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HTC to Launch First 5G Smartphone this Year, Confirms CEO Over the weekend, XDA Developers spotted an interview published by UDN containing a confirmation by HTC’s CEO that the company will launch their first 5G-connected smartphone this year. Despite the continuously diminishing popularity of its smartphones, the once hugely successful Chinese mobile phone manufacturer HTC demonstrated its commitment to the industry by confirming that a 5G-connected device is slated to launch this year. This news comes from HTC CEO Yves Maitre, who stated in an interview published by UDN that 2020 will be a year that the company sees significant...

Coco Gauff breaks WTA into top 50 at the age of 15 American teenager Coco Gauff broke into the top 50 of the updated WTA rankings released on Monday, becoming the first 15-year-old in 15 years to achieve the feat. Gauff, who continued her dramatic rise by reaching the fourth round on her Australian Open debut before losing to eventual champion Sofia Kenin, emulates Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva, who made the top 50 at the same age in August 2005. Source: ESPN

Saying foul things doesn’t mean you’re aggressive: Sachin Tendulkar on U19 World Cup final row Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has expressed his disappointment at the way India players behaved against Bangladesh in the U-19 World Cup played last month in South Africa and said that one doesn’t need to be vocal and say foul things for showing his/her aggression. After Bangladesh defeated India by three wickets (via DLS) in the U-19 final at the Senwes Park last month, the players of the two teams were seen engaging in an exchange of words and even some pushing and shoving on the...

Jio-Microsoft partnership will define this decade: Mukesh Ambani MUMBAI: Speaking to Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella in Mumbai, Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani said that the Jio and Microsoft partnership will be a defining one in the current decade in the context of digitization and connectivity. “I am very excited about the partnership that Jio and Microsoft will have and I think that will be as we look at this decade, a defining partnership,” he said to an audience of industry leaders. Source: The Economic Times

President Ram Nath Kovind lauds Supreme Court for pursuing gender justice President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday praised the judiciary for pursuing the “cherished goal of gender justice” and appreciated the Supreme Court for being always “pro-active and progressive”. Delivering the valedictory address at the International Judicial Conference 2020-‘Judiciary and the Changing World’, he noted that the the Supreme Court had led a “progressive social transformation”. “In pursuing the cherished goal of gender justice, to mention one example, the Supreme Court of India has always been pro-active and progressive.” Source: The Hindu

Daredevil Mad Mike Hughes Believed The Earth is Flat, And Died While Trying to Prove it Mad Mike” Hughes, a self-styled explorer and daredevil bent on proving that the earth is flat was killed over the weekend when his homemade rocket crashed in the California desert over the weekend. “Michael ‘Mad Mike’ Hughes tragically passed away today during an attempt to launch his homemade rocket,” the Science Channel, which was planning to feature him on an upcoming series called “Homemade Astronauts,” said on Twitter. “Our thoughts & prayers go out to his family & friends during this difficult time. It...

India is driving Puma’s global growth: CEO New Delhi: India’s growing young population and increasing interest in fitness and sports will set Puma up for success in the future, the sportswear brand’s global chief executive Bjorn Gulden said. “It’s great to see the brand record sustained growth in India. It is a strategic market for Puma. A combination of global strength and local execution has accelerated the brand’s momentum in the country,” Puma SE’s chief Gulden said in a statement. Source: The Economic Times

Banker extraordinaire Nanoo Pamnani no more Mumbai: Veteran banker and chairman of Bajaj Finserv Nanoo Pamnani passed away on Saturday. He was 74. Pamnani was appointed chairman last year, after Rahul Bajaj (80) resigned to take over as chairman emeritus. In 2008, when Sanjiv Bajaj was chosen to head the financial services business, he got Pamnani as a crucial aide from within the family. The brother-in-law of Rahul Bajaj’s wife had just retired from Citibank as its India head. Source: ET Markets

BJP’s Ramvir Singh Bidhuri appointed leader of opposition in Delhi Assembly The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday unanimously appointed its MLA from BJP MLA from Badarpur Ramvir Singh Bidhuri as the leader of the opposition in the Delhi assembly. “It is unanimously resolved that Ramvir Singh Bhiduri be appointed as the leader of the legislative party and the leader of the opposition,” the Delhi unit of the party said in a statement after a meeting in the morning ahead of a three-day session that began Monday. Source: Hindustan Times

Kashmiri men taking to terrorism has reduced drastically: Jammu and Kashmir DGP Against the backdrop of the revocation of Article 370 and creation of two union territories out of the erstwhile state, the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Dilbag Singh on Sunday said that the number of Kashmiri youth picking up guns has gone down drastically. Responding to media queries on the sidelines of a programme in Kathua on Sunday, the DGP said, “I told the media in Kashmir just yesterday that 240 to 250 militants are active in Kashmir as per a list with us. Source: Hindustan...