Category: Technology & Research

The China +1 strategy, aimed at reducing reliance on Chinese manufacturing by investing in other countries, has significantly benefited Tamil Nadu, positioning it as a prime destination for electronics manufacturing. Tamil Nadu’s Information Technology Minister, P. Thiaga Rajan lauded the State’s burgeoning electronics and automotive sectors, pointing to the successful implementation of the China +1 […]

China Cos.: The Centre is looking to immediately operationalize its order that will likely weed out Chinese vendors from the supply chains of all forms of surveillance equipment in the aftermath of the recent coordinated pager explosions in Lebanon, multiple sources aware of the development told ET. The move is set to benefit local companies. […]

Sunil Gupta, Chief Executive of Yotta Data Services, which has placed a purchase order of 16,000 H100 GPUs from Nvidia and went live with 4,000 H100 GPUs a few months ago, concurred. The Government has halved the revenue threshold for companies seeking to bid for the Rs 10,000 crores graphics processing units (GPUs) tender, conceding […]

 Vistara, India’s last full-service carrier to launch operations and in line to merge with Air India, will see its operations merge with Air India on November 12, 2024. In May 2024, preliminary information was released about the merger of the loyalty programs, followed by advice to link accounts of loyalty accounts in both programs. Earlier this month, it was […]

India’s Digital Mission marks nine years of progress, positioning the nation as a leading digital economy. As e-commerce is projected to reach $350 billion by 2030, the focus shifts to how MSMEs can harness this growth through digital integration, skills training, and supportive policies. How can MSMEs leverage this digital growth in e-commerce to streamline […]

Piyush Goyal says AI will have to be accepted by all as it would help promote ease of doing business in every field. Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal on Wednesday launched an AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) search tool that will help clear trademark applications at a faster pace and with greater efficiency. […]

Top companies tell stories of enhanced productivity & creativity Even as the debate whether artificial intelligence is indeed eating up jobs rages on, with fresh data to either support or negate the claim being thrown up regularly, there is no argument about the fact that AI is a tool to enhance productivity and efficiency. Microsoft and LinkedIn’s recent release of […]

Hackers Pivot to SME as Biggies Stop Playing Ball: Attacks on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (with 100-5,000 employees) have significantly risen in India and accounted for nearly half of all such incidents in 2023. Among large organizations, only 10% of those attacked paid ransom, whereas with SMEs, 44% ended up paying amounts ranging between […]

Opinions divided among start-ups; some cite “error costs” of ex ante regulations. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) met with prominent think tanks to take their inputs on the draft Digital Competition Bill (DCB), and its impact on the domestic start-ups. The Ministry officials, including the MeitY secretary and members from the Competition […]

In a move to deepen manufacturing in electronics in India, the Centre is targeting 35-40 per cent value-addition through the yet-to-be launched production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for electronics components. This target implies doubling of value-addition from the current levels of 18-20 per cent in the case of electronics manufacturing through various incentive schemes. The target […]