[New Delhi India on Saturday said if Pakistan claims to be a “naya Pakistan with nayi soch”, it should show “naya action” against terrorist groups and their infrastructure on its soil and end cross-border terrorism in support of its claims.
“We remain resolute in our determination to persuade the international community of the necessity of compelling Pakistan to move beyond mere words and to show credible, verifiable and sustained actions,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Raveesh Kumar told the media here.
“We have, and we will continue to act with responsibility and maturity. Our armed forces continue to maintain strict vigil and will remain determined in the defence of the nation and its citizens,” he added.
Mass production of Apple AR-product by Q2 2020: Report
[Nasheman news] San Francisco Apple’s first Augmented Reality (AR)-based product could go into mass production by the second quarter of 2020, famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes.
“The analyst says that the AR glasses will essentially act as a display only with the actual computing, rendering, internet connectivity and location services coming from the iPhone in the user’s pocket. It is assumed that the pairing will work wirelessly,” 9To5Mac reported on Friday.
Earlier in March, media had reported that the iPhone-maker published an update titled, “Systems, methods and graphical user interfaces for interacting with Augmented and Virtual Reality environments” as part of an existing patent filed in August 2018.
The patent hints at Apple’s plans of developing an AR-based headset that would work alongside an iPhone to enable users experience an environment where computer images are overlaid on the real world.
The patent suggests that the headset would wirelessly communicate with a separate device powered by a custom Apple processing brain. The company also wishes to add a “touch-sensitive surface” as a way to interact with that environment.
“Apple is clearly betting big on it being a hit. If manufacturing is indeed ramping up at the end of 2019, a 2020 public product launch is seemingly on the cards,” the report added.
Mass production of Apple AR-product by Q2 2020: Report
[Nasheman news] San Francisco Apple’s first Augmented Reality (AR)-based product could go into mass production by the second quarter of 2020, famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes.
“The analyst says that the AR glasses will essentially act as a display only with the actual computing, rendering, internet connectivity and location services coming from the iPhone in the user’s pocket. It is assumed that the pairing will work wirelessly,” 9To5Mac reported on Friday.
Earlier in March, media had reported that the iPhone-maker published an update titled, “Systems, methods and graphical user interfaces for interacting with Augmented and Virtual Reality environments” as part of an existing patent filed in August 2018.
The patent hints at Apple’s plans of developing an AR-based headset that would work alongside an iPhone to enable users experience an environment where computer images are overlaid on the real world.
The patent suggests that the headset would wirelessly communicate with a separate device powered by a custom Apple processing brain. The company also wishes to add a “touch-sensitive surface” as a way to interact with that environment.
“Apple is clearly betting big on it being a hit. If manufacturing is indeed ramping up at the end of 2019, a 2020 public product launch is seemingly on the cards,” the report added.
3rd ODI: Australia gets home by 32 runs vs India
[Nasheman news] Ranchi India skipper Virat Kohli’s (123 off 95) gritty century went in vain as India suffered a 32-run defeat against Australia in the third contest of the five-match rubber at the JSCA stadium here on Friday.
Despite this loss, India still maintain a 2-1 lead in the series.
Brief Scores: Australia 313/5 (Usman Khawaja 104, Aaron Finch 93; Kuldeep Yadav 3/64) beat India 281 all out (Virat Kohli 123, Vijay Shankar 32; Pat Cummins 3/37) by 32 runs.
India’s envoy to Pakistan to return on Saturday
[Nasheman news] New Delhi India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria will reach Islamabad on Saturday after having completed his consultations here in the wake of Pulwama terror attack.
“High Commissioner of India to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria is returning to Islamabad after having completed his consultations in India. He will reach Islamabad on March 9 and resume his duties, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in response to a media query regarding Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan’s return to Islamabad.
Tensions increased between India and Pakistan after 40 CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in a terror attack on February 14 in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) took responsibility for the attack.
India conducted strikes on a training camp of JeM at Balakot in Pakistan in retaliation over the terror attack.
In the subsequent aerial engagement, both India and Pakistan lost a fighter jet each.
Bisaria’s return comes days before India and Pakistan will discuss modalities of the operationalisation of the Kartarpur Corridor with Pakistan.
The first meeting to discuss and finalise the modalities for the corridor would be held on the Indian side of Attari-Wagah border on March 14.
Bisaria had been called back to Delhi for consultations after the Pulwama terror attack.
Ex-Kerala Minister V.J. Thankappan dead
[Nasheman news] Thiruvananthapuram Senior CPI-M leader and former Kerala Minister V.J. Thankappan passed away on Saturday near here, according to his family. He was 84.
Thankappan died following age-related issues at his home in the city suburbs, a family member said.
The four-time Communist party of India-Marxist MLA also served as the Minister for Local Administration in the E.K. Nayanar cabinet of 1987-91. He is survived by his wife and four children.
The Left leader had started off as a clerk in the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation but soon quit to plunge into full-time politics.
He first won from the Nemon assembly constituency in 1983 when he was elected in a bye-election. Subsequently he completed a hat trick from the same seat.
In 2006, he won from the suburban Neyattinkara parliamentary constituency, here.
Thankappan was a hugely popular leader and one who rose in the party through the ranks.
Shah calls Rahul Gandhi ‘habitual liar’
[Nasheman news] New Delhi BJP President Amit Shah on Friday hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi soon after Attorney General K. K. Venugopal said he had never told the Supreme Court that Rafale file/documents were stolen, but the photocopies of the same were unauthorisedly taken away.
Shah alleged that Rahul Gandhi lies habitually and has no credibility in Indian politics.
“Rahul Gandhi and falsehood are synonyms of each other. In the series of lies, he has yesterday said that Rafale documents were stolen but now it has been proved that it didn’t happen,” Shah said in a series of tweets.
Shah’s attack came soon after AG sought to clarify that he had never said that the Rafale documents, that were published in a section of the media and used by the petitioners, were “stolen.”
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a tweet quoted the AG saying that he had never said that the Rafale documents were stolen and that all he had told the top court was that the petitioners (Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and Prashant Bhushan) in their application used “photocopies of the original” papers, deemed by the government.
The BJP President said that Rahul Gandhi’s lies are in public now. He also claimed that the Congress chief has spoken over a dozen lies on the Rafale issue itself.
“The people of the country have now understood the politics of lies of Rahul Gandhi. For them, Rahul Gandhi has become an instrument of entertainment,” Shah said.
“Sometimes he lies about the foundation stone laying of the Ordnance Factory in Amethi, sometimes he lies about loan waiver…” he added.
Karanataka State Wakf Board Election – 2019
Karnataka state board of Wakf election which were held on 2nd March to elect it 11 members. The results were announced by the returning officer on March 7th 2019.
Dr. Mohammed Yousuf and Anwar Pasha won from the Mutavalli catogery with 279 & 270 votes respectively.
The category to which the election were held was
1.Parlimentery Category
(Loksabha & Rajya Sabha). 2. Legislative Category (MLAs & MLCs). 3.
Bar
Council Category. 4. Mutavalli Category(2 Members).
Dr. Nassir Ahmed. MP Rajyasabha. Mr.Tanvir Sait. MLA. Kaneez Fathima MLA were declared winners from legislative category
The Government will nominate 2 members each from Ulema
Category &
Prestigious organisation & Government officer will be Ex officio member.
After the entire process of filling the vacancies is over the
11 members
will elect the new Chairman of Wakf board
India, Russia sign USD 3 billion deal for nuclear-power.
The two countries signed an inter-governmental agreement capping months of negotiations on price and various other aspects of the deal.
India Thursday sealed a USD 3 billion deal with Russia for leasing of a nuclear-powered attack submarine for the Indian Navy for a period of 10 years, military sources said.
The two countries signed an inter-governmental agreement capping months of negotiations on price and various other aspects of the deal.
Under the pact, Russia will have to deliver the Akula class submarine, to be known as Chakra III, to the Indian Navy by 2025.
It will be the third Russian submarine to be leased to the Indian Navy.
A spokesperson in the Defence Ministry refused to comment when asked about the deal.
India has been significantly bolstering its naval prowess in the backdrop of China’s attempts to expand its influence in the Indian Ocean region.
India Navy has taken two more submarines from Russia on lease.
The first Russian nuclear-powered submarine — christened INS Chakra — was taken in 1988 under a three year lease. A second INS Chakra was taken on lease in 2012 for a period of 10 years.
The lease of Chakra II will expire in 2022 and India is looking at extending the lease, sources said.
The deal for the Chakra III came days after Indo-Russian joint production facility to manufacture AK-203 assault rifles for the Indian Army was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
In October, India signed a multi-billion dollar deal with Russia to procure a batch of S-400 air defence missile system.
Agencies
IAF MiG-21 crashes near Bikaner in Rajasthan.
The MiG-21 was reportedly on a routine mission when it crashed near Bikaner in Rajasthan.
An Indian Air Force MiG 21 crashed in Rajasthan today after a likely bird hit. The pilot of the fighter jet ejected and is safe, the Indian Air Force said, adding that initial inputs suggested that the jet crashed due to a bird hit.
Bikaner’s superintendent of police, Pradeep Mohan Sharma, told news agency PTI that the MiG-21 jet in Shobhasar ki Dhani, 12 km outside of Bikaner city.
The Indian Air Force said in a statement that the MiG-21 had taken from the Indian Air Force’s Nal airbase in Rajasthan and that it was on a routine mission.
The Indian Air Force said, “Today afternoon a MiG-21 aircraft on a routine mission crashed after getting airborne from Nal near Bikaner. Initial inputs indicate the likely cause as bird hit after take off. Pilot of the aircraft ejected safely. A CoI [Court of Inquiry] will investigate the cause of the accident.”
The MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan comes at a time of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. Air forces of both the countries have been involved in bombing missions in respective territories.
Indian and Pakistani jets even got into a dogfight over Jammu and Kashmir on February 27 leading to the brief capture of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
Agencies