India has ordered smartphone makers to pre-install a state-owned cybersecurity app on all new devices and push it to existing phones via software updates. The move is already drawing industry pushback over privacy implications
According to Reuters and Bloomberg, India's Adani Group plans to invest as much as US$5 billion in Google's artificial intelligence (AI) data center project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, the company said on Friday. The investment will be made through AdaniConneX, a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and private data center operator EdgeConneX
Tesla is touting low ownership costs to attract Indian buyers, but sluggish early sales and steep import prices are clouding its debut, prompting the EV maker to push for ecosystem improvements and potential policy shifts to regain momentum
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Envision Group is evaluating the establishment of a battery plant in India. As the Indian government encourages increased use of renewable energy, energy storage is increasingly being accepted as a new opportunity
India's fast-expanding solar sector is entering a critical juncture as ambitious government targets, rising domestic manufacturing capacity, and weakening export demand create the conditions for both growth and consolidation
India announced four consolidated labour codes from 21 November 2025, marking one of the biggest overhauls of its labour regulations since Independence. The Code on Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020), and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (2020) will replace 29 central labour laws, many of which date back several decades
Apple has taken the unusual step of mounting a constitutional challenge against India's revised antitrust penalty framework, arguing that a new rule allowing penalties based on a company's global turnover exposes it to disproportionate fines and violates basic principles of fairness. The dispute, first reported by Reuters, marks the most significant pushback to date against India's tougher competition regime and underscores growing tension between global tech giants and New Delhi's regulators
India has announced a major push to localize production of rare earth permanent magnets (REPM), unveiling an INR72.80 billion (US$820 million) scheme aimed at reducing import dependence, building an end-to-end supply chain, and positioning the country as a competitive global manufacturer
Samsung Electronics and India-based Reliance Industries have deepened their long-standing partnership, exploring cooperation across artificial intelligence, next-generation telecommunications, semiconductors, batteries, data centers, and engineering, following a high-level meeting in Seoul, according to the Korea Times, the Korea Joongan Daily, and the Chosun Daily
Taiwan-based Mitac Computing Technology Corporation announced on November 25 that it has signed a new distribution agreement with India-based Redington Limited
India's traditional PC market, encompassing desktops, notebooks, and workstations, experienced a robust 10.1% year-over-year increase in shipments during the third quarter of 2025, totaling 4.9 million units. This figure represents the highest quarterly shipment volume on record, exceeding the previous milestone of 4.5 million units set in the third quarter of 2024, according to IDC data
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has entered a strategic partnership with global investment firm TPG to expand its AI data center business, HyperVault, at a time when global interest in India's AI infrastructure market is accelerating
South Korea's SK Hynix is reportedly considering establishing a memory chip assembly and testing (ATMP) facility in India. However, the company's recent public announcement of investment plans did not mention any facility in India, leaving the potential entry unconfirmed
India's efforts to build large language models (LLMs) for its diverse linguistic landscape are accelerating, driven by community-led data collection, academic research, and government-backed AI initiatives. With more than 1,600 languages and dialects spoken across the country, developers say the lack of high-quality digital data — especially for low-resource languages — is one of the biggest obstacles to creating AI systems that work for Indian users
India has renewed its push to become a global semiconductor hub, setting an ambitious target to match the manufacturing capabilities of leading producers by 2032. Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the country expects to reach a "level playing field" with major chipmaking nations within the next decade, as New Delhi accelerates investment to build domestic capacity. "By 2031–2032, we will be equivalent to what many of these countries are at today," he told Bloomberg's New Economy Forum in Singapore