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Guide to prototyping Android animations with Intel Animation Interpolator

  Introduction Modern user interface design has evolved dramatically in the last few years, with animation-rich interactions becoming the norm. On mobile devices, where screen space is at a premium a...




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How to Speed Up the Digital Painting Process

  In concept art, the shorter the time between an abstract idea and a concrete visual, the better. This applies to any industry where concept art is involved, but speed is especially important in the fa...




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How to Preserve VR Performance when Anti-Aliasing

   File(s): TSCMAA-CodeSample (76.6 MB) License: BSD 3-clause Optimized with..   OS: Windows® 10 ​ H...




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How Intel Core i9 Processors Enable Megatasking

  The earliest computers were often pushed to the limit performing even a single task, between hammering the hard drive, swapping memory frantically, and crunching through computations. With Microsoft W...




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European Commission issues draft Regulation approving formaldehyde in disinfectants

Biocidal active substance could be used in public health areas




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EU Commission aerosols approach ‘re-invents physics’ for CLP

Trade association says proposal misunderstands complexity of spray formation




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Trade body rejects claim flame retardants prevent furniture ‘circularity’

Goal is to meet highest performance standards, BSEF says




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UK acknowledges need for grouping approach to PFASs

Junior minister says 'independent' decisions will be based on rigorous scientific assessment




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Showbiz Do Not Use – The Financial Express




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Double Jan Dhan transfer to poor women, help urban poor: Economist Pronab Sen

The transfer of around Rs 17,400 crore under the PM-Kisan is being front-loaded. However, most of these interventions will benefit the rural poor more than their urban counterparts, according to analysts.




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Covid-19 crisis: Supreme Court seeks details of relief steps for migrant labour

In its status report submitted earlier, the Centre had said that all the steps were being taken for the welfare and benefit of migrant workers.




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Retail prices of pulses inch up; poor largely unaffected on PDS boost

Out of 230 lakh tonne annual consumption, only a third of it is met via domestic production. Edible oils prices have gone up as the country’s 600 refineries, 500 solvent plants and 10,000 crushing mills have reduced output by half compared to pre-Covid levels, industry experts said.




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Valuation profession: Sahoo panel moots ICAI-type regulator

Currently, only an ad-hoc framework for valuation professionals is in place, which is basically governed by the Companies Act, and the government has designated the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) as the authority to implement the new regime of registered valuers.




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Sugar output falls 20% till April 15, mills to tap Indonesia in a big way

A majority of sugar companies decided to make hand sanitisers to supply to hospitals by using a part of the ethanol/ENA production, thereby ensuring that the country does not face any shortage of good quality hand sanitisers.




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Govt sets record grains production target for crop year 2020-21

The agricultural output in the economy grew by 3.5% in the third quarter (Q3) of FY20, against 3.1% in Q2 of FY20.




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Wheat procurement at MSP starts at a slow pace, arrivals low too

While the government has fixed the wheat MSP at Rs 1,925/quintal, traders are buying the grain at about Rs 1,700-1,800/quintal in mandis in Gujarat and Rajasthan.




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RBI package fails to impress Kerala FM

For Kerala, this would mean the mandate to borrow up to Rs 18,000 crore to address its capital expenditure squeeze.




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RBI provides limited provisioning relief for unresolved cases

According to the June 7, 2019, circular of the RBI, banks had to make additional 20% provisioning for the cases where resolution could not be reached over a period of 210 days, after signing the inter-creditor agreement.




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India’s forex reserves rose by $1.8 bn in week ended April 10

As per data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the total reserves stood at $476.475 billion at the end of the week.




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RBI to provide Rs 50,000-crore refinance facility to AIFIs

The measure has been taken by the RBI to meet sectoral credit needs at a time when the institutions are facing difficulty in tapping the market.




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RBI grants NPA relief, but with 10% additional provisioning

Prior to RBI’s announcement on Friday, three-month moratorium was limited to accounts whose installments were falling due after March 1, 2020.




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Exporter moves Supreme Court against payment of full wages to workforce

Seeking setting aside of the orders, the exporter said that directing private establishments to compulsorily pay 100% wages during lockdown is “illegal, unconstitutional” and violative of Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India.




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COVID-19 lockdown: Govt gives blanket extension of timeline for renewable projects

The move comes after renewable companies made representations to the government to allow a blanket extension for six months to overcome supply-side disruptions in completing the projects.




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Maharashtra agri body seeks procurement of grade 2 & 3 quality cotton

Ginning units are not keen on buying cotton since most of the workers have left for their villages and they do not have the capital to buy cotton and other processing units are also shut.




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No conflict if state cane prices higher than minimum fixed by Centre: Supreme Court

Since 2009-10, the SMP has been replaced with fair and remunerative price (FRP) and some states like Uttar Pradesh continue to announce state-advised prices which are higher than FRPs.




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Ludhiana association moves Supreme Court against direction to pay full wages during lockdown

The association also said hundreds of crores of unclaimed provident fund and employees state insurance corporation contribution lie in banks attracting interest.




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Non-food credit growth rises to 7.04% y-o-y during fortnight ended April 10

After the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its policy repo rate by 75 basis points (bps) on March 27, a number of banks and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) followed by cutting their lending rates.




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IIT-M incubated start-up develops ‘Smart Bin System’ to prevent spread of coronavirus

In the case of Covid-19, hazardous waste is being generated in hospitals, quarantine zones or red zone areas within cities. They are potential sources of Covid-19 and can cause further spread within the locality.




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RBI continues secondary market OMO purchases in third week of April

Although there is no concrete proof, experts believe a large chunk of this is likely to be T-Bill purchases by the RBI from the secondary market.




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Andhra Pradesh government to set up digital kiosks for farmers

Besides, the state government will create new bank accounts for some 56 lakh farmers and issue 1.12 crore credit/debit cards to them by the next kharif season to enable them to avail crop loans and other government benefits.




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Supreme Court asks RBI to examine if EMI moratorium is being passed on

However, the Bench refused to interfere in the matter after the petitioners informed the judges that they were not personally affected and had filed the PILs in public interest.




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Lockdown effect: Sugar output till April 30 dips 20%, mills sign more export contracts

Mills in Uttar Pradesh have produced 11.65 MT as on April 30, 2020, which is 3.72 lakh tonne higher than what was produced a year ago. Of 119 mills operated this year, 44 mills have ended their crushing. As many as 75 mills are operating as against 68 mills last year till April 30.




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Lockdown effect: States’ tax receipts shrink nearly 80% in April, May could be worse

State governments seem to have collected the lowest-ever inflation-adjusted monthly tax revenue in April.




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Covid blues: Manufacturing PMI sees record slide in April

Indian manufacturing saw its worst contraction in April, as a nation-wide lock-down hit fresh orders and businesses cut staff at a record pace.




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Highway projects: Infrastructure panel wants HAM curtailed, favours BOT model; here’s why

The Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) for highway projects that insulates private developers from virtually any commercial risks, is putting stress on the highly-leveraged balance sheet of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and should therefore be ‘downplayed’.




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Pre-GST CENVAT credit available till June-end revised

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed taxpayers registered under Goods and Services Tax (GST) to claim accumulated CENVAT credit from pre-GST regime till June 30, 2020, and noted that the benefit of transitional credit will be applicable for three years (since launch of GST on July 1, 2017) which is the period mentioned in the limitation Act.




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Tamil Nadu hikes liquor prices by up to Rs 20, Tasmac shops to open today

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to hike prices of liquor by up to Rs 20, as it is readying itself to open liquor outlets on Thursday.




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Procedural relief to GST payers, but experts say no substitute for financial package

The e-way bill generated on or before March 24 and expiring during the March 20-April 15 period would now be valid till May 31.




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Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys’ wins Pulitzer Prize

Several of the works honored in the arts explored race in American culture, including the music winner, Anthony Davis’ opera The Central Park Five. It tells of the wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers for the 1989 assault on a white female jogger in Central Park. Five adult singers depicted the group as boys and men in Davis’ opera




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The truly autonomous car is here: Volvo, Uber unveil production ready self-driving vehicle

The Volvo XC90 SUV presented this week is the first production car that in combination with Uber’s self-driving system is capable of fully driving itself.




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Honda Cars plans to redesign dealerships to provide better customer experience

Honda Cars implements new corporate identity for its dealer network.




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Mahindra comes up with World of SUVs – premium vehicle showrooms

Over 300 World of SUVs set up in six months.




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Royal Enfield drives Studio Stores to spread reach, cut dealership cost

For the April-July 2019 period, domestic sales declined by 22% to 2,23,612 units (as compared to 2,86,726 units sold in the same period last fiscal).




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Hyundai Motors to showcase electrified prototype displaying this concept

The all-new i10 will receive its public world premiere, alongside a special version of the model




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This Volkswagen first model to celebrate world premiere at Frankfurt Motor Show

The ID.3 is the first fully electric model based on the new MEB platform




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Motorcycle Review: Revolt RV400; It’s impressive, but doesn’t look original

The Revolt RV400 has got the juice and the looks for city riding, but the looks are heavily inspired by a certain Chinese motorcycle




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Mahindra Electric accelerates product development of EVs using Dassault Systemes software

Technology will play a crucial role in developing the EV ecosystem including in design, simulation, manufacturing and developing the overall vehicle cycle.




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Move over Nandi Hills, Gudibande Fort is almost as approachable and far more serene

From 2006-13, Honda Cars India sold what is globally called the eighth-generation Civic. It then skipped the ninth-generation, and earlier this year the tenth-generation arrived in India.




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Huawei P30 Pro Unboxing, Camera Samples & First Impressions | Digit.in




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Redmi Note 7 Pro Review (After Around A Month of Usage) | Benchmark Tests, Camera Samples | Digit.in

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro is a big upgrade from its predecessor with a 48MP camera and a powerful mid-range chipset tuned for gaming, but is it best mid-range phone to buy right now? Watch our review to find out.