Japanese imaging giant Nikon on Tuesday launched a new full-frame mirrorless camera Nikon Z 5 in India at a starting price of Rs 1,13,995.

According to the company, the Nikon Z 5 is compact and lightweight, allowing users to move freely as the camera only weighs approximately 675 grams, and will be available from August 27.

“From the superb depiction of details to great low-light shooting capability, to fast-focusing reaction and compact portability, we are certain that consumers will appreciate the camera’s superior capabilities to capture their images and videos,” Sajjan Kumar, Managing Director, Nikon India, said in a statement.

The camera features improved user-friendliness, which eases the handling and operation via a touch screen and its customisable “i-Menu” that provides shortcuts to frequently used settings in one interface.

The camera has 20 different types of Creative Picture Control, which works like favourite app filters that apply to both stills and movies, so creations get an immediate uplift.

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The Maharashtra government is planning to offer Rs 5/litre by way of subsidy transfer directly to milk farmers’ account as economic support, to prevent them from getting trapped in debt. The move follows widespread protests by farmers, whose realisations dropped sharply during sectoral lockdowns.

Amid protests from the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, a political outfit led by Member of Parliament Raju Shetti, the state government a held a virtual meeting with farmer institutions and associations, concerned political parties and other organisations on Tuesday. The state minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Vishwajit Patangrao Kadam, assured the gathering that the proposal of Rs 5/litre of subsidy to milk farmers would be taken up in the next cabinet meeting and some positive decisions would be taken.

  Following the assurance, the one-day protest was called off. The Sanghatana was bursting the tyres of tankers carrying milk and poured thousands of litres of milk on the road on Tuesday.

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OnePlus Nord is set to launch on July 21 at 7:30 pm through a virtual event, which would broadcast live on OnePlus online portal, social media channels and YouTube. The launch can also be experience in augmented reality through company’s dedicated AR app name Nord AR, which is available for Android and iOS platforms. Along with the OnePlus Nord, the Chinese smartphone maker will launch its first true wireless stereo earphones, the OnePlus Buds.

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Livestream on OnePlus website

OnePlus has published a microsite for OnePlus Nord virtual event livestream on its global OnePlus domain. To watch the livestream, visit here

  OnePlus Nord AR app

To experience the OnePlus Nord launch in AR, download the OnePlus Nord AR app from Google PlayStore or Apple App Store for Android and iOS platforms, respectively. Once the app is downloaded and installed, open it and grant all the permissions required by the app to work. Once set-up, open the app at 7:30 pm and follow the on-screen instructions to start experiencing the launch in AR. Important to note, the app works through internet and a good internet connection is a requirement to experience a seamless streaming in AR.

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MBOSE Result 2020: The Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education (MBOSE) has declared the MBOSE SSLC Result 2020 or MBSE Class 10 Result. All the Meghalaya Board students who had appeared for the exam can check their MBOSE SSLC result or MBOSE class 10 result on the official website at mbose.in. The students can alternatively check the results through other official websites like megresults.nic.in, meghalayaonline.in, meghalaya.shiksha. Candidates can check the results on third-party websites like http://www.indiaresults.com or http://www.examresults.net.

This year, over 50,000 students appeared for Meghalaya SSLC Board Exam or Meghalaya Class 10 Board Exams 2020.

MBOSE SSLC Result 2020: How to check

Step 1: Visit the official websites mbose.in, megresults.nic.in, meghalayaonline.in

Step 2: Click on the ‘download MBOSE SSLC Result 2020’ link

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Samsung is hosting its annual ‘Unpacked’ event on August 5 where the South Korean electronics maker is expected to announce the successor of its bendable screen smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, along with the Note20-series. The company recently posted couple of video teasers on its Twitter handle, one of which comes with a message “One Fold, Infinite Possibilities”, hinting at the upcoming foldable smartphone launch. The other video teaser shows Note-series centric SPen oozing a bronze-coloured droplet, which hints at the upcoming Note20-series smartphones.

Industry insiders said the teasers confirm that the South Korean tech giant will unveil its latest foldable smartphone at the online event, alongside other new mobile devices, such as the Galaxy Note 20 phablet and the Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds, reports Yonhap news agency.

 According to industry sources, Samsung is reportedly considering lowering the price of the Galaxy Fold 2.

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Xiaomi is set to launch the Redmi Note 9 in India on July 20 at 12 noon. The smartphone is going to be third smartphone in the company’s Redmi Note 9-series, the first two are the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max that were launched earlier this year. The Redmi Note 9 was announced in China in May. The Indian model is expected to be similar to the China model. However, the Indian model might come in 6GB RAM variant, along with 4GB and 3GB RAM variants.

The Redmi Note 9 looks similar to the other two Redmi Note 9-series smartphones. It has a glass-metal construction with punch-hole display on the front, and square-shaped quad camera assembly on the back.

 However, unlike the elder siblings, the vanilla edition gets a rear mounted fingerprint sensor, which is placed right below the camera module.

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Imaging is covered by a quad camera array on the rear, featuring a 48-megapixel primary sensor of an f/1.79 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide sensor of an f/2.2 aperture and 118-degree wide field-of-view, a 2MP depth and a 2MP macro sensor. On the front, the phone has a 13MP selfie camera.

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OPPO Reno4 Pro is coming to India on July 31, announced the Chinese smartphone maker OPPO on Monday. Launched in China in June, the Reno4 Pro is a premium midrange smartphone with 5G network support, two-side curved AMOLED screen of 90Hz refresh rate, triple camera array on the back and 65W fast charging support. In India, the phone is expected to launch along with OPPO smartwatch.

OPPO Reno 4 specifications

The Oppo Reno 4 Pro sports a 6.5-inch fullHD+ AMOLED display of 90Hz refresh rate. It has a punch-hole on the top left corner accommodating phone’s front camera. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G system-on-chip, mated with up to 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. It ships with Android 10 operating system-based ColorOS 7.2 user interface.

 Imaging is covered by a triple camera set-up on the back, featuring a 48-megapixel primary sensor of an f/1.7 aperture with optical image stabilisation, a 12MP ultra-wide sensor of an f/2.2 aperture and 120-degree field-of-view (FoV), and a 13MP telephoto sensor of an f/2.4 aperture. On the front, the phone has a 32MP selfie camera of an f/2.4 aperture.

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India and US are likely to partner on 5G network, US India Business Council (USIBC) President Nisha Biswal said on Thursday, adding that technology sector is a “very important area of collaboration between our two countries”.

In an interview to ANI, Biswal said she expects that digital commerce and all areas of the technology collaboration are going to continue to grow.

“I do think that the technology sector is a very important area of collaboration between our two countries. We have a very trusted relationship, and we have a very large digitally savvy population in both countries,” she said.

  “So I do expect that digital commerce and all areas of of the technology collaboration are going to continue to grow. I also think that the US and India will partner on 5G and creating kind of the digital infrastructure of the future.

And this will continue to be an area of growing importance,” she added.

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Four years ago, disbelief rippled through the audience at Reliance’s annual general meeting when Mukesh Ambani said he was launching 4G Volte smartphones under Reliance’s own brand name Lyf at an unbeatable price of Rs 2,999 when the average 4G smartphone at that time cost Rs 4000.

On Tuesday, during the company’s first pandemic-forced virtual annual general meeting, Ambani outlined another vision to disrupt the mobile device market again.

  The company, with its new partner Google, will build entry level 4G and 5G smartphones at the fraction of the existing cost based on optimisations to the Android operating system and the Playstore.

If successful, the move could pose serious challenges to competing mobile companies, especially Vodafone-Idea. A large chunk of its customers are still on 2G and 3G. Bharti too will be affected, not to mention BSNL, which does even have a 4G service live, leave alone a phone.

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Realme Narzo 10A smartphone goes on sale at noon through Flipkart and Realme online portal. Launched in May, the phone was initially available in sole 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage variant. However, the Chinese smartphone brand later added the 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage variant, too. Both the variants will be available during the sale on Friday.

The Realme Narzo 10A is priced at Rs 8,999 and Rs 9,999 for the 3GB/32GB and 4GB/64GB variants, respectively. It will be available in So Blue and So White colours. The sale starts at 12 noon on July 17. On Flipkart, the phone will be available with five per cent cashback offer for Flipkart Axis Bank Credit Card customers, and ten per cent instant discount offer for Axis Bank Buzz Credit Card.

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In terms of specifications, the Realme Narzo 10A sports a 6.5-inch screen of HD+ resolution.

The screen has tall aspect ratio of 20:9. It is covered under Gorilla Glass 3 for protection against scratches and smudges. The phone is powered by MediaTek Helio G70 system-on-chip, paired with up to 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. The dualSIM phone has a microSD card slot for storage expansion (up to 256GB). Imaging is covered by a triple camera set-up on the back, featuring a 12-megapixel primary sensor of an f/1.8 aperture, a 2MP depth sensor and a 2MP macro sensor. On the front, the phone has a 5MP camera for selfies. The phone ships with Realme UI, which is company’s custom skin based on Android 10 operating system.

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