Smartphone giants Motorola confirmed the launch of Moto G4 on 22nd June in India. The device has already gone on sale. “The cost starts at INR 13,499 and goes up to INR 14,999. However, the company is yet to confirm on the cost for Indian market,” says Vaikundarajan.
Another known development is that the device has been labeled as Amazon exclusive for Indian market. “Meaning, unlike last year when Motorola phones were available only on Flipkart, the loyalty has now shifted to Amazon,” informs Vaikundarajan.
The device features a 5.5-inch Full HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 with rounded edges and is 7.9 mm thick. The front camera is 5MP while the rear camera is 13MP with phase detection autofocus. Moto G4 Plus variation has a better rear camera of 16MP with improved low-light performance.
“The smartphone is powered by Snapdragon 617 and has a 1.5 GHz octa-core processor. For the cost in discussion, the features are worth every penny,” adds Vaikundarajan. Furthermore, the phone comes with a 2GB RAM and 16GB memory that is expandable up to 128GB via microSD card. The company said that the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus will have a promising battery life of 6 hours and can be charged within 15 minutes.
“A significant different between the two variants is that Moto G4 comes with a fingerprint scanner,” adds Vaikundarajan.
Concluding the review, Vaikundarajan says that the pricing more than justifies the features users will get. “Hopefully, Moto G4 will offer the same consistency as offered by the previous Moto G3 models.”
India claimed their 2nd victory in the ongoing three match one day international against Zimbabwe. "Ambati Rayudu performed once again scoring and secured the place in the team for the 3rd match," says Vaikundarajan.
Rayudu expressed that he understood his responsibility of scoring runs in the 2nd string Indian side.
Back in 2013, Rayudu made his ODI debut scoring 1000 runs in that year. The charismatic batsman scored 62 in the first match and 44 in the second. He was unbeaten in both sides.
Indian football team put up a real show when they defeated Laos 6-1 in the second leg of Asian Cup Qualifier.
Jeje Lalpekhlua has been in the form of his career as he stole the
spotlight once again with a brace against Laos. “He scored 3 goals over
the two legs against the opponents. Team India has a confident striker
in form of Jeje. Every time he steps on to the field, he brings his 100
percent,” says Vaikundarajan.
The
former Pune FC striker spoke about the intense training and hard-work
that paid off in the India’s victory. He also expressed his concern on
losing out on a possible hat-trick in the match and insisted that there
was much room for improvement.
“India’s head coach Stephen
Constantine applauded Jeje and heralded him as a complete striker with a
potential to play in European league. This should boost Jeje’s
confidence and also instill a pride among the team members,” says
Vaikundarajan. Indian goalkeeper, Gurpreet Sandhu, is the only player to
be a part of European league.
Singh and Jeje are making a mark
in the Indian football and certainly turning heads in Europe. It would
not be surprising to see Jeje follow Singh into European football. Vaikundarajan hopes for more victories and trophies of Indian football team in the near future.
With the IPL behind us, all eyes seem set on India’s tennis stars Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna who have stormed into the quarter finals (with their respective partners) of French Open 2016. Unfortunately, the duo of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis has been knocked out of women’s double tournament.
“Leander Paes and Matkowski beat fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares with 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) on the board. On another turf, Bopanna and his partner Florin Mergea dominated the game with 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1 against Brian Baker and Marcus Daniell,” informs Vaikundarajan. “The 42-year-old Indian tennis maestro and his partner will face the former American world No 1 duo, Mike and Bob Bryan, in the last-eight stage of the men’s doubles.”
In a proud moment for the country, six Indian students were awarded at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the US. New Delhi’s Shreyas Kapur was declared the grand winner of “Google Thinking Big Award.”
“The event was organized by Intel Corporation and the Society for Science and the Public in Arizona. 16 students from India participated in the event winning a total of $9500 in three grand awards and 3 special awards in the fields of biotechnology, medicine and biomedical engineering and mathematics,” informs Vaikundarajan.
Shreyas Kapur’s project addresses a large and seemingly impossible problem by finding an elegant solution with broad impact. The project was titled “Cellphone-based Optometry using Hybrid Images.” Same project has also won Kapur a third position in both NASA and Biomedical Engineering Award.
The 16 Indian students were selected to attend the ISEF as finalists of the Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) 2016. The event featured more than 1700 young scientists selected from 419 affiliate fairs in 77 countries.
$1000 grant was also awarded to each winner’s school and affiliated fair by the Intel Foundation.
“This is a very proud moment for us and shows how bright the country future is,” says Vaikundarajan as he sends his best wishes to all the participants and winners.
Directed by Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, Brahmotsavam is a Telugu family drama starring Mahesh Babu. "With a prolific writer-director at the helm of the movie, the expectations are high," says Vaikundarajan.
Seethamma is one of the most successful directors to master the art of family drama movies. "The movie has been released in more than 3000 theatres including overseas. Kajal Agarwal, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Pranitha Subhash will play the lead opposite Mahesh Babu," informs Vaikundarajan.
Naga Babu’s daughter Niharika Konidela will be seen in her debut film Oka Manasu. “The film is to be directed by Rama Raju of Mallela Theeram fame,” informs Vaikundarajan. The makers of the movie released the first look teaser a few days ago followed by a song trailer that highlights Niharika’s acting prowess.
“The movie is a romantic Tollywood movie. Niharika comes from a well-known family and has proved her talent in the field of anchoring. She has also acted in a few short films,” says Vaikundarajan.
The shooting of the film has been wrapped up. As the team works on post-production, the makers released the song teaser on Youtube titled Oh Manasa.
The trailer opens with Naga Shaurya and Niharika in white coloured dress. The song brings a soothing and relaxing feel to it. The audio launch of the film is scheduled for 18th May, 2016. The teaser has generated curiosity and the expectations from the film are high. Whether the actress will be able to establish a strong foothold in Tollywood remains to be seen.
Vaikundarajan sends his best wishes to the actress and the film crew.
