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Creative Career In Toy Designing
Toy designing/making is a massive field. A career in toy designing has much scope as toys are vital to a child’s growth and development. As long as there are babies and children around there will be a need for toys. Toy designing is a culmination of two qualities – creativity and ability to understand children
Engineers 3-D Print A ‘Living Tattoo’
MIT engineers have devised a 3-D printing technique that uses a new kind of ink made from genetically programmed living cells. The cells are engineered to light up in response to a variety of stimuli. When mixed with a slurry of hydrogel and nutrients, the cells can be printed, layer by layer, to form three-dimensional,
Gizmo Buzz
Acer Predator 21X Laptop Acer has finally launched its premium laptio Acer Predator 21X in India. The 8.5 kilogram laptop offers top of the line hardware and is priced at Rs 6,99,999. The main attraction here is the 21-inch curved IPS display which has a resolution of 2560 x 1080p and a refresh rate of
App Of The Week
Google Launches Three New Photography Apps Google has introduced three photography apps which are part of a new series that it has dubbed as photography ‘appsperiments’. The new photography applications are ‘Storyboard’ (available on android only), ‘Selfissimo (available on iOS and Android) and ‘Scrubbies’ (available on iOS only). The ‘Storyboard’ app takes video clips and
Chamba’s Neglected Heritage
Deepak Sharma Chamba town has one thousand years old history since the time of principality. The historic town has many heritage buildings besides rich handicraft forms including painting, embroidery, wood carving and metal craft. However, Chamba’s historic shape has changed as the pace of development picked up after independence of the country. As UNESCO declared
Democracy Eludes Indian Political Parties
Prof N.K. Singh Former Chairman International Airports Authority of India Election or selection of Rahul Gandhi has ignited fierce debate on the internal democracy of the party. Nevertheless the country with its parliamentary democracy and electoral process takes pride in boasting of being the largest democracy in the world. Although parliamentary model of government is
Code of Conduct Becomes Albatross Around Himachal’s Neck
Himachal This Week While politicians are busy in elections of Gujarat, public in Himachal is suffering for virtually two months due to complete stultification of governance in the state. The government has come to a grinding halt since October 12 this year and those who have anything to do with the government are waiting till
Himachal Records Highest Life Expectancy In Northern Region
Y.S. Rana The writer is a Hamirpur based Himachali settled in Chandigarh Himachal has since 1990 grown marginally faster in number of fields than the rest of country. The hill state now has shown the way in healthy life expectancy across the country especially in the northern region, notes a study-the Lancet. The healthy life
Rashtra Ratan Award for Miss Himachal 2017 2nd Runner-up
Himachal This Week Miss Himachal 2017 2nd runner-up Ayushi Sethi has been honoured with Rashtra Ratan Award. It was bestowed on her by Pratima Raksha Samman Samiti in a function held in Karnal in Haryana for rendering outstanding social services. Managing Director of BHS Group Gurpreet Singh has thanked the samiti for presenting the award.
