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At   Intel Developer Forum  in San Francisco  August 18th – 20th , two Intel executives discuss how 5G network capabilities will transform the way we live. Imagine taking a trip to a cabin in the woods to get some work done and have a mini-vacation. Today, given our need for wireless connection, that’s a sketchy proposition. You’ve got GPS in your rental car, plus your laptop, your smartphone, maybe a tablet or a smartwatch. But what if there’s no cable? What if there’s no Wi-Fi connection? What if the cellular connection is weak? Forget Googling nearby attractions, getting email or streaming a movie. Maybe it will work, but maybe not. With 5G technology, getting and staying connected will get easier, said Aicha Evans, Intel’s Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Communication and Devices Group. While you’ll still need a strong provider and robust network, your devices will learn to do things like sync or pair automatically. “I call 5G b...

Oxygen, water and food are being given to the survivors through holes dug through by rescue workers. BILASPUR:    Three labourers have been trapped for more than 130 hours inside a tunnel that collapsed on Saturday night near the hill town of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. Efforts to rescue them looked promising on Friday after workers were able to contact two of the men. Images on digital camera were the first proof that the men were alive. They also communicated through microphones. It is not known whether the third man survived. Oxygen, water and food are being given to the survivors through holes dug through by rescue workers, guided by disaster response teams and road experts. The tunnel is being built as part of a highway project. Most of the men working on it were able to come out safely when a part of it suddenly collapsed. Falling debris has been setting back the men who are drilling their way towards the trapped workers; the men are likely to be brought out within...

   Remember the days when cable channels were not that available and all we had on television was DD channel? At that time, DD was the best thing that had happened to us with programmes like He Man and the Masters of the Universe, Mowgli, Malgudi Days, Vikram Aur Betaal and many more. What would have happened to our childhood without this one channel, DD? The channel, Doordarshan, went live on Sepetember 15, 56 years ago in 1959. To celebrate the 56 years of Doordarshan, let's grab some very, very amazing facts on Doordarshan: On September 15, 1959, UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization), gave India 20,000 dollars and 180 Philips sets to start India's largest broadcasting organisation, Doordarshan It is said that the broadcasting equipment was donated by Germans who had come for an industrial exhibition All India Radio (AIR) supplied floor space and initial news content to Doordarshan In the starting year of the channel, the ...

The endless green of swaying paddy fields, the shimmer of sinuous rivers clinging to silted banks, dark stretches of verdant forests and torrential waterfalls gushing down cliffs, this is tailor-made for offbeat travel. Wildlife spotting Kanger Valley National Park and caving What:   The Kanger Valley National Park in South Bastar is the main draw for wildlife and nature enthusiasts. The ancient stalactites and stalagmite formations in the Dandak, Kailash and Kutumsar caves, along with the wildly thick undergrowth in the park, makes this one of India's most coveted forest destinations. Why:   An encounter with bears, leopards, snakes, deer, hyenas, water buffaloes, and a variety of birds provide great excitement. The same goes for Barnawapara, close to Raipur. The thick canopies of pristine copses provide refuge to nearly 50 resident leopards and sightings are pretty common. Udanti, Sitanadi, Indravati and Bhairamgarh national parks are relatively untr...

  The long pending Memorandum of Understanding for the execution of Chandigarh metro has been officially formalised after the ministry of urban development has signed the document and sent it back to the local administration to further initiate the formation of Special Purpose Vehicle.  Punjab, Haryana and UT have already signed the document last month.  The administration has begun the process to form Special Purpose Vehicle that will execute the Rs 12,000 crore mass rapid metro system project with the ministry giving its green signal.  The Special Purpose Vehicle will be called Greater Chandigarh Transport Corporation (GCTC) whose prime job will be to develop metro project connecting Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in the first phase and then further covering other semi-urban areas in Chandigarh to create seamless mobility solution.  According to the MoU, the initial equity of GCTC will be Rs 100 crore that will be equally contributed, that is ...

Facebook's 'notes' section has long been neglected on the site - mostly because it's buried in a crowded drop-down menu next to a small button on your profile page. For many people, it will be remembered as a place where people posted cringeworthy Q&As about themselves in the halcyon days of late-2000s Facebook. Over the course of a few site resdesigns, it's been pushed out of Facebook's main features. But now it's back, and with a new, much slicker look. Notes has been turned into something of a minimalist, Medium-style blogging platform - complete with nice, full-width images, a much wider text column, and a bigger font that sets it apart from a regular status update. According to   Wired , Facebook is also working on new ways to tag people, link, hashtag and add images into your notes, to turn it into a richer blogging experience. It seems an odd thing for Facebook to work on given the domination of other blogging platforms like Tumblr, W...

Complaints on social media that a cafe in the popular tourist resort of Kasol in Himachal Pradesh was refusing entry to Indians have prompted authorities to order an inquiry into the matter on Tuesday. At least two posts on Facebook alleged that the man who runs Free Kasol cafe had refused to serve Indians and claimed that the establishment was open only to members. The cafe is mostly frequented by Israeli tourists who visit Kasol in large numbers throughout the year. Stefan Kaye, a British musician based in Delhi, wrote on Facebook he was given a menu when he visited the cafe on Sunday while his companion, an Indian woman, was not served because of her nationality. When Kaye accused the cafe’s owner of blatant discrimination, he responded that he could do whatever he wanted at his establishment. Another post on Facebook said the cafe was set up by “some Israelis” who were denying entry to Indians. The administration of Kullu district initiated an immediate inquiry into the m...