• ELECTRONICS
    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 […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Kashmir Dispatch 8 | 100 Journalists, 4 Computers, 1 Mobile Phone and Lousy Internet: Reporting Live-Ish from Lockdown

    Srinagar: One has to wait, sometimes for hours, to access the email. The conference hall at a local hotel in Srinagar is packed with journalists. Four computers in a corner are always bordered by eager reporters, flash drives at the ready. Two of these systems are mostly occupied by government information department officials. These four […]

  • CLOTHING
    YC-backed startup Binks can ship custom-made clothing to Indian women in just three days

    Binks is a custom clothing startup created after co-founder and CEO Aamna Khan realized how frustrating it is to find well-fitting women’s workwear in Indian cities. Currently participating in Y Combinator’s accelerator program, Binks solves the problem by using computer vision and machine learning to provide customers with clothing sewn to their measurements, shipped in just […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    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 […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Home & Garden Calendar

    Triathlon Championship What: The five-race Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series at James Island County Park features a 600-yard freshwater swim, 12-mile bike ride, and 5K flat run. This is the championship race. When: 7:15-11:15 a.m. Aug. 11 Where: James Island County Park, 871 Riverland Drive, James Island Price: $50 -$204 More Info: 843-795-4386, bit.ly/2T1mi5I Brunch Market What: […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    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
    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 […]

  • CLOTHING
    Digital ‘clothes’ could be the next big Instagram hit

    Hip Scandinavian fashion retailer Carlings knew it had to make a big impression when it launched its first online store in 2018 — years after most other apparel brands. Carlings has more than 200 physical stores in Norway, Finland and Sweden and is known for its wide range of jeans and casual clothes. When it […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    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 […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    HOME & GARDEN SPOT: Picking the perfect watermelon

    Summertime in the South means the smell of cut grass, playing in the sprinklers and watermelon. The perfect watermelon on a hot summer day is sweet, juicy and bright red. Picking the perfect ripe watermelon, however, can be tricky. Joe Kemble, an Alabama Extension vegetable specialist, said there is no single method that is consistently […]