THE INDIAN TECH GUY

भारतीय रेल (Indian Railways) ने सामान्य यात्री ट्रेनों में 30 जून तक की यात्रा के लिए बुक सभी टिकटों को रद्द कर दिया है, इसमें मेल/एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों और उपनगरीय सेवाएं भी शामिल हैं. सभी यात्रियों को पूरा किराया रिफंड कर दिया जाएगा. रेलवे ने गुरुवार को बयान में यह जानकारी दी. हालांकि, रेलवे ने कहा कि इस दौरान, प्रवासी मजदूरों को उनके घर पहुंचाने के लिए चलाई जा रहीं 'श्रमिक' ट्रेनें और नई दिल्ली तथा प्रमुख स्टेशनों के बीच चल रही 15 जोड़ी विशेष ट्रेनों का परिचालन जारी रहेगा.  इससे पहले बुधवार को रेलवे ने स्पेशल ट्रेनों में 22 मई से वेटिंग टिकट की शुरुआत करने की घोषणा की थी. रेलवे बोर्ड ने बुधवार को न केवल अपनी वर्तमान विशेष ट्रेनों, बल्कि आगामी सभी ट्रेनों में यात्रा के लिए 22 मई से प्रतीक्षा सूची का प्रावधान शुरू करने संबंधी आदेश जारी किया. वर्तमान विशेष ट्रेनों में केवल कंफर्म टिकट बुक किये जा रहे हैं, वहीं 22 मई से शुरू हो रही यात्राओं के वास्ते 15 मई से टिकटों की बुकिंग में प्रतीक्षा सूची में टिकट बुक कराने का प्रावधान होगा. अब 1...

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा घोषित 20 लाख करोड़ रुपये के आर्थिक पैकेज को लेकर वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण (Nirmala Sitharaman) ने गुरुवार के प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस में दूसरी किस्त की जानकारी दी. दूसरे दिन केंद्र सरकार ने प्रवासियों, किसानों, खोमचे वालों के लिए किए कई बड़े ऐलान किए. दूसरी किस्त में मजदूरों और गरीब वर्ग के लोगों पर सरकार का विशेष फोकस रहा. वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने दूसरे राज्यों से लौटकर अपने घर आ रहे प्रवासी मजदूरों के लिए बड़ी राहत की घोषणा की है. उन्होंने कहा कि प्रवासियों मजदूरों को दो महीने तक मुफ्त राशन मिलेगा. विभिन्न राज्यों में मौजूद प्रवासियों, जो NFSA या राज्य कार्डधारक नहीं हैं, को दो माह तक पांच किलोग्राम अनाज प्रति व्यक्ति तथा एक किलोग्राम चना प्रति परिवार उपलब्ध कराया जाएगा. इससे आठ करोड़ प्रवासी लाभान्वित होंगे. इस पर 3,500 करोड़ रुपये खर्च होंगे, पूरा खर्च केंद्र सरकार वहन करेगी. इसके अलावा सीतारमण ने बताया कि 23 राज्‍यों के 67 करोड़ लाभार्थियों के लिए एक देश, एक राशन कार्ड सिस्‍टम की व्‍यवस्‍था लागू की जाएगी. यह योजना ...

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic tightening purse strings, Spotify is bringing back two offers globally, in a bid to entice users to sign up or renew their lapsed subscriptions. One, Spotify is extending its free trial period from one month to three months for new Premium subscribers. The three-month free Spotify trial is available now through June 30 for individual, student, couple (Duo), and family plans, as and where applicable. Two, Spotify has discounted its annual subscription to Rs. 699, which represents an effective savings of 50 percent for those on monthly billing. As before, this is not applicable on student, couple, and family plans. But wait, there's a three. Existing subscribers can get three months of Spotify for the price of one. In India, the two returning Spotify offers — free three-month Premium trial, and a heavily-discounted 12-month individual Premium subscription — were first introduced last year in August and December, respectively. W...

A “Super-Earth” has been found closer to the centre of our galaxy through a rare observation by researchers. The newly discovered planet, though heavier than our Earth, is one of those few planetary bodies that are similar to the Earth in terms of size and orbit. The planet's parent star has roughly 1/10th the mass of our Sun. The mass of the planet itself is nearly half the mass of Earth and Neptune combined, according to the researchers. The distance of the planet from its star is roughly equal to the distance between our Sun and a point between Venus and Earth. Researchers at the University of Canterbury (UC) were part of a team that collaborated for the discovery and found the new planet. Lead researchers in the finding, Dr Antonio Herrera Martin and Associate Professor Michael Albrow from the University of Canterbury's School of Physical and Chemical Sciences in the College of Science, collaborated with an international team for this investigation. The ...

OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro have started receiving new OxygenOS updates with the April 2020 security patch. The updates for both phones bring camera improvements, network improvements, and system optimisations. The OnePlus 8 in India is reportedly getting OxygenOS 10.5.7 version through an over-the-air (OTA) update while the OnePlus 8 Pro is getting OxygenOS 10.5.8 version. As there are multiple region-specific builds for the two phones, there are some features that are only available in certain regions. The official changelog shared by the company reveals that the OnePlus 8 Pro is getting OxygenOS 10.5.8 through an OTA update. It comes with system improvements that include touch and interaction experience optimisations, improvements to power consumption performance, better system stability, along with the Android security patch for April 2020. Bluetooth stability and compatibility has also been improved. The update improves the camera shooting experience and...

Vivo seems to be preparing a competitor against Xiaomi's Redmi Note 9 Pro with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC that's powering the Redmi phone. While the Chinese company hasn't revealed any details through an official channel, a mysterious Vivo phone with a model number TD2003F_EX has surfaced on benchmark site Geekbench to suggest its existence. The smartphone has appeared on the site with some key specifications. Also, it seems to be in the testing process at the current stage. As per the listing on the Geekbench site that was initially reported by 91Mobiles, the Vivo phone with the model number TD2003F_EX runs Android 10 and has 8GB of RAM. The online listing also shows that the phone has a motherboard carrying codename “atoll” that is so far associated with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC. Other details about the chipset includes an octa-core CPU with a clock speed of 1.8GHz. The phone is listed with Android 10, though it is likely to have F...

Samsung Galaxy A51 (4G) was the world's highest-selling Android smartphone in the first quarter of the calendar year 2020, research firm Strategy Analytics claims. Samsung is said to have shipped more than 60 lakh units of the smartphone globally. Redmi 8 came second among the top selling Android phones. The top six smartphones in the list include four devices from Samsung and two from Xiaomi. According to the report , Samsung Galaxy A51 (4G) captured 2.3 percent share of the overall smartphone market. Redmi 8 was the second best-selling Android smartphone, accounting for 1.9 percent of the market share. On the third position was Samsung again with its Galaxy S20+ phone with 1.7 percent share. On fourth and fifth positions were Samsung Galaxy A10s and Redmi Note 8 with 1.6 percent market share each. The report says that mobile phone customers are becoming more price-sensitive and in the post-coronavirus era, they will be looking for such Android smartphones that...