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Apple finally launches iPhone ‘X,’ iPhone8, Apple Watch Series 3

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San Francisco: Living up to the hype it generated on the 10th anniversary of iPhone, Apple on Tuesday unveiled iPhone ‘X’ with facial recognition system, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, new Apple Watch Series 3 and Apple TV 4K.

The device can be pre-ordered from October 27 will be available from November 3 for Rs 89,000 in India.

Hosting the event for the first time at the opulent Steve Jobs Theater on the new Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, the tech giant introduced iPhone ‘X’ – an ultra-premium model.

iPhone ‘X’ sports a unique “FaceID” facial recognition system to unlock the device. Just look at your phone to unlock it. The feature is enabled by a ‘True Depth’ camera system in the A11 neural engine.

Wearing a hat, glasses or new hairstyle will not fool the FaceID system that also works with Apple Pay.

The device with 2046 X 1125 resolution supports HDR in Dolby Vision, HDR10 and True Tone and comes in Space Grey and Silver colours with ‘Super Retina’ display.

Users can tap on the screen to wake up iPhone X that has 12MP dual-camera system with deeper pixels and dual optical image stablisation at the rear. iPhone ‘X’ does wireless charging via Qi technology.

The iPhone 8 features a new 6-core A11 Bionic processor which is 70 per cent faster than the previous A10.

Apple also introduced Animoji where users can animate an emoji and share it on social media.

Apple also showcased a charging mat called ‘AirPower’ that charges iPhone, Watch and AirPods. The mat would be available from next year.

The tech giant also introduced iPhone 8 and 8 Plus (in Silver, Space Grey and Rose Gold colours) that house wireless charging technology with an improved retina displays.

iPhone 8 64GB price costs Rs 64,000 while 256GB variant will be available for Rs 77,000.

iPhone 8 Plus starts at Rs 73,000 for 64GB. The 256GB variant will cost Indian users Rs 86,000. People can pre-order the devices from September 15 and the phones will be available from September 29.

The iPhone 8 features a new 6-core A11 Bionic processor which is 70 per cent faster than the previous A10.

iPhone 8 and 8 Plus – both still have home button intact — feature new sensors. The lenses feature f1.8 and f2.8 apertures (which is brighter than the 7 Plus telephoto) in the iPhone 8 Plus.

According to Philip W. Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, the iPhone 8 cameras and the A11 Bionic chip have been calibrated for Augmented Reality (AR).

Jeff Williams, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, unveiled Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular connectivity built in.

Apple Watch Series 3 will cost Rs 29,900 with cellular connectivity. Series 1 is now priced at 21,900.

“You can keep the same number as your iPhone to make and receive calls. Maps will work on Series 3. Location will switch over to your watch automatically,” Williams told the gathering.

Apple Music will come to Apple Watch, allowing you to stream directly 40 million songs. Ask Siri to find your favourite track.

“With 50 per cent year-on-year growth, Apple Watch is the number one watch brand in the world, eclipsing Rolex, with 97 per cent customer satisfaction,” CEO Tim Cook announced.

Cook also introduced the new Apple TV 4K, designed to deliver a stunning cinematic experience at home.

With support for both 4K and High Dynamic Range (HDR), Apple TV 4K features unbelievably sharp, crisp images.

With Apple TV 4K, viewers can enjoy a growing selection of 4K HDR movies on iTunes.

“Bring the magic of the cinema straight to your living room with the new Apple TV 4K,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services.

Netflix and Amazon Prime 4K videos are coming to Apple TV as well.

Apple TV 4K starts Rs 15,900 for 32GB or Rs 17,900 for 64GB, joining Apple TV (4th generation) 32GB at Rs 12,900, available through select Apple Authorised Resellers.

Customers will be able to order both Apple TV 4K models beginning September 15, with availability beginning September 22 in the US and 21 additional countries and regions, and worldwide soon after.

Earlier, dedicating the theatre to Jobs “because we loved him and because he loved days like this,” Cook said: “Jobs’ vision and passion lives here on Apple Park and everywhere around us”.

(IANS)

NSUI makes comeback in DUSU polls, bags president, VP posts

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Photo | NSUI official Twitter handle

New Delhi: Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) today made a comeback in the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections, bagging two of the four crucial posts including that of the president’s.

BJP-affiliated Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), which has a stronghold in DUSU, bagged two seats, that of the joint secretary and the general secretary.

NSUI’s Rocky Tusheed won the president’s post by a margin of 1,590 votes, while the party’s Kunal Sehrawat defeated the ABVP candidate by 175 votes.

ABVP’s Mahamedha Nagar defeated NSUI’s Minakshi Meena by 2,624 votes to win the post of secretary while party’s joint secretary candidate Uma Shankar defeated NSUI’s Avinash Yadav 342 votes.

A total of 43 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the DUSU elections held yesterday.

Last year, the ABVP bagged three posts while the NSUI won the post of joint secretary.

(PTI)

THE 1ST EVER POWERBRAND AWARD WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

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The 1st ever Powerbrand- Bollywood Film Journalists & Film makers Award, organized by Planman Media, was a resounding success held at Hotel Novotel, Juhu, Mumbai on 11th Sept, 2017. Guest of honor & hall of fame Power couple Rishi Kapoor & Neetu Singh were the cynosure of everyone present there. Director Rakesh Omprakash Mehra too was present to support the very genuine & the very transparent award voted by the film journalists, who primarily comprised of the voting jury members. Arindam Chaudhuri, the man behind Planman Media thanked the voting jury profusely for their integrity their courage in voting in a very transparent manner.

Besides the winners who came to collect the awards, the other celebrities present were Divya Dutta, Manjari Fadnis, Indrani Haldar, Daboo Ratnani, singers Shweta Pandit, Shaan, Neeraj Shridhar, Ankit Tiwari. Planman Media’s Arindam Chaudhuri, Rajita Chaudhuri & Arundhati played the perfect host to the Bollywood guests, and the power packed corporate & brand managers present. Her Excellency, Dr. Najma Heptulla (Governor of Manipur) was the Chief Guest.

Planman Media Arindam Chaudhuri, averred, “I hope one day Aamir Khan takes back his vow of not attending any awards functions and makes his 1st appearance here due to its completely transparent nature. What makes these awards special is the fact that not just the winners, but the associate winners will also be felicitated. After all movie making is a tedious process and if you are the 2nd best out of hundreds of films released every year, you surely are no less than the winner itself.”

Besides the other unique aspect of the award was to honor the outstanding Journalist as well as the Critics who have contributed immensely in the Bollywood Ecosystem. Celebrated Journalist & Trade analysts like Meena Iyer, Ram Kamal Mukherjee & Taran Adarsh were awarded for their contribution to the film industry.

On the occasion of the launch of the awards, a coffee table book, Bollywood’s 70 Most Iconic Power Brands, written by Arindam Chaudhari & Rajita Chaudhuri was also launched. The book that celebrates 70 years of Indian Independence, takes a peak into the most powerful icons of Bollywood. The book is one of the greatest tributes to the Most Powerful Living Icons of Bollywood …The Power Brands of Bollywood.. A grand research driven design marvel that showcases the 70 Most Powerful Living Icons of Bollywood through a 2 – page tribute to each of them. “Bollywoods 70 Iconic Power Brands” features 20 each of the most powerful male & female actors, 20 of the most powerful producers, directors & distributors and 10 of the most powerful musicians!!! One of the 20 most iconic & powerful film makers of Bollywood is also featured in the book.

The 1st Power Brands – Bollywood Film Journalists & Film Makers Awards, organized by Planman Media, began with a mission & vision to recognize excellence & honor the finest in cinematic achievements, with high integrity & transparency and become the true voice of creative filmmaking in Bollywood.

Recent surveys have proved that viewers are being dismissive of the plethora of popular awards being dished out, which have been “contaminated” with star power, and have wandered away from celebrating true talent, to become a mainstream big publicity party.

After winning 4 National Award Winning films Do Dooni Chaar, The Last Lear, Dosar & Faltu… and the cult classic Mithya, Planman group brings one of the most pioneering efforts to change the awards landscape in Bollywood with the Power Brand – Bollywood Awards. The awards would like to question the status quo and stand out distinctively from the “over crowded” awards scenario, and represent the true voice of those who really matter, by being a fair award through the 1st of its kind open ballot voting. It is akin to an “Honesty Oscars” where the voting jury will consist primarily of Critics / Reviewers, important Journalists, directors & producers who are one in the spirit of transparency & accountability. Planman Media would like the spirit of the award to grow organically every year.

This 1st ever kind of open Ballot completely transparent award in Bollywood had the votes of the “Honorary” jury displayed online in a transparent manner each against their names. It’s a celebration of the spirited pioneers representing the landscape of good cinema, who bring a unique vision to filmmaking. It requires courage in an industry where relationships are supposed to be important, to come out transparently and give your votes through an open ballot mechanism.

The emphasis will also be on emerging helmers, and the awards’ will represent a more consistent view of diversity, an important platform for emerging independent voices & celebrate masterfully written movies, Independent spirit of the directors & the actors. Power Brand Bollywood Award will also be given as an honorary version of the prize to legends who have made important contributions to the Bollywood film industry.

UN Security Council to discuss Rohingya situation

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Meeting sought by UK and Sweden as nearly 370,000 Rohingya cross into Bangladesh to flee violence in Rakhine.

The mainly Muslim minority in Rakhine State is not recognised as an ethnic group in Myanmar [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis, following warnings by the organisation’s human rights chief that “ethnic cleansing” is taking place.

Britain and Sweden requested Wednesday’s meeting against the backdrop of a growing humanitarian crisis.

Around 370,000 of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya population have fled the country’s western state of Rakhine into neighbouring Bangladesh in recent weeks, according to the UN, since the violence began on August 25, after Rohingya fighters attacked police posts, prompting a military crackdown.

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, accused Myanmar authorities of acting in a “clearly disproportionate” manner, “without regards for basic principles of international law”, on Monday.

“I call on the government to end its current cruel military operation, with accountability for all violations that have occurred, and to reverse the pattern of severe and widespread discrimination against the Rohingya population,” he said.

Bangladesh has stepped up efforts to resolve the crisis, with Sheikh Hasina, the country’s prime minister, calling on Myanmar to “take steps to take their nationals back” on Tuesday.

“Myanmar has created the problem, and they will have to solve it … We want peaceful relations with our neighbours,” she said during a visit to a refugee camp in southwestern Ukhiya province, near the border with Myanmar.

The Bangladeshi parliament approved a motion on Monday urging the international community to increase pressure on Myanmar to resolve the crisis.

Officials in Buddhist-majority Myanmar claim its security forces are fighting Rohingya combatants.

“The government of Myanmar fully shares the concern of the international community regarding the displacement and suffering of all communities affected by the latest escalation of violence ignited by the acts of terrorism,” said a foreign ministry spokesperson on Tuesday.

A number of nongovernmental organisations have expressed concern at the escalating humanitarian cost of the crisis, with Save the Children claiming the situation is becoming increasingly desperate.

“The humanitarian situation is distressing, and the needs are enormous. The international community needs to recognise this, step up and urgently meet the needs of incredibly vulnerable people, especially children,” said George Graham, the charity’s director of humanitarian policy, on Tuesday.

“Thousands of Rohingya families including children, are sleeping out in the open or by a roadside because they don’t have anywhere else to go. Some don’t have enough food or clean drinking water, and this state of uncertainty increases the risk of children being exploited, abused or even trafficked.”

Bangladeshi officials are due to begin registering the refugees on Tuesday.

HRW: Saudi-led air raids in Yemen are ‘war crimes’

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Rights group says air raids over two months killed dozens, including children, where there were no military targets.

Saada was the scene of deadly coalition air raids on August 4 [File: Naif Rahma/Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

Human Rights Watch has accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of committing war crimes, saying its air raids killed 39 civilians, including 26 children, in two months.

The rights group says five air raids that hit four family homes and a grocery store were carried out either deliberately or recklessly, causing indiscriminate loss of civilian lives in violation of the laws of war.

“Such attacks carried out deliberately or recklessly are war crimes,” HRW said in a report on Tuesday.

The coalition has repeatedly denied allegations of war crimes and says its attacks are directed against its enemy – Yemen’s armed Houthi group – and not civilians.

Yemen has been torn by a civil war in which Yemen’s internationally recognised government, backed by a coalition supported by the United States and Britain, is trying to roll back the Iran-aligned Houthi fighters who control most of northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa.

“The Saudi-led coalition’s repeated promises to conduct its air strikes lawfully are not sparing Yemeni children from unlawful attacks,” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW, said in a statement.

“This underscores the need for the United Nations to immediately return the coalition to its annual ‘list of shame’ for violations against children in armed conflict.”

On August 4, coalition aircraft struck a home in Saada, killing nine members of one family, including six children, ages three to 12.

On July 3, an air raid killed eight members of the same family in Taiz province, including the wife and eight-year-old daughter, the organisation said.

HRW said it interviewed nine family members and witnesses to five air raids that occurred between June 9 and August 4 and did not detect any potential military targets in the vicinity.

The war has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced more than three million and ruined much of the impoverished country’s infrastructure.

The Saudi-led coalition was formed in 2015 to fight the Houthi group and army troops allied with them who have fired missiles into the kingdom.

HRW called on the UN Security Council to launch an international investigation into the abuses at its September session.

On Monday, the UN said it had verified 5,144 civilian deaths in the war in Yemen, mainly from air raids by a Saudi-led coalition, and an international investigation is urgently needed.

Thousands march in support of #IAmGauri protest in Bengaluru

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Protest march in Bengaluru against the murder of Gauri Lankesh, on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Photo: TheWire

Bengaluru: Hundreds of social activists, journalists, people’s forums and various political party workers from across the country on Tuesday took out a protest rally here condemning the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh a week ago.

The protesters gathered at the city’s railway station before taking to the streets.

Members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Karnataka Janashakthi, Aam Aadmi Party and several student groups were also part of the rally.

The 55-year-old editor of Kannada weekly tabloid by her name “Gauri Lankesh” was gunned down by unidentified men outside her home in the city suburb on September 5.

Those marching were seen singing protest songs, raising slogans like “Gauri Lankesh Amar Rahe” (Long live Gauri Lankesh) and demanding that Lankesh’s assailants be brought to book.

Wearing black head bands that read “I am Gauri”, the protesters took out the march from the city railway station to the Central College Grounds, where a protest meeting would be held later during the day.

Those participating in the protest meet include CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, noted social activist Medha Patkar, journalists P. Sainath and Sagarika Ghose, Swaraj India leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, documentary producers Anand Patwardhan and Rakesh Sharma, and civil rights activists Teesta Setalvad, Kavitha Krishnan and Jignesh Mevani, besides film producer Prakash Rai.

The progressive forum “Gauri Lankesh Hatya Virodhi Vedike” took out the rally.

“The forum of progressive thinkers, writers, social activists, artistes and intellectuals was formed last Friday to fight against Lankesh killing and decided to hold the national-level ‘resistance convention’ here,” the forum convenor K Leela had told reporters on Monday.

The forum was expecting about 50,000 people to be a part of the event.

(IANS)

Post-mortem Report Says No Sexual Assault in Ryan Case

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New Delhi: The post-mortem report of the Class II student who was found murdered at the Ryan International School said that the victim was not subjected to sexual assault by the accused.

As per a News18 report, the report, however, confirmed that one of the nerves of the student was cut by a knife during the attack due to which the kid couldn’t shout.

Meanwhile, the 7-year-old victim’s father further reiterated his claim of a bigger conspiracy behind the murder and accused the school administration of shielding the culprits.

Earlier today, two students of Gurugram’s Ryan International School claimed to witness the accused conductor ‘masturbating’ inside the toilet, where the student was found dead with throats and ears slit.

Two students, including one from Class II-B, told the police in their statement that they saw Kumar inside the toilet just seconds before the homicide. They later identified him as well. The two had gone in to change their Karate uniform, reported DNA.

Meanwhile, hundreds of parents staged vociferous protests outside the Ryan International School branch in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai, demanding measures for safety and security of their children, on Tuesday morning.

On Monday, two top officials of the Ryan International School were arrested and the acting principal detained for questioning following the gruesome murder of a seven-year-old student on campus, even as the victim’s father moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe.

The police claimed that evidence from the scene of the crime had been tampered with and said they would bring the guilty to book.

Ryan International Group CEO Ryan Pinto and his parents, who are its founders, approached the Bombay High Court today to seek anticipatory bail in connection with the child’s murder in the chain’s Gurgaon school.

SHO of Sadar Police Station on Sohna Road in Gurgaon was meanwhile suspended over a baton-charge on protesting parents, as well as journalists, outside the school premises.

(Agencies)

Teen commits suicide in Mysuru: Blue Whale suspected

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Mysuru: The deadly Blue Whale game has allegedly claimed a life here.

The victim has been identified as Tushar (17), PU Student, only son of Prasanna and Prathima couple, from Metagalli Layout here.

According to sources, the 18-year-old boy from the city has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside his house as a task on completing the challenge of the game

Tushar’s friend had communicated to the media of his involvement with the deadly game, but parents refused to it.

The family has lodged a complaint in Metagalli police station to investigate the exact reason behind their son’s death.

(Agencies)

INDIA POKER CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS 2017 HELD IN BANGALORE WITNESSED A GRAND SUCCESS

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BY FAIZAN ASAD & SHAHEEN RAAJ

The 1st ever edition of India Poker Championship Awards hosted by India’s leading poker gaming portal, The Spartan Poker, witnessed a grand success in Bangalore last weekend. The 1st of its kind poker award ceremony was held at Sheraton Grand in the Garden City of Bangalore on Sat, 9th Sept 2017. Recognizing the excellence in the Poker industry, The Spartan Poker felicitated 72 poker players across 6 different categories in the presence of eminent Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi & popular standup comedian Naveen Richards. The Awards night also saw winners in the highest spirits at the Sheraton Grand in Bangalore.

The Awards were given based on the players’ winning participation in varied tournaments. Emraan Hashmi & the Directors of The Spartan Poker from the poker industry also felicitated the winners in leading categories at the above mentioned function.

Expressing his excitement on the success of the 1st ever edition of the Indian Poker Championship Awards, Amin Rozani, MD & Co – founder, The Spartan Poker averred, “Hosting the India Poker Championship Awards was truly an exciting experience for us. It feels great to see the poker industry together & under one roof. The idea behind the Indian Poker Championship awards was to felicitate the amazing talents & contribution of the poker players. We hope to continue hosting the awards every year to shed light on it as a skill -developing & mind sharpening sport as well as to encourage all the poker players across the country to continue contributing to this industry.”

Expressing his views on the association, Actor Emraan Hashmi averred, “I am truly honored to be here at the 1st ever edition of the India Poker Championship Awards and amongst these talented poker players and this industry’s veterans like Amin Rozani, Peter Abraham, Rajeev Kanjani & Sameer Rattonsey. Recognizing the efforts & skills of these poker players, I feel The Spartan Poker created a great platform for these players across the nation.”

Court summons Amit Shah in 2002 riot case to defend convict

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(AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Ahmedabad: A special trial court here on Tuesday directed BJP President Amit Shah to appear as a witness for Maya Kodnani, a former BJP leader and minister in the then Narendra Modi government in Gujarat in a 2002 riot case in the city where 11 Muslims were killed.

Kodnani is a convict in the biggest massacre on February 28, 2002, when nearly 100 Muslims were massacred in Naroda Patiya, close to Naroda Gam, in Ahmedabad. She was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012 but is out on bail since 2014.

The special court asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief to appear before it on Monday, either in person or through his lawyer to testify on the alibi of Kodnani that she was not present at the place of the riots.

“The court has issued summons for September 18. The order was passed following a request of Maya Kodnani,” Amit Patel, lawyer of Kodnani, said, pointing out that she was not able to find Shah to issue him the summons.

Kodnani had moved an application before the court in April seeking testimony from the BJP President, who hails from Ahmedabad, as one of her defense witnesses.

She had claimed that his testimony was crucial to prove her claim that when the riots took place, she was with him, about 10 km away from the spot of the crime, first at the Gujarat Assembly and then at the hospital she ran.

After several adjournments, the court had on Monday last granted final deadline to Kodnani to bring Amit Shah to depose before the court on Friday.

The former BJP minister again sought 10 more days stating that she was unable to determine the address where she could serve summons to Amit Shah. However, the court had given time till Tuesday stating that after this, examinations of the defence witnesses would be closed.

The court on Tuesday intervened to issue direct summons to Amit Shah to appear before it.

(IANS)

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