98: Newsprint: January 02, 2018

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ENTERTAINMENT:-

Singer Sunidhi Chauhan and her husband welcomed their first child on Monday. The singer gave birth to a baby boy at Mumbai's Surya Hospitals at 5:20 pm. Director, Pediatrics of Surya Hospitals, Bhupendra Avasthi told IANS that the delivery was uneventful and the baby boy is healthy and doing well. The 34-year-old singer kept her pregnancy under the wraps for quite some time. Sunidhi and Hitesh tied the knot on April 24, 2012 at a low profile wedding ceremony in Mumbai.

SPORTS:-

The MCG pitch for the fourth Ashes test has been rated "poor" by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after last week's drawn clash between hosts Australia and England saw only 24 wickets fall over five days. "The bounce of the MCG pitch was medium, but slow in pace and got slower as the match progressed," match referee Ranjan Madugalle said in his report to the ICC, reflecting the concerns of the match officials over the performance of the pitch.

TECH:-

Xiaomi’s Android One device – Xiaomi Mi A1 has started receiving the Android 8.0 Oreo update. Xiaomi forum has announced an over-the-air (OTA) update for the smartphone, starting December 31. Subsequent to the Android Oreo update, Xiaomi Mi A1 devices will receive Oreo specific features like Picture-in-Picture mode, Smart Text selection, new Notification dots, Night Light mode, Auto-fill as well as Background limits.

AUTO:-

Kawasaki has finally launched the Vulcan S 650cc motorcycle in India for Rs 5.44 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) and the company has already started accepting bookings for the same. The bike will be officially unveiled at the 2018 Delhi Auto Expo. The 2017 Vulcan S shares its underpinnings with Ninja 650 and is powered by the same 649cc 4-stroke, 2-cylinder, DOHC, liquid-cooled engine which is mated to the 6-speed gearbox which comes with the positive neutral finder.