Our country is the second most populated country in the world, so naturally in a digital India, the need for digital devices is immense. So, to empower them, at the core of any electronic device is the processor or SoC, which built from wafers and currently makers like Samsung, TSMC are the leaders in this segment.
A chip manufacturing plant is a resource-intensive task but ultimately drives investment from various companies who use these wafers to make processors, GPUs, mobile SoCs and a lot more. India heavily relies on Taiwan for semiconductors, so does the rest of the world but a country like India has the labour to support a chip plant.
via Times of India
It seems finally India is considering this opportunity to act together to finally make this happen. As per Times of India’s latest article, India is considering this because it imports almost 65% of the electronic items from China and anything coming from the country is considered to be a security threat.
Here’s what the articles states:
The expressions of interest (Eol) shows we are really serious now,” VK Saraswat, member of the Niti AnyoR, said at a webinar organised last week by Times Tuchles, together with the India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA).
Saraswat said previous attempts by India to establish chip fabs failed because the government’s policy was to reimburse costs only after the private sector set up a project “The country has realised that there’s no way other than for the government to make upfront investments,” he said.
Saurabh Gaur, Joint secretary In the electronics & IT ministry, said the Eol response has been good but said he could not disclose details yet he said India accounts for 5% of global semiconductor demand. The country’s demand for 28 nm (a measure of the size of transistors in a chip) semiconductor nodes and higher ones are in excess of $25 billion.
“And if a typical fab output is of say 3-4 billion, then we see space for fabs that can be ready in the next 23 years,” he said.
But almost every panellist, including Gaur, indicated that India’s best opportunities are in what are called compound semiconductors those made of two or more elements, like allium nitride, allium arsenide, silicon carbide. These are used in a variety of media products, and these fabs cost much less set up than the traditional fabs.
If India progresses in this direction, surely in the coming few years, India could indeed setup a semiconductor plant, which in turn will attract companies to invest in the soil. In a fast pacing digital world, this could be a gamechanging move if India somehow manages to do things in a right way possible.
Looking for a gift to present your lover on this Valentine’s Day? All the companies are coming forward to help you out. The e-commerce giant, Amazon India filtered out four wearables with additional discounts only for you. The wearable list contains two smartwatches and two fitness bands. Have a look.
Mi Smart Band 5
Offer Price – Rs.2,499
1.1” Full touch AMOLED color display. Battery capacity : 125 mAh
Battery runs up to 14 days on a single charge
Magnetic charging – Hassle free charging
PAI (Personal Activity Intelligence) – Single matrix to track your all fitness related activities
Tracks 11 professional sports mode (including Yoga and Rope skipping)
5ATM Water Resistant
Run on the go with Automatic activity detection (Running and Walking)
Stress monitoring with Guided breathing exercise to lower the stress level
24X7 Sleep monitoring along with REM (Rapid Eye Movement) Sleep monitoring. Women health monitoring. Unlimited Watch faces
Smart Features: App notifications, control music, manage your calls, check Weather, alarm, idle alert, locate your phone etc.
With the BCCI allowing fans in the stadium for the first time since lockdown, all 15 thousand tickets for India vs England second test match were sold out within sixty minutes of them going online.
After much discussion, the BCCI and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association decided to allow 50 per cent spectators for the match which is to be held at the M A Chidambaram stadium. Out of the 33,500 available tickets, 15 thousand tickets were put up for sale.
“The tickets (for the second Test match between India and England) have been sold out. In less than an hour, around 10,000 tickets were sold,” RS Ramasaamy, Secretary of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) told Moneycontrol.
Placing safety precautions for the public due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Ramasaamy also explained that the board has made necessary arrangement for sanitisers and temperature check systems.
“We have 17 entrances to the stadium, and we are going to have people manning them with hand sanitisers and temperature checks. Plus, a mask is mandatory. There are medical kiosks on the ground. In addition, we have an isolation room, medical room and we have four ambulances placed on the ground,” Ramasaamy explained.
The TNCA revealed that out of the 15 thousand tickets that were available, about four thousand were blocked for members and only 10 thousand were on sale for the public. The range of the tickets fell between Rs 100 and Rs 200.
India lost the first Test of their four-Test series vs England in Chennai. While acknowledging England’s dominance during the game, Indian captain Virat Kohli asserted that there will be no impulsive reactions from his team after a big loss to start off the series. He also admitted after the match that England were more professional and consistent than India.
The redemption of online tickets for the second Test will be from 10.00 a.m. on February 11, 2021, at Booth No.3 located on Victoria Hostel Road.
Almost all Test-playing nations are playing test series. The ongoing test series are:
India vs England
Pakistan vs South Africa
Bangladesh vs West Indies
New Zealand vs Australia
As we are in the middle of a busy Test schedule ICC has released the most recent Test rankings. Joe Root’s double century to help England win the first Test match of the series against India has taken him above Indian skipper Virat Kohli.
ICC Test Rankings: Top 10 batsmen list
Rank
(+/–)
Player
Team
Pts
Avg
Highest Rating
1
(-)
Kane Williamson
NZ
919
54.31
919 v Pak at Christchurch 2021
2
(-)
Steve Smith
Aus
891
61.80
947 v SA at Durban 2018
3
(+2)
Joe Root
Eng
883
50.33
917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
4
(-1)
Marnus Labuschagne
Aus
878
60.80
878 v Ind at Brisbane 2021
5
(-1)
Virat Kohli
Ind
852
53.24
937 v Eng at Southampton 2018
6
(+1)
Babar Azam
Pak
760
44.22
800 v Ban at Rawalpindi 2020
7
(-1)
Cheteshwar Pujara
Ind
754
47.68
888 v SL at Nagpur 2017
8
(+1)
Henry Nicholls
NZ
747
43.91
778 v Ban at Wellington 2019
9
(+1)
Ben Stokes
Eng
746
37.95
827 v WI at Old Trafford 2020
10
(+1)
David Warner
Aus
724
48.09
880 v NZ at Perth 2015
England bowler James Anderson has also leapfrogged a massive 3 places and currently sits in the 3rd spot. Indian spinner Ashwin has also moved up by one spot.
Most of the elite clubs in Europe are backed by wealthy owners who spend a lot on their club. Running a football club is not an easy job and to keep the club at the top requires some heaving funding.
CIES Football Observatory has researched about the clubs of Europe’s top 5 leagues who have spent the most in the transfer market since summer 2016. The list is headed by one Premier League club Manchester United and La Liga club Barcelona.
Let’s take a look at the top 10 highest spending football clubs in the transfer market since summer 2016:
10. Real Madrid
Spent: €661M Earned: €570M Balance: -€91M League: La Liga (Spain)
9. Inter
Spent: €664M Earned: €278M Balance: -€386M League: Serie A (Italy)
8. Everton
Spent: €701M Earned: €355M Balance: -€346M League: Premier League (England)
7. Atletico Madrid
Spent: €715M Earned: €611M Balance: -€104M League: La Liga (Spain)
6. Manchester United
Spent: €832M Earned: €246M Balance: -€586M League: Premier League (England)
Footballers lead a very luxurious life which is possible only because of their huge earnings. They earn from their football clubs and also from endorsements. Social media platforms like Instagram have become an important source of income for footballers now-a-days.
The research, carried out by luxury clothing retailer Aphrodite, analysed follower count, value per post, and post frequency to calculate an estimated yearly fee for each player.
Here we take a look at the Premier League forwards:
Top 10 Premier League forwards earning the most on Instagram in 2021
Social media has been a key way for fans to keep up to date with their favourite players during the past year of restrictions placed on professional football. While some teams have resumed play, stadiums look set to remain closed for many spectators.
Commenting on the findings, Duncan McKenzie from Aphrodite said: “Many footballers have gained immense followings across social media platforms in recent years, and it acts as a way of appealing to a new generation of fans, too.
What happens off the pitch is constantly shaping the nature of the game, and new stars can be born from social media rather than scoring actual goals”.
Note:
Information was gathered using Instagram analysis, and footballers chosen for the data sample were done so based on their follower count.
Instagram average post value is calculated based on a value per follower of £0.005 based on data from Inkifi.
When you take your business online, you mustn’t miss out on promoting it on the hottest social media platform- Instagram! Instagram has a prominent presence in the everyday world with over 500 million daily active users. Thus, from a business perspective, you make people aware of your business more on Instagram compared to other platforms. In this crucial time to make your business stand out from the crowd, you must resolve to use Instagram advertisements.
Instagram ads are paid advertisements that publish the sponsored content on Instagram. It easily targets the set of audiences that will be keener to purchase your product/service and maximizes your reach. You need to be clear about what you want to achieve through these advertisements because that will help you market your ads better. However, how do Instagram ads profit the growth of your business? Well, we are about to find that.
Looking to increase Instagram followers? Instagram ads can help by reaching the right audience with eye-catching posts. Try running giveaways, working with influencers, and using Story ads to get more engagement. Keep your content fresh and exciting, and watch your follower count grow steadily over time!
Increases Brand Awareness
Brand awareness is the primary motive to use Instagram ads irrespective of the business being small or big. It is always beneficial if people are talking about your brand or coming across it. With the help of Instagram ads, you can increase your brand awareness.
Advertisers are more likely to deliver your business-oriented ads to people who will remember it and end up being your clients. Brand awareness is important to tap your audience. As the awareness for your brand increases, your business flourishes.
Widens the Reach
When you don’t use Instagram ads, your content reaches solely to your followers. If you are able to engage your followers with your content, only then it reaches a little more of the Instagram users. However, due to the fluctuating Instagram algorithm, it becomes extremely difficult to increase your reach on Instagram. When you opt for Instagram ads, it maximizes the size of your audience.
One must note that it is different from brand awareness. Brand awareness is to target your likely customers. However, reach to increase your business’ name and magnify your brand’s outreach to make more people interested in your business’ products/services.
As your reach widens, more people get to know about your product/service and benefit from it. Which, in turn, benefits you! Only with an increased reach can you generate a good amount of traffic to create a more substantial consumer base for your business.
Provides rise in Engagement
Instagram ads are a wonderful thing. Not only does it allow you to promote your business, but it is also a tool using which you can lure clients into purchasing your product/service. Due to the wide reach of Instagram ads, your content is likely to pop up on a potential client’s feed.
Getting a like and comment gets easier with that in your bag. Additionally, your sponsored ads can be about exciting offers your business is providing. It leads those potential clients to engage more with your business by checking out your page and liking, sharing, and commenting on your latest posts.
Lead Generation Objective
You can use Instagram advertisements with a lead generation objective. It creates a long-term plan between your business and existing or potential clients on Instagram. You can collect users’ email addresses, contact numbers along with their names to market your product/service in the future. In this way, you can be sure to never lose a customer.
Understandably, even your one-time clients can come back to make another purchase due to the longstanding contact.
Conversions
This motive of using an Instagram comes in the latter half of your business when you have a core audience and decent reach. With the help of Instagram ads, you can easily create conversions.
It means to direct your audience and other Instagram users towards the exciting range of your business and its products/services. To promote sales and your bestselling content from your business using Instagram ads. You can link app installations to your sponsored ads if you are looking for people to permanently secure a deal with you. Instagram advertisements primarily focus on encouraging Instagram users to be interested in your business. But this does not mean that if you stop creating valuable content, the ads are going to back you up. You must never lose the originality and individuality of your business. And with Instagram ads to help you flourish, it is only a matter of time before you see your business becoming a household name.
The long struggle of the Indian Gaming Community and game lovers are finally ready to deliver the fruit.
Indian Olympic Association [IOA] is ready to announce the Esports as an official Sport. IOA will also recognize the Esports Federation of India [ESFI] as the governing body of Esports in the country.
Recently, on February 4th, The Indian Minister of State For Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju, spoke about esports’ legitimacy within the country in the parliament. Jagdambika Pal, a Member of Lok Sabha asked some specific questions about the plans of the government regarding Esports. In response, Kiren Rijiju recognized that esports is an emerging platform for the country’s youth population and that there were a large number of esports enthusiasts in the country. He also said that it is totally different from gambling as well. He said, “Esports is different from gaming or igaming and gambling, etc. as former is skill-based while latters are chance-based.”
A few weeks back, a trend started on Twitter with a hashtag- ‘#recognizeesportsinindia’. The government assured them that they would look into this matter. Now they are seriously looking into this matter. After yesterday’s announcement from IOA, everyone can hope that it will just a matter of time. But there is still a long way to go.
In 2018, Indian Hearthstone player Tirth Mehta won the bronze medal. Hearthstone is a digital card-based game. If this all goes well, we will see more players in the various tournaments, making us proud. Already in PUBG Mobile, Counter-Strike, and recently in VALORANT, Indian players have made their mark on the global stage and made us proud. This will surely boost up the sleeping giant of Esports in coming days.
As a result of his arrest in September of 2020, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley was sentenced to 120 days in jail on Tuesday, after pleading guilty to a felony charge of threats of violence for pointing a rifle at a family outside his home.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced that Beasley can serve his stay in the workhouse after the conclusion of his NBA season, setting a tentative report date for May 26. COVID-19 precautions could require the county to release him on electronic home monitoring for the duration of his sentence.
Beasley also received three years probation, during which time he is not allowed to use alcohol or elicit drugs, and has been permanently banned from having firearms. He will also be required to enter an anger-management program.
A couple and their 13-year-old child — on a house-hunting tour in September — pulled up to the home where Beasley was living with his wife and then-18-month-old son and found the property roped off. Beasley approached their vehicle and pointed a rifle as he ordered them to leave. A police search of the house found 835 grams (1.8 pounds) of marijuana, a 12-gauge shotgun, a handgun, and an automatic rifle, which matched the description of the one he allegedly pointed at the family as they drove away.
Malik Beasley was sentenced to 120 days at county workhouse (with work release or home confinement options) that will be served at end of the NBA season, per @ShamsCharaniapic.twitter.com/hM6gtOpo9V
Beasley and his now-estranged wife Montana Yao were both facing fifth-degree drug possession charges from the September 2020 arrest, when police found marijuana at his home. According to ESPN, those charges were dropped as part of his plea deal.
“We are very pleased with this outcome that will allow Malik to continue working on becoming a better person and making better choices,” said agent Steve Haney, in a statement.
The 19th overall pick in the 2016 draft by Denver, Beasley averaged 20.7 points in 14 games for Minnesota after being acquired in a trade with the Nuggets in February of 2020. He is averaging career-highs across the board this season. Usage of poor judgment on the day that he was arrested will have him pay the price.
Looking for a laptop for work or play in 2021? Opting for an AMD-powered laptop is a smarter choice these days as you get both performance and efficiency. Gone are the days of Intel dominance, as most people who seek “value for money” laptop prefer AMD. In 2021, the market has many laptops for your need, and here we will explore the best ones you should consider right now.
Productivity & Everyday Work
AMD has taken the world by storm with its new Ryzen 4000 APUs, introducing Zen 2 based on 7nm to mobile has helped to bring superior performance coupled with efficiency to laptops. More and more people are opting for AMD for its strong CPU performance and iGPU benefits.
Although Ryzen 5000 series processors have been announced it will take some months for those laptops to arrive, and that too at high prices. So, buying a discounted Ryzen 4000U powered laptop makes more sense now as there’s no “night and day difference” in regular productivity laptops.
So, here are the best AMD powered laptops you should opt for:
MSI Modern 14
Price: ₹51,990
Processor: 4th Generation AMD Ryzen 5 4500U Up To 4GHz
Display: 14-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) display, IPS Level, 60Hz Thin Bezel.
Operating System: Pre-loaded Windows 10 Home with lifetime validity |Preinstalled Software: MSI BurnRecovery, MSI Battery Calibration, MSI Help Desk, Norton Internet Security (trail 60days), Norton Studio (Metro), Microsoft Office 2016 (trial 30 days, 1 year per purchase), Nahimic 3, Creator Center | In the box: Laptop, adapter.
14-inch LED-backlit Full HD (1920 x 1080) display with a 16:9 aspect ratio
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 4300U, Ryzen 5 4500U, and Ryzen 7 4700U with 4, 6, and 8 cores
8GB of 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM along with 256GB / 512GB SSD options
Full-size backlit keyboard with 1.4mm key travel
HD webcam
Intel WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 support
Ports: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI, 1 x Audio combo jack, 1 x MicroSD card reader, 1 x Kensington lock and a DC-in port
3-cells 50Wh lithium-polymer battery
360° metal hinge that is tested to pass a 20,000-cycle open-and-close test
I/O Ports: 1x 3.5mm Combo Audio Jack, 2x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C, 1x Micro SD card reader
Other: FingerPrint Reader with Windows Hello support | 720p HD web camera | Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) (802.11ax) 2*2 | Bluetooth 5.0 | Fast charging: 60% in 49 minutes
Display: 14-inch LED-backlit Full HD (1920 x 1080), 16:9, anti-glare Panel, 250nits brightness, 100% sRGB, 4-sided NanoEdge design with up to 90% screen-to-body ratio, IPS-level wide-view technology
Software Included: Pre-installed MS Office Home and Student 2019 | Operating System: Pre-loaded Windows 10 Home with lifetime validity
Design & battery: Up to 2.5mm-thin bezel | Metallic Chassis |Thin and Light Laptop | Laptop weight: 1.26 kg | 67WHrs, 4-cell, lithium-polymer battery | Up to 22 hours battery life
I/O Ports: 1x HDMI 2.0a, 1x USB 3.1 Type A (Gen1), 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 1x Micro SD card reader
Other: IR HD web camera with Windows Hello support| Face recognition login | Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) (802.11ax) 2*2 | Bluetooth 5.0 | US MIL-STD 810G military-grade standard| with Cortana and Alexa voice-recognition support
These days AMD Ryzen 4000H gaming processors are trending in the mobile market and people have gone crazy for these gaming laptops. In India too, gamers are looking for these cheaper yet powerful processors that provide exceptional gaming performance without having to sacrifice on efficiency.
AMD has stormed the market worldwide with these processors, as now you get double the amount of cores and threads on a gaming laptop. Here are some of the best deals you should go for:
Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3
Price: ₹ 67,990
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H; Base Speed: 3.0GHz, Max Speed: 4.0GHz, 6 Cores, 12 Threads, 8MB cache
Operating System: Pre-Loaded Windows 10 Home with Lifetime Validity | Pre-Installed MS Office Home and Student 2019
Design and Battery: Laptop weight: 2.36 Kg | micro-edge bezel | 3-cell, 52.5 Wh Li-ion Fast Charge Battery
In the box: Laptop with the included battery and 150 W Smart AC power adapter
Ports: 1 SuperSpeed USB Type-C 5Gbps(DisplayPort 1.4, HP Sleep and Charge), 1 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps(HP Sleep and Charge), 2 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps, 1 Mini DisplayPort, 1 HDMI 2.0a, 1 RJ-45
Cooling: IR Thermal sensor| Omen Tempest Cooling Technology
14″ 120Hz FHD IPS-level panel with Adaptive-Sync technology
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q 6GB GDDR6
Memory
16 GB DDR4 3200MHz
Storage
1 TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD
Wireless
Intel WiFi 6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.0
Connectivity
1 x USB3.2 Gen2 Type-C (DisplayPort 1.4 and Power Delivery) 1 x USB3.2 Gen2 Type-C 2x USB3.2 Gen1 Type-A 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x 3.5mm headphone and microphone combo jack
Keyboard
Backlit Chiclet Keyboard, N-key support, 1.7mm travel distance, 4 Hotkeys, Golden Curve, Power key with Fingerprint
Be it gaming or productivity, AMD sits in position where its laptops are more recommendable and affordable. So, whether you choose to work or play don’t get MAD, just get AMD 😁
