Thursday, October 06, 2016

In Apple’s obsession with size, did performance suffer?

In a more embarrassing product review of Apple’s recently released iPhone 7, a British consumer group titled ‘Which?’ has established that the battery of the device fares quite poorly than that of its peers. The group tested the iPhone 7 with other recently launched high-end smartphone models...

Embiid, Saric debut as 76ers begin without Simmons

The Philadelphia 76ers finally had some good news as they deal with the bad news of Ben Simmons’ injury. And Golden State fans got to see just how explosive their team looks with Kevin Durant in the lineup. Durant had 21 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and two blocked shots in an impressive first home game with Golden State, leading the Warriors to a 120-75 rout of the Los Angeles Clippers...

Eyewitnesses give strike details

Eyewitnesses living across the Line of Control (LoC) have provided The Indian Express with graphic accounts of last week’s Indian Army special forces strikes on jihadists’ staging posts, describing how bodies of those killed in clashes before dawn on September 29 were loaded onto trucks for secret...

Delhi’s CM video message to PM Modi: AAP protests against Pak, BJP protests against Kejriwal

AAP leaders and workers protest against Pakistan and its media Tuesday. Praveen Khanna A day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sent a video message to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, urging him to “unmask” Pakistan’s “dirty propaganda” about the Indian Army’s surgical strikes across...

Ink thrown at Arvind Kejriwal in Bikaner, 2 ABVP workers detained

Two youths affiliated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) threw ink at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday night as they were “angry at his comments on the Indian Army”, said police. Sub-inspector Ajay Kumar, Kotegate police station, Bikaner, said, “We have detained...

Bangladesh: setting a global standard in ending poverty

There is a lot for Bangladesh to celebrate in the latest World Bank research on global poverty and inequality. The new report, “Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality”, uses revised data to give a more accurate estimate of how many poor people live in Bangladesh. What the report...

Quality telecom services still a far cry: survey

Star Business Report from Bangladesh  Bangladesh has met half the targets for ensuring quality services for mobile subscribers, according to a survey of the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators' Council (SATRC). The survey categorised the overall consumer protection of the telecom...