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August 27, 2019 Niti Aayog, Electronics Ministry spar over Rs 7,000-crore AI mission
The government’s premier think tank Niti Aayog and the ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) are sparring over the creation of an artificial intelligence mission, people familiar with the development told ET. In an inter-ministerial meeting held earlier this month, MeitY officials verbally raised concerns over the many “overlaps” between Niti Aayog’s 7,000-crore AI road map, and […]
ELECTRONICS August 26, 2019 IFA 2019: What to expect from Europe’s largest consumer electronics show
IFA 2019 kicks off September 6 in Berlin. Here’s what to expect from Europe’s largest consumer tech trade show. (Image credit: IFA Facebook page) IFA, or Internationale Funkausstellung, is Europe’s largest consumer trade show. Held annually in Germany’s capital city of Berlin, this year’s trade show will run from September 6 to September 11. The annual convention will […]
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August 25, 2019 Kinetic Worldwide executes campaign for Tata CLiQ Electronics
OOH agency Kinetic Worldwide has executed a campaign for Tata CLiQ Electronics. “Understanding the need to increase awareness of the brand with the objective to strengthen its connect in the market, Kinetic smartly used its OOH expertise and adopted a simple communication approach that created a distinguished visibility for the brand,” the company said in […]
ELECTRONICS August 24, 2019 Sphero acquires modular electronics company LittleBits
Sphero, the nine-year-old Colorado-based company best known for its lineup of programmable robots, this week completed a major acquisition that catapults it to the top of the burgeoning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) product market. Today, the company announced it has purchased New York City-based modular electronics startup LittleBits for an undisclosed sum, […]
ELECTRONICS August 20, 2019 This Genius ‘Heat Shield’ For Electronics Is Just 10 Atoms Thick And Uses Graphene
Researchers have developed an electronics heat shield just 10 atoms thick, a shield that has the potential to make our gadgets both safer to use and more compact in the future. Heat and electronics don’t mix well, which is why you might find your laptop shutting down in protest if you use it in the […]
ELECTRONICS August 19, 2019 Prasad to seek electronics industry’s views, meet manufacturers on August 19
Heads of 46 companies, including Apple, HP, Dell, Samsung, Ericsson to attend roundtable Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet with the chiefs of 46 companies involved in electronics manufacturing, including Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi Dell, HP, Lenovo, Ericsson, GE and Bosch, to understand their concerns and ensure a conducive policy environment for […]
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August 13, 2019 Ministry of Electronics and IT’s e-Kiosks target 30 million farmers
NEW DELHI: With an aim to dispense pensions of eligible farmers easily under the government subsidy scheme, digital kiosks or Common Service Centres (CSCs) under the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) have set a target of enrolling 30 million small and marginal farmers by August 15. The pension is dispensed under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), which was announced in […]
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August 10, 2019 Bharat Electronics Limited 2019 Recruitment: Vacancy for Contract Engineer Post
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has released its official notification for the recruitment of Contract Engineer posts. Through this recruitment process, BEL will fill 05 vacancies on a Contract basis for one year for its Kotdwara Unit, Uttarakhand. Important Date: Name of the Event Date Application started on 7th August 2019 Application Ends on 28th August 2019 Eligibility […]
ELECTRONICS August 9, 2019 BPL returns to Flipkart to sell consumer electronics
KOLKATA: Amazon exclusive consumer electronics maker, BPL India has decided to sell through Flipkart in a bid to reach out to newer consumers and also accelerate growth rate at a time when consumer spending on white goods is slowing down. With this, BPLNSE 1.93 % will now sell through both Amazon and Flipkart who together control over 80% of online sales of consumer electronics in […]
ELECTRONICS August 6, 2019 Imperceptible Wearable Electronics Only Microns Thin
When we think of wearable electronics, devices such as smartwatches, chest-strap heart monitors, and wrist-worn activity trackers come to mind. In the future, and one that is seemingly not that far away, wearables may look like tattoos that are only microns thick. That may be thanks to researchers from the University of Houston, University of […]
ELECTRONICS July 31, 2019 Samsung Electronics looks to chip recovery as Q2 profit falls 56%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it expected the chip market to bottom out and start to recover in the second half as it posted a 56% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hit by declines in semiconductor prices amid oversupply. The outlook from the global chip leader will give investors hope that the notoriously cyclical […]
ELECTRONICS July 30, 2019 India’s electronics production on accelerated path, but accounts for 3.3% of global market, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
India’s electronics production is estimated at Rs 4.58 lakh crore in 2018-19, which despite accelerated growth in recent years, still represents only 3.3 percent share of the global market, Parliament was informed on July 18. The domestic electronics hardware manufacturing sector faces lack of level-playing field against competing nations on account of “several disabilities which […]
