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08 Sep

Airtel demonstrates first Cloud Gaming experience on 5G network

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Bharti Airtel has conducted India's first cloud-gaming session in a 5G environment. The gaming session was demonstrated at Manesar, Gurugram, as part of its ongoing 5G trials using spectrum allotted by the Department of Telecom. For the 5G cloud gaming demonstration, Airtel partnered with two of India’s leading gamers Mortal (Naman Mathur) and Mamba (Salman Ahmad). The 5G test network delivered speeds in excess of 1 Gbps and latency in the range of 10 milliseconds. Describing their experience Mortal and Mamba said: “We were totally blown away. This was high end PC and console-quality gaming experience on a smartphone.” With…

08 Sep

Furlenco’s Furniture Rental Services in Kolkata

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Furlenco (a brand by House of Kieraya), India's foremost and largest online furniture and lifestyle subscription Company, has announced its entry into Kolkata. Customers can now rent a variety of furniture and appliances on Furlenco to do up their entire home. Kolkata is among those Indian cities which have a high demand for furniture, and with Furlenco now in Kolkata people can rent premium furniture for their home. With this launch, Furlenco is now available to customers in 14 cities, including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Jaipur, Faridabad, Hyderabad, Mysore, Chennai and Ahmedabad. Furlenco offers furniture packages across…

07 Sep

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s father arrested

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's father Nand Kumar Baghel was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making derogatory comments against a community. The action comes after a controversy erupted over the alleged remarks of Baghel's father against the Brahmin community. The chief minister had said he was 'pained" by such comments and asserted that nobody was above the law in his government and police will take appropriate action in the matter. He was later sent to 15-day judicial custody by a court in Raipur. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's father Nand Kumar Baghel arrested, produced before a court in Raipur over his alleged derogatory remarks…

07 Sep

Taliban fire warning shots at protest in Kabul

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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Tuesday to denounce Taliban rule and demand women's rights. Protesters also chanted anti-Pakistan slogans, as many believe neighbouring Pakistan supports the Taliban, which the country denies. Taliban fighters firing their guns into the air - a move the group banned last week after several people were reported killed after celebratory aerial fire. Guards at a nearby bank opened its basement car park to dozens of women who sheltered from the gunfire for about 20 minutes, Some journalists, including the BBC's team, were prevented from filming at the rally. Afghanistan's Tolo news agency…

07 Sep

Elara Technologies rebrands to REA India

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Elara Technologies, operator of India's leading digital real estate portals Housing.com, PropTiger and Makaan.com, unveiled its new brand, REA India. The brand reflects the name of parent company REA Group Ltd, a leading digital real estate company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia with a market cap of A$20 billion. REA Group first invested in REA India (formerly Elara Technologies Pte Ltd) in 2017, becoming the majority 61% shareholder in 2020 with a subsidiary of US-based News Corp being the remaining substantial shareholder. News Corp is also the majority shareholder in REA Group. Within the REA Group structure, REA India will continue to operate…

07 Sep

Vodafone Idea Teacher’s Day Conclave 2021

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Vodafone Idea Foundation hosted an event – “Vodafone Idea Teacher’s Day Conclave 2021” on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, to felicitate the beneficiaries of its Teachers Scholarship programme. Vodafone Idea Teachers Scholarship programme provides aid to teachers for e-learning infrastructure such as laptops, online courses etc. Mr. Sarvendra Vikram Bahadur Singh, Director, SCERT and Basic Education, Uttar Pradesh, Mr. O L Mandloi, Additional Director, RSK, Madhya Pradesh, Dr. Devang Vipin Khakhar, Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Mr. P Balaji, Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer, VIL and Director, Vodafone Foundation were present at the event. Vodafone Idea Foundation…

06 Sep

Former France Defender Jean-Pierre Adams Dies Almost 40 Years Falling into a Coma

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The former France defender Jean-Pierre Adams has died at the age of 73, almost 40 years after falling into a coma as a result of a medical error, his former clubs, Paris St-Germain and Nîmes, said on Monday. In 1982, Adams was administered a near fatal dose of anaesthetic before a routine knee operation, which caused brain damage. The Dakar-born Adams won 22 caps for Les Bleus in the 1970s, forming with Marius Tresor what was known as ‘the Black Guard’. He played for Nîmes from 1970-73 and for PSG from 1977-79 after joining from Nice. Since the accident, Adams…

06 Sep

‘You are testing our patience’: SC criticises Centre for not filling vacancies in tribunals

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The Supreme Court on Monday strongly criticized the Centre over the delay in filling up of vacancies at various tribunals and also for enacting the Tribunal Reforms Act, which is apparently identical to the earlier law struck down by the top court. The top court told the Centre that there was no respect for its judgment and such circumstances were testing its patience. A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and L. Nageswara Rao said the new Act is the replica of what was struck down in the Madras Bar Association cases. “You are…

06 Sep

Chandrayaan-2 completes 9,000 orbits around Moon: Science results ‘encouraging’ says Isro chief

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ISRO Chairman K Sivan said the eight payloads aboard the Chandrayaan-2 are conducting remote sensing and in-situ observations of the Moon at around 100 km altitude from the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-2 has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon, and the imaging and scientific instruments on board have been relaying excellent data, officials of Indian space agency said on Monday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) opened a two-day Lunar Science Workshop 2021 on Monday to commemorate the completion of two years of operation of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft around the lunar orbit. In his inaugural address, ISRO Chairman, K Sivan…

06 Sep

Amazon Pay UPI celebrates 5-crore customers

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Amazon Pay announced that 5-crore customers are now using Amazon Pay UPI. To celebrate this milestone, Amazon Pay is offering daily rewards through the month of September to all customers using Amazon Pay UPI. Customers are using the Amazon app to pay at 2-crore local shops by simply scanning any UPI QR code. In the last one year, over 75% of customers using Amazon UPI have come from tier 2 and 3 cities, showing the growing reach of UPI. Besides local shops, customers can now use Amazon Pay inside the Amazon app to recharge their phone, DTH, send money to…