WhatsApp Will Stop Working on These Phones Today
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WhatsApp has already stopped working on Nokia Symbian S60 OS
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It will not work on devices that run on Nokia S40 from today
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WhatsApp to stop working on older versions of Android and iOS too
WhatsApp announced the end of support for a slew of mobile devices a few years ago, and this includes devices that run on BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry OS, Nokia Symbian S60, Windows Phone 8.0, Nokia S40, Android versions 2.3.7 and older, iPhone iOS 7 and older. WhatsApp no longer invests in developing its service for these platforms, and it will stop working on all of them by 2020. It already doesn't work with devices that run on Nokia Symbian S60, BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone 8.0 OS. After December 31, i.e., today, WhatsApp will also stop working for devices that run on Nokia S40.
To recall, Nokia series 40 was one of the most popular smart feature phone operating systems a few years back, but after the acquisition by Microsoft, the OS was put to an end. The Nokia S40 OS was seen in the company's mid-tier devices like Nokia Asha 201, Nokia Asha 205, Nokia Asha 210, Nokia Asha 230, Nokia Asha 500, Nokia Asha 501, Nokia Asha 502, Nokia Asha 503, Nokia 206, Nokia 208, Nokia 301, Nokia 515.
WhatsApp says that devices that run on Nokia S40 won't be able to use WhatsApp after December 31, i.e., today. Support was expected to end in June this year, but WhatsApp extended it till December, bringing some relief to the few Nokia S40 users.
We presume the number of people affected by this end of support will be very few, as the Nokia S40 OS is extremely old - first unveiled in 1999, updated in 2005., and last used on Nokia 515 in 2013. The app will stop working on phones running Android 2.3.7 and older (Gingerbread) and iPhone 3GS/ iOS 6 from February 1, 2020.
Courtesy: ndtv.com
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UP minister calls for renaming Agra's Shahjahan Garden after Ahilyabai Holkar
Lucknow, Apr 6 (PTI): Uttar Pradesh minister Baby Rani Maurya has urged Shahjahan Garden in Agra be renamed after the Malwa Kingdom queen Ahilyabai Holkar.
The Women Welfare Minister made the urge in a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
"Yes, I wrote to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ji on the issue and my proposal to name the Shahjahan Garden after progressive queen Ahilyabai Holkar who did a lot for women's empowerment. It would soon be a reality as our governments have always promoted women's empowerment," Maurya told PTI.
Shahjahan Garden is a Mughal-era green space between the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in the Agra district.
Maurya said she "strongly identified" with Ahilyabai Holkar and has at her heart the issue of women's empowerment.
"So I feel that the renaming of this garden that draws people from across the globe would inspire the masses, women in particular … there is nothing wrong in such renaming," the Agra Dehat MLA said.
Maurya said instructions have been issued to look into the Shahjahan Garden renaming.
Over the years, UP has seen a litany of similar demands, involving invariably a Mughal-era nomenclature for replacement.
On March 29, posters demanding renaming Muzaffarnagar to 'Laxminagar' came up in the western UP district.
Calls have been made to rename Aligarh as Harigarh, Mainpuri as Mayanpuri, Sambhal as Prithviraj Nagar or Kalki Nagar, Sultanpur as Kushbhavanpur, and Ghazipur to Gadhipuri.
The opposition parties have decried these moves as tactics to divert people's attention from pressing issues.
The UP government has already renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj, and Faizabad as Ayodhya.
Samajwadi Party spokesperson Sharvendra Bikaram Singh said it has become a "fashion" among BJP leaders to make such demands.
"Its leaders make such demands because the BJP has failed. The government should instead focus on the real development issues that can benefit the common man," Singh said.
