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Mint Explainer | How 'local' is India's defence infrastructure, really?

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- On 31 August, a Lockheed Martin unit signed a pact with India's Tata Advanced Systems Ltd to make the US's Javelin anti-tank missiles locally. The deal came just two weeks after ... Read More


After Tata, India eyes second chip fab by 2031 with at least $2bn investment

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The IT ministry is inviting global technology companies to build a second commercial chip fabrication plant, as part of a push to establish the country as a major semiconductor h... Read More


Inside India's quest to build a sovereign AI chip

Bengaluru/New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- In October 1985, the United States refused to allow the sale of a supercomputer to India fearing the government may use it for progressing nuclear research and building... Read More


ChatGPT, used by over 100m Indians, to now show ads to free users

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Six months into testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the US, artificial intelligence firm OpenAI on Thursday said it will start showing advertisements to a section of its users i... Read More


Inside Google's Vizag data centre: fast approval, GPS for fishermen, AI corridor

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- In late 2024, a team of engineers from Google travelled to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh-a place once known for its clean beaches, fishing villages and shipyards-to explore the... Read More


Google Pixel 11 Pro Review: Does Google's flagship smartphone offer something new?

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Google's Pixel line of smartphones have always given a sense of being very good phones, but somehow not quite being as popular as they should be. The Google Pixel 11 Pro is one o... Read More


Mint Explainer | Can India build a homegrown smartphone brand?

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- India's IT ministry, which formally notified its Rs.62,500-crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) on 21 August, has proposed a two-part approach to the plan, with the sec... Read More


Three firms may revive Indian smartphone brands as incentive scheme takes effect

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- After a decade-long hiatus during which two out of every three smartphones sold in India came from China-based brands, homegrown phone makers could make a comeback as early as ne... Read More


A new India smartphone brand likely next year, as three firms eye sops: Govt

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- After a decade-long hiatus, during which two out of every three smartphones sold in India were Chinese brands, homegrown phone makers could make a comeback as early as next year,... Read More


Despite Skyroot feat, India has world's costliest rocket launches

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- India's fledgling private space industry has a steep hill to climb before it can become a competitive global launch market. Among six markets capable of launching rockets carryin... Read More