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    Private schools fill just 15% of 2.2 mn seats reserved for poor students

    Governments can spend as much as 20% of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for reimbursing schools for admitting students under this provision of the RTE act. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint New Delhi: Six years after the Right to Education (RTE) Act set aside 25% of seats in private schools for poor students, implementation of the plan […]

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    Panasonic Toughpad FZ-F1, FZ-N1 Rugged Smartphones Launched at MWC 2016

    Panasonic on Monday unveiled two new Toughpad handheld devices – the Toughpad FZ-F1 and FZ-N1 – at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Android-powered Panasonic Toughpad FZ-N1 will be initially available as a Wi-Fi model in March at an estimated street price of $1,499 (approximately Rs. 103,000) while the voice model will be launched […]

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    Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus India Launch Set for March 15

    Lenovo has started sending out press invitations for the launch of its recently introduced Vibe K5 Plus smartphone in India. The handset was announced last month during the MWC 2016 trade show. Lenovo’s India handle last week tweeted “The phone that was a #KnockOut at MWC 2016 will reach India soon. How excited are you? […]

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    India’s Mobile Phone Production Rises to 110 Million in 2015-16: Prasad

    Mobile phone production in the country has more than doubled to 110 million in 2015-16 on the back of duty rationalisation announced in the previous Budget, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Tuesday. The minister said 16 new mobile manufacturing units have been set up during the financial year. “In 2014-15, the mobile units manufactured […]

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    Windows 10 Mobile Rollout for Lumia Smartphones Beginning This Month: Report

    Microsoft could begin rolling out Windows 10 Mobile software update to a range of Lumiasmartphones including the affordable Lumia 520 later this month. An internal email has allegedly laid bare on the company’s plan. Roughly three months after the company was originally supposed to begin updating select Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones to Windows 10 Mobiles, […]

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    Samsung Galaxy J1 mini With 4-Inch Display Goes Official

    Samsung was rumoured to be working on a mini-variant of the Galaxy J1 for months. The South Korean company has finally introduced the smartphone in Philippines. The Samsung Galaxy J1 mini is now listed on the company’s Philippines site without any details about availability and pricing. We can expect the smartphone to go on sale […]

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    Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) With 4.5-Inch Display, 4G Support Goes Official

    Samsung’s Galaxy J1 (2016) smartphone made a brief appearance at one of the company’s physical retail partners in Dubai back in January. The company however made no announcement regarding the launch at that time. Samsung has now made the Galaxy J1 (2016) official in Russia. The smartphone has been listed on the company’s site without […]

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    iPhone With 5.8-Inch Oled Display to Launch in 2017-2018: Report

    In 2014, Apple introduced two new screen sizes to its iPhone lineup: 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch. It appears the Cupertino-based company plans to give its users one more option as soon as next year. According to a report, Apple is working on a 5.8-inch iPhone with an Oled display and a launch time-frame currently set for […]

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    Google Search ‘Destinations’ Helps You Plan Entire Vacations on Mobile

    With smartphones around, it’s always easier to search for your next vacation and even plan one from the phone itself. Google’s new Destinations feature is aimed to make planning a complete vacation even easier on your smartphone. The new feature works right from the Google Search on the smartphone which will allow you to browse […]