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Google Daydream View VR Headset to Hit Stores on November 10 

What A Person Do Whenever Your Computer Runs Slow?

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BlackBerry DTEK60 Android Smartphone Spotted on Company Site With Specifications

In the tech industry, it is becoming almost impossible to keep any device a secret till its official launch. The latest to join the list is BlackBerry's DTEK60. However, the company is itself to blame for the leak as according to reports, the smartphone's listing was accidentally made public by company's own website.

India successfully test-fires Barak-8 missile

India on Tuesday successfully test-fired the Barak-8 long-range surface-to-air nuclear-capable ballistic missile, jointly developed with Israel, from a defence test facility off the Odisha coast. The missile was successfully launched at around 10.15 a.m. from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad at Chandipur in Balasore district, said a defence official. President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful launch. "Congratulations DRDO on the successful test-firing of Indo-Israeli surface-to-air missile Barak-8 from Odisha today (Tuesday)," a tweet on his official Twitter handle said.

'Say no depression with Yoga' campaign launched in 100 Chinese universities

A Yoga campaign has been launched to introduce the ancient Indian practice in 100 universities in China to fight the growing problem of depression and stress among students.
The campaign '100 days in 100 universities' to fight depression was launched by Yogi Yoga, China's popular yoga institute run by former Chinese fashion journalist and her Indian husband and yoga teacher in association with Peking University.
'Say no depression with Yoga' was launched on Monday at the university campus in which large number of students took part.

Oppo partners with Reliance Jio for Welcome Offer

Chinese handset maker Oppo has partnered with Reliance Jio for the latter's 'Welcome Offer' that will give free data services to users till the end of the year. The offer would be available on F1, F1 Plus, F1s, A37 and Neo 7. As part of its test launch, Jio has already partnered with over 20 brands to provide free 90-day unlimited calls and high-speed mobile broadband trials to 4G smartphone users.

Government notifies Council for Goods and Service Tax

Government has formally notified the GST Council, which will decide on the tax rate, exempted goods and the threshold under the new taxation regime. The council will be chaired by Union Finance Minister and have Minister in charge of Finance or Taxation or any other Minister nominated by each State Government as its member. Also Minister of State in charge of Revenue or Finance at the Centre would be a member. "In exercise of the powers conferred by article 279A of the ..

Rapid climate change 56 million years ago explained

A large proportion of the Earth's methane is stored beneath the oceans in the form of an ice-like material called hydrate. This hydrate can melt if the ocean above warms, and melting of hydrate provides a widely accepted mechanism for the methane outburst. However, the research from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre casts doubt on this mechanism. Using computer models of the warming process, the researchers simulated the effects of PETM ocean warming on sediments that may have contained methane hydrate and tracked how methane transport mechanisms would have affected its release into seawater. “Our results show that hydrate melting can indeed be triggered by ocean temperature change, but the result is not necessarily a rapid outburst of methane,” said lead author of the study, Tim Minshull, Professor at Southampton. “This is because the methane gas formed by hydrate melting below the sea floor takes time to travel up to the seabed, and on the way it can refreeze or dissolve and then be consumed by microbes that live below the seabed,” Minshull said. “Only a fraction of the methane may escape into the ocean and the part that does escape may take thousands of years to do so,” he said. “To explain the geological observations by melting of hydrate, much more hydrate must have been present globally than is perhaps reasonable for such a warm late Palaeocene Ocean,” said Professor Paul Wilson from Southampton.

Beyond the predictive text

A critique of rote learning is an educational cliché. Much has been written about it and almost every educator will passionately argue against it. However, the textbook still continues to be the holy grail of learning. You can participate in activities, test yourself, memorise information and learn. But don't forget, the textbook has the answers. This obsession with textbook answers seem to cut across both government as well as private schools in India. To learn something is to seek out answers. But a textbook supplies readymade answers to questions that are not necessarily asked. And most times, students don't know what to do with these answers except to write them down during tests. In What is Worth Teaching, Krishna Kumar, former Director of NCERT, says, “The textbook symbolises the authority the teacher must accept in order to work. It also symbolises the teacher's subservient status in the educational culture.” In other words, even teachers don't have the autonomy to decide what needs to be taught, forget the autonomy of students to question what they learn.

A debt-free college for students who struggle most

” I was wondering, 'When is it going to be my last day?'” Sonia told CNN. “I wasn't living. I was surviving.” The ruthless gangs in her native Guatemala had her in the crosshairs during her early teenage years, she said, following her and threatening her in the street. Sonia, who asked CNN to change her name because she fears for her safety, said they threatened her mother, as well. “They told her, 'We are going to rape your daughters,' ” Sonia said. As menacing messages followed, her parents fled north to the United States. Sonia and her two younger sisters were put up for adoption at an orphanage. At 16, she made her own desperate decision to journey from Guatemala to the United States. At 16, she made her own desperate decision to journey from Guatemala to the United States. “My father, he almost died in the desert and my mother got kidnapped in Mexico, and I still decided to take the risk,” Sonia said. Surviving the six-month voyage, some of it by foot, from Guatemala City to Chicago only strengthened her determination to achieve her American dream. She wanted to become the first in her family to earn a college degree, she said. But as she prepared to graduate from high school with a 4.1 GPA, Sonia's heart sank at the realization that as an undocumented immigrant she would qualify for little to no college financial aid.

Health in India: Where the money comes from and where it goes?

National Health Accounts (NHA) monitors the flow of resources in a country's health system and provides detailed data on health finances. The NHA estimates for India for the financial year 2013-14 were published earlier this week, after a long void of almost a decade. The previous estimates were for the year 2004-05. In 2013-14, the Total Healthcare Expenditure (THE) of India was Rs. 4.5 lakh crores, which amounts to 4 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Draft National Health Policy 2015 recognises this to be a problem. It says: “Global evidence on health spending shows that unless a country spends at least 5-6 per cent of its GDP on health and the major part of it is from government expenditure, basic health care needs are seldom met.” Of the total amount of Rs. 4.5 lakh crores, Current Health Expenditure (CHE) constituted Rs. 4.2 lakh crores (93 per cent). Rs. 31.9 thousand crore (7 per cent) went to Capital Expenditure. These estimates help us answer key questions pertaining to healthcare finances. Here are they key findings.

Let the late Russian's family keep London silver medal: Yogeshwar

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is not keen to collect the upgraded silver medal from 2012 London Olympics on humanitarian grounds given that the original second place finisher's positive dope test came after his death. “Besik Kudukhov shandaar pehelwaan the (Besik Kudukhov was a magnificent wrestler). Unke mirtyu ke baad dope test mein fail ho jana bahut dukht hai (His dope test returning positive after his death is very sad). Main khiladi ke roop mein main unka samaan karta hoon (As a wrestler, I respect him),” Yogeshwar tweeted.

WhatsApp users to receive adverts

WhatsApp says it will begin sharing more data with Facebook and will start letting some companies send messages to users.It is the first time the company has changed its privacy policy since the firm was bought by Facebook in 2014.WhatsApp will now share users' phone numbers with the social network, which it will use to provide “more relevant” friend suggestions and advertisements.

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The New Android Nougat Upgrade Looks Awesome But You'll Have To Wait Months Before You Try It

Android has finally started rolling out the seventh version of their smartphone operation system - Nougat. While only select Google Nexus devices get the update first, other Android users will have to wait for a few months before they try it out (more as you read the article). Apart from the fact that this was the first time Google invited developers from all around to take a sneak peek at the Android N back in March so that they can bring their apps on the new platform, this was also the first time Android sought the help of its users to give it a fitting name. Google might have claimed that there are over 250 major features in the Nougat, but here are some that have got us pretty psyched. The quick setting drop-down is one of the handiest options in a modern-day Android OS. It helps us with easy access to the most commonly used features like connecting to WiFi or putting on the flashlight. Android makes using the quick settings drop-down even easier. Now you can actually control and customise the tiles to your needs. Some smartphones and launchers already have this feature (like my OnePlus 3) but rolling it out on all devices across platforms is definitely a positive.

Iran Says Russian Use Of Air Base For Syria Strikes Over "For Now"

Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan dismissed that criticism on Sunday, but also chided Moscow for publicising the move, describing it as showing off and a "betrayal of trust."

"We have not given any military base to the Russians and they are not here to stay," Dehghan was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.

Rio Olympics 2016: Usain Bolt wins 200m gold, his eighth Olympic gold

Usain Bolt won the men's 200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep alive his hopes of an unprecedented 'treble treble'.The Jamaican ran 19.78 seconds to come home ahead of Canada's Andre de Grasse and France's Christophe Lemaitre.

Yoga master TKV Desikachar passes away

The Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram trust in Chennai was founded in 1976 by Desikachar as an ode to his father's teachings. An international memorial meeting to honor him will be conducted later in the year, the Trust said.

In the 60s and 70s, when yoga was practised only by a small section of people, even in India, T.K.V. Desikachar quit his job as an engineer and embarked on a journey in yoga. In 1976 he founded Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) which “revolutionised the yoga practice in the country,” Kausthub Desikachar, co-founder of Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation said.

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Yahoo Sells To Verizon In Saddest $5 Billion Deal In Tech History

Yahoo was once the king of the Internet, a $125 billion behemoth as big in its time as Facebook or Google are today. Now it's being sold to Verizon for comparative chump change.

On Monday morning, Yahoo announced the end of the long process to extricate itself from a mess of its own making with a sale of its core operating business to Verizon for $4.8 billion in cash. The transaction ends the independence of one of Silicon Valley's most iconic pioneering companies. Yahoo's seventh and final CEO, Marissa Mayer, will reportedly depart upon the deal's conclusion with severence pay worth more than $50 million.

Donald Trump selects Mike Pence as VP

Donald Trump said Friday Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is his choice to be his running mate.

"I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running mate. News conference tomorrow at 11:00 A.M.," the presumptive Republican nominee tweeted.

CNN reported Thursday that Trump had called Pence and offered him the vice presidential slot on his ticket. Pence has accepted.

The pick sets up a stark clash in styles: a brash presumptive nominee with a tendency to freelance into controversies alongside a cautious former congressional leader who's stuck close to conservative orthodoxy since starting his career in talk radio.

The Saturday event is currently scheduled to take place in Bedminster, New Jersey, CNN has learned.

Trump did his best to keep the drama going Thursday after a frenetic day.