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Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player, who is considered as one the greatest field hockey players of all time.[3] He is known for his extraordinary goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, and 1936) in field hockey, during an era where India was the most dominant team in Hockey.
During Berlin Olympic of 1936
The Indian team arrived Berlin on 10 July, and after an uncomfortable journey in third-class compartments, reached Berlin on 13 July. On 17 July, the Indian team played a practice match against Germany and lost 4-1. As such, manager Pankaj Gupta informed the IHF that Ali Dara had to be sent immediately to replace the out of form Mirza Masood.
On 5 August, India won its first match against Hungary 4-0. India won the rest of the group matches against USA (7-0, with Chand scoring 2 goals) and Japan (9-0, with Chand scoring 4). On 10 August, Ali Dara arrived. Their fourth match was the semi-final against France, whom they defeated 10-0, with Chand scoring 4 goals. Meanwhile, Germany had beaten Denmark 6-0, beaten Afghanistan 4-1 and in the play-offs, had defeated the Netherlands 3-0. Thus, India and Germany were to clash in the 1936 Berlin Olympics field hockey final on 15 August.
On the morning of the final, the entire team was nervous since they had been defeated the last time they had faced Germany. In the locker room, Pankaj Gupta produced a Congress tricolour. Reverently the team saluted it, prayed and marched onto the field. The German team was successful in restricting the India side to a single goal until the first interval. After the interval, the Indian team launched an all-out attack, easily defeating Germany 8-1, incidentally the only goal scored against India in that Olympic tournament. Chand top-scored with 3 goals, Dara scored 2 and Roop Singh, Tapsell and Jaffar one each.
Known as “The Wizard” for his superb ball control, Chand played his final international match in 1948, having scored more than 400 goals during his international career.[4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest (then second highest) civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1956.[5] His birthday, i.e. 29 August, is celebrated as National sports day in India.
Tuesday 4 April 2017
RBI clears proposal to introduce Rs 200 notes
RBI is likely to start the process of printing the new ₹ 200 notes
After June, only after the government officially approves this new denomination, says an official
The move to introduce lower denomination notes comes against the backdrop of the government’s move to rework the currency mix.
On 8 November, it announced the withdrawal of Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes, amounting to around 86% of currency in circulation of Rs17.9 trillion.
Since then, RBI has replaced these with the new Rs2,000 and redesigned Rs500 bank notes. As on 24 March, currency in circulation was Rs13.12 trillion, still around 27% off pre-demonetization levels. The government is encouraging digital payments and may not increase currency in circulation to the pre-demonetization level.
On 13 March, RBI lifted all cash withdrawal caps. ATM operators, however, say that there is a paucity of lower denomination banknotes.
So far, the central bank has not revealed how many of the old currency notes it has got back from the public. The window for Indians who were out of the country between 8 November and 30 December ended on Friday.
The RBI board has 14 members. Apart from governor Urjit Patel and four deputy governors, the board also has economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das and financial services secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal.
Sunday 5 February 2017
Your iPhone is getting cheaper as Apple is setting up ‘Make In India’ plant next month
It’s official! Apple is finally all set to start production in India.
The Karnataka government confirmed that Apple has confirmed plans to set up an initial manufacturing plant in Bengaluru and will start production by April 2017.
Although the plant won’t be completely managed by Apple. An OEM of Apple, Wistron, will be carrying out the production of Apple iPhone from this plant location.
Apart from Bengaluru, Apple is also keen on expanding their manufacturing to other parts of India, mainly Hyderabad and Delhi-NCR. There is no confirmation on the same yet.
Apple’s India plan has been increasingly aggressive as India is the second biggest growing market for them in terms of sales and revenue.
In May, Apple had announced a design and development accelerator in the city to grow the iOS developer community and also guide Indian developers.
Apple has a rather complex supply chain. The parts for the iPhone, iPad, iPod and Mac are manufactured, mostly by third parties, across 28 countries.
Now that the iPhone is being manufactured in India, it would be interesting to see how much the prices of the phone fall during the next launch.
This seems like exciting times for India. Are you happy about this news? Let us know in the comments!
Monday 30 January 2017
Meet Miko, India’s First ‘Emotionally Intelligent’ Companion Robot for Kids
Meet Miko, India’s First ‘Emotionally Intelligent’ Companion Robot for Kids
Manufactured by Mumbai-based Emotix, Miko is India’s first robot that has been designed to interact with children. Costing Rs. 19,000, the robot offers the capability of engaging, educating, and entertaining a child the Indian way.
Miko encourages the children to speak to it by saying “Ask me something”. It responds to questions related to general knowledge, basic maths, performs dances or can do fun stuff likes sing rhymes and tell stories.
Just by using a prefix- “Hey Miko”, Miko responds to the queries. It also teaches children social manners like not to litter around and can play book cricket too.
To be launched in February 2017, However, at present, Miko only understands the English language, which could be the negative point as India is a country where there are several mother tongues and accents. Emotix is working on two other languages namely Hindi and Hinglish.
This could be a giant leap of technology and parenting in India. We do not know what its impact on children will be, but we do hope that Miko helps in shaping up of India’s future.
Friday 27 January 2017
New ₹1000 note soon: Sources 27 Jan 2017
New ₹1000 note soon: Sources27 Jan 2017
Sources revealed that the RBI may be planning to introduce new ₹1000 notes with enhanced security features and a new look.
The RBI was planning the move earlier as well but work has reportedly been expedited due to difficulties faced by the public after the introduction of the ₹2000 note.
The notes will also be Braille-friendly according to sources.
TECH iPhone 8 Latest News & Rumors For January 25
TECH iPhone 8 Latest News & Rumors For January 25
The Apple iPhone 8 latest news suggest that the tech giant is planning the greatest external overhaul in several generations. Rumors have it that the upcoming iPhone will mark Apple’s 10th anniversary with big, impressive changes like an edge-to-edge display and all glass body. Besides, Siri is rumored to have become smarter and can now learn your behavior.
Artificial intelligence, or Al, is the latest trend in the market. All big the firms want to offer that feature in their products. Apple’s Siri is one of the most popular Al, though it is behind its major competitor. For instance, Google’s combination of voice search, Google Now and Google’s AI Assistant is far ahead of it.
One of the reasons why tech experts consider Siri than Google Assistant is because it can’t answer follow-up questions or access different applications. Now, big Smartphone companies are looking to beat Siri at its own game. For example, Samsung could bring an AI assistant named Bixby to its Galaxy S8. It has already acquired AI startup Viv Labs.
iPhone 8 Latest News: Siri Gets Smarter
Considering the tough competition in the market, Apple will surely update Siri to make it smarter and better. Apple has not responded to the rumors, as per CNet. Apple users will have to wait til iPhone 8 release to know if the rumors have any substance to them.
Famous tech blogger Robert Scoble has posted an exhaustive list of predictions and expects that the iPhone 8 “will be, I am told, a clear piece of glass (er, Gorilla Glass sandwich with other polycarbonates for being pretty shatter resistant if dropped) with a next-generation OLED screen (I have several sources confirming this). You pop it into a headset which has eye sensors on it, which enables the next iPhone to have a higher apparent frame rate and polygon count than a PC with a Nvidia 1080 card in it.”
Color Variants: Silver, Gold, Rose Gold, Red and a new Deep Blue.
Battery and antennas to be hidden around the edges of the screen
A glass front and back.
A 10-nanometer A11 chip that will be both faster and more efficient
So when is iPhone 8 releasing? As per iPhone 8 latest news, Apple may launch its latest iPhone the firm’s 10th anniversary on June the 29th. Apple is apparently planning a grand launch for iPhone 8 since it receives major changes.
A glass front and back.
A 10-nanometer A11 chip that will be both faster and more efficient
So when is iPhone 8 releasing? As per iPhone 8 latest news, Apple may launch its latest iPhone the firm’s 10th anniversary on June the 29th. Apple is apparently planning a grand launch for iPhone 8 since it receives major changes.
Monday 23 January 2017
Jio to extend its flagship plan till June
Jio to extend its flagship plan till June, but with a twist
Ever since its launch on September 5 last year, Reliance Jio has evolved into a pool of over 72 million subscribers in four months. The launch offer, which read cheap data services and free calls, will now be extended till 30 June 2017, prior to its previous announcement of March 31.
The six-month trial, which was supposedly scheduled to flag off this year, will be now extended with a new tariff plan. The record-breaking response to Reliance Jio which attracted over five crore subscribers in just over 80 days will be the fuel to keep the 4G VoLTE cellular operator plan alive, which might, in turn, lead to over 7.2 crore users in a little over four months.
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The Mukesh Ambani-owned operator will now be charging Rs 100 for data, whereas the voice calls will remain free. Ever since the announcement, the major telcos have slashed their rates in response to the Jio’s offers. The Indian telecom industry and the ruling competitors like Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, and Vodafone India are hypothetical and mostly endangered by the affordable services offered by the new entrants. This mass adoption of Jio has forced the other telcos to aggressively join the race.
While announcing the December quarter earnings of the parent RIL, Rel Jio Strategy and Planning Head Anshuman Thakur had told PTI reporters, RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani had set a 100-million customer target in the shortest possible time while announcing the launch early September last year. Anshuman said the point of interconnect has improved drastically but is still 15 percent in some areas. He noted that the figure is three times more than the ideal five percent of call drops.
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Though Jio is internally battling the risks of losing its customers, finding a midway between the current, free and nominal charges to the post June charges will be a challenge. Finding a suitable price point which will reflect the market rates and will remain profitable, will remain a mystery for now.
Recently, Reliance Industries invested Rs 30,000 crore to expand its network, taking the total capital invested in Jio to a whopping Rs. 2,01,000 crore.
Recently, Reliance Industries invested Rs 30,000 crore to expand its network, taking the total capital invested in Jio to a whopping Rs. 2,01,000 crore.
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