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Beijing: A leading Chinese airline Wednesday tested a programme to allow passengers to use in-flight Wi-Fi, paving the way for the technology's application for the first time in China's booming aviation market.

The satellite-based Wi-Fi service was made available on a flight operated by China Eastern Airlines, the first test of the service on a Chinese commercial flight.

The test service was launched on an Airbus A330 servicing the Shanghai-Beijing route, and the first trial flight took off today morning, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

New Delhi: Homegrown handset maker Spice on Wednesday said it will bring the much-awaited Rs 1,500-Firefox and Rs 6,000-Android One smartphones to India before Diwali.

Earlier this year, Mozilla (developer of Firefox web browser) had tied up with Indian firms -- Intex and Spice -- to bring smartphones priced at USD 25 (about Rs 1,500) to India.

Similarly, under the Android One initiative, Google has partnered Spice, Micromax and Karbonn from India to deliver a smartphone under USD 100 (about Rs 6,000).

Both the handsets are expected to fuel further competition in the world's fastest growing smartphone market.

New Delhi, July 23 : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will undertake a three-day official visit to Nepal from July 25 to July 27. She had earlier visited Bangladesh.

"The External Affairs Minister is visiting Nepal from the 25th to the 27th of this month. Just exactly one month ago, the minister visited Bangladesh. On 26th July, when she will have the joint commission meeting with her counterpart from Nepal, she would be on her second solo visit to the neighbourhood. That gives an idea the importance that the Government of India is giving to the neighbourhood," said MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin in a press conference.

Karachi, July 23 : Ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka beginning August 6, Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has said that although his team has a nice balance of quality spinners and pacers yet it is no match to the likes of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel in the South African team.

Before starting the training camp for Pakistani team at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday, Younis also added that it will be unfair to compare the Pakistani bowlers with Steyn and Morkel because they are much younger, the Dawn reported.

New Delhi, July 23 : Shraddha Kapoor has been chosen as the face of the sixth edition of the India Bridal Fashion Week and was present in the capital to attend the logo launch of the fashion week.

Speaking about what she would like to wear at her wedding, the 'Aashiqui 2' star said, "I think for my wedding I would definitely choose our traditional Indian color that is the ultimate choice for maximum number of brides in India, so, I think I would want a red Indian traditional lehenga for my wedding day".

Southampton (United Kingdom), July 23 : Geographers at the University of Southampton have found a link between increasing average temperatures in India and a reduction in wheat production.

Researchers Dr John Duncan, Dr Jadu Dash and Professor Pete Atkinson have shown that recent warmer temperatures in the country's major wheat belt are having a negative effect on crop yield. More specifically, they found a rise in nighttime temperatures is having the most impact.