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Time to plug chip design gap as Semicon 2.0 seeks to boost startups

A new scheme seeks to encourage startups to step up their semiconductor designing business. Some provisions are a bit challenging

Indian smartphone brands eye sub-₹20,000 gap as Chinese firms go premium

Mivi, Ai+, Fire-Boltt and Lava are targeting the mass-market segment as rising memory costs squeeze margins and push Chinese smartphone makers towards premium devices

India sees sharpest rise in mobile phone retail prices globally in 2026

Average mobile phone prices in India have risen 21 per cent in 2026, against a 15 per cent global increase, as higher memory costs weigh more heavily on cheaper devices

Iran war, high ATF prices hit airlines hard as seat capacity falls in Sept

Eight of the country's top 10 airports also saw domestic capacity decline, while Delhi and Maharashtra bucked the trend with growth in overall airline seat capacity

Indian CCTV makers move in as Chinese companies face rule hurdle

Chinese companies accounted for a dominant one-third of the total market before April, while Indian firms have received certification for 196 network camera models

IndiGo, Air India Express rank among top 10 LCCs flying from West Asia

IndiGo and Air India Express together account for 15 per cent of West Asia's LCC seat capacity, despite Indian carriers operating only international flights

India was fourth-largest iPhone market in Q2 2026, says Omdia data report

Apple shipped 3.45 million iPhones to India in Q2 2026, accounting for 6.25 per cent of its global shipments and giving it a 10 per cent domestic market share

India's venture capital recovery looks anaemic as deal value grows just 5%

Deal value grows 5% against a 161% global surge in the first seven months

Apple may shift 30-35% of global iPhone production to India in next 5 years

Apple could raise India's share of global iPhone production to 30-35% over five years as John Ternus takes charge and India gains a deeper role in its supply chain

5 million international flyers to shift to Navi Mumbai airport from Oct 1

About 5 million passengers of international capacity will move from Mumbai T2 to Navi Mumbai airport as T1 prepares for redevelopment beginning January 2027

Yotta to order 50,000 Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs for $7.5 billion

The deal will also include ordering another 45,000 of Nvidia's GB-300 GPUs (part of the Blackwell family architecture), which are currently the latest on offer by the company

AI boom's high salaries stifling Indian chip-design startups: TDK Ventures

Soaring AI-driven salaries and stock options are discouraging Indian chip-design talent from taking the risk of building deep-tech startups, TDK Ventures says

India's $126-bn mobile production target may take 5 more years to achieve

India's mobile manufacturing push has fallen short of its FY26 targets, with production at $70 billion and exports at $29 billion, delaying the original ambitions by several years

Four domestic players line up for Centre's new mobile manufacturing scheme

The ₹62,500 crore scheme replaces the mobile PLI and seeks to boost exports and localisation, while offering separate incentives to support Indian brands

India remains biggest foreign market for Chinese phone companies

India accounted for 34% of Vivo's global shipments in CY25 and 23% of Oppo's, while its share for Realme and OnePlus stood at 35% and 32%, respectively

Memory price surge squeezes sub-₹10,000 smartphone segment in India

Rising memory prices have crushed India's sub-Rs 10,000 smartphone segment, forcing brands to raise prices and shift entry-level models into higher price bands

Google's India Pixel shift remains slow; Vietnam, China dominate production

The US tech giant, which sells roughly 12 million smartphones globally, continues to bet heavily on Vietnam

How to embrace AI: Indian IT firms gear up for the reskilling challenge

AI could disrupt millions of jobs even as it boosts productivity and creates new opportunities, forcing India's IT industry to rethink hiring, reskilling and business models

Rupee fall may reduce effective incentives for semiconductor projects

The impact could be significant because nearly 65% of the cost of a semiconductor project is spent on machinery, most of which has to be imported and paid for in dollars

Indian startups chase emerging global market with physical AI robots

Ati Robotics plans a US manufacturing plant, while Addverb and Novus Hi-Tech are developing physical AI robots for industrial and defence applications and exports.