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Tryst with Semicons: Arduous road for India to lead chip manufacturing

Out of the 39 new ATMP-OSAT plants announced globally, India already has three, which the government has cleared: one each by Micron, Tata, and Murugappa Group, with an investment of $7.8 billion

Can Google make India a hub for mobile phone assembly like Apple?

Apple Inc sold more than 7.5 million iPhones in India last year, according to estimates

DoT identifies property assets of BSNL and MTNL for 'outright sale'

The government has listed over 100 properties of MTNL for outright sale through an auction process

Share of passenger vehicle output geared for export at 10-year low in 2023

India's share of production geared for export is the lowest in Asia, trailing South Korea, Thailand, Japan, and Indonesia

Indian aviation industry suffers from low penetration despite rise in seats

India's total airline seats have doubled in a decade. So, why is the country not seen as realising its aviation potential?

Can global Big Tech companies afford to ignore the Indian market?

Those opposing the ex-ante legislation wanted the deadline for submitting responses, which was May 15, to be extended by two to six months. But the MCA has not agreed

India's Cloud expenditure lags behind global average despite AI push

The data says India's revenues from cloud should hit $9.9 billion in 2024, accounting for 1.4 per cent of the global

Checking out of 24Seven: Godfrey sees exit valuation of Rs 700-1,000 cr

Low margins and escalating real estate prices are primary drivers for exiting the 24Seven business

Ola in talks with Mysuru-based Kaynes Semicon to make chips for its EVs

Kaynes would manufacture the chips based on Ola's design

Stakeholders seek more time for feedback on Digi Competition Bill

Industry associations say that consultations on the contentious bill should not be pushed through during the elections

Weizmann to move court against Western Union on trademark, logo issue

The company has used the brand for promoting, marketing, advertising its products and services under the trademark and has earned goodwill, especially in the financial sector

India leads Asia-Pacific region's M&A deals in Q1 2024: S&P Global

The number of deals closed in Q1 of 2024 is one more than the previous year

Domestic private equity funds share in total up 2.5 times in 4 years

Even average deal sizes of key domestic PE players like Kedara and CrysCapital doubled to $100 million in 2023 from $50 million in 2019

Europe, US companies back India for derisking from China: Survey

The other key emerging markets, the survey said, are southeast Asia, where 60 per cent of the respondents were willing to put in 50 per cent more investment in the next three years

HP India in talks with Dixon Technologies, VVDN for laptop assembly

VVDN has already partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to assemble servers for the US company at its Manesar plant in Haryana

American spirits company Sazerac may hike John Distilleries stake to 60%

John Distilleries is the fourth largest liquor company in the country by volumes

PLI for electronics parts: Meity seeks info on production competitiveness

Meity has held numerous consultations with industry players and is hoping to launch the scheme as part of its 100-day agenda after the new government is formed after the general elections

In red-hot AI space, funds for Indian startups cooling down: Traxcn

PE/VC funding down 71% in CY23; it has slowed further in this year

HMD plans to make India a key manufacturing hub for its phone exports

Nokia was the first mobile brand which was exported out of India from its own manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu

Car mkt sees consolidation, top 6 brands corner 92.6% of domestic sales

The bottom six car makers managed to corner only 2.9 % market share