ZTE launches Axon 30 with an in-display hidden front camera

HIGHLIGHTS ZTE Axon 30 has a 16-megapixel front camera hidden beneath the display. It includes a quad rear camera setup with a 64-megapixel primary wide-angle camera. The smartphone is expected to go on sale in China from August 3. ZTE has become one of the first smartphone makers by releasing a smartphone with its…

Oppo Watch 2 launched, brings dual chipsets, dual-software support, and LTE

HIGHLIGHTS Oppo has launched the new Watch 2 smartwatch in China. The Oppo Watch 2 comes with support for dual boot OS and dual chipsets. Oppo Watch 2 looks very much like the Apple Watch and has a buckle on the strap. Oppo Watch has got a successor almost a year after it was launched and it is rightly called the Oppo…

Manchester United agree deal to sign French defender Raphael Varane from Real Madrid

HIGHLIGHTS Manchester United agree deal to sign Real Madrid’s Raphael Varane Varane will become United’s 2nd major signing of the transfer season Varane started all four of France’s matches at Euro 2020 France center-back Raphael Varane is set to make the move to Old Trafford after Manchester United and…

Tokyo 2020: World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying relieved after sealing quarter-finals berth for first time in Olympic career

HIGHLIGHTS Tai Tzu Ying receives a bye to the quarter-final of Women’s singles badminton Tai topped Group P with 3 wins, did not drop a game in the group stages Tai is likely to face Ratchanok Intanon in the quarter-final later this week World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying is one of the favorites to win the badminton gold medal…

Tokyo Olympics: Bad decisions, poor choices, 3rd straight loss leave India women’s hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne fuming

HIGHLIGHTS Great Britain defeated India 4-1 in their Pool A match India had earlier lost 1-5 to Netherlands and 0-2 against Germany Rani Rampal’s side will next play Ireland on Friday. Indian women’s hockey coach Sjoerd Marijine didn’t minced his words in criticizing his players after third consecutive defeat…

Tokyo Olympics: ‘If I die will the ITF take responsibility?’ Daniil Medvedev fumes in hot conditions

Tennis World No.2 Daniil Medvedev needed three sets to beat Italy’s Fabio Fognini and was left frustrated with the heat he had to deal with in Tokyo, even asking the chair umpire who would take the responsibility if he dies. “I’m fine. I can finish the match but I can die. If I die will the ITF…

18 Labourers, Sleeping On Road, Killed As Truck Rams Bus In UP

Lucknow:  18 labourers, sleeping on the road in front of a bus they had been travelling in, were crushed to death last night after a speeding truck hit the bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, 28 km from state capital Lucknow. The labourers, who are from Bihar, were returning from Haryana and Punjab…

Basavaraj Bommai, With BS Yediyurappa’s Blessing, Takes Charge

Bengaluru:  Basavaraj Bommai took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister today, succeeding BS Yediyurappa who resigned on Monday. Mr Bommai was sworn-in by recently-appointed Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in a brief ceremony in state capital Bengaluru. Mr Yediyurappa was present on the stage. Mr Bommai, 61, was picked…

Engineer Snatches Woman’s Earrings To Fund Birthday Celebration: Police

New Delhi:  A 31-year-old junior engineer was arrested for allegedly snatching the gold earrings of a woman in Delhi’s Mansarovar Park area and selling them to meet expenses for his birthday celebrations, police said on Tuesday. The accused, Mohit Gautam alias Love, is a resident of Jyoti Nagar in Shahdara,…