India Post has gotten bank permit from the Reserve Bank of India to begin rollout of managing an account operations monetarily.  “India Post has received payments bank license. The service will be launched as per schedule,” a Department of Posts authority said. India Post Payments Bank is the third in the row to get banking permission after Bharti Airtel and Paytm. Installments banks can acknowledge stores up to Rs 1 lakh for each record from people and private companies.

The new model of saving money permits versatile firms, grocery store chains and others to take into account managing an account necessities of people and independent ventures. It will be set up as a separated bank and will restrict its exercises to acceptance of demand deposits, remittance services, internet banking. In 2015, RBI had allowed 'in-principle' endorsement to 11 substances, including Department of Posts, to set up installments banks and proposed to give such licenses 'on tap' premise in future. Be that as it may, Tech Mahindra , a consortium of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd promoter Dilip Shanghvi, IDFC Bank Ltd and Telenor Financial Services and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. sponsored have dropped their arrangements for bank proposals.

Out of eight organizations in shred — Airtel has propelled its business operation crosswise over India with a venture of Rs 3,000 crore offering 7.25 interest percent on stores, free cash exchange from Airtel to Airtel numbers inside Airtel Bank, cash exchange to any ledger in the nation. Paytm, owned by Vijay Shekhar Sharma and upheld by Chinese internet business major Alibaba, arrangements to take off installments bank inside beginning speculation of about Rs 400 crore.
Others are — Aditya Birla Nuvo , Fino PayTech, National Securities Depository, Reliance Industries Ltd nd Vodafone m-pesa. AP Singh has been designated as break MD and CEO of the India Post Payment Bank. He was Joint Secretary in the Department of Disinvestment and one of the individuals from establishing group that propelled Aadhaar.

Bharti Airtel's CEO Gopal Vittal said that the telco will move to VoLTE in key markets in the following 18 months.

“… and even as sub-GHz band is best in deploying voice, 1,800 Mhz band is also very good.We are future-proofing our network for VoLTE and looking at deploying equipment switch in key markets,” he said.
 he said.

Bharti Airtel before the end of last year granted a $60 million (402 crore) deal arrangement to Finnish rigging creator Nokia to execute voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) calling innovation. Airtel has been steering the innovation in a couple of regions and after effective testing, it might dispatch in key markets, ET prior detailed.

VoLTE permits a provider to offer both voice and data without interchanging between bands, with voice being simply one more application that rides on a LTE, an innovation that newcomer Reliance Jio has received. Airtel as of now offers approaching the legacy circuit-switch.

Mukesh Ambani-drove Reliance Jio Infocomm is the only provider that is as of now offering Indian VoLTE-based voice services bringing Jio to its more than 72 million clients in India.

Other than the cost consider, VoLTE brings advantages, for example, it may help telcos handle call drops circumstance to a degree. Besides, VoLTE as an innovation offers different favorable circumstances, for example, better cell phone battery life, less ring set time and better voice quality.

Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, the nation's second and third biggest telecoms, could likewise join the VoLTE race soon, having supported their 4G spectrum in the last auctions. Vodafone is as of now trialing VoLTE in select ranges utilizing Nokia's IMS arrangement, while Idea Cellular is in chats with both Ericsson and Nokia.

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India are going to adjust their calling offers where they'll be capping the day by day use to 300 minutes.

The report said that the new plans would get to be distinctly viable from this evening for both of them.

Vodafone which was putting forth unlimited Local/STD and landline calls and 1GB for 4G handset users for 28 days at Rs 348, will charge clients 30 paisa for each moment on surpassing the every day 300 minutes restrain.

For the Rs 148 pack which offers comparative advantages, subscribers will be charged 10 paisa for each moment on surpassing the every day 300 minutes confine. Prior the telco was putting forth boundless calling with no day by day limit.

Bharti Airtel which offers Rs 145 and Rs 345 arrangements with unlimited voice calls and some data will limitation the day by day calling limit.

The Rs. 145 Airtel plan will offer 1200 minutes of nearby and STD Airtel to Airtel voice calls for one week, and if the subscribers wish to select the plan on day by day constrain premise, then the calls  will be confined to 300 minutes a day.

Another alternative that the telco is putting forth is that the subscribers who call 100 other different customers in seven days will likewise be charged ostensible rates, however if the limit of benefits end they'll be charged 10 paisa for every minute. The change is comparable with the Rs 345 Airtel plan too. 

Twitter on Wednesday launched a Republic Day emoji that will be accessible till 27 January.

The emoji configuration is a translation of the Indian tricolor which will show up after the hashtag in the Tweet.

"We are thrilled to give users a new way to join in the public conversation on Republic Day," said Mahima Kaul, Head of Public Policy and Government, Twitter India, in an announcement.

Tweeple over the world can now be a part of the Republic Day emoji festivity by utilizing the hashtags #RepublicDay or #HappyRepublicDay or #RepublicDay2017 when forming a Tweet.

The hashtag initiation is additionally accessible in Indian regional languages.

Uber is soon going to start its food delivery service, UberEATS, in India!

UberEATS started in Los Angeles in 2014. Now, it has extended to 58 urban areas. It additionally exists in Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taipei also.

“I am incredibly excited about bringing UberEATS to India. This is a significant investment, it spans multiple cities and regions, and it has the potential to change the food industry - with the push of a button - in one of the most vibrant food cultures in the world,” said Allen Penn, Asia Pacific's head of UberEATS.
“UberEATS is powered by the same technology that makes its transport mobile app efficient and cost-effective, getting great food delivered to you is now as easy as requesting a ride,” in Uber blog.
 Uber is right now hoping to set up a system of eateries, business partenrs and logistics in India, before starting UberEats.

For UberEats the search is on for “perfect pairing of amazing restaurant partners, our technology, and the Uber delivery network” in India.

Uber's rival in India Ola, though had launched a food delivery service, Ola Café, back in 2015, but was forced to shut down in one year due to immense competition from other food delivery services.Let's hope the very best for UberEats in India. 

To match rivalry from private players, the state-claimed BSNL today turned out with a prepaid plan under which new customers can make 30 minutes of free voice calls — neighborhood and STD — every day to some other system for a month, for Rs 149. Subscribers will likewise have a choice to get comparable free boundless calls for three months by paying lumpsum measure of Rs 439, a BSNL proclamation said. Also, subscribers will get 300 MB of information as a major aspect of the offer. As a reasonable utilization arrangement, the calls to other system are restricted to 30 minutes for every day.

“BSNL has always been a front-runner in providing better and economical services to all their customers and this is one of the many such endeavors. Customers are coming forward to get our service which has helped our company increase our market share by 1 percent since March 2015 even in these hyper competitive telecom services,” BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava said.

This limited time special is on all India premise from January 24, 2017, for every single new subscriber and those of different services who need to port out their number and join BSNL by MNP, the organization said. 

With magnanimous offers like free data and free calls Reliance Jio has garnered the support of over 72 million subscribers. Now it has the opportunity to gather more with its latest introductory offer of Rupees 100 for data, while voice calls are still free. Its a sign that Reliance Jio is set to start making revenue.

Jio 4g Plan to be extended until June 2017

These plans will start from April 2017 after the Happy New Year offer ends on March 2017.

The Jio June 2017 Extended Plan will cost you just Rs 100, with which you will be able to enjoy 1GB of 4G internet data and all other free services like unlimited voice calling, SMS, and access to premium apps. So if you’re wondering about how you’re supposed to avail this offer, all you need to do is recharge for Rs 100 and you’re all set!

Reliance Jio previous offers

Reliance Jio users would be familiar with the Welcome Plan which was introduced in the 5th of September in 2016 and would continue shelling out freebies till the 31st of December 2016. Giving users unlimited 4G data, voice calls and SMS’s on any network. On the 2017 new year’s however Reliance released its Happy New Year Plan which came into effect on the 1st of January extending similar benefits (but now only free 1GB of 4G data) till the 31st March ’17.

The Reliance Jio Happy New Year offer has now been extended till the 30th of June 2017. But why is Reliance charging even 100 Rs? Reliance has a fear of losing customers after March ’17 due to extended charges. This plan is pocket friendly enough to gather a loyal following.

The catch is that as per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)-

No telecom company can provide free services as a promotional offer for more than 90 days. – TRAI

Hence the nominal charge.

Reliance is trying to bridge the gap between rural and urban India and promises to shape the future with end-to-end solutions. Lets hope Jio lives up to its expectations.

Note: This information is yet to be released from Jio. They will send an official notification once declared.

- sourced from jiocare.net

To alleviate the effect of fake news and control its spread, Facebook is thinking about to tell clients in the event that they wound up sharing or perusing a fake story. As indicated by a report in TechCrunch on Friday, Facebook may tell individuals retroactively about a fake story. ”You want to make sure as little comes in the system as possible and when it happens, you need to react as quickly as you can. And if you didn’t find it until later then you need to consider letting people know. The question is who and how. I don’t know if we’ll do that but it’s certainly something we’re considering,” Adam Mosseri, Facebook Vice-President of News Feed was quoted as saying.

Mosseri was talking on Friday on a board, 'Isolating reality from dream: Is fake news undermining reality?' at the University of California Berkeley, the report said. As far back as the consequences of US Presidential races were announced, Facebook was blamed for spreading and advancing fake news that supported the win of US President Donald Trump.

Despite the fact that the organization has taken number of measures to keep fake news from spreading, there are still concerns being raised. “Fake news was a thing on Facebook before the election, and something Facebook had been working to address for a couple of years. The main difference has been the public outcry in the wake of the election,” Mosseri additionally noted.  of the election,” Mosseri further noted. ”The amount of fake news on the platform, actually – and I’m not trying to diminish the importance of the issue – is relatively small. It’s a very small percentage of what people see. It should be smaller. It should get as close to zero as possible,” he included.

Mosseri said that they expected to decrease the conveyance that fake news distributers get as close as they could to zero. ”One area Mosseri is particularly excited about is taking a closer look at landing pages. If you look at a landing page and 90 per cent of the page are ads, Mosseri said, that’s a sign that it’s not a legitimate site,”

TRAI is probably going to order to the Department of Telecom (DoT) that Aadhaar-based eKYC be permitted notwithstanding for outstation SUBSCRIBERS who need to get a portable association in a specific administration zone. The controller may recommend that the current portable supporters in the nation ought to be urged to go in for Aadhaar-based eKYC check, for which telecom specialist co-ops could offer motivating forces like free information or talktime.

The help of Aadhaar-driven eKYC for the current subscriber base will guarantee appropriate confirmation of subscribers and address the security concerns relating to fake or counterfeit versatile associations, as indicated by sources.


It will likewise freed telecom industry of the bother of keeping physical client check paper records which could get harmed or lost over the long haul.

Be that as it may, TRAI is of the view that since eKYC check can't be ordered in essence, an appropriate program ought to be developed by the telecom division in discussion with telecom specialist organizations (TSPs) to prod the current endorsers of go for Aadhaar-based eKYC.

It feels that the same ought to be done in a staged yet time-bound way.

While Trai is agreeable to telecom administrators offering sweeteners with the goal that individuals approach for eKYC, the controller is not prone to determine correct motivations.

At present, eKYC has been received for new versatile associations or SIM cards, yet existing clients - who shape the mind lion's share of the more than 100 crore portable clients - stay outside the domain of Aadhaar-based eKYC confirmation ambit.

Sources additionally said not permitting eKYC prepare for SIM buys by outstation subscribers is making a manufactured hindrance among subscribers. Trai has favored opening up the Aadhaar eKYC prepare for outstation clients too to evacuate the refinement between clients.

It might be reviewed that in August a year ago, the administration permitted application, approval and initiation of new paid ahead of time and post-paid associations utilizing Aadhaar card and unique mark at the purpose of offer. The e-KYC has made the procedure of use and confirmation quicker and more straightforward for new supporters.

Other than facilitating the check procedure and upgrading security, the move has chopped down the ideal opportunity for new SIM actuation as against the already extensive record based procedure of applying for a sim card.

Your smartphone and other portable devices with lithium batteries could soon be recharged much faster, say scientists who have found a way to improve the performance of these batteries.
Rechargeable lithium batteries have helped power the 'portable revolution' in mobile phones, laptops and tablet computers, and new generations of lithium batteries are being developed for electric vehicles and to store energy from wind and solar power.
Researchers from the University of Bath in the UK and University of Illinois at Chicago have found why adding charged metal atoms to tunnel structures within batteries improves their performance.
Storing electrical energy more quickly than current electrodes is important for future applications in portable electronics and electric vehicles.
It was recently discovered that large metal ions such as potassium can improve charge storage in batteries, but it was not understood why this was the case.
The research teams used a powerful combination of structural experiments and computer simulations to unravel for the first time why adding charged potassium into tunnel-like structures of low-cost manganese oxide has a strong beneficial effect on the battery performance.
They discovered that adding positively charged ions increased how fast lithium moves within the tunnel structures, which is crucial to improving the charging of batteries.
"Understanding these processes is important for the future design and development of battery materials, and could lead to faster charging batteries that will benefit consumers and industry," said Saiful Islam, professor at University of Bath.
"Developing new materials holds the key to lighter, cheaper and safer batteries, including for electric vehicles which will help cut carbon emissions," said Islam.
The study was published in the journal Nature Communications.


via Press Trust of India  |  London 

After March 31, Reliance Jio Infocomm subscribers may additionally preserve to experience data offerings at a nominal price, combined with free voice calls, for some other three months.
The Mukesh Ambani-owned operator is operating out a brand new tariff plan which will be legitimate till June 30, stated employees familiar with the traits in Jio in addition to analysts. in contrast to the earlier free gives that incumbent telcos have termed predatory, the cutting-edge introductory offer will rate a fee of approximately Rs a hundred for facts, at the same time as voice might be unfastened.
Jio's free voice and data gives have attracted over seventy two million subscribers in four months after its industrial services were released on September 5 last year. India's top telcos, Bharti Airtel, concept mobile and Vodafone India, were pressured to reduce data and voice charges - even providing voice free of charge below some plans - to counter the aggressive pricing supplied with the aid of Jio. The most up-to-date entrant gives only 4G offerings and has claimed its low priced offerings will trigger a mass adoption of information as its production prices are a fragment of that of its competition.
however for maximum of its 72 million-plus subscribers, Jio is still now not the primary telephone connection and the telecom operator runs the chance of losing them if it will increase its fees drastically. As an alternative, a nominal rate will assist Jio test its subscribers for stickiness, and will also get a demonstration of a appropriate charge point whilst it eventually starts offevolved charging at market fees. We anticipate many will go back to the usage of their primary quantity if the offer is withdrawn, and Jio could nicely lose over 1/2 its subscribers if it starts off evolved charging extra without fixing the decision drop problem, decrease than what it had announced in September -with voice unfastened may also save you a sharp drop in clients, and the operator can nonetheless start its charge cycles. However it has to come up with less expensive tariff due to the fact other incumbents have already launched reduced packs. This rate conflict is a burden at the organisation (telcos) and the government loses on licence rate as well. Just final week, Reliance Industries decided to infuse Rs 30,000 crore into Jio to extend its network, further to the Rs Rs 1,71,000 crore it has already invested. Jio's gross debt stood at Rs 49,000 crore as of December 31, 2016, with deferred fee liability of Rs 21,000 crore to the government for spectrum purchases.