Saturday, September 20, 2014

It's Raining Bonanza for Indian Flyers

Press Trust of India | Updated On: September 18, 2014 19:04 (IST)
It's Raining Bonanza for Indian Flyers

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New Delhi: It's raining bonanza for domestic and international air travellers, with several Indian and foreign carriers offering flash sales and discounts to attract the growing number of Indian flyers.
The latest in the list is British Airways which announced a flash one-day sale today, offering massive discount of up to 90 per cent on return tickets between Mumbai and London to commemorate nine decades of its India operations.
Under the offer, the lowest-priced Mumbai-London return ticket would start at Rs. 40,252 for economy travel in the month of October this year, the airline said in a statement.
The flash sale came weeks after the prominent British carrier came out with a discount offer of up to 50 per cent on flights from India to select destinations in the UK, the USA, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. This offer is valid for sale till September 30.
Earlier this week, Qatar Airways and Singaporean budget carrier Tigerair had also announced massive limited-period discounts hoping to corner a share of the Indian travel market.
While Tigerair offered a special one-way base fare of Rs. 10 only to Singapore for Indian passengers to commemorate completion of its decade-long operations, Qatar Airways launched a global promotional offer of up to 25 per cent savings on tickets to over 140 destinations across the world.
Almost all Indian airlines like SpiceJet, IndiGo, GoAir, Jet Airways and Air India, have been offering discounted fares on domestic sectors almost on a month-to-month basis.
In a bid to take on competition from full-service airlines like Air India and Tata-SIA's proposed Vistara airline, Jet Airways also announced the launch of full services even on its all-economy subsidiary JetKonnect from December in order to consolidate it into a single-brand.
Full service product with complementary meal service would be provided on all domestic flights from December 1, with the buy-on-board concept being discontinued, a Jet statement said.
Low-priced air tickets offered by the Indian airlines seem to have had an effect, with the number of passengers flown by them in August growing by more than 8.3 per cent compared to July this year, official data has shown
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Misfit Flash Activity Tracker Launched at $49.99

by Robin Sinha, September 17, 2014
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Misfit Wearables, a company co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley and Sonny Vu, has launched the affordable version of the Misfit Shine activity tracker, the Misfit Flash.
Priced at $49.99 (roughly Rs. 3,000), the Misfit Flash measures users' daily activity and sleep routine and syncs with their smartphones via Bluetooth to show the number of steps walked, distance travelled and calories burned.
"Flash is the only fully featured activity and sleep tracker in the world for under $50, making it an incredible value," said Tim Golnik, VP of Product and Design at MisfitWearables in a press statement.
The wrist-gear includes 12 LED lights on the dial to show users how active they have been throughout the day. Users can press the face of the dial to see their progress and how much more is needed to reach their daily goal.
The Misfit Flash wearable's embedded battery can run for up to 6 months according to the company. The device can also be clipped "on your wrist, lapel, shirt, pants, pockets, or on a necklace." The clip or 'Clasp' is sold separately at $3.95 (roughly Rs. 240)
The Misfit Flash is waterproof up to 30 metres and is made of polycarbonate material. It comes in seven colour variants, including Zest, Fuchsia, Frost, Onyx, Wave, Reef, and Coca-Cola Red. The device measures 28.5x8.0x28.5mm and weighs 60 grams.
The Misfit companion activity tracker app for smartphones is available for Android and iOS, and the smartwatch is compatible with Bluetooth 2.1 devices running Android 4.3 or iOS 6.1.3 or higher. The company will also be launching its Windows Phone app version soon. The Android and iOS apps can be downloaded from their respective app stores.
The wearable is available to pre-order from the Misfit store with an expected shipping date of around mid-October.
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Monday, September 15, 2014

Ancient sturgeon in China's Yangtze 'nearly extinct'

This picture taken on 13 April 2014 shows artificially bred Chinese sturgeons released into the Yangtze river in Yichang, central China's Hubei provinceChinese scientists released artificially-bred sturgeons into the Yangtze river in April

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The Chinese sturgeon, thought to have existed for more than 140 million years, is now on the brink of extinction, according to local media.
Xinhua reported that no wild sturgeon reproduced naturally last year in the Yangtze river.
It was the first time since researchers began recording levels 32 years ago.
Chinese researches say the fall is due to rising levels of pollution in the Yangtze river and the construction of dozens of dams.
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences also found that no young sturgeons were found swimming along the Yangtze toward the sea during the period they usually do so.
A researcher told Xinhua that in the 1980s, at least several thousand sturgeon could be found in the river. It is estimated only around 100 fish remain.
"Without natural reproduction, the fish population cannot replenish itself. If there are no further steps taken to strengthen conservation, the wild sturgeon faces the danger of extinction," he said.
People view sturgeon fish at the Beijing Aquarium on 30 May 2012.Several sturgeon fish are housed in the Beijing aquarium
This file picture taken on 9 November 2006 shows a keeper playing with a finless porpoise, a cousin of the baiji dolphin and one of five in Wuhan Baji Aquarium.The finless porpoise, another native species to the Yangtze river, is said to be at risk as well
In recent decades the Chinese authorities have built numerous dams along the 6,300km-long Yangtze river to boost the country's electricity supply. Such moves have drawn criticism of environmental degradation and displacement of villagers.
The WWF says that one of two species of dolphins native to the Yangtze river, the Baiji dolphin, went extinct in 2006 because of declining fish stocks.
The other species, the finless porpoise, is said to be at risk from illegal and intensive fishing practices and pollution. About 1,200 to 1,800 finless porpoises remain in the entire 1.8 million sq km Yangtze basin.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Powerful Typhoon Kalmaegi Hits Northern Philippines

World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: September 14, 2014 20:51 IST
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Powerful Typhoon Kalmaegi Hits Northern Philippines
This September 13, 2014 NASA satellite image shows Tropical Storm Kalmaegi approaching the Philippines. (Agence France-Presse photo)
MANILA:  Typhoon Kalmaegi slammed into the northern Philippines on Sunday, causing flash floods and widespread heavy rains as communities braced for landslides and possible storm surges.

The typhoon, packing winds of 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour, struck the town of Divilacan on the northeastern coast around sundown and moved westward across the main island of Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

"There has been flooding on the (island) of Mindoro," located south of the area passed over by the typhoon, council spokeswoman Mina Marasigan said.

Although the storm is only directly affecting the northern provinces, it is reinforcing monsoon rains elsewhere in the country. 

A ferry carrying more than 100 people hit by huge waves in the archipelago's central waters sank late Saturday as the typhoon approached, killing three and leaving three missing.

There had been no reports of casualties since the typhoon made landfall, Marasigan said, though sea travel in typhoon-affected areas and even airline flights were cancelled as precautionary measures as Kalmagei approached.

Civil defence officials had previously ordered pre-emptive evacuations in at least three towns in the typhoon's path with residents in coastal areas warned of possible storm surges two metres (6.5 feet) tall.
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Madrassas 'teaching terrorism', BJP MP from Unnao says

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"Education of terrorism is being given in madrassas. They (madrassas)... are making them terrorists and jihadis ... It is not in national interest," the BJP MP said today.  |     

This British man has to pay the price for your promise: ISIS killer to Cameron

Kounteya Sinha | 4 hrs ago
“This British man has to pay the price for your promise, Cameron, to arm the Peshmerga against the Islamic State," ISIS killer tells Cameron before beheading David Haines.  |     
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40,000 Xiaomi Redmi 1S Units to Go on Sale via Flipkart on September 16

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Xiaomi has announced that 40,000 Redmi 1S units will be going on sale for the third flash sale next week on Flipkart.
The company, also referred to as China's Apple, in a Facebook post on Fridayconfirmed the number of units, and said, "Want to own 1 of the 40,000 Redmi 1S available next week on Sept 16th? Register now at mi.com/in!"
Xiaomi's new budget smartphone, priced at Rs. 5,999, has been once again breaking sales records with the entire inventory going out of stock within seconds.
Earlier this week, 40,000 Redmi 1S (Review | Pictures) smartphones in the second flash sale went 'out of stock' in 4.5 seconds.
Notably, the first flash sale for Redmi 1S saw 40,000 units going 'out of stock' in just 4.2 seconds.
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The Chinese smartphone manufacturer, also known as 'China's Apple', has enjoyed much success in India with its flash sale model in the past, selling over 95,000 Mi 3 (Review | Pictures)  smartphones since its launch in late-July.
Flipkart, the exclusive online retailer of Xiaomi handsets in India, had claimed that over 300,000 people had registered for the second flash sale of the Redmi 1S.
The Flipkart page has been lately suggesting consumers to register for each flash sale separately and notes, "Registrations will not be carried over. You need to register again for next sale."
Considering that limited stocks of the Redmi 1S will be available in India, the popular e-commerce giant has revealed that it will limit orders to one phone per registered email ID per sale.
Recently, reports had indicated Xiaomi had discontinued sales of the Mi 3 in India, but when NDTV Gadgets spoke to Manu Jain, Head of Xiaomi India, he clarified that the reports were off the mark
The dual-SIM Xiaomi Redmi 1S features a 4.7-inch 720x1280 pixel IPS-LCD display; Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with MIUI v5; 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC (MSM8228); Adreno 305 GPU; 1GB of RAM; 8GB of built-in storage; expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB); 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera with flash; 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera, and 2000mAh battery.
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40,000 Xiaomi Redmi 1S Units to Go on Sale via Flipkart on September 16

by , September 12, 2014
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Xiaomi has announced that 40,000 Redmi 1S units will be going on sale for the third flash sale next week on Flipkart.
The company, also referred to as China's Apple, in a Facebook post on Fridayconfirmed the number of units, and said, "Want to own 1 of the 40,000 Redmi 1S available next week on Sept 16th? Register now at mi.com/in!"
Xiaomi's new budget smartphone, priced at Rs. 5,999, has been once again breaking sales records with the entire inventory going out of stock within seconds.
Earlier this week, 40,000 Redmi 1S (Review | Pictures) smartphones in the second flash sale went 'out of stock' in 4.5 seconds.
Notably, the first flash sale for Redmi 1S saw 40,000 units going 'out of stock' in just 4.2 seconds.
xiaomi_third_flash_sale_redmi1s.jpg
The Chinese smartphone manufacturer, also known as 'China's Apple', has enjoyed much success in India with its flash sale model in the past, selling over 95,000 Mi 3 (Review | Pictures)  smartphones since its launch in late-July.
Flipkart, the exclusive online retailer of Xiaomi handsets in India, had claimed that over 300,000 people had registered for the second flash sale of the Redmi 1S.
The Flipkart page has been lately suggesting consumers to register for each flash sale separately and notes, "Registrations will not be carried over. You need to register again for next sale."
Considering that limited stocks of the Redmi 1S will be available in India, the popular e-commerce giant has revealed that it will limit orders to one phone per registered email ID per sale.
Recently, reports had indicated Xiaomi had discontinued sales of the Mi 3 in India, but when NDTV Gadgets spoke to Manu Jain, Head of Xiaomi India, he clarified that the reports were off the mark
The dual-SIM Xiaomi Redmi 1S features a 4.7-inch 720x1280 pixel IPS-LCD display; Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with MIUI v5; 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC (MSM8228); Adreno 305 GPU; 1GB of RAM; 8GB of built-in storage; expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB); 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera with flash; 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera, and 2000mAh battery.
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