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From stuffed toys to sports cars, sales break gender rules

Gender norms are blurring in purchasing decisions, particularly in urban India, with more men and women adopting newer hats in their social and professional lives. Consumer goods companies are adapting their marketing strategies to address this change. Women are increasingly buying 'toys for boys', such as drones and remote-control cars, accounting for 25-30% of Hamleys' sales.

Canon in talks with Indian, global players to supply chip making machine

Canon is exploring partnerships with Indian and global players for semiconductor lithography equipment essential in chip fabrication, aiming to challenge ASML. The company is in talks with semiconductor firms investing in India, including Tata Group and PSMC. Canon also launched Canon Medical Systems India to meet the rising demand for medical equipment, targeting key markets like Chennai, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.

Election Result 2024: What are EVMs, VVPAT and the controversy related to it?

Ahead of the Lok Sabha election results, the INDIA alliance urges the Election Commission to prioritize the counting of postal ballots over EVM votes. The controversy over EVMs and VVPATs resurfaces with demands for increased cross-verification. VVPAT machines provide visual verification of votes cast, enhancing transparency in elections.

"What will exit polls do in country where king is astrologer, dictator": Rakesh Tikait

Speaking about the issues that the BKU intends to raise, Tikait said, "Whoever forms the government, we have issues like loan waiver, Swaminathan Committee report, MSP guarantee law. These days, if you take the issue of the environment, temperatures are soaring. The government is not concerned with this. No matter how much the heat increases the government will cut forests."

Indian Airlines ride AI: Human-like responses for passengers, lesser workload for agents

Artificial intelligence is transforming the Indian aviation industry, enhancing customer service and operational efficiency for airlines like Air India, IndiGo, and Akasa Air. From AI virtual agents handling diverse queries to AI chatbots with trillions of parameters, these technologies are streamlining processes and improving passenger experiences. The adoption of new-age technologies like AI and machine learning is on the rise across the industry, promising advancements in areas such as computer vision and data-backed decision-making.

Listen closely: From Google smart speakers to Paytm soundboxes, these businesses are thriving in manufacturing

Making for others can be more lucrative than building a brand for themselves — this realisation has created a brigade of small contract manufacturers who are making India’s place prominent in the global electronics manufacturing services map.

That AC or fridge you were planning to buy just got more expensive

Consumers in Kolkata will experience 2-5% price hikes on electrical goods due to factors like high inflation rates in copper and aluminium, freight cost increases, Red Sea crisis, and rupee depreciation.

Why imports from China are rising despite atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives

Imports from China is something India should monitor. But in some ways, this might be the way for the country to become a self-reliant economy.

New RuPay credit card on UPI launched: Attractive reward points on online, UPI, offline transactions; lifetime free, other features

IndusInd Bank and Poonawalla Fincorp have launched a co-branded RuPay Platinum Credit card. This card offers reward points on everyday spending on e-commerce websites, including UPI transactions and point-of-sale machine transactions. It has no joining and provides benefits like movie ticket offers and fuel surcharge waivers. All you need to know about IndusInd Bank Poonawalla Fincorp eLITE RuPay Platinum Credit Card.

Lok Sabah polls: Kapil Sibal issues checklist to verify 'EVM tampered or not' during counting on June 4

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has issued a checklist for candidates and counting agents taking part in the Lok Sabha elections for their convenience to check whether the electronic voting machine has been tampered with or not.

India's monumental election logistics: A global showcase of democratic process

India is conducting the world's largest democratic election with 968.8 million registered voters. This massive process, nearly three times the U.S. population, is being held in seven phases, ending on June 1, with results expected on June 4. Sanjay Pulipaka of the Politeia Research Foundation highlighted the immense logistics involved, managed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) through efforts like using the Aadhaar system for voter registration and special outreach for marginalized groups.

Apple not the only company to grapple with cash payments in India; cash also figures prominently in car sales

With customers continuing to stream in with wads of notes to buy mobile phones or computers, payments for 7-9% of the American firm's sales in the two stores in India are made with cash, compared to less than 1% or even nil in its stores in the US or Europe, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Post-pandemic, Indians shopped...till they dropped (in FY24)

Pent-up demand post-Covid led to booming sales in athleisure wear and lifestyle products. Kumar Rajagopalan notes the unsustainable high growth post-pandemic and the impact on consumer spending.

India’s electronic manufacturing service industry is humming — now to stick to the flight path

India's competitiveness will depend on continuing reforms, de-bureaucratisation, contract enforcement, effective dispute resolution mechanisms, last-mile facilitation, building of sectoral ecosystems, and governance law and order stability.

Election voter turnout data: SC seeks EC's response on plea for release of voter data within 48 hours

Election Voter Turnout Data: The Supreme Court held an urgent hearing on Friday evening, demanding a response within a week from the Election Commission regarding a plea by an NGO. The NGO requested the Election Commission to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of the conclusion of polling for each phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

Acer group forays into consumer electronics; eyes $100 million in sales

Harish Kohli, president and managing director of Acer India said that the company hopes to achieve the $100 million in business milestone as soon as possible.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: How to cast vote? Here is a step-by-step guide

Here's a sequential walkthrough: Confirm eligibility, validate at the polling station, bring your Voter ID, cross-check information on the voter list, receive an inked finger and slip, use the EVM to vote, authenticate the VVPAT slip, opt for NOTA if needed, and verify registration details. The Lok Sabha elections are segmented into seven phases, with substantial vote counting scheduled for June 4.

Introduced nearly 11 years ago to enhance transparency, VVPATs back in focus after SC verdict

Supreme Court's decision on EVM-VVPAT verification highlighted the importance of transparency in elections. The ruling focused on the use of VVPAT machines and storage protocols for EVMs and VVPAT slips post-elections, ensuring integrity and accountability in the electoral process.

Tata Electronics building hi-tech machines to make iPhone casing

Tata Electronics is internally developing "very sophisticated" and complex high-precision machines used to produce the casing of these iPhone, sources told ET.

EVM source code should never be disclosed: SC

Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that EVM source codes "should never be disclosed" as the same can be misused. A bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta made the verbal observation during the resumed hearing of a batch of pleas seeking directions to tally voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with votes cast through EVMs during elections.

Supreme Court verdict on petitions seeking VVPAT verification of EVMs

What are VVPATs, how do they work and why is Opposition demanding more machines in Lok Sabha polls?

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission regarding a PIL submitted by activist Arun Kumar Agrawal on EVMs, calling for comprehensive VVPAT verification. Agrawal argues for simultaneous verification and increased personnel to speed up the process. Concerns include discrepancies between EVM and VVPAT counts. This issue has been raised previously in court, with varying outcomes. VVPATs provide voters with a paper trail to verify their vote alongside EVMs.

From accolades to scepticism: An eventful story of EVMs

When the first elector presses a button on the ballot unit to vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the electronic voting machine (EVM) will have reached the important milestone of being used in five parliamentary polls since 2004. The journey of the EVM has been quite eventful with several political parties questioning its reliability and others hailing how quickly results are announced with little scope of rigging.