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TopicAshwini Vaishnaw

Topic: Ashwini Vaishnaw

‘No impact on India’s semiconductor goals’, says govt as Foxconn pulls out of joint venture with Vedanta

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweets that it is not for govt 'to get into why or how two private companies choose to partner or not'.

India to begin producing its first domestic microchips by end of 2024, reports Financial Times

IT minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said Micron Technology would start construction in August on $2.75 billion chip assembly and test facility in Gujarat, the newspaper reported.

Vaishnaw’s resignation won’t fix anything. Opposition playing into Modi’s game

Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned, why not Vaishnaw? Well, actually it is more complicated than the current debate makes it out to be.

Ailing BSNL gets its 3rd revival package. Rs 89,047 cr allotted, focus on 4G & 5G services

Union Minister for Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw says time has come for state-run telco to be in 'league of major players' and provide Digital India services to 'weakest of the weak'.

10-member CBI team visits Odisha’s Balasore to probe three-train crash that killed around 275

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had Sunday said that the accident occurred due to a 'change in electronic interlocking'.

Ashwini Vaishnaw’s resignation issue aside, Modi must revamp his team and reboot governance

When it comes to sophistry, BJP is more than a match to the opposition. But does Modi want his government to be defined by ad hocism before 2024?

Problem with interlocking ’caused Odisha tragedy’. What is this key part of signalling system

Officials say nature of interference can only be revealed by report of Commissioner of Railway Safety. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says cause and culprits both identified.

Anti-collision tech, Vande Bharat — most of minister Vaishnaw’s tweets promote rail modernisation

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has tweeted about railways 165 times so far this year, of which 121 hailed upgradation of infrastructure & passenger amenities.

Death toll in triple train collision updated to 275, says Odisha chief secretary

Around 7pm Friday, bogies of Coromandel Express derailed in Bahanaga and were then hit by Sir M. Visvesvaraya-Howrah Superfast Express & a freight train.

Govt launches ‘quantum communication’ network with a dare: Rs 10L for ethical hackers who can break encryption

Quantum communication refers to communication channels that take advantage of laws of quantum physics to protect data & in theory, is much more secure than traditional systems.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.