New technologies could either create a whole new market or transform the delivery of a product/service

Employees bemoan that everything today has been reduced to chasing numbers and results

Employees with expertise are retained. Mastery, rather than dabbling at the periphery of what you do, is the key

Sustainable growth in the manufacturing sector will remain a challenge

Players like Mynoticeperiod, Hackerearth, e-poise and Merajob are expected to play a role in changing the HR start-up ecosystem

What worked in the past may not work in the future unless we focus on the process

Keeping employees informed about pay decisions is key to attracting and retaining talent

This variety of rice constitutes 25% of the total rice export from the country

Farmers associated with as many as 16 farmer outfits from the States Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand would be participating

After dominating the region’s electoral stage for almost a decade, turmeric has lost its sheen; the PM’s announcement of a National Turmeric Board has not satisfied farmers, who also ask for MSP

Growers in Punjab are worried over the drop in prices in the ongoing season and have demanded State intervention; many fear that they won’t be able to recover input cost

The revival of agricultural growth from its long-term slump requires imaginative policy shifts and decisive fiscal measures, but the Budget provides no indications of such a plan or intent

‘We intend to bring a revolutionary change in the agriculture sector with a special focus on promoting animal husbandry,’ Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu tells the hill State’s milk producers

Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission headed by Prakash Kammaradi submitted a report on the legally backed MSP to the government in 2018

The decision assumes importance as it comes before the crucial Lok Sabha polls in key onion belts like Nashik, Ahmednagar and Solapur in Maharashtra

Dr. Sitko warns that the West Asia and Ukraine situation will continue to impact fertiliser and oil prices. He urged reducing dependence on imported fertilisers and boosting domestic production

It’s against the Constitution, and means Norway will not respect the Paris Agreement, argues Tina Andersen Vågenes.

Kim Jong-un's headline grabbing aggressive irrationalism takes some beating (though he might have met his match in recent times...)

How Senegal is trying to involve the diaspora to curb emigration. By Sofia Christensen

At some point in their career, every designer has heard the request to make an element "pop more". The premise is simple: to draw attention to a particular element in a layout, make it stand out. However, in practice, the opposite effect often occurs.

Consider the overlaid promotions, tips, or call-outs typically found in an interface. To get these elements noticed, designers will apply contrasting colors, shapes, fonts, and more. All in an attempt to make things pop. But if a pop-up or any element of a user interface for that matter looks too different from the rest of the design, people will often perceive it as something that doesn't belong (like an ad) and dismiss it.

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We see overlay avoidance consistently in the research we conduct with mobile users. Especially when people are task focussed. Then when they do come to use a new function they can't find the help and don't recall seeing the help previously."
-Lisa Duddington 
Co-founder, Keep It Usable

As Lisa points out, when people are task-focused, they ignore and quickly dismiss overlays assuming they aren’t there to support their core flow but instead to distract from it. Some of these dismissals may even be accidental. That is, people just get rid of dialog-like things by instinct and without thinking.

"We saw this all the time at Facebook. People very often, instinctively, dismiss tooltips. On occasion even accidentally. By the time they realize the message may have been helpful, it's already gone and there's no way to recover it."
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Tanner Christensen 
Product Designer, Facebook

In cases where the overall actually had useful information, when its gone so is the useful information. And there's usually no way to get it back. Probably not the intended effect of making an overlay more noticeable through design.

On the other hand, if the pop-up looks like an integrated part of the app or website, it's much more likely to be considered and perceived as relevant. In Red Laser’s case, making the primary action button huge and red led to users completely ignoring it. In subsequent redesigns, they toned down the shape and added a label, making it feel more like part of the core navigation. They even dropped the different color.

"We made our ‘scan’ button huge and a different color from the rest of the nav menu and users entirely ignored it."
-Miles Skorpen, Head of Business Development, Red Laser

As these examples illustrate, instead of making elements visually distinct to be noticed, designers should focus on integrating important elements seamlessly into the user interface. This ensures that crucial actions and information are perceived as part of the overall user experience, rather than distractions to be dismissed.

The Chennai Corporation Mayor last week said vacant lands will be used to construct Amma theatres. It would be, instead, better to come up with small playgrounds that can stand in good stead on a long term.

Dyson’s new soundless hairdryer has raked up a lot of noise, but is it worth the price tag?

Flavour Bastard in London is here to shake up prudes and open up flavour pairings hitherto unseen with Indian food

The new Land Rover Velar looks and acts like the concept car of your dreams

New Breitling CEO Georges Kern comes forth on what can be expected from the maritime chronograph company

Whisky distiller Bill Lumsden opens up about his creative process

Up, close and personal with Masaba Gupta on wedding outfits and life choices

Planning to bring out your jar of caviar this New Year’s eve? LUXE tells you ways to serve — and eat — sturgeons’ eggs

Visiting chef Agostino D’ Angelo takes his audience through the flavours of true Sicilian food

Latest floral chronographs to add a bit of drama and fantasy to your attire

Lanham, MD : Rowman and Littlefield, 2024.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge , 2025.

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

New York : Peter Lang , 2024.

Toronto : Canadian Scholars, 2024.

Malayalam director Vinayan’s latest film is a celebration of the life of social reformer Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker

Sundeep Kishan reinvents himself in this moody period gangster drama by director Ranjit Jeyakodi that has a lot going for it, yet falls short of finding its strong voice

From being hailed as the poster boy of new age Telugu cinema to understanding the business of cinema, writer-director-actor Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam discusses his roller coaster journey. He also offers a glimpse into his new film ‘Keedaa Cola’ 

Amala Akkineni, actor and director of Annapurna College of Film and Media, on why aspiring filmmakers need formal training and how her recent acting assignments have helped her observe changes in the industry at close quarters

Here are the key features of Lenovo’s Legion laptops

The feature will work for Gmail users on the web, on Android, and on iOS

Marks Nokia’s entry into the laptop segment in India

Product aimed at small business owners; prices start at ₹74,999

Includes latest devices across Latitude, Precision and OptiPlex

It has launched new Predator Triton and Helios Series gaming notebooks