PM Modi made his comments while inaugurating the pilot project of “world’s largest grain storage plan”, which is being done across 11 States

Centre allows export of 99,500 tonnes of onions from Maharashtra to six countries despite domestic ban

This partnership is expected to enable farmers to avail hassle-free, affordable, and flexible credit facilities.

Reserve Bank of India’s annual report highlights MSPs, foodgrain stocks, and challenges faced by agriculture in 2023-24

Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also been allocated the Rural Development Ministry in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Cabinet

The country is among those most vulnerable to water management risks, and has the poorest access to basic services, including water, among G-20 economies, the rating major flagged

Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi has announced that States can buy rice from the Food Corporation of India at ₹2,800/quintal without participating in e-auction.  

The data will be used for formulating policies and programmes for farmers and the dairy sector

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

A group of Indian Ocean islanders, forcibly removed from their homes 50+ years ago and deported to England, are still fighting for recognition and basic rights. By Alexi Demetriadi.

The world will miss the lawyer and philantrophist who defended Mandela and was chair of Oxfam, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

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

Rûwâhîne by Ifriqiyya Electrique; The Underside of Power by Algiers: our music reviews of the month.

We talked to homeless in different countries and they revealed housing insecurity's different causes around the world.

When working through the early stages of a product design, it's common that labels for objects and actions emerge organically. No one is overly concerned about making these labels consistent (yet). But if this proliferation of terms doesn't get reined in early, both product design and strategy get harder.

Do we call it a library, a folder, a collection, a workspace, a section, a category, a topic? How about a document, page, file, entry, article, worksheet? And.. what's the difference? While these kinds of decisions might not be front and center when working out designs for a product or feature, they can impact a lot.

For starters, having clear definitions for concepts helps keep teams on the same page. When engineering works on implementing a new object type, they're aligned with what design is thinking, which is what the sales team is pitching potential customers on. Bringing a product to life is hard enough, why complicate things by using different terms for similar things or vice versa?

Inconsistent terms are obviously also a comprehension issue for the people using our products. "Here's it's called a Document, there it's called an Article. Are those the same?" Additionally, undefined terms often lead to miscellaneous bins in our user interfaces. "What's inside Explore?" When the definition of objects and actions isn't clear, what choice do we have but to drop them into vague sounding containers like Discover?

The more a product gets developed (especially by bigger teams) the more things can diverge because people's mental model of what terms mean can vary a lot. So it's really useful to proactively put together a list of the objects and actions that make up an application and draft some simple one-liner definitions for each. These lists almost always kick off useful high-level discussions within teams on what we're building and for who. Being forced to define things requires you to think them through: what is this feature doing and why?

And of course, consistent labels also ease comprehension for users. Once people learn what something means, they'll be able to apply that knowledge elsewhere -instead of having to contend with mystery meat navigation.

For years, designers have used Lorem Ipsum text as a placeholder in interface design layouts. But unless you're designing a pseudo-Latin text reader, using actual content provides a much more realistic picture of what a UI design needs to support. Today Large Language Models (LLMs) can provide designers with highly relevant content instantly so Lorem Ipsum can finally die.

It's long been argued (well at least by me in 2019) that using Lorem Ipsum text to mock up application interfaces fails to represent real content, often leading to usability issues and unrealistic designs that don't account for actual text lengths, line breaks, or content hierarchy in a final product. But Lorem Ipsum persisted as a design tool of choice because getting real content was hard.

To get very realistic content, designers would need access to where real content existed or pester engineers or domain experts to collect realistic content for them. It's not hard to see why some of these requests took a while or never got prioritized. And while some teams took the time to build tooling that enabled more realistic content in the design process, Lorem Ipsum was a much easier path for most.

Today, Large Language Models (LLMs) can not only generate sample content but also create highly specific and relevant content for just about any application you're designing. And given these tools are fast, widely available and free, there's no excuse to not use very realistic content in application designs. For example, if designing a food delivery app. A few prompts will give you real content, real quick.

So there's no excuses for Lorem Ipsum no more.

Exhibition: 28 Mar 2018 - 29 Mar 2018, London, United Kingdom. Organized by The IET.

Technique could be used to create quantum-information systems

Advani should know that you have to always bet on a winning horse or the one that holds promise of winning. Have his ambitions to rule the country clouded taking a decision that could help his party in the long run?

Though emergency has not been clamped in the country now, the situation is as despondent as it was in 1977. That’s why it is possible that the results in the coming Lok Sabha polls could also go that way: the North may give the BJP a big hand.

The Government may have tightened gold import norms, making it difficult for investors to invest in the yellow metal. But if you are one who is willing to take risks, then there is a door that is wide open to help you take advantage of the current situation.

The Mercedes AMG Roadster is a fitting tribute to the old classic Benz W 198

Porsche’s new version of Cayenne is a state-of-the-art machine that makes driving seem effortless

A visit to the 160-year-old Minerva watch factory in Switzerland is a revelation for the watch enthusiast about the many complex components that ultimately makes for a fine timepiece

The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class is India’s first BS VI compliant vehicle aiming at the responsible luxury segment

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

For snorkelling, seafood or spas, there is nothing quite like unexplored coastal town of Nha Trang

Lamborghini’s much awaited SUV shifts from practical SUV to beast mode sports car with the flip of a switch

Home to some of the freshest organic produce, regional cuisine is the star of the show in Melbourne

The luxury car connoisseur had a good time this year and was spoilt for choice. A look at the cars that top our list

In conversation with Jean-Marc Pontroué, CEO of Panerai, which recently opened its third store in India

Montblanc Summit 2 comes with a range of features — and oozes style

A quiet night at the Corbett National Park is rewarding for all of one’s senses

Araku Coffee co-founder and CEO Manoj Kumar on the journey of the award-winning brand

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

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc., [2023]

Singapore : Springer, [2024]

[Cambridge, England] : Ethics International Press Limited, 2024.

Lynnfield, Massachusetts CAST [2024]

New York, NY : Routledge , 2024.

London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2024]

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

New York : Peter Lang , 2024.

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2024.

Dorchester, Mass. : National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans

Kantara’s OTT release on Amazon Prime Video leaves viewers disappointed after makers replace ‘Varaha Roopam’ song following court order in case filed by Kerala band Thaikkudam Bridge

Aanu, starring Sajitha Madathil and Namitha Pramod, will be screened at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala

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

Shriya Saran and Sharman Joshi’s Telugu-Hindi film ‘Music School’ directed by Paparao Biyyala will recreate three iconic songs from ‘The Sound of Music’