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PLI for Telecom Equipments- DoT to start inviting applications for telecom PLI scheme shortly; Huawei, ZTE shut out: CNBC-Awaaz
The Department of Telecommunications has finalised the guidelines for the telecom manufacturing PLI scheme worth Rs 12,200 crore and is likely to issue them in 1-2 days, news channel CNBC-Awaaz rep...
PLI for IT Hardware- Dell, Foxconn, 17 other firms apply under PLI scheme for IT Hardware
As many as 19 companies have filed application under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the IT Hardware, the union Telecom ministry said on Tuesday. As per the ministry, companies like, Dell, Lava, ICT (...
India’s Telecom Firms Avoid Chinese Suppliers for 5G Operations
India’s wireless carriers have avoided partnering with Chinese telecom players for 5G services, the fallout of a bloody border standoff between the neighbors, as they start trial operations in the South Asian nation...
PLI Scheme: India Invites Applications for Second Round of Large-Scale Electronics Manufacturing
The government has started inviting applications for the second round of large-scale electronics manufacturing under the production-linked incentive scheme with focus on some electronic components like motherboards, s...
India's draft e-commerce policy calls for equal treatment of sellers
India will require e-commerce firms to treat sellers equally on their platforms and ensure transparency, according to a draft policy seen by Reuters on Saturday that follows criticism against business p...
Twitter India Looks For Law Enforcement Liaison As Govt. Clears Air On IT Rules
Minister of electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has clarified that the Indian government does not intend to interfere in the activities of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and other...
Cisco India earmarks Rs 63.5 crore to provide financial support to staff amid Covid-19 crisis
US-based networking solutions provider Cisco is making a "one-off payment" of about Rs 63.5 crore towards supporting staff in India during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. A Cisco Ind...
AI analog chip startup Mythic raises $70 Million
Mythic, a startup making artificial intelligence chips for use in gadgets such as smart home devices or security cameras, on Tuesday said it raised $70 million in its latest round of funding. The Redwood Cit...
Twitter donates $15 mn to 3 different NGOs for COVID-19 relief in India
Microblogging giant Twitter has donated USD 15 million to help address the COVID-19 crisis in India which is battling the unprecedented second wave of the deadly pandemic. Twitter CEO Jack Patrick ...
Telecom secretary puts on hold 5G trial spectrum allotment to Saankhya Labs, IISc Bengaluru
Telecom secretaryAnshu Prakash has put on hold the recent allocation of 5G trial spectrum to homegrown semiconductor chipset maker Saankhya Labs and IISc Bengaluru. The development has brought to the fo...
Foxconn iPhone India output drops 50% amid COVID surge: Sources
Production of the Apple iPhone 12 at a Foxconn factory in India has slumped by more than 50% because workers infected with COVID-19 have had to leave their posts, two sources told Reuters. The Foxc...
Electronics, handset cos slash production
Several electronics manufacturers including Lava International, Transsion Holdings, MCM Telecom Equipment, Videotex International and Veira Electronics are cutting production by up to 50%, as the raging...
Aarogya Setu app to display vaccine status soon
The Aarogya Setucontact tracing app may soon become a tool to quickly access a person's vaccination status. The government is working on a feature where a blue tick will appear against their names once ...
France' STMicro sees no reason to take part in EU chip alliance
Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics sees no reason to join a potential European Unionsemiconductors alliance, its chief executive said on Tuesday, as the European Commission is se...
Chipmaker TSMC eyeing expansion of planned Arizona plant: Sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) is planning to build several more chipmaking factories in the U.S. state of Arizona beyond the one currently planned, three people familiar with the matter told Re...
German chipmaker Infineon raises revenue, margin guidance on chip boom
German chipmaker Infineon raised its guidance on Tuesday for revenue and margins in the current fiscal year, saying that demand was greatly exceeding supply and it continued to invest in additional capacity....
Temporary entry ban on Indians may impact Malaysia's electronics industry
As COVID-19 cases soared in India and its neighbouring countries, Malaysia last Wednesday (May 5) announced a temporary entry ban on citizens of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. It had earlier on A...
Karlsruher Institute for Technology: Printed Circuits Protect Sensors
Electronic sensors can benefit many industrial applications, such as automotive engineering. But they have to be protected from attacks and falsifications. The new joint project “sensIC”aims to integrate printed e...
L&T Technology Services reappoints Narayanan Kumar as Independent Director
L&T Technology Services Ltd has informed that the Board has re-appointed Narayanan Kumar as the Independent Director of the Company for a further period of three years and seven months with effect from 15th J...
COVID-19 Has Uncovered A Digital Divide Between Companies: Sudheesh Narayanan, Knowledge Lens
Knowledge Lens is a digital acceleration product company that leverages artificial intelligence, industrial IoT, and big data analytics to offer business insights to its customers. This Bangalore-based technology firm...
Indo British’ Electric Mobility Brand GoZero Mobility Welcomes The Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP)
Gozero Mobility, a British performance electric bicycle and active wear maker, is in high spirits as the UK Finalises GBP 1 Billion worth Trade Deals with India, creating over 6,500 jobs in Britain. The five key areas...
Electric Vehicles: Race Against Time
It's literally a race against time for adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in India. Despite the imperatives of cutting carbon emissions and reducing India’s dependence on crude oil 82.8 per cent of which needs to be...
India’s move to deter digital monopolies may hit Amazon, Walmart
e-tIndia’s draft e-commerce rules to prevent creation of “digital monopolies” and aid local startups may raise costs and stymie expansion plans at companies such as Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc.&nbs...
Bengal e-commerce start-up plans to help small electronics retailers
Magitronix EComm, a startup firm, is focusing on buyers in small towns for its online marketplace and helping neighbourhood electronics shop owners who are not able to get access to the network of big e- com...
India must to develop technology to indigenously manufacture electronic materials: MoS
Sanjay Dhotre, MoS for Education, Communications, Electronics and IT Monday said that materials are the backbone of the manufacturing sector in the country and that India’s electronics manufacturing has grown from R...
Addverb Technologies inaugurates Robots manufacturing facility 'Bot-Valley' in Noida
Addverb Technologies, one of India’s biggest Automation and Robotics companies, has launched its Rs 75 crore manufacturing facility in Noida. The company said that the facility has a capacity to manufacture more tha...
INDIAN NAVY ISSUES RFI FOR LEASE OF 24 LIGHT HELICOPTERS
The RFI seeks responses from helicopter OEMs, authorized leasing firms, third party financiers or government-sponsored agencies for 24 helicopters with ground support equipment, all maintenance support including perfo...
HANWHA DEFENCE LINES UP K21-105 LIGHT TANK FOR INDIA
Hanwha Defence has told Janes it plans to offer its K21-105 Light Tank to meet a new requirement within the Indian Army. If selected for the programme Hanwha Defence plans to build the platform in India through its ex...
Godrej Consumer sees Q4 net profit jump 59 per cent
FMCG major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) on Tuesday reported a massive 59.13 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter of FY21 as net sales witnessed substantial growth. The c...
Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production
Some of the world's biggest chip buyers, including Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc's Google, are joining top chip-makers such as Intel Corp to create a new lobbying group to press for governm...
5 electronics startups providing jobs in rural India
With the government’s flagship initiative Digital Bharat, inculcating technology in everyday life from digital payments to communication, deep tech has become the new talk of the town. India has the...
Netweb’s ‘Make in India’ compliant Tyrone servers
Netweb Technologies launched the latest TYRONE servers at MAIT-ETMS 2021 in compliance with GOI’s Atmanirvar Bharat initiative for the complex computing needs of Indian companies. Manufacturers’ Association f...
Amazon pauses annual Prime Day sale in India due to COVID-19
Amazon.com Inc has paused its annual Prime Day sale in India, a company spokeswoman said on Friday, as the country battles a severe second wave of coronavirus infections that has ...
India, Guatemala to deepen cooperation in space, defence and security; India-SICA Trade negotiations to start soon
The two sides also discussed possible cooperation in -- Defence & Security, International Solar Alliance (ISA) as well as cooperation with CAABI and being part of OSA (Organization of American States).&nbs...
U.S. Commerce Dept. pressing Taiwan to supply more chips to U.S. automakers
The U.S. Commerce Department is pressing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd and other Taiwanese firms to prioritize the needs of U.S. automakers to ease chip shortages in the near term, Comm...
India Getting P-8s In New Deal That Includes Local Investment
A new State Department-approved deal to sell six more P-8 submarine-hunting aircraft to India comes with the provision that 30% of the acquisition cost be spent in the Indian aerospace sector, an offset in keeping wit...
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