No headphone jack Patel is critical of Apple’s decision to drop the headphone jack – technology that has been standard since Victorian times – without fully supporting wireless headphones or speakers from other manufacturers. As the world’s biggest tech firm, Apple gets to decide for all of us when it’s time to move on from an existing technology, says Patel, Read More

Samsung’s 2016 flagship smartphone – the Galaxy S7 – has been a huge hit with critics. It’s widely considered to be the best Android alternative to the iPhone 6S since its release earlier this year. Apple now has a brand new phone to rival it – the all-new iPhone 7. The phone launches tomorrow and should be one of the best Read More

Google has launched a new messaging platform for smartphones. Allo is the search engine giant’s competitor to the likes of WhatsApp, iMessage and Facebook Messenger, available for both iOS and Android users. It has all the regular features of other messaging clients – group chats, stickers, emojis and the ability to scribble on photographs and animate your messages – and Read More

India’s Test captain Virat Kohli took the field along with team mates for a light session at Green Park, in Kanpur, on Sunday. The Indian players arrived in batches on Saturday for the Test match. The first ones to reach were Wriddhiman Saha, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja. The New Zealand team will arrive on Monday. The three-match Test series between Read More

The recent revision of minimum wages for the agri and non-agri sector workers would benefit 70 lakh people, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said on Friday. “For the first time, minimum wages have been simultaneously revised for agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. This will benefit 70 lakh workers,” he said at the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National Safety Awards function held in Read More

In a set back to India, World Trade Organisation’s appellate body has upheld the rulings of a panel which had stated that the government’s power purchase agreements with solar firms were “inconsistent” with international norms. “The appellate body (of the WTO) upheld each of these panel conclusions appealed by India,” the WTO said in a statement. In April, India had Read More

Following a Japanese industrial zone in Neemrana, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje wants to create exclusive zones for investors from South Korea, China, Russia and Canada. She talks toSahil Makkar about the rationale behind the reforms she has undertaken in the past two and a half years. You recently visited Russia and invited industrialists to invest in Rajasthan. Is there Read More

Recently, reports in leading newspapers about a group of ministers mooting a heavy penalty on celebrities for misguided endorsements, thereby holding them liable, has set the proverbial cat among the pigeons. People, who I never expected to hear an opinion from, all had an opinion. “Celebrities are liable; they get such fat fees.” “No, no, the clients are liable, they Read More

In July, when the national media was gazing at the Dalit upsurge in Gujarat’s Una, another episode occurred in a north Bihar village, Babu tola-Matthiya, in Muzaffarpur district’s Paroo area. Two Dalit youth allegedly attempted to steal a Bhumihar’s motorcycle. The Dalits were thrashed and urinated upon. The Paroo police arrested two of the 11 accused and an inquiry established Read More

We all hear about the rising cases of dengue, chikungunya, malaria due to the breeding of mosquitoes in the monsoon season. According to the civic bodies, the National Capital Region has reported 284 new dengue cases in the last ten days, taking the total to 771. There were around 50,000 dengue cases which were reported last year. India has observed Read More