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Wearables have seamlessly blended in our everyday life and unsurprisingly, the number of companies making them have proliferated. One of the latest in the fray is a Delhi-based tech start-up 'PLAY' who recently launched its PLAYFIT SW75 Smartwatch. We reviewed it for a few weeks and here's how it fared. Design From the get-go, you can see that the smartwatch's design is inspired by the best there is -- Apple Watch. Right from the square-shaped body to curved edges, PLAY's SW75 smartwatch is Apple Watch through and through complete with stainless-steel casing. When the screen isn't lit, it gives the look of a bezel-less watch. At 2,999, you wouldn't normally expect such a premier look. There is a metallic button on each side (left to enter an option, and right to exit it). For display, you get a 1.3-inch touch LCD panel with a resolution of 260x260 that's bright enough even in full daylight. The display is protected by 2.5D Corning Gorilla Gla...

Strongly opposing a bailout of telecom companies at taxpayers' expense, Reliance Jio on Thursday wrote to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying firms that have been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay past statutory dues have "sufficient" financial capacity to clear their liabilities. It also slammed the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) for writing ex-parte to the government on the financial distress in the sector, saying the body was "blackmailing" to "extract relief from the government" after all legal recourse had expired. "We submit that the so-called affected service providers have sufficient financial capacity to pay the government dues by monetising their existing assets/investments and by issuing fresh equity in their companies," it wrote to Prasad. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the AIIMS director to constitute a medical board today itself to give opinion on the health of former finance minister P Chidambaram, who is suffering from Crohn's disease. The high court said Hyderabad-based gastroenterologist Nageshwara Redybe included in the board to give his opinion on Chidambaram's medical condition, who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. Chidambaram has sought interim bail in the INX media money laundering case on medical grounds, saying his condition is deteriorating and he needs to be in a sterile environment. Justice Suresh Kait said the board will sit today to discuss Chidambaram's medical condition and the report be placed before the court which will hear the matter on Friday. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

Over the last two years, Nagpur-based human rights lawyer Nihalsing Rathod has received receiving calls on WhatsApp from unknown numbers. These calls would be made from international numbers, and would invariably turn out to be a group call. The moment Rathod answered them, the call would disconnect. He assumed these were innocuous calls made to his number but as a safety measure, reported each of the “suspicious calls” to WhatsApp. On October 7, 2019, Rathod, however, was contacted by a senior researcher from the Toronto University’s CitizenLab informing him that he faced a “specific digital risk”. “ John Scott-Railton, the senior researcher told me that his lab had followed my work and during their research had found out that my profile was under a surveillance attack. All those calls made to me for two years suddenly began to make sense,” Rathod told The Wire. CitizenLab was one of the first few organisations to examine how the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group’s Peg...

At least 46 people were killed and several others injured as a massive fire broke out on a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Thursday after a gas canister carried by a passenger exploded. The train, Tezgam, was on its way to Rawalpindi from Karachi when the fire broke out, destroying three of the train's carriages, including two economy class carriages and one business class carriage at Liaquatpur near Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab province. Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said a gas stove blew up when some of the passengers were preparing breakfast on the speeding train in violation of rules. At least 46 people killed and several others injured in the fire, District Police Officer Rahim Yar Khan Ameer Taimoor Khan said. Most deaths occurred from people jumping off the train, he added. Prime Minister Imran Khan while expressing his condolences directed the authorities to ensure the provision of best medical treatment for the injured. Read More ...

Wireless earphones are all the rage these days, and PLAY, a Delhi-based start-up is also getting a piece of the action with the launch of its own wireless neckband earphones -- PLAYGO N23 . We used the earphones and here's our view on it. Design PLAYGO N23 has a pretty standard design for wireless earphones with its rubber-esque plastic body and matt finishing. The upper body is elastic and feels durable. The lower end, though, feels a bit suspect, but we had no problems throughout the duration of our review. The earbuds are inclined in relation to the translucent back-case, whise metallic finish gives the earphones a better fit. The back case has magnetic ends that you can use to keep the earphones dangling safely when not in use. The batteries are stored in two wide-bodied capsules with a glossy finish. And then you have your section with options to control volume and a multi-purpose button to receive and reject calls, play and pause music, and other functions. It has ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) less than satisfactory performance in the Assembly elections of Haryana and Maharashtra has once again raised questions on its inept handling of the economy, triggering calls for more focus on it, particularly the rural sector. The sector seems to have played a decisive role in several seats in both the states. Its showing has indicated the continuing slowdown in demand, wages, and consumption in rural areas has started affecting politics. In Haryana, the ruling BJP was marginally short of a majority, just months after it won all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, riding on the Modi wave, while in Maharashtra, the BJP-Shiv Sena saw its seat count go down by 27 from the Assembly elections in 2014. Sources in the ruling party, its ideological fountainhead Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and sister organisations admitted voters had started raising questions on the government’s handling of economic issues, particularly thos...

Buoyed by its success in Bihar where it launched its operations four years ago, OYO Hotels and Homes aims at expanding its footprint in the state by investing in infrastructure and talent. The investment in infrastructure and talent will create 700 jobs in the hospitality sector in the next six months, a top company official said. "Bihar is an important market for us and has been performing well since launch. We will continue to invest in expanding our footprint and serve thousands of customers in Patna," Aditya Ghosh, CEO, India and South Asia, OYO Hotels and Homes said in a statement. He said "Since our launch in Patna in August 2015, weve worked closely with small and independent hotel owners and utilized our deep expertise in standardizing amenities and guest experiences to empower them as better hospitality players. Ghosh said OYO's presence in Bihar includes 28 cities including Patna, Bodhgaya, Muzaffarpur, Purnea and Bhagalpur among others. ...

Few parties manage to stay relevant through a generational change. Shiv Sena is the exception. When it was formed, its founder Bal Thackeray saw it as forum to arouse the Maharashtrian-ness of those who lived in the state, making the Mangalorean, the North Indian, the Tamil, Telugu, and the Malayali the ‘other’. The Communists and the Congress were also targets of Marmik, a cartoon magazine Thackeray founded that poked fun at the outsiders and the meek Maharashtrians. It also gave an ideological cover for breaking the Communist-dominated trade unions in and around Mumbai's textile mills. But he soon found that the ‘Maharashtra for Maharashtrians’ slogan had limited appeal outside Mumbai where non-Maharashtrians were seen as performing an economic service and not necessarily as a threat. A change of track followed with Sena supporters becoming the vanguard of the Hindu movement, speeding ahead of the BJP. Later, owing to the efforts of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, an agreeme...

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of the Enforcement Directorate on a bail plea of senior Congress leader and former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX media money-laundering case . Justice Suresh Kait issued a notice to the ED on the bail application and asked the agency to file its reply within a week. The court fixed the matter for further hearing on November 4. Chidambaram, 74, who was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Tuesday in the INX media corruption case, is under the ED's custody that ends on Thursday. Read More

Indian space agency has released fresh set of pictures of impact craters on moon surface taken by its Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday releasing a picture on its Twitter handle said the images were taken by the Dual Frequency-Synthetic Aperture Radar (DF-SAR) on its Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. According to ISRO, the Moon has been continuously bombarded by meteorites, asteroids and comets since its formation. This has resulted in the formation of innumerable impact craters that form the most distinct geographic features on its surface. Impact craters are approximately circular depressions on the surface of the moon, ranging from small, simple, bowl-shaped depressions to large, complex, multi-ringed impact basins. "In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters typically have raised rims and floors that are lower in elevation than the surrounding terrain," ISRO said. Read ...

Assembly Election results: The BJP on Thursday established a substantial lead as the counting of votes for Assembly elections progressed in Maharashtra and Haryana. Check election results live updates here In Maharashtra, the BJP was leading at 83 seats and its ally Shiv Sena was ahead at 53 in the 288-member Assembly, according to IANS-CVoter. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was leading at 30 seats and its coalition partner Congress was ahead at 21 seats. The trends available from 91 constituencies also indicated that Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) was leading at 3 seat, BSP at 1 and others at 3 seats. In Haryana, where 90 Assembly seats are at stake, the BJP was leading in 49 constituencies, the Congress in 17 and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) in 4, according to the early trends. Read More

Bangladeshi cricketers called off their strike late on Wednesday after holding talks with the top brass of their cricket board, where they were assured that nearly all their demands would be met. Officials from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BSB) and players had held the meeting to discuss the 13-point demand raised by the latter. The meeting lasted for more than two hours, reported ESPNcricinfo. Even though 11 demands were initially raised by the cricketers, two were added just ahead of the meeting. The new demands include a call to the BCB to share a percentage of their revenue with the players and equal pay for women cricketers. BCB chief Nazmul Hassan Papon described the meeting as "fruitful" and said that the board has agreed to fulfil the initial 11 demands of the players, noting that it was not aware of the additional two demands until a few hours before the meeting began. "As Papon said, it was a fruitful discussion," team captain Shakib Al Hasa...

The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) on October 22, 2019, released the counselling schedule for AP LAWCET 2019 . The Andhra Pradesh Common Law Entrance test is conducted to offer 3 years and 5 years of LLB course. The counselling is slated to begin from October 28, 2019, and go on until November 1, 2019. AP LAWCET 2019 seat allotment will be released on November 3, 2019. Candidates who cleared the law entrance exams by APSCHE have to appear for the counselling rounds according to the schedule for their ranks. Know the AP LAWCET 2019 counselling procedure here Candidates applying for AP LAWCEt 2019 can follow the steps Visit the official website - www.apsche.org Enter your credentials. Counselling fee of Rs 1000 will be charged for General category, while Rs 500 for SC/ST candidates. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

MSBSHE HSC application 2020 : The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune, has extended the deadline for filling up online forms for HSC 2019. According to the previous notification, the deadline was ending on October 23, 2019. However, due to technical reasons, the last date has now been revised to November 15, 2019. Late applications for students, which were earlier to be received from November 1 to 8, 2019, will be taken with a fine from November 16 to 25, 2019. The Maharashtra Board class 12 exam will begin on February 18, 2020, with English as the first subject. It will be conducted in the morning session. The exam will conclude on March 18, 2020, with Sanskrit in the morning batch and Russian and Arabic in the evening slot, on the same day. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) has invited applications for the post of junior legal officer (JLO). There are 156 vacancies for this post. Candidates looking to apply may start the online application process from today, i.e October 23,2019. The last date to apply is October 25, 2019. Interested candidates can apply through the official website, rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in Here's how to apply for RPSC junior legal officer posts Go to the RPSC official website On the homepage, click on 'RPSC Online'. In the drop-down menu, click on 'Apply online' tab Click on 'new application portal (through SSO)' link Fill the form and submit it. The JLO post will require candidates to undergo two rounds: written exam (200 marks) and interview round (25 marks). The examination dates are due to be notified. RPSC JLO 2019: Eligibility criteria Candidates must at least be 21 years of age. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

The Exam Regulatory Authority, Uttar Pradesh, has announced the Diploma in Elementary Education (DElEd) 2019 marksheet for 2nd semester exam on October 21, 2019. The Uttar Pradesh DElEd 2nd semester results are available on the official website of the UP BCT 2019, btcexam.in Click here to check UP D.El.Ed second semester 2018 marksheet Step 1: Go to btcexam.in Step 2: Click on 'DElEd- 2019 2nd semester result (exam year: 2019)' link on the right side of the homepage Step 3: A new page will display on the screen. Step 4: Enter your roll number, date of birth and captcha value as requested. Step 5: Click on 'Search' Step 6: Check your result and save the file for future reference. Candidates must pass 10+2 in any stream with 50% marks by any recognized board. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has invited applications for the Deputy Manager (Technical) posts. Candidates need to apply for the posts on or before October 31, 2019, on the official website of NHAI nhai.gov.in Here are some important dates to remember Application submission start: October 1, 2019. Application submission last date: October, 31 2019. Exam date: To be notified soon To know more details candidates will have to go through the NHAI official website Age Limit: Candidates should be maximum 30 years. Age relaxation: – For candidates under SC/ ST /OBC/PWD/ PH categories, relaxation will be as per government regulation Know category wise vacancy details of NHAI jobs – General – 3 posts, SC – 4 posts, ST – 2 posts, OBC – 8 posts, EWS – 13 posts Candidates should have a degree in Civil Engineering from a recognised university/institute. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

NASA has found no evidence of Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander in the images captured during a latest flyby of its Moon orbiter of the lunar region where India's ambitious mission attempted a soft landing, the US space agency said. On September 7, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) attempted a soft landing of Vikram on the uncharted lunar south pole, before losing communication with the lander. "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the area of the targeted Chandrayaan-2 Vikram landing site on October 14 but did not observe any evidence of the lander," Noah Edward Petro, the Project Scientist for the LRO mission, told PTI in an exclusive email interaction. Petro said that the camera team carefully examined the images and employed the change detection technique -- using a ratio of an image from prior to the landing attempt to the one acquired on October 14. This approach, he said, is used for finding new meteorite impacts on the Moon that also hel...

Google has started combining G Suite users' Gmail photos with their Google account profile photos. "We are combining the Gmail photo with the Google account profile photo for G Suite users. Now, when you go to change this setting in Gmail, you'll be directed to the 'About me' section of your Google profile settings to set your profile picture," the company said in a statement on Monday. Currently, profile pictures set in Gmail are only displayed in Gmail. This means a profile picture in Gmail may be different than the Google account profile photo, which can make it difficult to know which picture will be displayed where. This new change simplifies things by allowing a user to set a single profile picture in one place and then displaying that single photo across all Google apps. "When you visit Settings > General > My Picture in Gmail on the web, you will be directed to change your picture in the 'About me' section of your Goog...

The Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, has announced the preliminary answer key of Andhra Pradesh State Eligibility Test (APSET) 2019 for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 of the exam on its official website - www.andhrauniversity.edu.in Candidates who appeared for the APSET 2019 examination can access the answer key till October 24, 2019. APSET is an eligibility test for the recruitment of assistant professors/lecturers. Andhra University conducts the APSET on behalf of the state government. As many as 28,783 candidates appeared for APSET 2019 examination held on October 20, 2019. Here's how to download APSET 2019 answer key online Step 1: Go to APSET official website - andhrauniversity.edu.in Step 2: Click on 'APSET - 2019' on the right side of the homepage Step 3: In the given page, click on 'Provisional Answer Keys - APSE 2019' Step 4: View and download the APSET answer key 2019. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

Business tycoons like Ratan Tata, N Chandrasekaran, the Ambani brothers, and Sajjan Jindal were conspicuous by their absence at the polling booths for Assembly elections that recorded 63 per cent turnout on Monday. Their spokespersons said these leaders had unavoidable prior commitments, forcing them to stay out of the city on the important day. The island city alone sends as many as 38 legislators to the 288-member House. Those who did cast their votes included Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra, HDFC Chief Executive Keki Mistry, Marico Chairman Harsh Mariwala, and M&M Managing Director Pawan Goenka who also appealed to citizens to cast exercise their domestic right. The polls saw a voter turnout of around 63 percent, almost matching the 63.38 percent polling recorded in the last elections held in 2014. According to official sources, Tata and Chandrasekaran and Jindal were not in town. Jindal, however, took to Twitter to appeal to voters to exercise their rights...

The Assam TET admit card 2019 has been released by Sarba Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) Assam. Candidates who have applied for the exam can visit SSA's official website, ssa.assam.gov.in, to download the Assam TET 2019 admit card. To download the admit card, candidates will have to login into the website by entering their credentials. The SSA has postponed the Assam TET 2019 exam from October 20, 2019, the exam to November 10, 2019. Assam TET 2019 admit card: Steps to download Step 1: Visit the official website, ssa.assam.gov.in Step 2: Click on the link that says "Assam Teachers Eligibility Test Admit Card 2019" Step 3: Enter asked credentials ( application or roll number and date of birth) Step 4: Click on submit Step 5: Dowload the admit card once its displayed on the screen The Assam TET 2019 exam will be divided into two sections -- Paper 1 and Paper 2. The Paper 1 is for positions at lower primary levels and Paper 2 is for upper primary levels. The two...

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will release an official notification for the combined graduate level examination (CGL) 2019 today (October 22). The exam is conducted for recruitment in Group B and Group C posts at various Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations in the Government of India. Once the recruitment process starts, candidates can apply for various posts by visiting the official website of SSC, ssc.nic.in . According to the Examination Calender available on the website, the application process will also begin today, October 22, and conclude on November 22. The SSC CGL 2019 exam will be held between March 2 and 11, 2019. SSC CGL 2019: Important dates Start of online registration: October 22, 2019 Last date of online registration: November 22, 2019 Date of tier I (Computer Based Examination) - March 2 to March 11 SSC CGL exam pattern CGL Tier-I Examination will be conducted in the Computer-Based Mode. The exam will consist of 100 questions with two mark...

DEFCC Recruitment 2019: The Department of Environment Forest and Climate Change (DEFCC), Bihar, is recruiting Senior Research Fellow, Junior Research Fellow and Research Associates III. The department has released an official notification in this regard on its official website, forest.bih.nic.in . DEFCC Bihar has invited applications for these posts. The last date to register through the offline mode is November 11, 2019. The educational qualification required for each post is different. Candidates applying for "Junior Research Fellow" posts should be graduates in environment/forestry with NET/GATE qualification or have a post graduate degree in environment/forestry. DEFCC Recruitment 2019: Key points DEFCC Recruitment 2019 last date: Candidates need to submit the filled in application by November 11, 2019. Salary: Junior Research Fellow: Rs 25,000 and 20 percent HRA per month. Senior Research Fellow: Rs 28,000 and 20 percent HRA per month. Research Associ...

Banking operations in some parts of the country were affected on Tuesday as two employee-unions are observing a nation-wide strike . Some of the services like cash deposit and withdrawal at the counter and cheque clearances have been impacted due to the strike by banking staff. Public sectors bank branches in urban areas of the country are, however, operational as officers these banks are not part of strike . Most of the banks including SBI had informed their customer about strike call given by All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) to protest against bank mergers and fall in deposit rates. Merger of banks is totally unwarranted in India as we need more banking services and opening of more branches to serve the people, AIBEA General Secretary C H Venkatachalam said. "The merger has so far resulted in closure of branches and hence it is a wrong policy. Recovery of the huge bad loans is the top priority for banks, ...

Aiming to make it easier for users to manage the accounts they follow on Instagram , the photo-sharing platform has started testing a feature to group followers into categories, and help them choose users to unfollow, the media reported. However, there was no guarantee that the feature would be ready for mass use in the near future. As spotted by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, users could look at the "least interacted with" people to unfollow a bunch of them en masse, or browse just those accounts posting artwork, Engadget reported on Monday. The feature would essentially help users to focus their feed on those people they care about, but it could also help on those they rather not wade through the regular feed just to find their favourites. Instagram's feed is based on an algorithm where it shows accounts that users interact with the most frequently at the top. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

The Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) has released admit cards for the Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test (UTET) 2019 entrance exam. Candidates who applied for the UTET 2019 can download their admit cards from the UBSE official website — ubseonline.uk.gov.in. The UBSE UTET exam 2019 will be held in two parts: UTET 1 will be held on November 6, 2019, from 10 am to 12.30 pm. The UTET 2 will be held in the afternoon session from 2 pm to 4.30 pm. The candidates who get through the Uttarkhand TET 2019 will be awarded a TET Eligibility Certificate which can be further used to apply for the post of teachers in both government and private schools in Uttarakhand. Here's how to download UTET Admit Card 2019: Step 1: Visit the official site of UBSE at ubseonline.uk.gov.in. Step 2: Click on UTET Admit Card 2019 login link and enter the required details. Step 3: Your admit card will be displayed on the screen. Step 4: Check the admit card and download it. S...

CISF Constable recruitment 2019: The recruitment process for 914 Constable /Tradesmen vacancies ends today, i.e October 21, 2019. Candidates eligible and interested in these posts have to fill their application forms by 5 pm today. CISF released the official notification for vacancies on September 21, 2019. The vacancies are available in trades such as cook, cobbler, washer-man, carpenter, sweeper, painter, mason, plumber, mali & electrician. Get direct link to CISF Constable /Tradesman vacancies. Eligibility criteria for CISF Constable post: Candidates should have passed Class 10 exam from a recognised board. Age Limit: Candidates should be between 18 to 23 years of age. Selection will be done on the basis of Physical Efficiency Test (PET), Physical Standard Test (PST), documentation, trade test, written test and medical examination. The application fee for OBC & EWS is Rs 100. SC/ ST/ women/ ex-serviceman are exempted from payment. Read More Article ...

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp plans to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020, Chief Executive Officer Lei Jun (pictured) said on Sunday, speaking at the World Internet conference in the eastern Chinese town of Wuzhen. Lei’s remarks come as the company faces intense competition in its home market from rival Huawei Technologies. Last month Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro, the company’s first 5G-enabled phone for the domestic market. According to Lei, demand for the phone exceeded the company’s expectations and led to supply chain issues. The device’s reception has prompted Xiaomi to launch 5G models for the high, middle, and low-end price tiers next year. “ People in the industry fear that next year 4G models won't sell, this is a step you have no choice but to take”Lei said. “So we hope that operators can speed up their expansion of 5G base stations.” Xiaomi’s share price has fallen steadily this past year as China’s smartphone market grows more competitiv...