Micromax accounted for 22 per cent of smartphone sales in India
Top 20 images of all the events of the week that was.
Images of the events that shaped the world in March.
The five key components, which are indispensable for any smartphone, cost more than Rs 2,000 even for a budget 3G-enabled 3.5-inch handset.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 14 images.
'My enduring memory of Lula is personal,' says Ambassador B S Prakash, our former envoy in Brazil. 'He was visiting India after retirement to accept an award.' 'At a private dinner in the Brazilian ambassador's residence, where I too was present, he was missing at the end of the evening.' 'We all went looking for him in the sprawling house to find him eventually in the kitchen talking happily to the cooks and servers.' 'He was thanking them for the excellent meal and service!'
50-odd biz leaders are part of Modi's entourage for the 3-nation tour
The foremost lesson is that technology has got commoditised.
The number of smartphones booked during the initial hours was 30,000.
The Follow Me Away project -- where each photo shows Victoria exploring terrains hitherto unknown in a beautiful dress -- today has over 31,000 followers on Instagram.
In February this year, Nokia had announced the 'Nokia X' family of affordable smartphones, running Google's Android apps, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
In a world in which men still dominate the institutional landscape, gender-neutrality is as much their responsibility as women's.
They'll spice up your Instagram feeds with their lip-smacking food pics.
Lingaa can get tiresome, especially with the too-long fight scenes, but remains constantly watchable because of the miraculously light way in which Rajinikanth continues to wear his megastardom around him, says Raja Sen.
LCD displays could be produced in India in the near future.
Even with a dated OS, Xiaomi's first 4G compatible device is a performance beast.
Samsung recently introduced its "S bike" mode, a feature targeted at India's legions of motorbike riders that, when activated, notifies callers that the phone's owner is riding and cannot answer
'Breaking out of the corner into which China has painted itself would be a feat.' 'Whether Xi is able to pull it off will be known in the coming days,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant and member of the Joint Intelligence Committee at the time of China's invasion of India.
Internal management tensions, stiff opposition from Chinese handset makers led to halving of the company's market share
The struggling smartphone maker has been slashing prices of its handsets in India -- Z30, Z10, Q5, 9320 and 9720 -- to drive sales due to competition from Android, iOS and Nokia's Windows Phone, which have been offering devices at affordable prices.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Emergency, imposed in 1975, as the biggest blow to democracy and said its memories should be kept alive to draw lessons to further fortify the democratic framework and values in the country.
For the four new players, the spike in wealth is 126 per cent.
Here are top 10 things you must know about the Android One Programme.
GSTN CEO Prakash Kumar tells Sudipto Dey how IT can improve service delivery of government departments.
'Only the smoke is coming out now. Let us prevent the lava from coming out by taking proper measures.' 'I have told every leader that you cannot have a stable government without winning the confidence of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and the most backward castes.' 'Leaders feel that by giving a sop here and there and by symbolic actions, they can win votes. That's all they want. Votes.'
Lexus continues its hybrid offensive in the country with the new NX midsize luxury SUV that eyes the popular Mercedes-Benz GLC and the Range Rover Evoque, among others
Quikr founder & CEO Pranay Chulet tells Raghu Krishnan and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra why money has never been an issue for Quikr and that someday he will make a romantic comedy.
Let us take a look at some of the most important parameters that have completely transformed smartphones in the last few years.
Presenting an excerpt from Vaishnavi Nair's debut book OK Now, Who's My Santa?
'Engagement should never stop.' 'Reassure Kashmiris that they will be treated at par with the rest of India.' 'The peace you crave will be peace with honour.' 'Your special status will not be tinkered with.'
Here are some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by...
There's more to this country than just the Northern Lights.
The Underwater Photographer of the Year competition has announced the winners of this year's contest, with France's Gabriel Barathieu being named Underwater Photographer of the Year for an image of a hunting octopus. UPY was kind enough to share some of this year's honorees with us below.
Budget smartphones will rule the market in 2015.
The Canadian smartphone maker is banking on its platform-agnostic security and software products to make incursions in the market.
'The year in pictures' treks across the globe, looking back on the moments that shaped 2016. From the United States presidential race, to demonetisation in India to the refugee crisis, the news has kept pouring in. Here are our top 50 moments from the world.
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
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