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Semicon 2.0 cuts fabrication subsidy to 40%, puts Rs 1.27 lakh crore into chip supply chain

Semicon 2.0 cuts capital support for fabs but for the first time funds equipment, chemicals, gases and raw materials to build a domestic chip ecosystem to be co-owned by C-DAC and kept within India.

Two Modi govt ministers arrive on Substack as BJP dips its toes in a Gen Z stronghold

Ashwini Vaishnaw and Piyush Goyal have each published on Substack within days of one another, and appear to be the first sitting ministers in Modi govt to do so.

Govt notifies Rs 62,500-crore mobile scheme, expects Apple to expand India manufacturing beyond iPhones

Govt is separately working with three Indian companies that could grow into smartphone brands over the next 10-14 months, says Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

‘Message has gone home’: Govt sees ‘some action’ from Meta on child sexual abuse content

'Govt clear no safe harbour if law violated,' says an IT ministry official. This comes following meetings between Meta executives and officials.

Vaishnaw sought to revisit ‘safe harbour’, concerns raised about big tech revenue model, records House panel

In its 28th report, House panel also examined govt’s action taken on its earlier report on ‘review of mechanism to curb fake news’. Govt said it is looking to define term ‘fake news’.

Cabinet clears Rs 1.9 lakh crore for chip & mobile manufacturing; govt to take royalty from firms

Semicon 2.0 and the new mobile phone manufacturing scheme aim to attract Rs 4 lakh crore in investment and deepen India's electronics ecosystem. 

Photos of the week: EV policy launch, Cabinet decisions, Japan PM visit & Skyroot CEO at Off The Cuff

In Photos of the Week, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photo journalists, video journalists and reporters.

Photos of the week: NEET protests, Nalanda revival & BJP, Congress press conferences

In Photos of the Week, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photo journalists, video journalists and reporters.

Vaishnaw warns electronics manufacturers—firms that don’t design products in India will be weeded out

The minister also makes it amply clear that he is not happy with the pace at which ECMS players have worked on their design and quality capabilities.

Don’t want anyone to buy Russian oil, India has made commitment—US envoy Gor as Delhi enters Pax Silica

India, however, has maintained that any purchases of Russian oil is a business decision for its firms, without clarifying if any political commitment was made to the US. 

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.