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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Creating Indian brands with ‘priority’ products for the local as well as global markets is likely to be a key focus area of the upcoming national policy on electronics. The aim is to identify and push products with high value addition and design capabilities within the country.

What if all these are possible just by touching a screen in your living room? What if all the secrets of a dirty martini, a classic Negroni, a stately old fashioned, or a colourful cosmopolitan are at your fingertips rather than in the dexterous hands of a mixologist in a bar? For, the new cocktail is brought to you by AI. Barsys, a New York-headquartered home automation company, has launched its AI-powered cocktail machine in India after debuting it at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January this year. Called Barsys 360 and costing Rs 55,700, this halo-like automated bartending machine can mix over 1,000 cocktails, some within 15 seconds and all of them customisable to the last ml. It can even personalise the drinking experience by recommending new cocktails based on previous preferences and selections.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Online marketplace Amazon India will invest more in "speed" amid shifting preferences where consumers want everything from their soaps to pizzas delivered within hours, instead of days. “We deliver an assortment of 1 million products on the same day to Prime members and 4 million products the next day.

Russia legalised so-called «grey» or «parallel» imports to allow goods to enter the country without the brands' permission after Western companies such as iPhone maker Apple imposed export bans in 2022 in response to the war in Ukraine. Lyudmila Semushina, a spokesperson for electronics retailer restore:, said the iPhones going on sale this month had arrived in Russia from «all over», without naming specific countries.

General Motors is recalling more than 449,000 of its SUVs and pickup trucks because the electronic brake control module software may fail to display a warning light when a loss of brake fluid takes place

The Biden administration is awarding $3 billion to U.S. companies to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and other materials used for electric vehicles, part of a continuing push to reduce China’s global dominance in battery production

Samsung Electronics has warned its striking workers in southern India they will not receive wages if they continue protesting and also face the risk of termination, a company email showed, escalating a dispute between the company and its employees. Hundreds of Samsung workers have since Sept. 9 disrupted work and protested in a nearby makeshift tent close to its home appliances factory near the city of Chennai. They have been demanding higher wages and recognition of a union at the plant, which contributes roughly a third of Samsung's annual India revenue of $12 billion. Samsung last week sued the protesting union in a district court, seeking a temporary injunction to restrain sloganeering and making speeches in and around the factory. But the judge on Thursday only called for a swift resolution.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Central government support to upcoming semiconductor assembly and testing factories is set to shrink by more than half, in a development that experts say signals a shift towards prioritizing greater value-added offerings instead.

Sharp is actively scouting for an Indian partner to set up a display fab under the India Semiconductor Mission's (ISM) scheme for display fabrication facilities, people aware of the developments told ET. Sharp is in talks with several Indian players and top executives from its display vertical have met with potential partners, one of the sources said. «They have received a positive response from some and are in advanced stages of discussion and should announce their partner by the end of the year,» the person said. «Sharp has engaged in setting up display fabs for partners in other countries like China, Korea and Taiwan. In India, too, they are looking at a similar strategy wherein they are looking to partner with a strong Indian player who will take the lead on the project and they will provide their technical expertise,» the person said.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on Thursday signed a teaming agreement with Reliasat Inc. Canada to collaborate in the area of space products, officials said. The agreement aims at leveraging BEL and Reliasat's capabilities in the domain of space, they said. «This is a significant step that will enable BEL to foray into the space segment in line with the Government of India's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' and 'Make-in-India' initiatives and strengthen its existing portfolio,» BEL said in a statement.

bill of lading in an electronic transfer mode between the customs of both sides, a move that will help promote ease of doing business, a senior official said on Thursday. A bill of lading is a legal document that serves as a receipt, contract, and proof of ownership for shipped goods. Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Santosh Kumar Sarangi said as and when the system becomes a norm for all the countries, there will be no requirement for physical submission of records. «India in collaboration with South Korea has now started this concept of sharing the bill of lading in an electronic transfer mode between the customs of both sides,» he said while addressing a session in the 'Deloitte Government Summit' here.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A wave of deadly explosions of pagers and other electronic devices carried by militants in Lebanon has sharply heightened Pentagon concern about a potential ground war erupting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. Even before the hundreds of widely dispersed detonations Tuesday and Wednesday, U.S.

Lebanon is in the grip of panic following a second wave of deadly explosions targeting Hezbollah’s communication devices. Just one day after hundreds of pagers detonated simultaneously across the country, a new round of explosions rocked Lebanon, leaving at least 26 people dead and thousands injured. The devices, believed to have been tampered with, were vital to Hezbollah operations and have been widely used by the militant group. The coordinated nature of the attacks, targeting pagers, walkie-talkies, laptops, and even solar panels, has heightened tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, who are engaged in long-standing hostilities.

Bharat Electronics Ltd. traded 4.56 per cent down at Rs 269.95 on Thursday at around 01:54PM (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex advanced 211.63 points to 83159.86. As many as 987,109 shares changed hands on the counter with a total value of Rs 27.01 crore.

CT scanners in a bid to detect explosives and other threats.The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says it plans to install the technology, which provides 360-degree views via computerized X-ray imaging, at airport checkpoints across the country in the coming years.The project kicked off Wednesday at the Vancouver airport, where the first of the machines now sit astride conveyer belts in the security screening area.Vancouver International Airport CEO Tamara Vrooman says travellers no longer need to remove liquids, aerosols, gels or large electronics — laptops included — from their carry-on bags.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For gig workers, earnings could spike this festival season as online retailers and quick commerce platforms to delivery firms go beyond usual incentives to bolster workforce to meet the rush. On offer: daily bonuses, overnight payouts, additional reward for 100% attendance, and mobile phones to motorbikes for top performers.

N Chandrasekaran spoke to Kala Vijayraghavan at the group's Bombay House headquarters in an exclusive interview. Edited excerpts: What's your assessment of the performance of Tata Group companies? They have performed well. All our existing companies have strong balance sheets and they continue to show improving performance. This is reflected in our group's market cap, which has crossed ₹35 lakh crore. Several of our companies, including Tata Power, Tata Consumer, Trent, Tata Motors and Indian Hotels, have crossed significant milestones in market capitalisation. Tata Motors alone is now valued at over ₹4 lakh crore.

China accounts for nearly one-third of global exports of electronic devices, and Chinese-made devices have already been raising security concerns. Huawei, the Shenzhen-based Chinese telecom company, has for several years been at the centre of an intense technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington, with US officials warning its equipment could be used to spy on behalf of Chinese authorities, allegations that China has denied.

Mint earlier this week. The partnership is the third such alliance announced by the Tata group in the last few weeks.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It is a good thing that the government is thinking of giving a big boost to indigenous production of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, to fill Indian skies with hundreds of thousands of these flying objects.