Air India lauches first direct flight connecting washington DC to Hyderabad

People residing in telangana and andhra pradesh have a good news who travel abroad to US. Air India has announced its first direct flight from Hyderabad to Washington making travel to US easy.

Starting on July 8, Air India's new flight Air India 104 will connect Washington with Hyderabad via Delhi with three services every week. Washington will be the second city in the US after Chicago which will be connected with Hyderabad.

SGK Kishore, CEO, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) said, "As the gateway to south and central India, we are glad to add Washington to our international network. We are thankful to Air India for launching this new service. This new service will provide a convenient option of travel between south and central India and Washington along with other nearby areas in the US like east coast, which is home to a large Indian diaspora especially from Telangana."

He further added "the new Air India flight will provide a hassle free experience, with passengers travelling from Washington being able to checkin their bags through to Hyderabad, and complete immigration and customs formalities after their arrival at Hyderabad. Those travelling from Hyderabad to Washington too will enjoy similar benefits through Air India's existing international connector flights from Hyderabad airport, which will offer seamless transfers onto the Washington flight at Delhi.Soon Hyderabad airport will also get connected with Sri Lanka giving an additional travel and tourism option to our passengers."

Google Chrome for Android adds support for full screen feature to web apps

Google’s Chrome for android mobiles is widely used web browser and it is getting a feature update in version 58. It will soon be available from the Google Play Store, and the update comes with some new additions as well.

The update allows the bottom Android navigation bar and the top status bar to disappear when the browser runs a Progressive Web App. This means users will get a full screen experience, which is especially helpful if the web app happens to be a game.

Along with full screen, there are other new features that include changes in its Settings section. “Autofill” option is rename to “Autofill and payments”, and this section allows to separate the saved addresses and credit cards in separate sections.

The browser’s History feature is now shown as its own section, instead of showing up as a URL link. If you want to clear your browser history, that should also be easier with Chrome 58, as that feature has been moved up to near the top of the History section, instead of at the bottom.

State Bank Of India will deduct fine for not maintaining Minimum balance from April 1 2017

State Bank of India or SBI has introduced minimum balance requirement in savings accounts from April 1. The minimum balance requirement for SBI customers varies depending on geographies such as metro, urban, semi-urban and rural. If the minimum balance drops below a particular threshold, SBI will charge a fee from the account holder. SBI says the minimum balance in your savings bank account is the monthly average balance - the average of daily balances in the account during the month. SBI requires its savings bank account customers in metros to maintain a monthly average balance of Rs. 5,000.

Holders of SBI's savings bank account in urban areas need to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) of Rs. 3,000, Rs. 2,000 in case of those in semi-urban areas and Rs. 1,000 in rural areas. This was said on Thursday by SBI - which recently merged its operations with six other banks - on Twitter.

The Monthly Average Balance for an SB account is 1000: rural areas, 2000: semi-urban areas, 3000: urban areas and 5000: metros. pic.twitter.com/FOz1D2RJAO

— State Bank of India (@TheOfficialSBI) April 20, 2017

Hitting 31 crore depositors, SBI will charge a fee ranging from Rs. 50 to Rs. 100 plus service tax in case of non-compliance with minimum balance requirements.

For metropolitan areas:
Shortfall SBI charges
Over 75% Rs. 100 plus service tax
50-75% Rs. 75 plus service tax
Under 50% Rs. 50 plus service tax
For rural areas, the penalty for non-maintenance of minimum balance ranges from Rs. 20 to Rs. 50 plus service tax.

Meanwhile, SBI offers other types of accounts where it customers are not required to maintain a minimum balance. Small savings bank account and basic savings account are two such products offered SBI.

State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore, besides Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), became part of SBI with effect from April 1. After the merger, SBI has entered the league of top 50 global banks with a balance sheet size of Rs. 41 lakh crore, 2.77 lakh employees, 50 crore customers, over 22,500 branches and 58,000 ATMs.

iPhone 7 news and features - The smartest of all phones

Tim Cook took to the stage at the Bill Graham Civic in San Francisco and told us: "We have created the world's most advanced smartphone - the best iPhone we have ever created. This is iPhone 7."

IPhone 7 shipping starts from Sept 16, 2016
It Costs starts at ($649 ,£599, AU$1,079) for 32 GB variant. Other Variants costs as below:

128GB - $749, £699, AU$1,229
256GB - $849, £799, AU$1,379

Few new features are like

- Dust and water resistance
- Two new black colors: 'Jet Black' and 'Black'
- No headphone jack
- Lightning EarPods in the box
- Adaptor for standard headphones in the box
- Wireless AirPods available at extra cost
- A larger, single-lens 12MP rear sensor
- Raw support, 50% more light, 60% faster, 30% more power efficient
- Front camera now at 7MP

The iPhone 7 is just as sleek as its predecessors, with the iconic rounded design returning for a third instalment with the same 138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1mm frame as the iPhone 6S. It's lighter though at 138g, down from 143g on the 6S.

One of the big new talking points is its water and dust resistance, with IP67 protection bringing the new iPhone into line with the Samsung Galaxy S7 - and giving you peace of mind when you're in the bath or out in the rain.

Anyone hoping for a flush rear to the new iPhone will be disappointed though, as the iPhone 7 has a very noticeable camera bump.

Something else Apple has built into the design of the iPhone 7 is stereo speakers, with one at the top and one at the base of the handset. That gives you louder, clearer audio, which will be great for movies and gaming.

Apple has removed the standard headphone jack.You get a set of Lightning EarPods in the box, meaning you'll be able to plug in right away, while an adaptor is also included, so you can continue to use your current headphones if you wish - although it's certainly not the most elegant implementation.

The new airpods comes at a price ($159, £159, AU$229 to be exact).They offer five hours of listening on a single charge, dual microphones enabling you to take calls and interact with Siri, and touch response, so you can answer calls and launch Siri.

Xiaomi Redmi 3x featuring 13 MP camera and 4,100 mAh battery launched

Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 3X smartphone alongside the Redmi 3s. The Redmi 3X has the same set of specifications as that of the Redmi 3s (2GB) variant. However the only difference is that the Redmi 3s (2GB) variant comes with a 4,000mAh battery, while the Redmi 3X (2GB) comes with a slightly bigger 4,100mAh battery. The Redmi 3X is priced at 899 Yuan (Rs 9,100 approximately).

Xiaomi Redmi 3X specifications and features: The smartphone offers a 5-inch IPS display with a 1280×720 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1.1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 64-bit octa-core processor along with 2GB of RAM. It comes with 32GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card.

On the camera front, the smartphone comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash and a 5-megapixel camera on the front. Both front and back cameras support full HD video recording. The smartphone is equipped with a 4,100mAh battery.

On the connectivity front, the smartphone offers 4G support, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), GPS with AGS/GLONASS and micro-USB 2.0. On the software front, the smartphone runs on Android Lollipop 5.1 wrapped under MIUI 7.

The Xiaomi Redmi 3X isn’t likely to be available outside China, but we expect the Redmi 3s to hit the Indian shores soon. When launched, the smartphone will face tough competition from the likes of Intex Aqua Shine 4G, Lava V2s and Gionee P5L to name a few.

Iron Man's ‘Jarvis’ will be built by Facebook for Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg wants to have an artificially intelligent assistant like Jarvis in the blockbuster sci-fi flick 'Iron Man' .He wants this to help run his home and assist him at work.

Mark, who commits to a new personal challenge every year, said in a post that this Virtual Assistant would look like Jarvis from the Hollywood film. He said he would start to build the AI with available technology and teach it to understand his voice to control everything in his home from music and lights to temperature.

"This should be a fun intellectual challenge to code this for myself. I'll teach it to let friends in by looking at their faces when they ring the doorbell," Zuckerberg posted. "I'll teach it to let me know if anything is going on in Max's (his daughter's) room that I need to check on when I'm not with her," he wrote.


The tech billionaire said a part of the motivation behind this year's challenge was the reward of building things yourself.
Zuckerberg's previous personal challenges have included learning Mandarin, reading two books a month and meeting a new person everyday. "Every year, I take on a personal challenge to learn new things and grow outside my work at Facebook. The theme for his challenge this year is invention," he posted.

Ban for Muslims in US - says Presidential Candidate Donald Trump

During his campaign, Donald Trump, the presidential candidate stated a ban from muslims entering US for jobs and other Purposes. He propopsed this for temporary period until the US authorities "can figure out" Muslim attitudes to the US.


Criticism from the White House and other Republicans was swift.

White House was quick to do a damage control by issuing a statement that "Mr Trump's comments were contrary to US values and its national security interests,".

Republican Jeb Bush, also running for president, said the New York businessman was "unhinged".

Mr Trump's statement was delivered as the US comes to terms with its deadliest terror attack since 9/11.

Last week a Muslim couple, believed to have been radicalised, opened fire and killed 14 people at a health centre in San Bernardino.
On Sunday, President Barack Obama made a rare Oval Office address in response to the attack and warned against the US falling prey to all these statements.

Mr Trump's statement to reporters on Monday said polling by the Center for Security Policy, a conservative think-tank, indicated that 25% of Muslims in the US believed violence against America was justified.

"Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why, we will have to determine.

"Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human