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SUN Mobility rewires old scooters for a green electric second life

Retrofit push targets India's 200 million ICE scooters; eyes expansion in Africa and Southeast Asia

Non-information technology sectors stole the show in July hiring trend

July was also when TCS shook the IT industry job market by announcing layoffs of over 12,000 employees, raising concerns that hiring in this sector could be under severe stress

Just 1/5th of auto PLI firms have products cleared for incentives

These companies have received clearance for 107 model and component variants, having met the DVA threshold, based on data available till July 31

Apple's iPhone exports from India increase 82% to $6 billion in Q1

Total smartphone exports hit record $7.7 bn despite US tariff threat

Industry optimistic about low, if not zero, tariff on electronics exports

The sobering news is that Cupertino-based Apple Inc, which assembles the iPhone in India, has already ensured that bulk of its semiconductor requirement came from non-Chinese sources

China's clampdown on rare earths has prompted India to explore options

Japan is a model to look at. After the 2010 episode, it reduced its dependence on China to 60 per cent of its requirement of magnets

Electronic devices can breathe easy, for now as US spares chip goods

The tariff will be imposed only on the value of the semiconductor which is in the electronics product, and not on the whole product

Apple turns to Japan to ease China's rare-earth magnet supply squeeze

This squeeze had forced the company to close down the plant for two weeks till June-end - a move that was unprecedented

Startup founders can't be Batman, Superman, Mandrake combined: Shivakumar

What's changed in the past five to 10 years is the advent of consumer technology (tech), and today, consumers are using more digital services than physical ones, says Shivakumar

Saiyaara ignites box office, delivers high ROI with minimal hype

Industry estimates indicate the film is likely to deliver a staggering 6.6x return on investment

EV maker Ola opposes auto firms' plea to reduce duty on traction motors

Ola has also made it clear that they are not in favour of any change in the domestic value addition norms of PLI as well as the phased manufacturing program as requested by many auto companies

Ola Electric, TVS charge up plans to beat rare-earth magnet crunch

Ferrite magnets are now globally considered a viable and cost-effective option due to their easy availability instead of rare-earth materials like neodymium, making it an affordable option

India's own Foxconn? Dixon's PLI-powered road map may reshape electronics

Dixon is transitioning from being predominantly domestic assembler - smartphone assembly accounted for 89 per cent of its revenue as of Q3 FY25 - to becoming a deeper player in electronics value chain

India becomes second-largest air passenger mkt for Thailand this summer

In the summer of pre-Covid 2019, India was Thailand's sixth-largest international airlines market

Ctrl+Alt+Reboot: Artificial intelligence rewriting jobs, not ending them

A Naukri.com survey finds most Indian job seekers are more curious than anxious about AI

Dixon Technologies' China playbook faces crucial Centre's FDI test

The note states that any investment or transfer of ownership from countries sharing a land border with India

Electric two-wheeler firms in talks with govt for localisation relief

PLI, PMP targets under strain as rare earth magnet stocks fast dry up

Can mobile PLI scheme's winning model be replicated across other sectors?

An agile government-private partnership has proved a win-win for the mobile PLI scheme

Bosch plans to double India exports by 2030 and beyond: Guruprasad Mudlapur

Guruprasad Mudlapur, president of the Bosch group in India and managing director (MD) of Bosch Ltd, talks about the company's strategy and challenges in India

No option for states to reject bike taxi norms: Rapido cofounder Guntupalli

Says Pavan Guntupalli, co-founder of Rapido: "The guidelines permit states to have an additive policy but not the option to accept or reject the guidelines."