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Apple announces iPhone X

 Tue, 12 September 2017
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Apple announces iPhone X

JUST IN: Apple announces iPhone X, which is 'all screen' and has glass on front and back. More details awaited. -- Reuters
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The phones will be available in three colours -- silver, gray and gold.The iPhone 8 display is 4.7 inches (5.5 inches on the iPhone 8 Plus), with a Retina HDR display.It is also dust- and water-resistant.The glass, according to Apple, is 'the most durable ever in any cell phone'.
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Apple launches iPhone 8

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No other device in our lifetimes has had the impact on the world the iPhone has, said Cook.It's truly amazing how much iPhone impacts the world each and every day. Our intention with iPhone has always been to create something so powerful, so immersive and so magical, that the hardware virtually...
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JUST IN: Apple launches 4K TV with higher resolution.
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Apple watch series 3 launched, has cellular built-in

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Apple watch series 3 has cellular built in. One can make calls through it.It can also detect irregular heartbeat.It can store up to 40 million songs.IMAGE: Jeff Williams, Apple COO, speaks as product images are shown behind him during a launch event in Cupertino, California. Photograph: Stephen...
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Jeff Williams, Apple COO, says Apple Watch is the most-used heart-rate monitor in the world.Apple Watch OS 4 will be available from September 19.
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Cook announces updated Apple Watch

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Ahrendts says the company will also invite creative professionals into its facilities for something called 'Today at Apple'.Cook is back on stage and says, Apple Watch is now numero uno in the world, above Rolex, Fossil, Omega, Cartier, quotes ET.
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Angela Ahrendts from Apple Retail addresses the gathering.Some of the new features of Apple stores, said Ahrendts are open gathering places and avenues.
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Steve's vision and passion live on everywhere in Apple: Cook

Steve means so much to me and to all of us, CBS News quotes Tim Cook as saying.There's not a day that goes by I don't think about him.Steve's vision and passion live on here at Apple Park, and everywhere in Apple.ET quotes Cook as saying, Jobs' vision for Apple Park was to create an incredible...
22:38

Apple's mega 10th anniversary event begins

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Tim Cook takes centretsage, dedicates the theatre to founder Steve Jobs.Also condoles lives lost in Huricane Harvey and Irma in Florida and Houston.
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Countdown begins for Apple's 10th anniversary launch

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A 10th anniversary iPhone is expected to star at a keenly anticipated Apple event today at its new campus in Silicon Valley.A fresh leak of new software for Apple devices appeared to confirm rumors that the company will unveil three new iPhone models, with the most radical changes packed into...
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Army's new howitzer damaged while firing Indian ammunition

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The Army's new long-range ultra- light (ULH) howitzer M-777 was damaged during a field trial in Pokhran firing range and a probe has been ordered into the incident, Army sources said in New Delhi.The sources said the barrel of the United States-manufactured gun exploded when it was firing Indian...
21:08

EC rejects Sharad Yadav's claim over JD-U symbol

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The Election Commission today refused to take cognisance of the Sharad Yadav faction's claim of being the real Janata Dal-United, citing lack of documents filed by its leaders to back it, an EC official said.The EC's decision is a setback to Yadav, who had claimed that the party's rank and file...
20:14

BJP stopped politics of appeasement: Amit Shah

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Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today said that his party has stopped the politics of appeasement in the country and introduced politics of performance.The Narendra Modi government has in the last three years shown the political will to take decisions unlike the previous Congress-led...
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Amritsar: Man kills boy for scratching tractor's paint

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A six-year-old boy has mercilessly been strangled to death allegedly by his neighbour who was furious with him for scratching his tractor's colour in Amritsar, police said today.Shubhpreet went missing at around 9.30 pm last night from village Malikpur in Jandiala and later his body was found in...
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The roadmap of bullet trains in India.
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No bail for Haryana BJP chief's son Vikas Barala

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A court in Chandigarh today dismissed the bail plea of Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party chief Subhash Barala's son Vikas, who had been booked on charges of stalking and attempting to abduct a 29-year-old woman.The court of Additional District and Sessions judge Rajnish Kumar Sharma dismissed...
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Bombay Stock Exchange: Sensex today.
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BSE Sensex: Top gainers today.
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No sexual assault on slain Ryan school student: Doc

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Ryan International murder update: Deepak Mathur, one of the doctors who conducted a post-mortem on seven-year-old Pradyuman, rules out sexual assault. Two knife marks were found on Pradyuman's neck, said Dr Mathur.The police have claimed that evidence from the scene of crime had been tampered...
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70% people want scrapped Rs 1000 note back, claims survey

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Ten months after the note-ban which saw the scrapping of the 1000 and 500 rupee notes, nearly 70 per cent of the population want the Rs 1,000 banknotes back, says a survey. Last November, government scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, which accounted over 86 per cent of the total Rs 16.24...
17:31

NSE withdraws its Rs100 crore defamation suit against Moneylife

The National Stock Exchange on Tuesday withdrew its Rs100 crore defamation case against Moneywise Media Pvt Ltd, publisher of the fortnightly magazine Moneylife, Debashis Basu and Sucheta Dalal, founders of Moneylife (together Moneylife). The defamation case related to the publication of a...
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Justified in a democracy to condemn prime minister: Congress defends Rahul's remarks

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The Congress on Tuesday defended party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's remarks at the University of California in Berkeley, USA, saying that in a democracy, it is justified to condemn a prime minister and he should have been prepared for this by now.Congress leader Anand Sharma, in a press...
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Sunanda death: Hotel Leela suite to be unlocked

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The Patiala House Court in Delhi on Tuesday directed the Delhi Police to de-seal the Hotel Leela's suite no. 345 where Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda pushkar was found dead, back in 2014.The court ordered the concerned authorities to de-seal the room within four weeks.Earlier in the...
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Only bus conductor was involved in Ryan child murder: Police

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Gurugram police on Tuesday said that they have finished questioning of the bus conductor accused of killing seven-year-old Pradymna Thakur at Ryan International School and they don't see involvement of more persons in the crime.The questioning of bus conductor Ashok is complete and his remand has...
16:03

Matrimony.com's IPO is oversubscribed

The initial public offer (IPO) of Matrimony.com, which runs online match-making portals, was oversubscribed 1.10 times so far on the second day of bidding today.    The IPO, with an aim to raise over Rs 500 crore, received bids for 30,98,820 shares against the total issue size of...
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Indian priest held captive by ISIS in Yemen rescued

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Abducted Indian priest rescued from Yemen. The priest had been held captive for over 17 months by the ISIS. External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted, I am happy to inform that Father Tom Uzhunnalil has been rescued.Father Tom Uzhunnalil, an Indian Catholic priest, abducted by the ISIS in...
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As scandals dent his approval at home, Japan's Shinzo Abe hobbles along. Read
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Booted out of AIADMK, Dinakaran lies low

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Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran today sought to play down the unified AIADMK's decision annulling the appointment of his aunt V K Sasikala as party interim chief, indicating court could have a final say on the matter. A combative Dinakaran also dubbed the general council meeting, where the...
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'I'm a bit Muslim because I'm a real Hindu'

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Nobody is killing you in Kerala because you are Hindu unlike in North India where Muslims have been killed only because they are Muslims and were carrying some meat. Rediff.com's Archana Masih met novelist KP Ramanunni, who has been threatened with the amputation of his hand and leg if he does...
14:28

Air Forces of Pakistan, China Begin 'Shaheen VI' Exercises

Last week, the Pakistan Air Force and the Chinese People's Liberation Army-Air Force (PLAAF) began joint training exercises dubbed Shaheen VI in China. The exercises began on Thursday and will run until September 27. Read more
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Failed dynast: BJP's response to Rahul's US speech

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Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday unleashed a tirade against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and asserted that latter highlighting the fact that the grand old party donned arrogance in the 2012 under the helm of her mother Sonia Gandhi and hence lost elections is a huge...
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TADA Court announces life imprisonment to Riyaz Siddiqu in builder Pradeep Jain murder case.
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Harry Potter's Hogwarts letter auctioned for 7,000 pounds

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A sealed envelope used in the first Harry Potter movie - bearing the crest of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and addressed to the boy wizard - has been sold for 7,000 pounds at an auction in the US. The prop envelope was used in the scene in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's...
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Child murder: Ryan International head gets one-day bail

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The Bombay High Court today granted interim protection from arrest to Ryan International Group's founding chairman and managing director till tomorrow in connection with the murder of a boy in the school's premises in Gurgaon. Ryan International Group's founding chairman Augustine Pinto (73) and...
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Chetan Bhagat @chetan_bhagat Sometimes it is easier be a hero in Berkeley than in Bikaner, where it really matters.Ouch!
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Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce  Moving & deeply troubling. The west is choosing to ignore the advance of Hindu nationalism and its assault on Indian secular democracy.
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Gauri Lankesh was a brilliant and brave journalist. She was my friend. And they murdered her. Read Shikha Dalmia's tribute.
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Defence minister visits Sir Creek

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Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman posts this image, 12 hours ago, saying, Somewhere close to Sir Creek, the international border area in Gujarat, with our soldiers.Do read: Sitharaman must not let PMO run her ship
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AIADMK General Body also resolves to retrieve impounded two leaves symbol.
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Ryan International School student murder case: Augustine Pinto and Grace Pinto given interim protection from arrest till tomorrow.
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AIADMK expels Sasikala, Dinakaran from party

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Just in: The AIADMK general council passes six resolutions expelling both VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran from the party. The party named the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as the party's permanent general secretary. It also declare all appointments made by Dinakaran as...
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Al-Qaeda's leader-in-waiting

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Hamza bin Ladin was among his father's favorite sons, and he has always been among the most consistently fervent of his siblings in his support for violent jihad. Now in his late 20s, Hamza is being prepared for a leadership role in the organization his father founded. As a member of the bin...
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Police team heads to Nepal border to nab Honeypreet

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Haryana police has dispatched high level team to Nepal border on suspicion that Honeypreet Insaan might try to cross the border.The Haryana Police have already issued a lookout notice two weeks ago against the jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief's adopted daughter and another key aide following...
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Ready to be PM candidate: Rahul

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The big takeaway from Rahul Gandhi's address to students at the University of California, Berkeley: The Congress VP indicated today that he is open to being the Congress's Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2019 national election.  Asked by the moderator if he was ready to be the prime...
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How not to be the next Gauri

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Less than 72 hours before Narendra Modi spread Swami Vivekananda's message of love and brotherhood among students, an admirer of the Prime Minister had given a survival tip to progressive writers. What I can tell the progressive writers here (in Kerala) is that, children, please do the...
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AIADMK meeting to sack Sasikala today, but conditions apply*

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An AIADMK meeting has been called to sack its jailed leader VK Sasikala today. Yesterday, the Madras High Court had dismissed a petition by Sasikala loyalist asking that it put a stop to today's General Council meeting. MLA V Vetrivel, who filed the petition, has been fined Rs 1 lakh for wasting...
09:53

Market rally continues; Sensex tops 32,000 in early trade

The BSE benchmark Sensex reclaimed the 32,000-mark by surging about 156 points in early trade today on sustained buying by domestic investors ahead of key macroeconomic data to be released later in the day. Besides, a firming trend on other Asian bourses fuelled the domestic market sentiment....
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Even Bachchans, Ambanis are dynasts: Rahul

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi addressed students of the prestigious University of California, Berkeley on 'India at 70: Reflections on the Path Forward', in which he offered his views on contemporary India and the path forward for the world's largest democracy. Excerpts from his speech.-...
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Dalit writer Kancha Ilaiah receives threats over his book on Arya Vysya

Prominent Dalit thinker and writer Kancha Ilaiah on Monday lodged a police complaint alleging threat to life over his book on Arya Vysyas caste.In the complaint lodged with the Osmania University police station, Ilaiah said he received threatening and abusive phone calls from unidentified persons...
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UNSC imposes tough sanctions on North Korea

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a United States-drafted resolution that imposes strongest sanctions ever on North Korea, with measures targeting its last remaining major exports and reducing about 30 percent of oil provided to it.Today, we are saying the world will...
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Arrogance crept into Congress, we stopped talking with people: Rahul

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, who is on a two-week visit to the United States, attacked the Narendra Modi government saying that violence and anger and the politics of polarisation have raised their ugly head in India, a development that is new to the country.While addressing...
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President Trump on 9/11: 'America cannot be intimidated'

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Leading his first commemoration of the solemn 9/11 anniversary, President Donald Trump said on Monday that 'the living, breathing soul of America wept with grief' for each of the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on that day 16 years ago.Addressing an audience at the Pentagon, one of three...