My new MacBook Air shut down +does not detect battery + won't charge

My MacBook Air is only a few months old and at random it shut down and when I restarted it the computer did not recognise a batter. I tried to charge the MacBook but the light on the charger did not turn on at all and the charger was not recognized at all. The MacBook does not detect any wifi's at all aswell

You have to take the computer to the Apple store to have it checked out.
Try resetting SMC before that.
    Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
    Choose the method for:
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