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Rs 23K crore electronics PLI scheme set to be rolled out in 3 weeks

The scheme is likely to be operationalised in the next 2-3 weeks

Govt will evaluate response if China, Vietnam resort to dumping: S Krishnan

As of now, electronics goods manufacturers in India are not "overly" concerned about the recent tariff hikes

India's rising content, account takedown requests politically driven: USTR

Content and user account takedown requests, as well as the debate around the motivation for such government actions, have been an issue for the Centre

India likely to dial down plans to curb personal computer imports

Import licensing requirements were to be implemented in 2023. The govt has so far deferred the timeline on four occasions and has now set Dec 2025 as deadline

No change likely in DPDP rules on data storage, cross-border data transfers

A team of US officials was in India till Saturday to hold trade agreement talks with the commerce department ahead of the proposed reciprocal tax announcement by the Trump administration

When AI chatbots talk up a storm in India, controversy over content follows

Grok is the latest to stir up a controversy with its abusive responses. Such tools need training that is sensitive to cultural nuances

Cabinet okays Rs 23K cr PLI scheme for electronics component manufacturing

A total of 91,600 direct jobs are likely to be generated under the scheme, Union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Cadence looks to continue adding employees for India unit at 8-10% CAGR

India head Jaswinder Ahuja says engineers feel their prospects in India are as good as elsewhere in the world

Tata group seeks 80 acres more to expand Dholera semiconductor chip plant

Gujarat govt had earlier allocated 20-acre land parcel to conglomerate

Govt to check Grok's responses for possible violations of India laws

The ministry of electronics and information technology has, in the meanwhile, reached out to X's (formerly Twitter) representatives in India and sought their response on replies generated by Grok

Gaming SRBs must block harmful, addictive content: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Although betting and gambling fall under the purview of state governments, the central government will work to ensure that users are protected from the ills of online gaming, Vaishnaw said

Received 67 proposals to build AI models trained on Indian datasets: MoS IT

"Of the 67 proposals, 22 are focused on large language models and large multimodal models, while the other 45 are proposals to develop domain-specific small language models"

Blocking free flow of data a burden on growth, innovation: Meta's Kaplan

Kaplan talks about free flow of data to age-appropriate content and more

Infineon aims to double India workforce to 5,000 by 2030, says CMO

Going ahead, the company intends to continue supporting its Indian partners and customers to leverage growth opportunities, as the country remains a high-growth market for Infineon, he said

Gaming federations tie up to enforce code of ethics for user safety

Under the code of ethics framework, all gaming companies will implement strict age-gating norms, have robust know-your-consumer norms, ensure appropriate safeguards for gamers' data

Nasscom, other bodies oppose DPDP Rules on cross-border data transfer ban

In the draft of the DPDP Rules, released in January this year, the ministry of electronics and information technology had proposed certain additional obligations on significant data fiduciaries

Govt has finalised design, outline of ISM phase two, to support semicon

The government is also working to make sure that the fabless semiconductor chip' ecosystem is also enhanced further by making changes to the design linked incentive scheme

CDIL partners with Germany's Infineon to explore Indian semiconductor mkt

Under the agreement, Infineon will supply bare die wafers to CDIL, which the latter will package into discrete and module semiconductor products for Indian customers

PSMC 'working' to bring semiconductor fab construction companies to India

PSCM, which has partnered with Tata Group to build the country's first semiconductor chip manufacturing facility at Dholera in Gujarat, is collaborating with the latter on multiple fronts, Chu said

State to focus on building social infra around semicon units: Gujarat CM

The country has so far attracted investment worth $18 billion under the first phase of ISM, he said