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The Government of India has recently introduced the UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) app, an initiative to promote e-governance. The mobile app with support for 12 regional languages along with English, is meant for availing the government services directly from your mobile phone. The UMANG app was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 5th Global Conference on Cyberspace earlier this month. You can avail many services of government including EPFO, PAN, or NPS details, Passport services, GST and Income Tax filing, Crop Insurance and many other services using the app. Also, you can pay your bills, check CBSE results as well. How to get started with UMANG First of all, download and install the UMANG app from Play Store or App Store . Now, register with your mobile number, and an OTP will be sent to your mobile number to get registered. After that, create an m-PIN of 4 digits for the UMANG app. Next, you will be asked to enter your...

The Rajasthan DigiFest 2017 kicked-off in Udaipur on Saturday. The two-day IT event is hosted by the Department of Information Technology & Communication, Government of Rajasthan aimed at building upon the e-governance and using digitization to address the various issues within the state. The DigiFest was started off with a 24-hour long Hackathon and also focuses on Rajasthan Government’s digital initiatives like Bhamashah and E-Mitra. The 2017 edition of the Rajasthan DigiFest also attracts various start-ups, and big IT companies as well. The Rajasthan government claims to have set a budget of Rs 500 Crore to invest in the start-ups to push the entrepreneurship in the state. Bhamashah Bhamashah scheme is a direct benefit scheme with a focus on women empowerment. Initiated in 2008, the scheme recognizes the family as a unit and ‘lady of the house’ as the head of the family. The Bhamashah family card and the bank account are made in the name of the lad...

WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging apps with loads of features, but did you know you can read deleted messages on WhatsApp? While the ‘Delete for everyone’ feature on WhatsApp works just fine, we are sometimes curious to see what actually got deleted. To check this, we have a simple app that allows you to read the WhatsApp messages that were deleted for everyone by the sender. You can check these messages using a simple free app from the Play Store. Check Deleted WhatsApp messages Notif Log Notification History is an app available for free on the Google Play Store. The app lets you look into the notification log of your Android smartphone. Any information sent or received on your device is recorded in the notification log, and this app lets you look into it. Less than 3MB in size, it is a simple app and lets you easily check the messages deleted by the sender on WhatsApp. You can download the app for free here . After you’ve downloaded the app, he...

A week after the sale of OnePlus 5T goes live in India, the company has announced a special edition of the phone. Yes, they are launching OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition on December 14 in India. Apart from the launch event, there will be a pop-up event and a grand surprise as per the company website. To recall, OnePlus when launched OnePlus 5T in New York last month, they also live streamed the event in some select PVRs in India. Now, this special edition launch event is also going to be in Carnival Cinemax Wadala, Mumbai. The tickets for the same starts selling on December 07 and cost at Rs. 1,999 each. The company also offering some goodies with the ticket. The fans can get an official Star Wars T-shirt worth Rs.999 and a OnePlus Star Wars Laptop bag worth Rs.1999. They can also experience the phone live at the Pop-up event. It as to be noted that the next part of the Star Wars series movies, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is scheduled to release on the December 1...

HMD Global is hosting an event in China on January 19 to launch the Nokia 9 as per some recent reports. Additionally, the company is also said to launch the 2018 version of its recent flagship Nokia 8 at the same event. The launch event in China means initially both the phones, Nokia 9 and Nokia 8 (2018) will be available in China, and may come to India later. Chinese publication MyDrivers reported that HMD Global may launch the Nokia 9 and the next-generation Nokia 8 with a customized experience for the Chinese market. This hints that the smartphones may not have Google services and might come with some Chinese counterparts. Also, HMD is likely to offer a custom ROM on both the phones. Nokia 9 Price Addition to launch announcement, MyDrivers report has also leaked a screenshot that provides detail about the price of the Nokia 9. The leaked screenshot shows that the Nokia 9 will come two storage variants with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage for CNY 3,699 (Rs. 36,000 ap...