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India has set March 2025 deadline to have common charging port in all electronic devices

Deadline follows EU's timeline for uniform charging ports' standards, says civil servant

As the government plans to introduce two common types of charging ports for mobiles and wearable electronic devices, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come out with quality standards for USB Type-C charging port, according to a senior consumer affairs ministry official. In the interest of consumers and to reduce e-waste, the Department of Consumer Affairs in consultations with the industry stakeholders is mulling mandating two types of common charging ports -- a USB Type-C charger for mobiles, smartphones, and tablets, and the other common charger for wearable electronic devices. "In the last meeting, a broad consensus had emerged among stakeholders on the adoption of USB Type C as a charging port for, smartphones, tablets, laptops etc. The BIS has notified standards for Type C charger," Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh told PTI. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur is studying single charging port for wearable electronic devices like watches, etc. Onc

The OnePlus Monitors X 27 will be available at Rs 27,999 on the OnePlus online store from December 14. Pricing and sale details of the OnePlus Monitor E24 would come later

Portable solid state drives (SSD) or dual-purpose flash drives, there are plenty of options to choose from. Here is a wrap of best storage devices launched this year in India

Swiss brokerage UBS Securities said global investors are bullish on Indian equities market in spite of the 86 per cent premium it commands over emerging market peers and on the back of a 17 per cent outperformance so far this year. "India is one of only three markets to trade at a premium to its own history, (the other two being Thailand and the UAE)" despite it commanding an 86 per cent premium over its emerging markets peers, according to UBS Securities. In spite of the expensive valuations, most equity investors are quite optimistic, both from a cyclical and a structural perspective even though they see the economy losing the steam and printing in a 6.9 per cent growth this fiscal and a much lower 5.5 per cent next fiscal before settling at the long-run average of 6 per cent in FY25, UBS Securities said in a note on Tuesday. On Monday, its Wall Street rival Morgan Stanley said the Sensex would continue to outperform in 2023 with an average 10 per cent rally taking the benchmark .

Priced at Rs 22,999, the ZEB-Juke Bar 9750 soundbar will be available on the e-commerce platform Amazon from November 24

According to news report, Apple Executive Greg Joswiak confirmed transition to USB type-C on iPhones in order to comply with the regulation approved by European Parliament

Stakeholders have agreed to a phased roll-out of a uniform charging port for effective implementation and easy adoption so that the same can be applied by the industry and adopted by consumers

The new monitor comes in a white finish instead of the usual black plastic bezels. Its 32-inch 4K panel is supported by a pair of HDMI ports as well as single USB-A input and Gigabit Ethernet

Even Apple will be forced to comply with EU rules mandating USB-C ports for all phones and tablets etc. Here we try to explain what makes this port the right choice for everyone

Priced at Rs 10,499, the Moto e32 is available in eco black and arctic blue colours on Flipkart

Tony Fadell, inventor of the iPod, has said that Apple should include USB-C port in iPhones, as the European Union passed a resolution on USB Type-C as standard charging port

TMS Ep276: OPEC production cuts, Indian pharma exports, stocks, USB-C ports

How will OPEC production cuts affect India? Who is responsible for the quality of Indian pharma exports? Are consumption stocks a good bet now? What makes USB-C the best charging port? Answers here

What makes USB-C the gold standard of charging ports?

The European Parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of legislation to standardise the charging port on electronic items. It selected USB Type-C as the standard port. But why did it choose USB-C?

All devices that support fast charging will now have the same charging speed, allowing users to charge their devices at the same speed with any compatible charger

How will 'one charger for all' affect you and device makers?

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs is evaluating the possibility of a common charger for most mobile devices. Let's find out how consumers and device-makers will be affected if the policy is implemented

Musk said that Tesla believed that the usage amongst owners was too low to justify supplying the cable with every new car delivery

Apple has released macOS Monterey 12.3.1, a minor update to the macOS Monterey operating system that launched in October.

Thunderbolt 4 is Intel's next generation universal cable connectivity solution, which succeeds four-year-old Thunderbolt 3