Daily News (In Short)-1-July-2015

01 Jul 2015

#* Supreme Court slams Madras High Court order, says mediation in rape case is against woman's dignity

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After a Madras High Court judge granted bail to a rape accused so that he can meet the victim for a possible "mediation", the Supreme Court slammed the Tamil Nadu judge for his attitude which is against the "dignity of a woman."
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said that any compromise promising wedlock between a rape accused and the victim compromises the dignity of the woman. The court said that such a compromise lacks sensitivity on the part of those promoting a settlement, IANS reported.
The top court's comments on Wednesday were made in the context of another rape case from Madhya Pradesh. Holding that courts cannot take a soft approach on the issue, the SC bench described the HC ruling as a "spectacular error" and lack of sensitivity on the part of a lower court which had allowed a rapist to go scot-free by accepting an agreement on wedlock.


#* Varun Gandhi offered to 'settle' my deal with Sonia: Lalit Modi

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BJP parliamentarian Varun Gandhi was dragged into a raging controversy involving former IPL boss Lalit Modi on Wednesday after the ex-cricket administrator alleged the Sultanpur MP offered him a deal to “settle everything” in the Congress with Sonia Gandhi.
In a series of tweets, Modi said the young Gandhi came to see him at his house a few years ago and said he could settle everything in the Congress with his aunt.

“He wanted me to meet her sister from Italy. I heard him next I heard from our common friend who introduced us that Auntie wants 60 million dollars,” he tweeted.

“the auntie he refers to is #soniagandhi  (sic). The sister is #soniagandhi sister - just for clarity.”

Hours later, Gandhi dismissed the charge and was backed by his party. "This is absolutely baseless and it is beneath my dignity to respond to this nonsense," he told PTI.

The BJP also rejected the allegations, saying he was in a party different from that of Sonia Gandhi's.

"Varun Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi are in different parties and the world knows about the ties between the two families,” BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said.

 

#* Congress protests at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence over VAT Bill 

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NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's official residence to protest the VAT Bill that could lead to a hike in prices of petroleum products, tobacco and aerated drinks in the capital. 

Nearly 150 protesters from the Congress gathered outside Kejriwal's Civil Lines residence in north Delhi area around 12.15 p.m. and raised slogans against him and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. 

 

#* Google Hangouts app gets a design overhaul in latest iOS update

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Google has released an update of Google Hangouts app for iOS. According to thenextweb.com, the new update includes a new design and better support for adding stickers, emoji and pictures.

In addition, the dialer got a redesign for the user wants to make a phone call via Hangouts. There’s also a new quick compose button that allows the user to quickly find contacts they chat with often. Users can also access images, stickers and emoji much easier with the new attachment buttons. Sharing multiple photos at once is also available in Hangouts 4.0.


#* Micromax Canvas Spark Flash Sale Today, Celkon’s Campus A35K Gets TV Remote Feature

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Micromax Informatics is holding its next flash sale of the Canvas Spark smartphone today at 2 p.m. local time (4:30 a.m. EDT) only on Indian online shopping site Snapdeal.

It has now become the established practice for most smartphone vendors in India -- one of the world's fastest-growing markets for smartphones -- to make their handsets available exclusively with one online partner or the other. 

The 4.7-inch handset, which will ship with Android Lollipop out of the box, offers a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 8MP/2MP cameras and 2GB/8GB storage. The phone doesn’t support 4G, but at 4,999 rupees (about $78) is a smartphone that holds its own against rivals such as the Moto E. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and the dual SIM phone also has space for a MicroSD card of up to 32GB capacity. The 2000mAh battery should last a day without hiccups for the average user.

Meanwhile, Celkon Mobile has released a version of its Campus A35K smartphone with infrared-transmitter-based remote control feature that allows the user to control gadgets such as televisions and DVD players with the handset.


#* Facebook Lite: How it is useful for both 2G and 3G users

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Facebook launched its much talked app Facebook ‘Lite’ in India on Monday. The app as said by social media giant has been created for developing countries. Also, it is touted as the 2G special App. But it is interesting to know it is useful for 3G users from India as well.
Actually, FB Lite is built to use lesser data and work well in constrained telecommunications network conditions. So for the users on 2G bandwith it uses lesser data and the streaming becomes hassle-free. But in India, users who are on 3G can save a lot of data by using this application.
The application supports all features of Facebook which consume lesser data, such as viewing and commenting on their News Feed, posting Status Updates, viewing and sharing photos, receiving notifications, messaging friends, having group conversations, and more. What it doesn’t support is videos and advanced location services which consume higher data. 
So, if you are 3G user and stream videos on Facebook, curb your data usage by Facebook lite.
Here is what Vijay Shankar, the Product Manager of Facebook Lite has to say about “There is a large number of users who are on 2G, and one of the feedbacks we have received is that the app does not load fast on some devices. This lighter version has been developed so that the app works well across all network conditions and on all types of phones”.

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