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Mar292017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Samsung Galaxy S8 latest news – price, release date, features and specs

Technology

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is simply gorgeous. Gone is the S7's flat screen, and in its place is a tall, narrow drink of water with two curved sides. Better even than the LG G6, which has similar proportions but no curved screen, and sleeker than the iPhone 7 Plus, which puts a smaller screen on taller, wider body. For the first time, every major Samsung phone is an "Edge" model, with the Edge and Note's curve-screen software and all. But elegant as it is in metal and glass, the S8 (and larger S8 Plus) is also the first marquee Samsung phone in a long time that leaves us with uneasy doubts. And those doubts have nothing to do with the disastrous Galaxy Note 7 and everything to do with a couple out-of-place choices and a work-in-progress digital assistant called Bixby. Good stuff f...

Mar252017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Govt plans major step against terrorism, to seal international boundaries with Pakistan, Bangladesh soon

National

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said India is pondering over sealing the international boundaries with Pakistan and Bangladesh soon. Addressing the passing out parade of the Border Security Force Assistant Commandants at the BSF Academy in Tekanpur, Madhya Pradesh, Singh said: “India is planning to seal the international boundaries with Pakistan and Bangladesh as soon as possible. This could be India's major step against terrorism and the problem of refugees.” The minister added that the border with Pakistan would be sealed by 2018. The decision has been taken in the wake of an increase in infiltration attempts, said Singh. "The project will be periodically monitored by the Home Secretary at the Central level, the BSF from the security forces' perspective and the ...

Mar252017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

UK condemns Pakistan’s move to declare Gilgit-Baltistan as its fifth province and says it belongs to India

UK

The British Parliament has passed a motion condemning Pakistan's move to declare Gilgit-Baltistan as its fifth frontier, saying the region is a legal and constitutional part of Jammu and Kashmir illegally occupied by Pakistan since 1947. The motion was tabled on March 23 and sponsored by Conservative Party leader Bob Blackman. It stated that Pakistan by making such an announcement is implying its attempt to annex the already disputed area. "Gilgit-Baltistan is a legal and constitutional part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, which is illegally occupied by Pakistan since 1947, and where people are denied their fundamental rights including the right of freedom of expression," the motion read. It was further noted that the attempts to change the demography of the region was in v...

Mar242017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Air India staffer assault case: Delhi Police books MP Ravindra Gaikwad

Delhi

Delhi Police today registered an FIR against Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who had assaulted an Air India staffer at the Delhi Airport on Thursday. Delhi crime branch will probe the case. The FIR was filed at Airport police station. Charges under Section 355 of the Indian Penal Code (assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person) and under Section 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) have been slapped against the Lok Sabha MP. He had thrashed 61-year-old Sukumar Raman of AISATS, Air India's ground handling firm, with his slipper 25 times at the Delhi's IGI airport after landing from Pune. COUNTER ALLEGATIONS In the meantime, Gaikwad also submitted a complaint against Air India before Delhi Police making a counter allegation that he was pushed and yell...

Mar232017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Finance Bill relaxes corporate funding to political parties, but is it really evil?

Economy, Opinion

The Lok Sabha approved a proposal by the government as part of amendments to the Finance Bill, 2017 that relaxes conditions for corporate funding to political parties. One of the major points of controversy surrounding the move is the confidentiality provided to corporate and removal of limit on funding as regards to proportion of profit previously limited at 7.5 per cent. On the face of it, the move seems to make the political funding system more opaque. However, diving deep, it actually makes sense to remove these restrictions as it allows accounted money from corporate to flow into the political system rather than unaccounted money that finds its way into the system dubiously filtered through multiple channels. The move may fare better on merit in comparison to the previous system in...

Mar232017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

India gives a clear message – ‘Will reunite PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan with Jammu and Kashmir`

National

Minister of State (MoS) in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on Thursday reiterated that the government would free Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from the illegal occupation of Pakistan. The Union minister added that the government’s objective was to restore Jammu and Kashmir in its original format, that includes Gilgit-Baltistan and PoK. Notably, today is Pakistan's Republic Day. Pakistan Day, or Republic Day, commemorates March 23, 1940, when a resolution was passed in Lahore, to demand a separate homeland for the Muslims. Earlier this month, a committee headed by Pakistan's foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz had proposed to make Gilgit-Baltistan, the region north of the Line of Control in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir, fifth province. Ind...

Mar232017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Ravindra Gaikwad MP who bragged after assaulting Air India official. All you need to know

Delhi

Angry over the treatment meted out to him by Air India, Shiv Sena's Lok Sabha MP Ravindra Gaikwad today thrashed a 61-year-old Air India official with his slipper 25 times at the Delhi's IGI airport. The airline has filed two FIRs against him on charges of assaulting Sukumar Raman of AISATS, Air India's ground handling firm, and for delaying the flight. "I wanted a business class seat which he couldn't arrange for me. I hit him several times with my slipper", Gaikwad said. Air India has said there was no business class in the all-economy flight. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena has also sought an explanation from the defiant Lok Sabha MP in the assault case. Read for details of what happened at the Air India flight AI 852 from Pune to Delhi. Here is a blow-by-blow account of all you need to...

Mar192017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Will Work For All Sections of Society Impartially: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh

Yogi Adityanath was appointed as the Uttar Pradesh CM on March 18 and he took oath for the same today at the Smriti Upvam, Lucknow in the presence of Governor Ram Naik, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party President Amit Shah and other senior ministers. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma took charge as the Deputy CM of the state and 44 other ministers took oath as the cabinet ministers. After the conclusion of the ceremony, Adityanath while addressing his first press conference as the CM said, ‘We will leave no stone unturned to fulfil the expectations of people of Uttar Pradesh.’ While talking about the government’s impartial work he said, ‘Govt will work for all section of society without any partiality, for this administration will be made accountable and answerable.’ He also ...

Mar192017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Metro services to remain unaffected as Jats call off protest in Delhi after talks with Haryana govt

Delhi

Metro services will largely remain unaffected on Monday as the planned Jat protests were called off on Sunday evening following talks with the Manohar Khattar-led Haryana government. “Our agitation and march towards Delhi has been called off,” said Yashpal Malik, the chairperson of the All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS), PTI reported. Malik’s announcement came as Khattar held a press conference saying the Centre and state would soon begin the process of giving Jats reservation, the key demand of the community. Those protesting had planned to march to Delhi, which lead to tight security measures being put in place. The national capital was fortified on Sunday itself, with metro connectivity scheduled to be cut off beyond Delhi borders. Following the decision ...

Mar192017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Adityanath will make UP Uttam Pradesh, says BJP

Uttar Pradesh

The choice of Adityanath as the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh has drawn criticism from the opposition parties even as the BJP stood strongly behind its leader. The opposition parties hit out at Adityanath's image of Hindutva hardliner, with Congress leader Veerappa Moily calling his elevation as the "biggest assault" on secularism. "It is a big assault on secularism in the country. Maybe, the BJP or RSS would like to endorse their cause of Hinduism. India is not Hinduism. Hinduism is not India. "India is built above castes and religions and 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family) is the very foundation of our secular society. It is the biggest assault ever done on secularism," Moily said. The BJP leaders strongly defended Adityanath and said he will take the s...