July, 2021

• 14 July

  10 Months After Their Promise, Maha Govt Issues Order Withdrawing Cases Against Aarey Activists

  

  The Maharashtra government has issued a letter to the state’s Director General of Police for submission of a report within 15 days on action taken in connection with withdrawal of cases against people who had protested the felling of trees at Mumbai’s Aarey Forest in 2019. The letter, which was sent to the DGP on …

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• 14 July

  92 Dead In Iraq After Fire Hits COVID Hospital; Second Such Tragedy In Last Three Months

  

  The death toll from a fire that tore through a COVID hospital in Iraq rose to 92, health officials said even as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there, as per Reuters. Jump To What happened? Not the first such incident What happened? Over 100 others were wounded in the blaze, which an …

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• 14 July

  Govt Cuts Down Trade Margins From 702% to 70%; Oximeters And 4 Other Devices To Get Cheaper

  

  The government capped the trade margins of critical medical devices, including oximeter and digital thermometer, used extensively in the treatment and prevention of Covid-19, at 70 per cent in order to bring down prices. The National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) has invoked extraordinary powers under the Paragraph 19 of DPCO, 2013, to put a cap on trade margin of five …

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• 13 July

  TAG Heuer’s Super Mario smartwatch adds Nintendo flair for $2,100

  

  Super Mario on your wrist? Sure, it can happen. For over $2,000, if you buy TAG Heuer’s limited-edition Connected smartwatch, announced Tuesday. TAG Heuer’s unique new custom-designed watch promises animated Super Mario watch faces, along with gamified fitness animations. The dial “becomes livelier and more animated the more the wearer is active,” according to TAG Heuer’s press release. Other than …

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• 13 July

  Twitter will let you change who can reply to a tweet, even after you send it

  

  Twitter on Tuesday rolled out an update that lets you change who can reply to your tweet even after you’ve posted it. The company says this could be useful to people who tweet something that gets unexpected attention and unwanted replies.  The update builds on Twitter’s rollout last summer of a feature that lets users decide who can reply when …

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• 13 July

  Apple launches $99 MagSafe battery pack for iPhone 12

  

  Apple on Tuesday released a new $99 MagSafe battery pack that’s designed to work with the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Mini. The new accessory provides “safe and reliable wireless charging” and won’t interfere with “credit cards or key fobs,” the company says on the Apple Store site.  Apple says that when the MagSafe battery …

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• 13 July

  Instagram’s new security checkup helps you recover your account

  

  Instagram’s new feature aims to help you check your info quickly and easily so you can recover your account if you’ve been hacked. Called the “Security Checkup,” the program walks you through steps such as checking your login information, updating your contact info, confirming which accounts share your info and reviewing your profile. The social media service owned by Facebook …

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• 13 July

  Best gear for summer classes

  

  For many of us who are enrolled in college during COVID-19, summer 2021 is shaping up to be an odd in-between period with a halfway-there sort of vibe: Things are looking up, but they’re not quite back to normal. Even as the world reopens and our schools prepare to follow suit, the pandemic’s effects still shape our day-to-day lives. As …

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• 13 July

  Apple reportedly planning ‘buy now, pay later’ service

  

  Apple is developing a new “buy now, pay later” service that’ll let customers pay for Apple Pay purchases on an installment basis over time, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The service, dubbed Apple Pay Later, will use Goldman Sachs as the lender, unidentified sources told the news agency. Goldman Sachs has partnered with Apple on its Apple Credit credit card since 2019, …

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• 13 July

  Facebook’s groups to highlight experts

  

  Facebook will label group experts. Queenie Wong/CNET Facebook said Tuesday it’s giving users who manage groups a way to designate experts in the online spaces, a tool that’s partly meant to help the social network combat misinformation. The social media company has been trying to direct users to more authoritative sources as false information spreads online about the coronavirus, vaccines …

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