Former president and Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam dies in Shillong

Former president and Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam dies in Shillong

Shillong: Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam died in Shillong on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in the Meghalaya capital. Kalam, who was the 11th President of India, was a very popular head of state between 2002 and 2007. He was also known as India's missile man for ensuring the success of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).

Kalam (83) took ill and collapsed at around 6:30 PM at the function. He was rushed to Bethany hospital in Nongrim hills area of Shillong. Doctors tried to revive him but failed to do so. Army doctors were also called but they declared him dead due to a cardiac arrest.

Meghalaya Governor V Shanmughanathan and Chief Secretary PBO Warjri visited Bethany hospital where Kalam was admitted.

Warjiri spoke to Union Home Secretary LC Goyal asking for necessary arrangements to be made for carrying Kalam's body from Guwahati to Delhi on Tuesday morning. Kalam's dead body has been taken ton the military hospital for embalming. It will be taken to Guwhati by a helicopter and from there flown to Delhi.

The government has decided to declare national mourning for seven days.

Asus Zenfone 2 the world's first 4GB RAM phone listed on Flipkart in advance of official launch on 23rd April 2015

Asus Zenfone 2 the world's first 4GB RAM phone  listed on Flipkart in advance of official launch on 23rd April 2015

New Delhi: Asus, which is all set to launch the much-awaited Zenfone 2 in India on April 23, now has a Zenfone 2 page up on e-commerce site Flipkart .com.

The Flipkart Page teasing the arrival of the phone asks consumers to register to stay up-to-date with the introduction". "You will be notified by e-mail when it becomes available. Thank you for your interest in this Item," says the website post process.
The company will clarify its distribution model for the Zenfone 2 on April 23. It is yet to reveal if the phone will sell exclusively on Flipkart or in retail shops too.

 When questioned Chang Petere about the Zenfone 2 Arrival during a media preview on April 10, he said, "wait for the event to hear more on its availability details in India."
Asus is promoting the Zenfone 2 as "the world's first 4GB RAM phone". While we got to get our hands-on the device, we are yet to use it for a longer duration.

Asus Pegasus X002 4G LTE with 16GB ROM/2GB RAM, 64-Bit SoC Launched

Asus Pegasus X002 4G LTE with 16GB ROM/2GB RAM,  64-Bit SoC Launched

Asus on Tuesday tossed its reasonably priced 64-bit 4G LTE smartphone in China, nicknamed the Pegasus X002, at CNY 799 (around 8,000Rs).

The dual-SIM (4G+ 2G) Asus Pegasus X002 goes on with Android 4.4 KitKat with ZenUI on top. It sports a 720x1280 resolution 5 inches IPS Capacitive HD display and is power-driven by a 64-bit quad-core 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6732 / Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53  processor coupled with 2GB RAM.
Hopefully the Indian version will find itself ending up with a Octa Core Processor.
It supports 4G TD-LTE / TD- CDMA and GSM networks and supports dual SIM dual standby.


The Asus Pegasus X002 features a 8-MP back camera with 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash and a 5MP front camera. The internal storage of Pegasus X002 is 16GB which has a decent user available of 13.24GB and is further stretchy via micro SD dlot (up to 32 GB).