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10 Best Barcode Scanners under Rs. 3000 to Streamline your Business Operations (2024)

Discover the perfect blend of efficiency and affordability with this list of the best barcode scanners under 3000. Explore a range of wired and wireless options, each offering reliable 1D and 2D scanning capabilities without compromising on quality. Whether you are managing inventory in a retail store, tracking assets in a warehouse, or simply need to scan items for personal use, these barcode scanners provide accurate and speedy scanning capabilities. With easy setup and user-friendly interfaces, they streamline your workflow and improve efficiency.

When Ankur Warikoo made money in penny stocks and got addicted

Ankur Warikoo shares his investing journey, advice on house buying, asset allocation strategy, views on gold vs crypto, past mistakes, and investment recommendations for youngsters in a jargon-free book 'Make Epic Money'. Warikoo also says: "Index mutual funds are an incredible way of slow money making, benefiting from compounding. "

Househelp on chhutti? Fret not, reader, here’s a survival guide to get through the torment

How can you look after your house, pets and yourself, and, on top of all that, try to earn a living when you’re left Robinson Crusoeing? Saying goodbye to fancy meals and saying hello to oranges could be a start.

Mind Over Money: This IIT, IIM alumni MD & COO is an avid reader, does Vipassana and trekking to keep mentally fit

Shilpa Gupta discusses her experience with Vipassana meditation and its impact on her mental fitness. She was introduced to Vipassana at the age of 24 by her family and found it life-altering. Vipassana teaches mindfulness and equanimity, leading to increased awareness, self-control, and peace. Gupta practices Vipassana daily and has attended eight ten-day courses. She believes that Vipassana helps her deal with the challenges of life and improves her focus. Additionally, Gupta shares her love for trekking and the importance of having a strong mind in difficult situations.

The blue evil eye is everywhere — be it as emoji on social media posts or as jewellery. What is behind its charmed growth in India?

In India, dispelling nazar takes all sorts of forms—from putting a black dot on an infant’s forehead to wearing black threads or tabeez, to twirling a fist of dried red chillies around a person and tossing those in kitchen fire, to hanging a string of lemon and green chillies in front of a vehicle. In the post-pandemic world, a heightened sense of vulnerability seems to have driven a section of people to seek protection in something else—the Turkish evil eye. The nazar boncuk, as it is called, is often made of blue glass and depicted as four concentric circles.

On 100th birth anniversary, Dev Anand's son Suneil remembers late legend as ‘humble, eager reader’

Suneil Anand, son of late actor Dev Anand, spoke about his father ahead of his 100th birth anniversary. He described his father as an erudite actor who loved reading, a stylish movie star who was always conscious of his looks, and an exercise aficionado who practised yoga regularly.

Amazon Prime Day Sale Ends Today - Grab the Best Deals on Kindle E-readers NOW!

If you are a reading fan and wish to buy a Kindle E-reader for yourself or to gift it to someone, I suggest you check out our article where we have shared some of the fantastic deals under Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023 on Kindle E-readers. We have also included their features, descriptions, pros and cons and buying links in this article for your convenience.

Satyajit Ray's spooky story 'Khagam' gets turned into a graphic novel to cater to Gen Z readers

The story was first published in Bengali magazine Sandesh in 1972 and the Bengali graphic novel of it was published in January this year

Of readers and leaders: Reading as an investment in self for career growth

Reading books can have a direct impact on career choices and progression. For instance, reading helped the co-founders of Friends of Books and Stones2Milestones shape their businesses. Beyond this, reading can enable career growth by providing insights and perspectives on emerging trends in different sectors, helping readers make connections between seemingly disparate ideas and broadening their mindsets. Regular reading also develops one's empathy and can provide motivation and renewed energy.

Smart gun operating on facial recognition goes on sale in US

Biofire's gun can also be enabled by a fingerprint reader, one of several smart gun features designed to avoid accidental shootings by children, reduce suicides, protect police from gun grabs, or render lost and stolen guns useless.

11 Best Charles Dickens Books for Every Type of Reader

Charles Dickens, one of England's best-loved novelists, was a prolific writer. His famous books Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Nicholas Nickleby are some of the best books to read this summer. If you're not sure where to begin with, his numerous novels, travel books, and short tales, here's our list of the best Charles Dickens books for every reader.

Shah Rukh Khan tops 2023 TIME100 Reader Poll, beats Prince Harry-Meghan & Mark Zuckerberg

Argentinian player Lionel Messi secured his position at the fifth place.

How 'Sensitivity Readers' are dividing publishing world in two parts - censorship or evolution

Accusations of censorship began flying almost immediately from observers who fear sanitized literature could whitewash the past as well as the present.

Random Acts of Kindness Day 2023: Here’s all you need to know

According to the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, the Random Acts of Kindness movement is believed to have started more than 40 years ago in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Lit fest zoo: Readers, lounge lizards, and writerly creature

Members of this sub-species attend lit fests in vast numbers. They spend their own money on transport, book themselves into hotels, pay for their own food and drink. Not for them the magic touch of the delegate's badge. They also ask memorable questions during the Q/A segment at the end of sessions. One of them once asked British writer, Hanif Kureishi, apropos of nothing his view on circumcision. Kureishi's response? 'Blimey, what a country!'

Want to encourage your kids to be avid readers? Sudha Murty has the answer

Parents should encourage kids to find solace in books, not gadgets, says Murty.

‘It’s going to be the most amazing interview ever!’ Video of Kate Winslet’s pep talk to cub reporter hits the right note

Winslet's words of reassurance to the teen are winning hearts across the Internet.

Creative imagination of The Economic Times readers with DALL-E

Truth for our natural intelligence readers

For those of you who may have figured out the truth - that this column has for years on end been regularly written not by a salary-sucking, temperamental human, but an AI program - you deserve our algorithmic admiration. For you, despite probably being human readers, have been able to differentiate superior artificial intelligence from its inferior natural counterpart.

Automatic number plate recognition system could replace toll plazas in future

Although that is a considerable improvement in the waiting time, at certain locations, especially near cities, and densely populated towns, there are still some delays at toll plazas during peak hours.

New tech to replace toll booths to minimize congestion on National Highways

The government is planning on removing toll plazas from all national highways to reduce traffic congestion, which usually sees long queues of cars at these toll booths. ​​Even with the issuing of more than 5.56 crore fast tags in recent years, and with more than 96% of the tolls being collected using the FASTag technology, the congestion on the national highways remains with no change.

Video game 'Saints Row' receives poor reviews. Find out fans' views

The new series of action-adventure video games 'Saints Row' has received poor reviews, and the fans don't like it. What went wrong?