Jio Fibre to Home launch: Airtel removes FUP limits on broadband plans in Hyd

After disrupting the telecom sector with inexpensive information packs, unfastened voice calls, SMS and get entry to to Jio apps suite, the Mukesh Ambani-owned telecommunication provider provider Reliance Jio is now gearing up to release the Jio Fibre to Home stressed out home-broadband connection, registration for which could begin on August 15.

however, to take at the upcoming Jio Fibre-to-the-domestic internet service, India’s leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel has eliminated the truthful usage coverage (FUP) limits on its broadband connections, at the least in Hyderabad. The enterprise has additionally reduced the offerings from 5 plans to four plans, which now starts offevolved at Rs 349 and move as much as Rs 1,299 in keeping with month.

In all of the plans, the corporation is presenting limitless unfastened nearby and STD calls, in conjunction with unlimited statistics bandwidth. but, the plans have different internet speed — 8Mbps in Rs 349 plan, 16Mbps in Rs 449 plan, 40Mbps in Rs 699 plan and 100Mbps in Rs 1,299 plan. The agency is likewise imparting unfastened Amazon top subscription in Rs 699 and Rs 1,299 plan. but, the currently brought information rollover advantage, which permits the person to take ahead the unused information to subsequent month billing cycle, is now revoked from all plans.

In pics: Heavy rain wrecks havoc across India, Yamuna crosses danger mark

A MAN WALKS AFTER LIGHT MONSOON RAINFALL AT VIJAY CHOWK

Delhi has received 302.6 mm of rain in July. The rain is 11 per cent above normal. According to Indian Meteorological Department, Delhi is expected to witness light rainfall on Tuesday, while no rain is expected between Thursday and Sunday.

THE WATER LEVEL OF THE YAMUNA RIVER RISES

The Supreme Court of India lashed on Centre, the Uttar Pradesh government and Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) authority for their failure to restore the pristine glory of Taj Mahal. TTZ is an area of about 10,400 sq km spread over the districts of Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras and Etah in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan.

WATERLOGGING NEAR THE CHARBAGH RAILWAY STATION

Over 10 person have ben killed and seven injured due to heavy downpour in Uttar Pradesh, in the last 24 hours. 11 deaths were reported from Sahranpur district.  Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to take extensive tours in the rain affected areas and identify dilapidated buildings and start the evacuation.

A RICKSHAW PULLER WADES THROUGH A FLOODED STREET IN GUWAHATI

600 NDRF (National Disaster Response Force)  personnel have been deployed in Assam to carry out resue operation in all the flood-hit regions. This year, many northeastern states have witnessed less rainfall than normal.

WATERLOGGING AT NALANDA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL IN PATNA

Incessant rainfall in Bihar has opened the floodgates of misery for people. On Sunday, state-run Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) was inundated with water. Small fish was seen swimming in the flooded ICU.

Maratha stir: A look at major quota protests across India in last 4 years

Maratha Stir – Some men brandish swords, others pelt stones, a few others torch a tire and together they howl, all the while stomping together to railway tracks to bring either their state or, in some cases, the country to a standstill. These images have become familiar to Indians, who have these pictures roaring out of the front pages of their newspapers and on their TV screens on an uncomfortably frequent basis.

The protesters gather in a show of strength not to impose their superiority but to convince the nation that they need reservation to be on an equal footing with the rest.

The why of reservation: When India gained independence in 1947, the new constitution provided reservation to scheduled castes and tribes — which were seen as the ones who had historically been discriminated against — in educational institutions, government jobs and even seats in parliament and the state assemblies. The idea was to provide them with an “equal opportunity” in the new India.

Not everybody was enthused by the idea though, least of all the framer of the constitution, Dr. B R Ambedkar who argued that reservation alone wouldn’t change the social status of Dalits. He agreed to reservation, but wanted it to be discontinued 10 years after the adoption of the Constitution.

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Top trading ideas by Anand Rathi Research: Buy Sun Pharma, Lupin, M&M

Nifty outlook and top trading ideas by Jay Anand Thakkar, CMT -Assistant Vice President – Equity Research, Anand Rathi Research:

NIFTY: BUY

TARGET: 11,402

STOP LOSS: 11,230

The Index closed well in the positive territory on the first day of the trading week. The Index continues to form higher tops and bottoms and with that fresh life time highs. So, one can continue to remain long on Nifty futures for the short term target of 11402 with a stop loss of 11230 levels.

SUN PHARMA: BUY

TARGET: Rs 585

STOP LOSS: Rs 550

The stock has again provided a breakout from the falling trend line which is a positive sign going forward. The momentum indicators are absolutely bullish which confirms that the bulls have an upper hand.

LUPIN: BUY

TARGET: Rs 860

STOP LOSS: Rs 810

The stock has formed a double bottom pattern on the daily charts with a buy crossover in its momentum indicator on the hourly charts. The minimum target on the upside is 860, one can buy this with a stop loss of 810

M&M: BUY

TARGET: Rs 950

STOP LOSS: Rs 915

The stock has provided a breakout from the symmetrical triangular pattern which is a bullish reversal pattern. The momentum indicator here too is well in buy mode, hence we recommend buying this stock

How cybercriminals are using ‘gift card trap’ to get your personal data

While legitimate apps like Tokenfire and Swagbucks buy card codes from vendors, to then give them to clients as a reward for certain activities, CyberCriminals have apparently recognised the popularity of such websites and have decided to deceive users using a simple algorithm.

“The success of these new fraud schemes is based on criminals exploiting the drive of users to get something for free,” Lyubov Nikolenko of Kaspersky Lab said in a statement this week.

“However, at best they will spend hours of personal time doing worthless tasks, and at worst lose money without receiving anything in return. So, if you want to get your hands on a free gift card, try to earn it on legal and trustworthy sites,” Nikolenko added.

When on the fake site, the user is asked to select the gift card he/she wants in order to receive the code.

After that, the fraudulent mechanism is set in motion. To get the generated code, however, the user needs to prove that he/she is not a robot.

To do this, the user has to follow the suggested link and complete various tasks, the number and type of which are determined by the partner network to which the user is redirected.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 with S-Pen to launch on August 9: Things to know

 

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is gearing up for the launch of the Galaxy Note 9 on August 9. Purported details of the upcoming Note-series flagship smartphone with S-Pen for digital inking capabilities has been making rounds on the web. However, the latest piece of information has come from the company’s official social media channels where Samsung posted a series of teaser videos hinting that the phone would have a bigger capacity battery, ample internal storage and better internet connectivity.

In the first teaser video shared on July 26 on Twitter, the company showed an iPhone-like user interface with a low battery message popping up forcing user to lower brightness, disable WiFi and GPS, and close the recently opened apps to save some power. The tweet carries a message, “On August 9 2018, power will no longer be a problem” hinting that the Note 9 would pack a bigger capacity battery. The Galaxy Note 9 is rumoured to come with a 4,000 mAh battery, which would be good 700 mAh more than its predecessor and 500 more than the Galaxy S9+.

Apple iPad Pro 2018 to get Face ID, gesture-based UI, lose 3.5mm audio jack

US-based technology giant Apple is working on the iPad Pro 2018, which is reported to get some of its features from the iPhone X. These include the advanced facial recognition and gesture-controlled user interface. The next-generation iPad Pro models are also reported to have trimmed-down dimensions when compared with the current-generation models, according to a report on the Japanese technology portal Macotakara.

The iPad Pro 2018 models are reported to come in 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch screen formats with edge-to-edge screen. Both the models would feature Apple’s advanced facial recognition biometric set-up, which uses an infrared camera, dot projector, flood illuminator, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and front camera to 3D-map the user’s face. In terms of dimensions, the iPad Pro 2018 with a 10.5-inch screen is reported to have a compact profile with dimensions measuring 247.5 x 178.7 x 6 mm, compared with 250.6 x 174.1 x 6.1mm for the current-generation model. Similarly, the 12.9-inch model would also have a trimmed dimension of 280 x 215 x 6.4mm, compared with 305.7 x 220.6 x 6.9mm in the current model.

‘Married before 18, didn’t attend school’: NRC may put many women at risk

Sipping tea between mouthfuls of muri (puffed rice), Hussain Ahmad Madani prodded his mother to respond to my queries. She interjected with “What more do I say? What is there to say?”

Some silence, a faint smile – and then she mumbled to me, “We can only wait till July 30 and see what happens.”

July 30 is an important day not just for Hussain’s mother Shorbhanu Nessa, but for many other women from the poorest and most disadvantaged sections of Assam, particularly those belonging to the Bengali Muslim community. On that day, the 1951 National Register of Citizens (NRC), which is being updated in the state since 2015 following a Supreme Court order, will have its final draft ready. The NRC is being updated by the Registrar General of India as per the citizenship cut-off date of March 25, 1971, exclusive to the state, agreed by the Centre in its Accord with the students’ body All Assam Students Union to end a six-year-long anti-immigration agitation in 1985.

How Imran Khan became the man set to ‘lead Pakistan into the future’

In the 1990s, when Pakistani journalists were still permitted to come to India, one of Pakistan’s most respected political commentators and a truly decent human being, the late M B Naqvi, was approached by an Indian news magazine to write a profile of Imran Khan. The context? Khan was Pakistan’s hottest property, one of its most colourful personalities, and Indians were riveted by the charmed life he seemed to lead – a cancer hospital in his mother’s name, institutions of learning and the first forays into politics, but with a seemingly liberal and often confused agenda.

“Imran Khan,” asked the gentle Naqvi: “You want a profile of Imran Khan?” Incredulously, he added: “But he’s a duffer.”

That was then and this is now. Khan has undergone a comprehensive metamorphosis, burying most of his socialite past and emerging as the man who will take Pakistan into the future.

Let us be clear. Whatever his promises on ‘naya Pakistan’ Khan still has to answer questions at the Election Commission of Pakistan on a petition last year by Akbar S Babar, a former party colleague who fell out with him. Babar alleged that nearly $3 million in illegal foreign funds were collected through two offshore companies, registered with Imran Khan’s signature, and that money was sent through illegal ‘hundi’ channels from West Asia to accounts of party functionaries. On the face of it, it sounds like a hawala operation.

As Sec 377 is in force, Rahul Gandhi must marry before we hug him: BJP MP

A day after Rahul Gandhi said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs step back on seeing him as they fear he might hug them, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday took a jibe, saying the leaders might be divorced by their wives if they embrace the Congress president as “Section 377 hasn’t been scrapped as yet”.

Dubey said BJP MPs can hug Gandhi only when the Congress president gets married.=

“Why should we hug him. Section 377 hasn’t been scrapped as yet. And our wives will also give divorce to us. If Rahul Gandhi gets married, then we will hug him,” he said.

The IPC’s Section 377 criminalises sex among people of the same gender.