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After the launch of its flagship Mi Mix series and the Android One-powered Redmi A series in India, Xiaomi has launched yet another new product line in the country. Dubbed Redmi Y, this will be a lineup of selfie-focused smartphones. The first model in the series is the Xiaomi Redmi Y1, and we got to spend some time with the device for a while prior to its official unveiling. Here are our first impressions. The Xiaomi Redmi Y1 has the same design elements as other devices in the Redmi series. At the front is a 5.5-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, and non-backlit capacitive touch buttons for Android navigation.The highlight of the Redmi Y1 is its 16-megapixel selfie shooter which gets a diffused selfie flash. At the back, there's a 13-megapixel camera with a single-LED flash, and a fingerprint scanner positioned in the centre. The fingerprint scanner is easy to reach, and it unlocked the phone every single tim...

Xiaomi has released the MIUI 9 update for supported phone models. The update will arrive in three batches, says Xiaomi, all of which are expected to be deployed before the end of 2017. The first of these is rolling out now for the  Redmi Note 4 ,  Mi Max 2 , and  Mi MIX 2 , with the second set to begin in a couple of weeks time. Here’s the rest of the schedule from Xiaomi: Batch 2 Devices: Redmi Y1, Redmi Y1 Lite, Redmi 4, Mi 5, Mi Max Date: Starting from mid-November Batch 3 Devices: Others Date: Early December Xiaomi is expected to update almost its entire range of devices to the latest version — even going as far back as the Mi 2 from 2012. Here is full list of eligible devices: If you own one of the devices in the first deployment, look out for an update notification soon.

Patna Pirates When Gujarat Fortunegiants’ Parvesh Bhainswal rammed into Pardeep Narwal in the third minute, only for his team to quickly round up on the Patna Pirates raider and send him off the mat, it looked like the final of the Pro Kabaddi League was going to follow a familiar script. Narwal, the best raider in the competition by far, had routinely run into trouble against Gujarat’s defence in the past two matches they played, scoring only five and four respectively while his league average was more than 14 raid points per match.Their defence was week tonight Gujarat had started the match brightly, effecting the first all-out and opening up a 14-6 lead. But it wasn’t meant to be their day. It was Narwal who once again reigned supreme, scoring 19 points to lead his team to a hat-trick of titles. On the night, Gujarat had only five tackle points, only one from their famed corner pair of Fazel Atrachali and Abozar Mighani. It wasn’t the perfect ending but the Fortun...