Japan said that it would restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its tech trade controls with a US push to curb China's ability to make advanced chips.
Japan, home to major global chip equipment makers, did not specify China as the target of the measures, saying equipment makers would need to seek export permission for all regions.
Foxconn, Samsung, Oppo, Wistron, Pegatron - it was mostly foreign brands that occupied consumer electronics manufacturing scene. But Super Plastronics has been an Indian flag bearer.
Chip manufacturing needs a complex ecosystem. The tools are Japanese domain; the photolithography equipment a Dutch speciality, and the materials are supplied by Russia and Ukraine.
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 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.
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