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NITI plans to boost India's electronics, auto global value chain share

In talks with industry, Centre, states for 4-pronged strategy

OneWeb sets sights on defence, governance for satellite broadband expansion

One Web can leverage on the fact that it has already rolled out services in parts of Europe, US and Africa and is in talks with at least 2 airline companies in Europe to offer the service inflight

India's high-tech manufacturing goal, a long road with 1.39% global revenue

The distance India has to cover can be seen from the fact that China contributed 8.3 per cent of the top 20 manufacturing companies' global revenue at $279.4 billion

Here's how govt's PLI scheme is fuelling Dixon Technologies' global dreams

The pace of activity will only increase. Last week Dixon won a similar contract from Lenovo, the Chinese personal computer maker and the third largest information technology hardware brand in India

The India Story 2023: Progress, challenges & revamps under 'Make in India'

In the second part of our year-end series, we dive deep into a scheme redefining India's manufacturing landscape

Dialling in: Admin price rings louder than satellite spectrum auction bid

While the market for satellite broadband currently is small ($10-15 million), the potential is large as an estimated 30% of the country does not have reliable terrestrial broadband services

Telecom Bill 2023: GMPC players may get spectrum at administered price

As the government tables the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 in Lok Sabha, the move is seen as a big win for Sunil Mittal's OneWeb, which had been pushing for the same

Ather Energy could launch IPO by FY25 end, earlier than initially planned

Launch of a family scooter and expansion of dealership network to help it increase market share

Bata steps up to take on global moulded footwear and sneaker brands

Bata is pushing its Floatz product line to grab a share of the moulded footwear market but at a lower price than Crocs and Birkenstock

How will Apple, the poster boy of Make in India, deal with end of PLI?

To get more scale than envisaged and nearly double the value addition, Apple's vendors will need to replicate the model of Chinese mega-factories in India

Year of blockbusters set to end with record Box Office collection

Bollywood movies' domestic mop-up tops pre-pandemic mark, riding on four Rs 500 cr-plus films

India's domestic aviation capacity soars beyond pre-pandemic level

The top 20 domestic markets, according to OAG, account for 88 per cent of the global domestic travel capacity with nine countries now reaching 2019 levels once again

China play in PLI 2.0: Dixon wins deal to make laptops for Lenovo

Dixon, a player in the electronics manufacturing services space, has won the contract through Padget Electronics, a fully-owned subsidiary

Boost to Make in India: Apple way ahead of PLI scheme commitments

Achieves 81% of target for assembling iPhones in FY24

Apple likely to corner 39% share of Rs 1 lakh-plus smartphone segment

Apple has been able to grab a larger share of Indian premium smartphone market segment, while rival Samsung has seen a relative fall in its share in the same segment

India on course to become 5th-largest market for travel and tourism

In outbound travel, India will be behind only the US, China, Germany and the UK but ahead of Italy, South Korea, Australia, Canada and France, to name only a few

Zepto claims 2nd spot in monthly active customers, surpasses JioMart

In contrast, Tata-owned BigBasket lost ground, seeing a 3 per cent decline in M-o-M MAU in November, and DMart Ready decreased by 2 per cent

Apple Inc requests more time to comply with EU norm in older iPhones

Claims that putting in a universal charging port in older models will adversely impact its PLI targets

To meet EV target, OEMs need to rev up entry segment: Bain & Company

Achieving the target requires EVs to grow more than tenfold in volumes in the next six-seven years with penetration going up from the current 5 per cent to 40 per cent by 2030

Samsung set to dislodge Xiaomi as top smartphone player by volume

Counterpoint estimates that Xiaomi will also be behind its Chinese competitor, Vivo, which has marginally increased its market share from 16 per cent in CY22 to a projected 17 per cent in CY23