Japan's parliament has passed a one-off bill to allow Emperor Akihito to abdicate.He will the first emperor to do so in last 200 years.
Last year the 83-year-old emperor made an announcement to the nation that he is beginning to feel constraint on his health which makes it hard him for him to fulfil his official duties.
Akihito has undergone a heart surgery and was treated for prostate cancer. He has been on the throne of Japan since the death of his father,Hirohito, in 1989.
Looking to his address and announcement Parliament of Japan have made an arrangement for his abdication which is expected to happen in late 2018 and hand over the crown to Prince Naruhito.
Prince Naruhito
Earlier there was no provision in the existing laws to make the Emperor stand down.The emperor is constitutionally barred from making any political statementso he could not say explicitly that he wanted to stand down as that would be considered comment on the law.
The handover is widely expected to take place in December 2018 as according to the government it must take place within three years of the law coming into effect.
Fact -The Emperor of Japan has no political power but several official duties such as greeting the foreign dignitaries.Japan's monarchy is entwined in the Shinto religion and the emperors still perform religious ceremonies Click here for more interesting articles
After a capping process of two years, India and Pakistan finally get the SCO membership.Indian membership was strongly backed by Russia and Pakistan got support from China.
What is SCO?
SCO is short for Shanghai Corporation organisation.A China dominated organisation popularly known for the counterweight of NATO. SCO represents 40% of the population and 20% of global GDP. SCO was founded in a summit in Shanghai by the presidents of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
India, Iran and Pakistan were admitted as observers at the 2005 Astana Summit. The Tashkent SCO summit in June 2010 lifted the moratorium on new membership, paving the way for the expansion of the grouping to make it a counterweight to NATO
What benefit India will receive by this membership??
Now India will have a much powerful position for making the pressure on actions on terrorism and issues related to defence and security.
Indian will have a greater access to the major oil and gas exploration project in central Asia as many of the SCO countries have a huge reserves of oil and natural gas.
India is Keen on deepening security related corporation with the SCO and regional anti-terrorism structure (RATS) which specifically deals with the matter related to security and defence defence
“India and Pakistan are now members of the SCO. It is a very important moment for us,” Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is the current chairman of the SCO, said, making the announcement at the summit of the grouping here.
Preet Kaur Gill a candidate from Labour Party became the first Sikh woman to win the Member of Parliament seat in the general elections and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi became the first turban-wearing Sikh to go to the British parliament house of commons as it's member along with other 10 Indian origin candidates (five from Conservative and five from Labour) who successfully retained their seats.A total of 12 Indian-origin candidates became the member of Parliament.While other 50 Indian origin candidates lost their seats.
Preet Kaur Gill and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi(Tan) both hails from Labour party and both won election from the cities where they grew up. Preet Kaur Gill won from BirminghamEdgbastonseat by polling 24,124 votes and defeating the ruling Conservative party candidate Carolyn Square by 6917 votes
While Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi won from Slough seat polling 34,170 votes.He defeated his Conservative party rival by 16,998 votesAnother turban wearing candidate from Labour Party Kuldeep Sahota lost by just close margin of 720 votes. Click here for more interesting articles
From June 16 customer will have to pay a different price for petrol and diesel daily. State-owned oil companies have taken this initiative in order to sync oil prices with the international market and make the oil market of international standards.
According to a retailer of Indian Oil Corporation, "Daily prices revision of petrol and diesel will make the retail price more reflective of the current market conditions and will minimise the volatility of the price. Further, it will lead to increased transparency in the system. This will also enable smooth flow of product from refinery/depot to the retail outlets."
He further added, "Many developed countries are already revising the prices of petrol and diesel on daily basis."
This initiation has come from the successful run of the pilot project which started from 1, May in Udaipur, Jamshedpur, Puducherry, Chandigarh and Visakhapatnam.
The state and oil firms HPCL, IOC and BPCL togetherly holds more than 95% of nation's petrol retail outlets and around 58,000 units in the count.
At present, the prices of petrol and diesel get revised on 1st and 16th of every month based on the average international price of oil in the rupee dollar exchange rate.
The prices of petrol in diesel will be published in the newspapers every day for the public convenience. Further, they will be sent by SMS and rates will be displayed at the retail outlets too for a public awareness Click here for more interesting articles
India's online payment giant Paytm has added a new service by making traffic challan payment online. Now Paytm users can pay their traffic challan using their Paytm app. This service will make the Paytm hassle easy in our daily life. You can pay your challan via credit/debit card or net banking through the Paytm app. Currently, the services available in Mumbai, Pune and Vijayawada and will soon expand to other cities of India
Speaking on the announcement of senior vice president KiranVaisredy" Traffic Challan payment in India largely happen at selected counters and in cash. We are glad to partner with the state traffic police department to enable challan payment on the go.This is a new straight to our vision to add convenience to every payment use-case in the country."
Paytm includes everything from jumping a red light, over speeding, not wearing a helmet, ignoring traffic signal or driving without a valid licence.
The company believes that it would be able to funnel through at least 5 million challans nationwide with a value of Rs.150 crore per year.
The initiative of e-commerce company will make payment is he in eradicating the hassle of going to the police department for paying the Challan Plus the document delivery at home will be much easier.
How to pay traffic challan online through Paytm
When your Challan is generated by the machine against your vehicle registration number. You have the option of transferring money online through that Paytm. All you need to do is to go to Paytm website or use the app to make the payment.
Entry your city name and Challan/vehicle number two is the payment method of your preference that is debit/credit card, net banking or Paytm Wallet.
Once the transaction is completed then you will receive an instant auto update on your registered email ID and mobile number. Challan payment is available for 24/7 without you being worried about the availability of sufficient cash in hand or not. Click here for more interesting articles
As Apple says iOS 11 is a giant step for iPhone and a
monumental leap for the iPad and trust me it is.As we all know that Apple always amaze us when it
release a new productAnd that's the same for iOS 11.iOS 11 sets the
new standard for what is already available in the market.It is the most
advance operating system in market now. It makes iPhone a better device than
before and iPad a more capable device. With iOS 11 iPhone and iPad are going to
be more intelligent, more powerful personal devices then they have ever been.The common feature of iPad and iPhone in the new
iOS 11 is the all new app store, new and upgraded Siri, latest Apple Music,
Apple AirPlay 2.The new iOS 11 comes with an ARKit and core ML which
allows developers to use machine learning to create apps that are more
intelligent and with the ARKit to make more real apps
1.Things you need to know
about the new App Store-
The new App Store comes with three tabs today
tab, game tab and apps tab.
In the today tab you can get the latest app and with
their ranking,this will be the picked by Apple editorial
team where you will get their
ranking updated daily.
The app tab makes it simpler to search for the new apps
and the game tab takes the love of gaming to the next level where you can find
the latest games.
The daily stories provide information about the latest apps
in the Premier or behind the scene looks of it.
AppStore also provides tips and
tri[cks for the apps on your iPhone. With the new app
store, you have to just search for the kind of apps and it will show the best
apps according to theranking.Like you search
for cooking apps then it will show the best cooking apps according to the list.
Now you can find the chart position of the apps means you can find the ranking
of the app, you can get more videos about the app and read the rating and
reviews so you can choose the best.
2.The new upgraded Siri
The new iOS 11
made Siri a better personal assistant. Now Siri can
do your translation jobs means you can ask something you say in English and
ask Siri how to say it in Chinese, Spanish, French or Italian.
In iOS 11 Siri
is enhanced to understand you it will learn day by day means it can be your
personal DJ and it will play the music of your taste,it can suggest you search in the Safari based on the information you are reading.
Siri has also a new voice which seems more realistic.
3.Apple Pay gets friendly
One
of the best new features in iOS 11 is the ability to transfer money to friends
using Apple Pay. You can do this by opening Apple Pay through the Messages app
and sending money from debit and credit cards via your Apple Wallet.
4.Apple Music
The new Apple iOS 11 has added a feature in
Apple Music where you can share music of your interest of your playlist to your
friends the radio or the album you are listening
5.Camera have
got a whole new face in iOS11_
The new iOS have updated the camera and pictures in a beautiful way.The
live photo are more expressive you can make a fun loop video or a back forth gify from it.
The new are iOS enhanced the camera by adding new
professional quality filters The skin tone looks more natural. There are
filters for classy looking to your portraiture photography.
6.Storage
The
next-generation compression technology allows you to take new photos half the
size with the same quality before.
The iOS11 have made the lock screen more interactive you can now get your notification just by swiping down
across the screen and you can get the glance of both your recent or missed notification
at one place
That do not disturb feature in iOS 11 is a bliss to safety.iPhone can now sense that you are driving and they
will prevent you being distracted by calls text or notifications.People who are
trying to call you or reach you will automatically get notified that you are
driving
10.Upgraded maps
The iOS 11 have made the maps much better you can have looks of Indoor of
the buildings.A detailed map of hundreds of major airport shopping centres
around the world can be seen.
11.Quick typing
The quick type keyboard allows you to type with your one hand.Keys will
instantly close move closer to your thumb when you start typing with one hand
12.Settingup a new device has never
beenthat easy
The new automatic setup is really good for iOS 11.You can just transfer your settings to your
new iPhone .iPad by taking it near to your already owned iOS devices or
Mac and it will automatically transfer your personal setting preferences and
iCloud keychain password.
iOS 11 is compatible with these devices
iPhone
iPhone 7
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 6s
iPhone 6s Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone SE
iPhone 5s
iPad
12.9-inch iPad Pro 2nd generation
12.9-inch iPad Pro 1st generation
10.5-inch iPad Pro
9.7-inch iPad Pro
iPad Air 2
iPad Air
iPad 5th generation
iPad mini 4
iPad mini 3
iPad mini 2
iPod
iPod touch 6th generation
iOS 11 release dates
iOS 11 will launch this autumn, according to Apple at its WWDC keynote. You'll be able to download ios 11 starting today, at least in early form as a paying developer
Not a paying developer, but still want to test out iOS 11? You'll be able to try it out in the iOS 11 public beta that begins in July. It's just one month away.
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