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Topic: Mobile Phones

No mobile phones during duty hours for Haryana police constabulary. ‘Distraction, safety risk,’ says DGP

Phones will be collected, tracked during duty hours. Police personnel can communicate with family members only via the in-charge's phone, says directive issued by DGP Shatrujeet Kapur.

Police bust smuggling racket run by Delhi couple selling stolen phones in Nepal, four held

Couple among the four arrested, many stolen mobile phones recovered.

Those criticising mobile manufacturing in India don’t know what is manufacturing, says Vaishnaw

Inaugurating new smartphone manufacturing unit in Noida, Union Minister of Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw says govt’s PLI scheme led to incremental job creation of 5,00,000 in the industry.

Dixon Technologies partners with Xiaomi to make smartphones in India

Xiaomi India President Muralikrishnan B had told Reuters earlier that the company will open more stores & boost local procurement of mobile phone parts to reduce costs.

SubscriberWrites: Technology always has the potential of misuse. The solution is education, not removing access

For all its ills, mobile phones are proving to be indispensable in everyone’s lives, including that of children and their schooling, writes Reena Daruwalla.

‘Mobile phones will be among top 10 exports from India from 2024,’ says MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Stating Modi has laid out clear vision of India becoming significant player in global electronics supply chain, he added country will do $300 billion of electronic manufacturing by 2026.

Why 5G phones are still priced too high for most Indians — ‘Democratisation yet to happen’

Unaffordable 5G phones are a product of macroeconomic conditions and poor marketing choices by phone makers, and the main losers are the economically weaker sections, say analysts.

‘Will improve user safety’: 9 in 10 Indians want uniform mobile chargers, finds survey

Through its national survey across 303 districts, LocalCircles found that the majority of Indian consumers were unhappy that there were different charging cables for different devices.

India, Bangladesh and Pakistan have new opportunities — exporting online labour to the West

Asia has the highest mobile phone users globally; around two-thirds of people use mobile services, and there is still room for further expansion.

Mobile phones boom puts India on course to beat 2019-20 electronic goods exports record by 30%

Latest commerce ministry data shows electronic goods exports touched Rs 83,000 cr in the first 3 quarters of FY22 — a 26% rise over FY20, when the country hit its previous high.

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Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?