 "Social Media chatter: Board exams, iPhone 8, Wikileaks and more")
Board exams: The board examinations for students of class X and XII under the Central Board of Secondary Education begins today. According to a report on NDTV, around 8,86,506 candidates have registered for class 10 exams which is 15.73 percent more than last year’s figure. 10.98 lakh students have enrolled for Class 12 exams which is 2.82 percent more than last year’s number.The examination of Class 10 will end on April 10, while Class 12 examination will conclude on April 29.
Wikileaks: Thousands of documents, allegedly taken from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), appear to reveal the widespread hacking tools at the service’s disposal. The release of the documents has been dubbed “Vault 7” by Wikileaks. CIA refused to confirm the validity of the information on electronic spying techniques made public by WikiLeaks, but it said that disclosures of this kind put Americans in danger.
Read: CIA accuses WikiLeaks of endangering American lives
CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release: US officials
Wikileaks documents: Hacking dump sends tech firms scrambling for fixes
Read: CIA accuses WikiLeaks of endangering American lives
CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release: US officials
Wikileaks documents: Hacking dump sends tech firms scrambling for fixes
iPhone 8: iPhone 8 is trending this morning on social media. The tech world is lighting up with gossip about the upcoming iPhone 8. Apple is rumoured to be planning to call its next smartphone the iPhone X with 5.8-inch size and an OLED display. According to the financial newspaper Nikkei, Apple will shrink the top and bottom bezels to make iPhone 8 smaller than the iPhone 7 Plus.The report also claimed that priced at $1,000, iPhone 8 will be the most expensive smartphone Apple has ever released.
Read: Apple leak reveals new expensive iPhone 8
Read: Apple leak reveals new expensive iPhone 8
Parliament session: The second part of the Budget Session of parliament will begin today. The first part of the session, which started on January 31, had concluded on February 9 following presentation of the Union Budget. In the second half, from March 9 to April 13, the most important legislative agenda for the government would be to get the Finance Bill passed, besides two supporting legislations to the goods and services tax Bill.
Read: Second part of Budget session begins March 9, all eyes on UP results
Read: Second part of Budget session begins March 9, all eyes on UP results
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