Oppo, one of the crest smartphone brands in Nepal, presented bezeless display mobile in Nepal. The so called, A83 comes with two colour variants: gold and matt black. The price in offline stores is supposed to Rs 24,990 across the country.
OPPO Electronics Corp. is an electronics manufacturer based in Guangdong, China. Known for its smartphones, the company also makes MP3 players, portable media players, LCD-TVs, and DVD/Blu-ray players. It was founded in 2004. The company is also a smartphone maker. It has launched a whole range of Android powered smartphones.
Oppo A83 smartphone was launched in December 2017. The phone comes with a 5.70-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1440 pixels.
The Oppo A83 is powered by 2.5GHz octa-core processor and it comes with 3GB of RAM. The phone packs 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Oppo A83 packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Oppo A83 runs Android 7.1 and is powered by a 3180mAh. It measures 150.50 x 73.10 x 7.70 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 143.00 grams.
The Oppo A83 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, FM, 3G and 4G. Sensors on the phone include Proximity sensor, Accelerometer and Ambient light sensor.
The company likens their AI beauty recognition technology to a thinking photographer rather than a rigid software programe. Oppo employs a cloud database from premium suppliers that have sufficient power to support diversified facial recognition in smart terminals. The AI learns from imaging data to classify, recognise and beautify the portrait in three aspects: skin colour and texture, gender and age.
The AI will automatically and intelligently optimise the photo as if a professional had shot it, reads the press release
A fire in a hospital in South Korea killed least 37 people and left 70 injured.
A spark supposed to start from emergency room at Sejong Hospital in the south-eastern city of Miryang.
There was a junk of around 200 patients inside the building and an adjoining nursing home at the time of fire.
A search team is still under action and the death toll is expected to rise with several of the injured in critical condition.
Firefighters said the victims appeared to have died from smoke inhalation. Three hospital medical staff – a doctor, nurse and nursing assistant – are among the victims.
Authorities have given varying death tolls, with police earlier saying 41 had died, but fire officials and hospital sources now say at least 37 are dead.
Miryang is about 270km (168 miles) south-east of the capital, Seoul.
The CAN Info-Tech, a mega event of Nepal’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, has begun today.
Federation of Computer Association Nepal (CAN-Federation), a mega event of Nepal’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, Subisu CAN Infotech 2018 in Kathmandu from Thursday.
According to the organisers, the event will basically display ICT products and services related to power solutions, software solutions, hardware sales and maintenance, mobile accessories, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), telecommunications, ICT colleges and IT institutes, and payment solutions.
Mohan Bahadur Basnet, Minister for Information and Communications inaugurated the fair amid a function.
Minister for Information and Communications, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, visiting the stalls after inaugurating the 24th CAN Info-Tech, a mega event of Nepal’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, in Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, on January 25, 2018. Photo: RSS
On the occasion, Minister Basnet said that the government was making efforts to incorporate computer education in the curriculum of community schools.
He added that coordination is essential between government and private sectors in order to develop the IT sector in the country.
He further stressed the need of leading the nation towards economic prosperity as the country’s political course has been defined with the completion of the three-tier-elections.
This is the 24th edition of the annual information technology (IT) show. This event is being organized at the Bhrikuti Mandap Exhibition Hall from today to January 30.
According to the federation, the event will have 222 stalls displaying various information, communication and technology products and services. Computer hardware sales and maintenance, dealers and distributors of power solutions and mobile accessories, Internet service providers, telecommunication firms, ICT colleges and training institutes, and software solution providers will participate in the annual ICT event.
The federation has priced the entry ticket at Rs 50 for students and Rs 100 for general visitors from morning 10 AM till 5 PM.
Subisu is the title sponsor of the event, while Motorola is the co-sponsor.
The fair will conclude on January 30.
The lavishly-produced “Padmaavat”, a 163-minute film, centers on a Muslim ruler, Alauddin Khilji, and his battle with the Rajput king of Chittor, over the king’s wife, Rani Padmavati.
The film-makers have repeatedly said the film takes its inspiration from an epic poem of the same name, but their assurances have failed to assuage the Karni Sena group.
India’s Supreme Court last week cleared the way for the film’s release and has blocked state governments from imposing bans on it.
Fears of violence mean the film has yet to open in several places, from the western state of Gujarat to central Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, all usually big markets for India’s film industry.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rules Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
”It is a huge loss for us, because this is a big film that we would have liked to show in our theatres, Sandeep Jain, who owns seven theatres in Madhya Pradesh, told Reuters by telephone.
Indian protesters burnt tires and vandalized shops on Thursday to oppose the release of a controversial Bollywood film, prompting cinema owners in several states to abandon plans for screenings.
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian protesters burnt tires and vandalized shops on Thursday to oppose the release of a controversial Bollywood film, prompting cinema owners in several states to abandon plans for screenings.
Television showed images of children cowering in fear on the floor of a schoolbus targeted by protesters in Gurugram, about 30 km (19 miles) from New Delhi, on Wednesday.
“But there has been no support from the local administration.”
Reuters could not immediately reach Madhya Pradesh authorities by telephone to seek comment.
HISTORY BEHIND PADMAVATI
Film Padmavati is based on the epic Padmavat, composed by medieval age Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi from the days of the Bhakti Movement, which produced Tulsidas, Surdas and Kabir among hundreds of others.
Padmavat tells a story, which historians don’t value much, treating it as a work of fiction of the queen of Chittor named Padmavati, who was coveted by Delhi’s sultan Alauddin Khilji , known for his military conquests across India and strong market regulations in the capital to keep the prices of articles in control.
Alauddin Khilji attacked and captured the Fort of Chittor in 1306. The Delhi sultan died in 1316. Padmavat was composed by Jayasi in 1540. Alauddin Khilji and Padmavat of Jayasi are separated by 224 years and over 650 kilometres (Jayasi’s grave is near Amethi).
Padmavat has the distinction of being the first epic in people’s dialect Awadhi, the same language that the great poet Tulsidas used for his literary works, including the Ramacharitmanas.
WHAT JAYASI WROTE IN PADMAVAT?
According to Padmavat, its central character Padmavati was the most beautiful woman of her time. She was the princess of Singhaldweep (modern day Sri Lanka). She was extremely fond of her pet parrot named Hiraman, whom she treated as a friend.
Padmavati’s father Gandharvasen does not approve of her friendship with Hiraman and ordered the bird to be killed. But, the bird flies away to escape punishment. It is trapped by a bird catcher, who sells it to Ratnasen, the king of Chittor.
Impressed by its qualities, Ratnasen of Chittor keeps Hiraman as his pet. Hiraman describes the pristine beauty of Padmavati to Ratnasen, who develops a deep love for the Singhal queen. Ratnasen plans a clandestine visit, but with 16,000 of his guards and followers, to Singhaldweep.
RATNASEN AND PADMAVATI
Upon reaching Singhaldweep, Ratnasen resorts to extreme, austere prayers at a Shiva temple. The news reaches Padmavati, who visits the temple but fails to see Ratnasen. When the Chittor king learns about Padmavati’s visit to the temple and his missed chance, he is so anguished and pained that he decides to kill self.
As Ratnasen prepares to commit suicide, Lord Shiva and Parvati appear before him and suggest him to march to the fort of Singhaldweep to claim Padmavati. Still disguised as an ascetic, Ratnasen marches on to the fort with his followers. But he was captured by the forces of Gandharvasen.
As Ratnasen was to be executed, his followers reveal his true identity to the Singhaldweep ruler. A surprised Gandharvasen marries off his daughter Padmavati to Ratnasen and also hands him over 16,000 Singhal Padmini (the best grade women – Jayasi does not define the criteria for declaring a woman as the best grade).
PADMAVATI AND NAGMATI
While Ratnasen marries Padmavati in Singhaldweep, his first queen Nagmati longs for him in Chittor. She sends a bird messenger to Singhaldweep, sharing her feelings with Ratnasen, who starts his journey to Chittor.
Ratnasen loses most of his followers to a storm in the sea lying between the mainland and Singhaldweep. But, his love and devotion for Padmavati impresses the sea god, who gives him valuable gifts. Laden with gifts and prizes, Rantasen and Padmavati land at Puri in modern day Odisha.
Back at Chittor, Ratnasen has a hard time pacifying his two queens as both Nagmati and Padmavati crave for his absolute attention. Meanwhile, Ratnasen banishes a Brahmin named Raghav Chetan, who was apparently close to Padmavati.
ALAUDDIN KHILJI MAKES ENTRY
Before Raghav Chetan sets on his journey outside the kingdom of Chittor, Padmavati gives him one of her bangles. Accustomed to royal favours, Raghav Chetan seeks shelter at Delhi sultan Alauddin Khilji’s court.
Alauddin Khilji asks Raghav Chetan about the bangle, upon which the banished Brahmin describes the beauty of Padmavati in a manner such that it incites lust in the sultan for the Chittor queen. He sets out to have a glimpse of the queen.
Alauddin Khilji lays a siege of the Chittor fort and demands Padmavati for himself but fails to defeat the king. The siege continues without success and as a compromise, Alauddin Khilji is invited as a guest inside the fort against the advice of Gora and Badal, the valiant military generals of Ratnasen.
During his stay as the royal guest, Alauddin Khilji captures a glimpse of Padmavati. As he is about to leave and Ratnasen comes to see off the Delhi sultan, Alauddin Khilji kidnaps the Chittor king and flees.
ALAUDDIN NEVER MEETS PADMAVATI
Padmavati asks Gora and Badal to free Ratnasen and bring him back. Gora and Badal devise a strategy and set out for Delhi durbar in the disguise of Padmavati. As they reach Alauddin Khilji’s royal palace where Ratnasen is held captive, they attack the guards present there and manage to rescue the Chittor king.
Gora dies fighting the forces of Alauddin Khilji while Badal escorts the king of Chittor safely. But Jayasi brings up another twist in the tale. While Ratnasen was away, ruler of Kumbhalner Devpal sends a marriage to Padmavati.
On Ratnasen’s return, a fight ensues between him and Devpal. In the battle, they end up killing each other. Jayasi says that upon the death of Ratnasen, both his queens Padmavati and Nagmati commit sati.
Some time later, Alauddin lays another siege of Chittor with a bigger army. When it becomes clear that there is no way out, the women of the fort perform jauhar (the act of jumping into a massive burning flame to escape humiliation at the hands of enemies) while all the men die fighting.
At the end of the war, Jayasi leaves the reader with a satire, saying that the great sultan Alauddin Khilji succeeds in converting only the fort made up of bricks and stones to Islam. Padmavati remains a dream for Alauddin Khilji, the mightiest ruler of contemporary India.
A packed commuter train has derailed near the northern Italian city of Milan, leaving at least three people dead and around 10 seriously injured.
Several people were rescued from the wreckage of the carriages that derailed next to the Pioltello Limito station in the morning rush hour.
A problem with a track point is being investigated as a possible cause, police say.
Witnesses said the train trembled for a few minutes before the accident.
The Trenord train, carrying some 100 people, was heading to Milan’s Porta Garibaldi station from Cremona when it derailed at about 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT).
The train was travelling at normal speed when the accident happened, a spokesperson for Trenord told Reuters news agency.
Services in the area were halted for hours.
“A train can derail for only two reasons; either through a structural collapse of the track or a collapse of the train. This is the first thing that needs to be cleared up,” said Raffaele Cattaneo, president of the regional council.
Italy’s deadly train accidents
July 2016: Two trains collided on a single track in Puglia, killing 23 people
November 2012: Six people believed to be Romanian farm workers are killed after a van they were travelling in is struck by a train as it crosses railway tracks in Calabria
June 2009: Freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas derails in Viareggio, causing a large explosion. More than 30 people die
January 2005: A head-on collision between a passenger and a freight train near Crevalcore kills 17
July 2002: A passenger train derails in Rometta Messina, killing eight people
April 1978: Two trains collide near a ravine next to Murazze Vado. Some of the carriages fall into the gorge, killing 42
Sources: Ansa, Corriere della Sera
The chief justice Gopal Parajuli today administered the oath and secrecy of the office to the four newly-appointed chief judges of the High Court amid a programme at the premises of the Supreme Court (SC).
The judges, who were sworn in, include Nahakul Subedi, Udaya Prakash Chapagain, Yagya Prasad Basyal, and Hari Kumar Pokharel.
They were appointed as chief judges of the High Court at the recommendation of the Judicial Council.
Subedi has been posted at the High Court in Tulsipur-Dang, while Chapagain at the High Court in Janakpur, Basyal at the High Court in Dipayal, and Pokharel at the High Court in Surkhet.
Diki Sherpa, a lady involved in the tourism sector for four years, is to ascend Mt Everest with the aim of ‘Positive thinking for gender equality, inclusive society championed from the highest peak’.
Sherpa is planning to summit the Sagarmatha in the season to prove the capabilities that are equally to the men and are possessive to social culture.
Diki Sherpa, who was born in Num-4 of Sankhuwasabha district, has received the training as a guide and has also received basic as well as advanced training in mountaineering.
Sherpa had successfully summited Mera Peak (6,476 m) and Ramdung Peak (5,925 m) in 2017. Likewise, in 2017 itself, she had summited Mt Manaslu (8,163 m), the 8th highest peak in the world. She is now planning to scale the Everest in March 2018.
“I am going to ascend Mt Everest with the goal of empowering women and to try and bring a change in the society’s male dominant perspective,” said Sherpa, “I want to play a role in creating a nation with gender equality, in addition to facilitating the economic prosperity of the country through tourism.”
Sherpa has taken this initiative to increase women’s participation in the field of tourism and in areas of tourism where courage is required, in order to motivate women to move forward in economic, social, and political areas of the country.
Along with the heavy rainfall, Wednesday afternoon the laden of snow has blocked the traffic in the Tribhuvan Highway, Daman to Simbhanjyang.
According to Area Police Office, Palung, a two feet snow has accumulated on the road with a large number of travelers stranded on the highway.
Meanwhile, a team of technicians equipped with salt and sand has been sent to clear off the road, according to Chief District Officer of Makwanpur, Chakra Bahadur Budha. Provided the weather improves traffic may resume by 11:00 pm, Budha said.
The National Assembly election candidates registration of nomination papers has been successfully filed up on Wednesday with 83 candidates receiving EC nominations. According to the Commission, 26 females, 14 candidates from marginalized communities, 15 from minority and disabled group, and 28 others have filed their nominations.
The EC had signed the High Courts at Biratnagar, Janakpur, Lalitpur, Pokhara, Dang, Surkhet and Doti as the offices for the registration of nomination papers by these candidates.
As per the constitution, 56 members at the rate of eight members per province, including three women, one dalit and one member from the backward area or minority community, would be elected to the 59-member National Assembly while the President will nominate three members at the recommendation of the government.
There are 2,056 voters including the chiefs and deputy chiefs of the rural municipalities, the mayors and deputy mayors of municipalities, and the members of the State Assemblies in the National Assembly election.
The Election Commission will allocate the election symbols to the candidates filing their nomination papers today on January 29 after scrutinizing their candidacies.
As many as 21 political parties are in the fray for the election to the National Assembly that is taking place on February 7.
The following is the list of nominations from the three major parties, CPN-UML, CPN Maoist Centre and Nepali Congress:
An appeals court in Brazil has unanimously upheld a corruption conviction imposed last July on ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
While he can still take his appeal to a higher court, the decision could rule Lula out as a candidate for October’s presidential election.
The ex-leader, who governed from 2003 to 2011, had been favourite to win.
Speaking at a rally in Sao Paulo after the ruling, Lula said he would still contest the presidency.
Lula and his lawyers were convinced they would win this appeal. His supporters weren’t contemplating any other scenario either. They want him as their candidate in October’s elections and they say this conviction is designed to stop him running.
But his critics will be pleased. They want him locked up in jail for the crimes he’s been accused of. They believe he and his Workers’ Party are corrupt and justice needs to be done.
Lula and his lawyers say they will explore all avenues to get him absolved. But the fact that it was a unanimous vote will make it harder to convince other courts.
As for whether he will run for presidency, he has said he will keep campaigning, no matter the verdict.
The appeals process could buy him time to stay in the race for a few months but with a criminal conviction, another Lula term is looking much less likely.
When left-winger Lula rose to power in 2003, he promised an end to corruption-ridden politics. Then in 2005 a huge vote-buying scandal nearly cost him his job.
Despite that, he won the support of the poor by pouring billions of dollars into social programmes, and left office in 2011 with record approval ratings.
The investigation, which began in 2014, sucked in more than 80 politicians and members of the business elite.
In 2017, Lula was found guilty of accepting an upgrade to a beachfront flat he was buying from an engineering firm in return for help in winning contracts for Petrobras, Brazil’s state oil company.
That conviction was confirmed by Wednesday’s ruling.
He also faces other charges of money laundering, influence peddling and obstruction of justice. He has repeatedly denied those claims.
“I know I haven’t committed any crime,” he told thousands of his supporters.
On Wednesday, all three judges at the appeals court in the city of Porto Alegre said Lula had broken the law by accepting special favors over a seafront apartment from a construction company involved in a major corruption scheme.
They increased his original sentence from nine-and-a-half years to 12 years and one month in jail.
Even though the 72-year-old was sentenced in July 2017 and that conviction has now been upheld, he could remain out of prison for many months if he takes his appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.
Authorities have given varying death tolls, with police earlier saying 41 had died, but fire officials and hospital sources now say at least 37 are dead.
Miryang is about 270km (168 miles) south-east of the capital, Seoul. 
Authorities have given varying death tolls, with police earlier saying 41 had died, but fire officials and hospital sources now say at least 37 are dead.
Miryang is about 270km (168 miles) south-east of the capital, Seoul. 
WHAT JAYASI WROTE IN PADMAVAT?
According to Padmavat, its central character Padmavati was the most beautiful woman of her time. She was the princess of Singhaldweep (modern day Sri Lanka). She was extremely fond of her pet parrot named Hiraman, whom she treated as a friend.
Padmavati’s father Gandharvasen does not approve of her friendship with Hiraman and ordered the bird to be killed. But, the bird flies away to escape punishment. It is trapped by a bird catcher, who sells it to Ratnasen, the king of Chittor.
Impressed by its qualities, Ratnasen of Chittor keeps Hiraman as his pet. Hiraman describes the pristine beauty of Padmavati to Ratnasen, who develops a deep love for the Singhal queen. Ratnasen plans a clandestine visit, but with 16,000 of his guards and followers, to Singhaldweep.
WHAT JAYASI WROTE IN PADMAVAT?
According to Padmavat, its central character Padmavati was the most beautiful woman of her time. She was the princess of Singhaldweep (modern day Sri Lanka). She was extremely fond of her pet parrot named Hiraman, whom she treated as a friend.
Padmavati’s father Gandharvasen does not approve of her friendship with Hiraman and ordered the bird to be killed. But, the bird flies away to escape punishment. It is trapped by a bird catcher, who sells it to Ratnasen, the king of Chittor.
Impressed by its qualities, Ratnasen of Chittor keeps Hiraman as his pet. Hiraman describes the pristine beauty of Padmavati to Ratnasen, who develops a deep love for the Singhal queen. Ratnasen plans a clandestine visit, but with 16,000 of his guards and followers, to Singhaldweep.
The train was travelling at normal speed when the accident happened, a spokesperson for Trenord told Reuters news agency.
Services in the area were halted for hours.
“A train can derail for only two reasons; either through a structural collapse of the track or a collapse of the train. This is the first thing that needs to be cleared up,” said Raffaele Cattaneo, president of the regional council.
The train was travelling at normal speed when the accident happened, a spokesperson for Trenord told Reuters news agency.
Services in the area were halted for hours.
“A train can derail for only two reasons; either through a structural collapse of the track or a collapse of the train. This is the first thing that needs to be cleared up,” said Raffaele Cattaneo, president of the regional council.
That conviction was confirmed by Wednesday’s ruling.
He also faces other charges of money laundering, influence peddling and obstruction of justice. He has repeatedly denied those claims.
“I know I haven’t committed any crime,” he told thousands of his supporters.
On Wednesday, all three judges at the appeals court in the city of Porto Alegre said Lula had broken the law by accepting special favors over a seafront apartment from a construction company involved in a major corruption scheme.
They increased his original sentence from nine-and-a-half years to 12 years and one month in jail.
Even though the 72-year-old was sentenced in July 2017 and that conviction has now been upheld, he could remain out of prison for many months if he takes his appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. 
That conviction was confirmed by Wednesday’s ruling.
He also faces other charges of money laundering, influence peddling and obstruction of justice. He has repeatedly denied those claims.
“I know I haven’t committed any crime,” he told thousands of his supporters.
On Wednesday, all three judges at the appeals court in the city of Porto Alegre said Lula had broken the law by accepting special favors over a seafront apartment from a construction company involved in a major corruption scheme.
They increased his original sentence from nine-and-a-half years to 12 years and one month in jail.
Even though the 72-year-old was sentenced in July 2017 and that conviction has now been upheld, he could remain out of prison for many months if he takes his appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. 