3 Amazing Ideas for Customizing Your Backyard

Looking to maximize the potential of your backyard? There are so many ways to turn a simple patch of grass into a space that the entire family can enjoy. Follow these three tips to give your backyard a custom look so you can make the most of your outdoor space. 1. Create Focal Points If … Read more

Traditional touch

Malaika Arora, who is seen as one of the judges on dance reality show, India’s Best Dancer, was touched by a sweet gesture by one of the contestants. The actress received a beautiful Paithani saree from the contestant Rutuja. She immediately put it around her shoulders and kept showing it off to her co-judge, Geeta. … Read more

Groups launch coalition to defend traditional industries

Organizers of Pittsburgh Works Together spoke to a crowd at the city’s Heinz History Center about the necessity of construction, manufacturing and building trades in the region. PITTSBURGH — A coalition of labor, business and civic leaders on Thursday launched an organization to advocate for western Pennsylvania’s traditional and manufacturing industries. Organizers of Pittsburgh Works … Read more

The Market Potential of Gene-Edited Products

The FMI Foundation, in partnership with the American Seed Trade Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Farm Foundation, has released a consumer research study measuring the market potential for gene-edited products. The nationwide survey of 5,000 U.S. shoppers examined consumer beliefs, awareness and understanding of gene editing in food and agriculture, and their willingness to … Read more

Pick up a new, marked-down appliance at these Presidents Day sales

When you think of George Washington, do you think washers and dryers, refrigerators and pressure cookers? Presidents Day weekend may have originally meant honoring America’s top leaders, but it has come to also signify serious appliance sales. We’ve rounded up five retailers offering big savings on appliances for your kitchen, laundry room and more. Home Depot CNN During Home … Read more

MP Farmer’s Initiatives for Traditional, Organic Farming Gets Him Praises from Ex-cricketer VVS Laxman

Satna: A farmer’s dedication towards conserving over a hundred varieties of rice and promoting organic farming in his village in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna has got him praises from former cricketer VVS Laxman. Babulal Dahiya, 76, a retired postmaster from Pithaurabad village in Satna has dedicated his life for the conservation of traditional seeds besides writing Bagheli … Read more

Could micro-credentials compete with traditional degrees?

In 2011, Scott Young took on a challenge that perplexed many of his peers. He would attempt to complete an MIT computer science degree without enrolling in the elite Boston-based university, using free materials that MIT posted online. Young built a curriculum using recorded classes, did the necessary assignments and exams mirroring the constraints and conditions (to the extent … Read more

Chunk of revenues still comes from IT’s legacy products: Experts

Mumbai: Legacy technology-based services and products will continue to constitute a meaningful part of revenue for IT service providers even as the share of digital business is growing at a faster pace – this was the general view at an ET roundtable organised at the Nasccom summit on Friday. CP Gurnani of Tech MahindraNSE -0.11 %, Keshav Murugesh of WNS … Read more

Traditional Grocery Retailers Are Winning Back Customers And Not Because Of Online Order, Pickup Or Delivery

A pre-school age girl helps her parents pick out veggies in the produce section at the grocery … [+] GETTY Two consumer studies of grocery shoppers’ preferences hit my inbox simultaneously. One was from Dunnhumby which rated consumers’ preferences for 60 grocery store brands rated across three key measures called the Grocery RPI (Retailer Preference Index). Spoiler alert: H-E-B … Read more