well as provide information for other areas of life science.

    "Meteorites provide us with the earliest history of ourselves," said Professor Yuji Sano from the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo. "This is what fascinated me about them. By studying properties, such as radioactive decay products, of meteorites that fell to Earth, we can deduce when they came and where they came from. For this study we examined meteorites that came from Vesta, the second-largest asteroid after the dwarf planet Ceres."

    Sano and his team found evidence that Vesta was hit by multiple impacting bodies around 4.4 billion to 4.15 billion years ago. This is earlier than 3.9 billion years ago, which is when the late heavy bombardment (LHB) is thought to have occurred. Current evidence for the LHB comes from lunar rocks collected during the Apollo moon missions of the 1970s, as well as other sources. But these new studies are improving upon previous models and will pave the way for an up-to-date database of early solar impact records.

    "That Vesta-origin meteorites clearly show us impacts earlier than the LHB raises the question, 'Did the late heavy bombardment truly occur?'" said Sano. "It seems to us that early solar system impacts peaked sooner than the LHB and reduced smoothly with time. It may not have been the cataclysmic period of chaos that current models describe."

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    • A document lodged in the High Court on September 1 by the Australian Government Solicitor is the first official acknowledgment that the ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to influence an Australian politician centred on China.
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    Russia Seals Another Deal To Supply And Test Its Coronavirus Vaccine Abroad
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    Russia Seals Another Deal To Supply And Test Its Coronavirus Vaccine Abroad

    Russia Seals Another Deal To Supply And Test Its Coronavirus Vaccine Abroad

    Russia's sovereign wealth fund will supply 100 million doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine to Indian drug company Dr Reddy's Laboratories, the fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow speeds up plans to distribute its shot abroad.

    • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 5:30 PM IST

    MOSCOW: Russia’s sovereign wealth fund will supply 100 million doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine to Indian drug company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, the fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow speeds up plans to distribute its shot abroad.

    The deal for its Sputnik-V vaccine candidate comes after the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) reached agreements with Indian manufacturers to produce 300 million doses of the shot in India, also a major consumer of Russian oil and arms.

    The agreement brings the total number of doses Russia has so far announced that it will supply abroad to just over 200 million – half to Latin America and half to India. RDIF has said it has received requests totalling 1 billion doses.

    Deliveries to India, which has a population of more than 1.3 billion, could begin in late 2020, RDIF said, adding this was subject to the completion of trials and Sputnik-V’s registration by regulatory authorities in India.

    Phase III trials, involving at least 40,000 people, are ongoing in Russia. Initial results are expected in October or November, RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev has said.

    Dr Reddy’s, one of India’s top pharmaceutical companies, will carry out Phase III clinical trials of Sputnik-V in India, RDIF said. Following the news, Dr Reddy’s shares rallied to close 4.18% higher in India on Wednesday.

    The Indian trials could start as early as next month, Dmitriev told Reuters, adding trial results could be followed soon after by domestic regulatory approval of Sputnik-V for mass use in India.

    India said last week it was considering granting an emergency authorisation for a coronavirus vaccine, particularly for the elderly and people in high-risk workplaces.

    EMERGENCY USE

    Russia was the first country to grant regulatory approval for a novel coronavirus vaccine, and did so before large-scale trials were complete, stirring concern among scientists and doctors about the safety and efficacy of the shot.

    Several countries are now considering adopting “emergency use authorisation” measures that would fast-track approval of a vaccine in a similar way, however.

    “We expect emergency use authorisation for Sputnik-V vaccine in major markets,” Dmitriev said.

    Results of early-stage clinical trials of the Russian shot, which were published in international medical journal The Lancet earlier this month, showed promise, G V Prasad, co-chairman of Dr Reddy’s, was cited in the RDIF statement as saying.

    “Sputnik-V vaccine could provide a credible option in our fight against COVID-19 in India,” he said.

    There was no detail about the price of Sputnik-V, but RDIF has said previously it was not aiming to make a profit, just to cover costs.

    In a press briefing late on Tuesday, Balram Bhargava, who heads India’s clinical research agency, the Indian Council of Medical Research, said high-level talks between India and Russia around the vaccine had been ongoing.

    “There is a high-level committee of the government of India for vaccines that is in dialogue with the Russians,” he said, adding Russia had a good track record in vaccine development and the early-stage overseas trials of Sputnik-V had been promising.

    It was not immediately clear whether those talks had been instrumental in the deal between RDIF and Dr Reddy’s.

    The agreement comes as India’s coronavirus cases surged past five million on Wednesday, piling pressure on hospitals grappling with unreliable supplies of oxygen that they need to treat tens of thousands of critically ill patients.

    This is Dr Reddy’s first foray into a coronavirus vaccine. It has struck a licensing deal with Gilead Sciences Inc to make and sell COVID-19 treatment remdesivir in 127 countries, including India; launched its generic version of remdesivir under the brand name Redyx; and has also tied up with Fujifilm Holdings Corp to launch Fujifilm’s anti-flu drug Avigan (favipiravir) in India as a COVID-19 treatment.

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    LA Sheriff's in standoff with carjacking suspect 'who may be linked to Compton shooter who ambushed and shot two LA deputies in the head'

    • Two officers were shot multiple times while sat in their patrol car in an ambush in Compton Saturday night   
    • They were outside the Metro Blue Line station when a suspect walked up and shot them at close range 
    • Both officers - Claudia Apolinar, 31, and her 24-year-old male colleague - are in a stable condition in hospital  
    • Several cop sources told NBC Los Angeles an armed carjacker is connected to the ambush
    • The man driving a light blue Toyota coupe led cops on a high speed chase through Lynwood Tuesday 
    • He crashed the car and fled on foot into a nearby home, as officers evacuated the area and prepared a search
    • LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has denied any connection between the carjacking and Saturday's ambush 
    • Multiple sources said the two incidents are related and the man is wanted over the attack on the officers 

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    The LA County Sheriff's SWAT team are in a standoff with a carjacking suspect who could be linked to the Compton gunman who shot two deputies in the head at the weekend, according to several law enforcement sources.  

    A huge search is currently underway in a residential area of Lynwood where residents have been on lockdown for more than eight hours after an armed carjacker who led cops on a high speed chase Tuesday is thought to be connected to the ambush that left the LA cops fighting for their lives in hospital.  

    Two officers - 31-year-old Claudia Apolinar and her 24-year-old male colleague – were shot multiple times as they sat inside their patrol car outside the Metro Blue Line station at Willowbrook Avenue and Oak Street Saturday night. 

    Shocking surveillance footage captured the moment the black male suspect strolled up to the police cruiser and gunned the officers down at close range before fleeing the scene on foot.

    Both officers survived and are said to be in a stable condition in hospital while a massive manhunt is underway for the gunman, who authorities said is between the ages of 28 and 30. 

    The LA County Sheriff's SWAT team are in a standoff with a carjacking suspect who could be linked to the Compton gunman who shot two deputies in the head at the weekend, according to several law enforcement sources. Pictured the scene of the carjacking

    The LA County Sheriff's SWAT team are in a standoff with a carjacking suspect who could be linked to the Compton gunman who shot two deputies in the head at the weekend, according to several law enforcement sources. Pictured the scene of the carjacking 

    An armed carjacker who led cops on a high speed chase through the Lynwood area of Compton Tuesday is said to be connected to the ambush on LA deputies

    An armed carjacker who led cops on a high speed chase through the Lynwood area of Compton Tuesday is said to be connected to the ambush on LA deputies

    Authorities are increasingly confident that the suspected carjacker involved in a police chase Tuesday and now thought to be hiding out in a Lynwood home was involved in Saturday's attack on the deputies, law enforcement sources told NBC Los Angeles

    LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has repeatedly denied any connection between the carjacking suspect and the gunman.

    Villanueva, who challenged LeBron James to match a reward to find the suspect earlier this week, told several media outlets Tuesday the two incidents were unrelated and the search was for a carjacker.

    However he provided no further details about the carjacker and there was a massive police presence in the area, including the bomb squad and two sheriff's helicopters.

    Multiple sources confirmed to NBC the male suspect is wanted in connection with the weekend ambush but the sheriff's department is not yet ready to provide details to the public. 

    Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez told City News Service he could not confirm whether the suspect was connected to the attack on her colleagues.

    'At this time, it's just a carjacking suspect, but it's really important that we apprehend him and ID him to see if there's any nexus with the ambush,' she said. 

    Aerial footage showed multiple police cars continued to be on the scene as darkness fell, while the suspect's vehicle could be seen abandoned in the road

    Aerial footage showed multiple police cars continued to be on the scene as darkness fell, while the suspect's vehicle could be seen abandoned in the road

    A huge search is underway in Lynwood for the armed suspect who was allegedly driving a light blue Toyota coupe and led cops on a chase

    A huge search is underway in Lynwood for the armed suspect who was allegedly driving a light blue Toyota coupe and led cops on a chase

    Authorities are increasingly confident the carjacker involved in a police chase Tuesday and now thought to be hiding out in a Lynwood home was involved in Saturday's attack on the deputies, law enforcement sources told NBC Los Angeles

    Authorities are increasingly confident the carjacker involved in a police chase Tuesday and now thought to be hiding out in a Lynwood home was involved in Saturday's attack on the deputies, law enforcement sources told NBC Los Angeles

    A huge search is underway in Lynwood for the armed suspect who was allegedly driving a light blue Toyota coupe through the residential area. 

    LA County Sheriff's Department deputies were in hot pursuit of the vehicle, which the driver then crashed along the 3100 block of Carlin Avenue.

    Police sources said the driver fled from the vehicle into a nearby home or condo. 

    Officers evacuated people out of the area as the SWAT team prepared to search nearby homes for the suspect. 

    Aerial footage showed multiple police cars continued to be on the scene as darkness fell, while the suspect's vehicle could be seen abandoned in the road. 

    Residents reported on social media being locked down in their homes for eight hours, as of around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

    It is not clear what initially led to the chase and no further details have yet been released.    

    LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has repeatedly denied any connection between the carjacking suspect and the gunman but provided no further details about the carjacker

    LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has repeatedly denied any connection between the carjacking suspect and the gunman but provided no further details about the carjacker

    The investigation has so far focused on two prominent Compton street gangs, sources said. SWAT teams search homes in the area Tuesday

    The investigation has so far focused on two prominent Compton street gangs, sources said. SWAT teams search homes in the area Tuesday 

    Police are searching for two main suspects involved in Saturday's ambush - the gunman and a suspected getaway driver who was seen driving the gunman away from the scene in a dark Mercedes.  

    The investigation has so far focused on two prominent Compton street gangs, sources said. 

    It was previously suggested that the shooting was a revenge attack for one of the spate of recent deaths of black men and women at the hands of cops across America.  

    Apolinar, a mother of a six-year-old, and her colleague each sustained multiple gunshot wounds in Saturday's attack. 

    The two cops - who both graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy last year - both underwent surgery and are now in a stable condition. 

    Video released by cops showed the suspect approaching an LACSD vehicle parked outside the Metro Blue Line station and opening fire before he fled.

    Despite taking multiple bullets – one to the face and several to her upper torso – Apolinar managed to get her partner to safety, apply a tourniquet and radio for help.

    A photo of the aftermath of the attack shows Apolinar covered in blood, giving medical help to her injured partner who was also struck in the head.  

    Video released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows the moment that male suspect opened fire on two deputies at a Compton bus station
    After shooting multiple rounds at the deputies, the male ran away

    Video released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows the moment that male suspect opened fire on two deputies at a Compton bus station before fleeing on foot

    FOX11 obtained a photo (above) of the female deputy, who was described as a 31-year-old mother of a six-year-old boy, covered in blood after she was shot in the jaw helping her colleague in the Saturday shooting

    FOX11 obtained a photo (above) of the female deputy, who was described as a 31-year-old mother of a six-year-old boy, covered in blood after she was shot in the jaw helping her colleague in the Saturday shooting

    A harrowing dispatch call reveals a shaky voice called in the shooting, muttering: '998 Compton Pax.' 

    Recognizing the code for a deputy-involved shooting, a dispatcher asks: 'Just happened?' 

    The voice replies, almost unintelligibly, 'Compton Pax, deputies down. Compton Pax 998.'

    The suspect, meanwhile, is described as a black male between 28 and 30 years old. 

    He was wearing dark clothing at the time of the shooting and was last seen in a black four-door sedan.

    Fox News reporter William la Jeunesse said Monday: 'Los Angeles police will not say this publicly - but some believe this ambush was retaliation for some recent police shootings of black suspects in LA.'

    On August 31 black man Dijon Kizzee was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies after he was stopped for a traffic violation while riding a bike. 

    Claudia Apolinar, 31, was identified as one of the gunned down officers. She graduated from the Police Academy last year

    Claudia Apolinar, 31, was identified as one of the gunned down officers. She graduated from the Police Academy last year

    At the beginning of this month the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors also voted to ask the coroner to conduct an inquest into the fatal deputy shooting of 18-year-old Andres Guardado on June 18.  

    Thousands have taken to the streets demanding justice and calling for an end to police brutality and racism since May following the 'murder' of black man George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop who knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes until he passed out and died.  

    Floyd's death reignited outrage over the death of EMT Breonna Taylor, 26, who was shot eight times while sleeping in her bed when three plain clothes officers performed a no-knock arrest warrant at her Louisville apartment on March 13. 

    In June, unarmed father Rayshard Brooks was shot dead while he ran away from cops in the drive-thru of a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta.  

    On August 23, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a white cop in front of his three young children, leaving the father-of-six paralyzed from the waist down.      

    A week later on August 30, Dijon Kizzee, 29, was gunned down in the street by LA cops who allegedly shot him 20 times and then handcuffed his dead body after trying to pull him over for an alleged bicycle code violation.   

    In early September, footage was released by the family of Daniel Prude, 41, showing cops in Rochester, New York, putting a spit hood over his face and pushing his face into the ground for two minutes until he passed out and died on March 23.  

    The Monroe County medical examiner listed the manner of death as homicide caused by 'complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint' but no charges have been brought against any of the cops. 

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    Mack® LR Electric to Begin Production in 2021

    Mack Trucks today announced plans to commercialize the Mack® LR Electric

    Mack Trucks today announced plans to commercialize the Mack® LR Electric, its revolutionary refuse model equipped with a fully electric integrated Mack drivetrain. Orders for the Mack LR Electric will open in Q4 2020, with deliveries beginning in 2021.

    “Mack’s leadership in the refuse segment goes back more than a century, and we’re pleased to build on that heritage today by announcing the commercialization of the LR Electric model,” said Martin Weissburg, president, Mack Trucks. “This clean, quiet and powerful truck demonstrates the very best of Mack innovation and our people, and I couldn’t be more proud to announce our plans to build it.”

    The production Mack LR Electric model will fulfill the needs of refuse customers, whether commercial or municipal, seeking a true zero-emissions truck that aligns with their own environmental goals and local emissions regulations. With its quiet operation, the LR Electric will meet the needs of customers working in an urban setting who are seeking to cut noise pollution and operate quietly at night.

    Introduced as a prototype in 2018, the LR Electric features Mack’s fully integrated electric powertrain with twin electric motors and four NMC lithium-ion batteries providing vehicle propulsion, as well as power for all onboard accessories. A unique three-mode regenerative braking system takes into account the truck’s increasing load and helps recapture energy from the hundreds of stops refuse trucks make per day.

    In a nod to its unique pedigree and fully electric driveline, LR Electric models will feature a copper Bulldog mounted on the front of each truck.

    “The LR Electric is paving the way toward widespread acceptance of zero-emissions refuse trucks,” Weissburg said. “As we begin delivering them to customers in the coming year, we remain committed to ensuring these trucks are built to meet the unique needs of the refuse industry.”

    Like other LR models, the LR Electric may be fitted with equipment bodies from a number of manufacturers, allowing the customer to tailor the truck to their specific application. Customers will be able to choose from the same driver/passenger side driving configurations, seating choices and door options offered on the diesel-powered LR. In addition, minimal changes to the gauges and select switchgear were made, allowing Mack to carry over the ergonomic driver-designed LR cab.

    To maximize customer uptime, the LR Electric will be monitored by Mack GuardDog® Connect, a proactive telematics solution that monitors vehicle performance to help customers avoid unplanned downtime. LR Electric-focused service training and electrical safety curriculum will also be deployed to the Mack dealer network to ensure customers receive the level of support they’ve come to expect from Mack.

    The Mack LR Electric will be manufactured at Mack’s Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) in Macungie, Pennsylvania, where all heavy-duty Mack trucks built for North America are assembled. For more information about the Mack LR Electric, please visit www.macktrucks.com.

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    Amarinder Singh submitted a memorandum to the Governor, seeking his intervention to stop the laws, which farmers say will hurt their interests.

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    The row over the three Central agriculture bills in Punjab got intense today with both ruling Congress and the opposition Akali Dal  trying to placate the angry farmers. While Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met Governor VP Singh Badnore, the Akalis made a beeline for BJP chief JP Nadda.

    Amarinder Singh submitted a memorandum to the Governor, seeking his intervention to stop the laws, which farmers say will hurt their interests.

    Mr Singh told the Governor that any move to tinker with the current procurement system amid the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis, may increase the unrest among the farmers. He also said it "may not be conducive for the peace and development of the region, which faces serious challenges of public order due to a live international border".

    He also termed the Shiromani Akali Dal's sudden U-turn over the laws, calling it a "farce". In face of the wrath of farmers, the Akalis claimed yesterday that they had not been consulted about the ordinances and the corresponding bills.

    Farmers across Punjab and Haryana have been on the warpath against the ordinances brought on June 5 -- The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020; and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.

    On Tuesday, the Lok Sabha passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which seeks to deregulate food items, including cereals, pulses and onion.

    The farmers have warned that any MP from the state who support these bills will not be allowed to enter the villages.

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    Karnataka Govt Requests Striking Doctors to Withdraw Stir as it Agrees to Fulfill Demands
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    Karnataka Govt Requests Striking Doctors to Withdraw Stir as it Agrees to Fulfill Demands

    For Representation. Police and health officials arrive for inspection at Tipu Nagar in Bengaluru. (PTI)

    For Representation. Police and health officials arrive for inspection at Tipu Nagar in Bengaluru. (PTI)

    With medical officers refusing to share COVID-19 reports with the government, there was under-reporting of cases in some districts on Tuesday, like- Bagalkote reporting zero cases, Udupi 1 and lesser than usual in others, official sources said.

    • Last Updated: September 16, 2020, 12:23 AM IST

    The Karnataka government on Tuesday requested the government doctors to withdraw their agitation over salary hike as it has conceded to their demand,"despite the grim economic conditions." However, the Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) said they would take a call on withdrawing their agitation after consulting their district units and holding a meeting with the government once again on Friday. Until then, as per their plan, they will boycott meetings and not share COVID-19 data, KGMOA said.

    With medical officers refusing to share COVID-19 reports with the government, there was under-reporting of cases in some districts on Tuesday, like- Bagalkote reporting zero cases, Udupi 1 and lesser than usual in others, official sources said. Though the tests and treatment to that infected are going on, the data was not being shared, they said, adding that "we need to see what happens tomorrow." Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar, terming the talks with KGMOA office-bearers as "fruitful", said the government has decided to give in to the demand "to uplift the hardworking doctors." "The doctors have been working hard day in and out.. in the light of this, the Chief Minister has given the nod to all the proposals by the Health Department in the past six months and this too will be fulfilled," he said.

    The demand will be addressed and the Finance department has been briefed in this regard, Sudhakar was quoted as saying by his office in a release. "The revision in salaries will be made based on six-year,13-year, and 20-year promotions for the doctors and details on the same will be obtained from the medical officers," he said, adding that even though this was a burden on the government, it would be addressed on a priority basis.

    Along with Sudhakar, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan and Health Minister B Sriramulu was part of the meeting that was attended by senior health department officials. Over 4,900 government doctors working in various health facilities run by the Health and Family Welfare Department are on strike, demanding pay parity with their counterparts in the medical Education Department or pay revision as per theCentral Government Health Scheme (CGHS) scale.

    They had decided not to share COVID data online or offline, and to boycott the meetings. KGMOA President Dr Srinivas G A Tuesday said the government had stated it would fulfill their demands.

    "We will discuss with office bearers of all our district units tomorrow, and on Friday will hold a meeting with ministers once again and announce our decision." He said their agitation would continue till Friday.

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    Chinese Army Fired '100-200 Rounds' Of Warning Shots At Pangong Lake In Ladakh: Report

    The incident took place on the ridgeline of Finger 4 where the Indian Army has been significantly increasing its deployment after occupying several strategic peaks on the southern bank of the lake.

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    The Chinese army fired a barrage of "warning shots" in the air at the North Bank of Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh last week to "intimidate" the Indian troops ahead of the talks between foreign ministers of the two countries in Moscow, official sources said on Wednesday.

    The incident took place on the ridgeline of Finger 4 where the Indian Army has been significantly increasing its deployment after occupying several strategic peaks on the southern bank of the lake, they said.

    The sources said a sizeable number of troops from the Chinese People's Liberation Army(PLA) aggressively approached towards an Indian position but they returned sometime later as alert Indian Army personnel held on to their ground with firmness.

    While going back, the Chinese troops fired 100-200 rounds of warning shots primarily to intimidate the Indian Army personnel, they added.

    Also Read | 'Chinese Troops Not Used To Hardships': Army Says 'Prepared For Long Standoff'

    The incident took place ahead of a meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi last Thursday on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conclave in Moscow.

    The first incident of firing of shots was reported on the evening of September 7 near an Indian position in Mukhpari area of Rezang-La ridgeline on the southern bank of Pangong lake. Both sides accused each other of firing in the air.

    The Chinese troops unsuccessfully attempted to close in on the Indian position and it was the first instance of shots being fired at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in 45 years.

    At the Jaishankar-Wang talks, both sides reached a five-point consensus to resolve the over four-month-long border standoff.

    The agreement included measures like quick disengagement of troops, avoiding action that could escalate tensions, adherence to all agreements and protocols on border management and steps to restore peace along the LAC.

    Also Read: 'No Infiltration Along India-China Border In Last 6 Months,' Govt Says In Parliament

    In the Lok Sabha, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the Chinese side has mobilised a large number of troops and armaments along the LAC as well as in the depth areas.

    He said there are several friction areas in eastern Ladakh including Gogra, Kongka La and North and South Banks of the Pangong Lake.

    "In response to China’s actions, our armed forces have also made appropriate counter deployments in these areas to ensure that India’s security interests are fully protected," he added.

    Meanwhile, both sides are yet to firm up a date for the sixth round of Corps commander-level talks.

    Tension in eastern Ladakh increased manifold following the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15 in which 20 Indian Army soldiers were killed. The Chinese side too suffered casualties, but it is yet to give out the details.

    Also Read: 1962 Redux? Is War Inevitable? 

    The situation deteriorated again after China unsuccessfully attempted to occupy Indian territory in the southern bank of Pangong lake on the intervening night of August 29 and 30.

    India occupied a number of strategic heights on the southern bank of Pangong lake and strengthened its presence in Finger 2 and Finger 3 areas in the region to thwart any Chinese actions.

    China has been occupying the areas between Finger 4 and Finger 8. The mountain spurs in the area is called Fingers. China has strongly objected to India's move. However, India has maintained that the heights are on its side of the LAC.

    Also Read: Border Dispute Unresolved, China Doesn't Recognise LAC: Rajnath Singh

    India has also rushed in additional troops and weapons to the sensitive region following China's transgression attempts. Following China's fresh attempts to change the status quo in the southern bank of Pangong lake, India has further bolstered its military presence in the region.


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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Review

    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Review

    By Mithun Mohandas | Updated Nov 04 2019
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Review
    DIGIT RATING
    80 /100
    • design

      75

    • performance

      76

    • value for money

      90

    • features

      80

    • PROS
    • Value for money
    • Faster GDDR6 memory
    • CONS
    • Expensive for the Indian market

    Verdict

    The RTX 2060 gets the performance part right but is nowhere close to being affordable, not at all for the Indian market. Even NVIDIA knows that which is why we’re going to see the GTX 1660 Ti in roughly a month’s time without any of the fancy RT cores. Another distinction with this new generation is that the RTX 2060 is very much closer to the RTX 2070 in spec. Moreover, it has the best price-to-performance ratio at the moment. This makes the RTX 2060 an excellent gateway card for those interested in experiencing hardware accelerated ray-tracing. For gamers who want an affordable and powerful card can wait a month for the GTX 1660 Ti launch.

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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 detailed review

    The latest member of the new NVIDIA RTX family is the mid-tier RTX 2060. Having managed to incorporate a whole new paradigm with the hardware-accelerated Ray Tracing feature, the new Turing architecture based NVIDIA cards were marketed with a lot of emphasis on the ray tracing and DLSS features. While the graphics cards themselves were quite well received, the new features were most certainly not since no video games shipped with them at launch. Even now, it’s just Battlefield V that has ray tracing enabled while the others are yet to push the new feature out. Needless to say, ray tracing is seen purely as a luxury when it comes to your video gaming experience and that means most of the gamers are going to take the risk-averse approach and buy something in the 60-class or 50-class of graphics cards. It’s not just our opinion, even NVIDIA thinks so as is evidenced by the upcoming GTX 1660 Ti graphics card which will ship without the fancy RTX feature. Hopefully, with the second generation of RTX cards, the feature set will be better optimised and we’ll have more games that have RTX.


    NVIDIA RTX 2060 Founders Edition specifications

    The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is based on the same TU106 GPU that powers the RTX 2070. Up until now, with all previous generation of NVIDIA graphics cards, the 60-class of graphics cards always had a different GPU. This time around, it seams that we’re getting a cut down variant of the RTX 2060’s bigger brother. Since this is an RTX card, we get 30 RT cores which is only six cores lesser than the RTX 2070.

    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Specification
    Card RTX 2060 FE GTX 1060 6GB RTX 2070 GTX 1070
    Architecture Turing Pascal Turing Pascal
    GPU TU106 GP106 TU106 GP104
    CUDA Cores 1920 1280 2304 1920
    ROPs 48 48 64 64
    Core Clock 1365 MHz 1506 MHz 1410 MHz 1506 MHz
    Boost Clock 1680 MHz 1709 MHz 1710 MHz 1683 MHz
    Memory Clock 14 Gbps 8 Gbps 14 Gbps 8 Gbps
    Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5 GDDR6 GDDR5
    Memory Bus Width 192-bit 192-bit 256-bit 256-bit
    VRAM 6 GB 6 GB 8 GB 8 GB
    Single Precision Perf. 6.5 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPs 7.9 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS
    "RTX-OPS" 37T N/A 45T N/A
    SLI Support No No No Yes
    Transistor Count 10.8B 4.4B 10.8B 7.2B
    Manufacturing Process TSMC 12nm "FFN" TSMC 16nm TSMC 12nm "FFN" TSMC 16nm
    TDP 160W 120W 185W 150W
    Launch Price $349 $299 $599 $449

    Another thing to note is the pricing, we are looking at a 60-class graphics card which is $150 dollars more expensive than its predecessor. That’s a huge jump especially given that the 60-class graphics cards are the sweet spot in NVIDIA’s lineup. This is why 15.39% of Steam users have the GTX 1060, a good 6% lead over the second most popular card. Suffice to say, the RTX 2060 is not going to end up as the favourite among gamers.

    Given that the GPU is the same on the RTX 2060, it would be exciting to see if any of the new cards can be cross-flashed to unlock the disabled cores. This would only be possible if the disabled ones aren’t fused off. One can always hope.

    Performance

    Our test rig has been upgraded to keep up with the times and the new Windows releases. This means all our legacy scores are not comparable, specially given the fact that CPU performance has gone up by a significant margin. Here’s what we’re running at the moment.

    Processor - Intel Core i9 9900K
    CPU Cooler - Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM
    Motherboard - ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO
    RAM - 2x 8 GB G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200 MHz
    SSD - Corsair MP510
    PSU - Corsair HX1050

    Graphics cards:
    RTX 2080 Ti
    RTX 2080
    RTX 2070
    AMD RX 590

    We ran the usual set of synthetics on the RTX 2060 which includes a host of benchmarks from 3DMark, Unigine, Compubench and a few others. Here's how the RTX 2060 fared.

    The part that stands out about this graph is the relative performance within the family and how it has scaled since Maxwell. Our old benchmarks peg the FireStrike scores of the GTX 960 to that of the GTX 980 at a ratio of 1.95. Which meant that the 80-class card would be roughly 2x better than the 60-class card in performance. Now if we are to see how the RTX 2060 compares with the RTX 2080, then the same metric produces a factor of 1.26. Essentially, the RTX 2060 is a lot closer to the RTX 2080 than how the previous generation of graphics cards used to be. This should tell you why the RTX 2060 is priced so much. It's not just about the new Turing cards being expensive to begin with but the relative performance also plays into the high pricing. However, gamers don't spend days and nights comparing 3DMark scores, so let's see how this fares in gaming.

    We see a very linear scaling of performance across the RTX family of graphics cards. Please note that the benchmarks for the 10-series cards are from our older test rig which had a different HEDT CPU. The performance difference isn't much but we don't use the same in our scoring mechanism for the sake of consistency. For 1080p gaming, the RTX 2060 just about equals the GTX 1070 Ti in practically all DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 video games. The same trend can be seen even when the resolution is scaled higher. With the 10-series cards, we see quite a bit of frame rate drops at higher resolutions. Don't bother looking at the Far Cry 5 numbers since it's one of the least scaling video games we've come across. It's the only game where the GTX 1080 Ti still scores more than the RTX 2080 Ti. You can also see how the RTX 2060 frame rates are closer to the RTX 2070's frame rates. With the 10-series cards, this delta is much higher. What we're looking at is simply not a 60-class card.

    Pricing

    The NVIDIA RTX 2060 Founders Edition is priced at Rs.31,000 and is bundled with a free game. You can pick either Anthem or Battlefield V if you get the RTX 2060 FE. All partner cards don’t get the free games from NVIDIA though they are absolutely free to offer bundles themselves. There have been multiple threads wherein confused buyers end up not receiving the bundled game because the retailer isn’t participating in the bundle program. Pricing for the card on NVIDIA’s own store is lower than what their board partners are offering at the moment. So NVIDIA has a clear advantage and there’s practically no reason to get a partner card unless they have a value proposition that’s better than what NVIDIA is offering.

    To better understand this, we’ve plotted a graph to showcase value for money based on 3DMark Ultra scores for each of these cards vs their current India pricing. With or without the video game bundle, the RTX 2060 currently offers really good value for your money. The AMD RX 590 comes second after which it’s the previous gen GTX 1070 Ti and GTX 1070 that seem better purchases. We’ve added an overlay of the curve indicating the relative benchmark scores in red to show performance with respect to each other. The performance of the RTX 2060 being very close to the GTX 1070 makes it really good but the GTX 1070 has the advantage of having 8 GB VRAM against the 6 GB that the RTX 2060 has. If we offset the cost of the additional memory then the GTX 1070 Ti appears as the better option. However, the two cards use different memory technologies. The RTX 2060 has the faster GDDR6 memory with a cumulative bandwidth of 336 GB/s while the GTX 1070 Ti tops out at 256 GB/s which means the RTX 2060 has more overhead and thus, lesser chances of bottlenecking. Please don’t get us started on SLI. TL;DR - The RTX 2060 gives you the best bang for your buck.

    Verdict

    NVIDIA’s RTX 2060 is a welcome addition to the RTX family of graphics cards. It’s got quite the performance upgrade over the previous generation GTX 1060 and comes with a price tag to match. One could argue that the premium is for the RT cores and they’d be right but the 60-class of graphics cards have always been about catering to the intersection of affordability and performance. The RTX 2060 gets the performance part right but is nowhere close to being affordable, not at all for the Indian market. Even NVIDIA knows that which is why we’re going to see the GTX 1660 Ti in roughly a month’s time without any of the fancy RT cores. Another distinction with this new generation is that the RTX 2060 is very much closer to the RTX 2070 in spec. They also share the same GPU although the RTX 2060 has six SMs disabled.

    This is why we see the performance that is much higher than what we’re used to seeing. It feels somewhat like the second coming of Maxwell, but the price tag is what keeps it at bay. Performance wise, we have a card that equals (and sometimes betters) the GTX 1070 Ti in 1080p as well as 1440p gaming benchmarks. It’s even faster than the Radeon Vega 56. However, we don’t see it selling well compared to previous 60-class graphics cards. It will most certainly match sales of 70-class graphics cards. All of this makes the RTX 2060 an excellent gateway card for those interested in experiencing hardware accelerated ray-tracing. For gamers who want an affordable and powerful card can wait a month for the GTX 1660 Ti launch

    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Key Specs, Price and Launch Date

    Price: ₹31000
    Release Date: 22 Jan 2019
    Variant: None
    Market Status: Launched

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    AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi slams on Rajnath Singh over China dispute statement in Parliament - असदुद्दीन ओवैसी का रक्षामंत्री के बयान पर हमला, राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा के नाम पर हो रहा है घिनौना मज़ाक | India News in Hindi

    असदुद्दीन ओवैसी का रक्षामंत्री के बयान पर हमला, राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा के नाम पर हो रहा है 'घिनौना मज़ाक'

    ओवैसी ने कहा, "आपने संसद को यह क्यों नहीं बताया कि आपने चीन से मांग की है कि LAC पर अप्रैल 2020 से पहले की स्थिति जैसी यथास्थिति बनाए रखी जाय ?

    असदुद्दीन ओवैसी का रक्षामंत्री के बयान पर हमला, राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा के नाम पर हो रहा है 'घिनौना मज़ाक'

    खास बातें

    • रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह के बयान पर ओवैसी का हमला
    • पूछा- क्यों नहीं कहते चीन ने हमारी 1000 वर्ग KM पर कर लिया अवैध कब्जा
    • भारतीय मीडिया पर भी ओवैसी ने तंज कसा है
    नई दिल्ली:

    AIMIM चीफ असदुद्दीन ओवैसी (Asaduddin Owaisi) ने भारत-चीन पर संसद में दिए गए रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह (Rajnath Singh) के बयान पर हमला बोला है. ओवैसी ने कहा कि संसद में रक्षा मंत्री द्वारा दिया गया बयान राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा के नाम पर एक 'घिनौना मज़ाक' है. इसके साथ ही उन्होंने कहा कि रक्षा मंत्री का बयान बेहद कमजोर और अपर्याप्त है. सोशल मीडिया पर ओवैसी ने लिखा है कि रक्षा मंत्री के बयान पर उन्हें संसद में बोलने की अनुमति नहीं थी. उन्होंने लिखा कि अगर उन्हें इजाजत मिलती तो पूछता कि रक्षा मंत्री क्यों नहीं कहते कि चीन ने हमारी 1000 वर्ग किलोमीटर क्षेत्र पर अवैध कब्जा कर लिया है? जहां हम पहले गश्त करते थे. ओवैसी ने पूछा कि इस अवैध कब्जे के लिए जिम्मेदार कौन है?

    यह भी पढ़ें

    ओवैसी ने पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी पर भी हमला बोला और लिखा, "सर्वदलीय बैठक में आपने कहा था कि किसी भारतीय क्षेत्र पर कब्जा नहीं है और कोई घुसपैठ नहीं हुई है? फिर गलवान में हमने 20 बहादुर सैनिक कैसे खो दिए? उस रात क्या हुआ था? सरकार हमारे बंदी सैनिकों के बारे में सच क्यों नहीं बता रही है?"

    ओवैसी ने कहा, "आपने संसद को यह क्यों नहीं बताया कि आपने चीन से मांग की है कि LAC पर अप्रैल 2020 से पहले की स्थिति जैसी यथास्थिति बनाए रखी जाय ? अथवा मौजूदा स्थिति को ही यथास्थिति माना जाए?

    AIMIM चीफ ने कहा, "आप मिलिट्री को कह रहे हो कि बात करे जबकि कई दौर की बातचीत विफल रही है. इस प्रक्रिया को सशस्त्र बलों पर क्यों धकेला जा रहा है? राजनीतिक निर्देश सशस्त्र बलों को क्यों दिया जा रहा है? कूटनीति में उलझना उनका काम नहीं है, ये सरकार का काम है."
     
    ओवैसी ने मीडिया पर भी निशाना साधा है और पूछा है कि क्यों भारतीय मीडिया चीन से जुड़े मामलों में सूचनाओं के लिए सिर्फ लीक्स पर ही निर्भर है? सरकार के प्रवक्ता क्यों नहीं इस संवेदनशील मामले पर रोजाना प्रेस ब्रीफिंग कर रहे? ओवैसी ने ये भी पूछा कि भारत ने इस द्विपक्षीय मुद्दे पर रूसी मध्यस्थता क्यों स्वीकार की? ओवैसी ने कहा कि ये देश जानना चाहता है कि चीन विवाद पर सरकार क्या कर रही है? रक्षा मंत्री ने मंगलवार को संसद में कहा था कि चीन ने LAC के पास अंदरूनी इलाकों में बड़ी संख्या में सेना और हथियार तैनात कर रखा है और भारत किसी भी तरह की चुनौती का सामना करने के लिए तैयार है.

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    Rupee vs Dollar News: Rupee Highly Volatile Against Dollar Ahead Of US Central Bank Policy Decision

    Rupee Volatile Against Dollar Ahead Of US Central Bank Policy Decision

    The rupee opened at 73.70 at the interbank forex market, registering a decline of 7 paise over its last close.

    Rupee Volatile Against Dollar Ahead Of US Central Bank Policy Decision

    The rupee was last seen trading at 73.64 against the greenback

    Mumbai:

    The rupee witnessed high volatility against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday ahead of the released of the policy decision by the US central bank. The rupee opened at 73.70 at the interbank forex market, registering a decline of 7 paise over its last close, but soon pared the losses and was trading at 73.64, unchanged from its previous closing.

    Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, rose 0.01 per cent to 93.06.

    "The focus will be on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) tonight. Market participants would expect further clarifications from the US Fed on how average inflation targeting framework would be implemented," said Abhishek Goenka, founder and CEO, IFA Global.

    Mr Goenka further said that "the threshold for the US dollar to weaken from current levels is high as a lot of dovishness has already been factored in. One possible trigger could be the Fed predicating keeping rates at close to zero on inflation expectations reaching a certain level".

    On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex was trading 119.52 points higher at 39,163.87 and the broader NSE Nifty rose 31.35 points to 11,553.15.

    Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in the capital market as they purchased shares worth Rs 1,170.89 crore on a net basis on Tuesday, according to provisional exchange data.

    Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 1.48 per cent to $41.13 per barrel.

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