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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Samsung

Centre’s push for indigenous navigation system on smartphones worries Samsung, Xiaomi & Apple

The govt wants to reduce dependence on foreign systems and believes that the home-grown NavIC provides more accurate domestic navigation and its use would benefit the economy.

iPhone 14 is so underwhelming it could trigger a new Samsung-Apple rivalry in India

Truth be told, Apple’s strength has been the iPhone being an object of desire. But considering Samsung’s new foldable phones, that allure will now be tested.

Samsung to invest $3.3 billion in Vietnam for semiconductor parts, amid US-China chip war

Samsung CEO Roh Tae-Moon revealed plans to set up trial production in the Vietnamese province of Thái Nguyên by July 2023.

Samsung latest to face ‘blasphemy’ wrath in Pakistan. Protesters find a QR code anti-Islam

Samsung, which has nearly 23 per cent market share in Pakistan’s handset market, was quick to issue an apology and order an internal investigation.

Mobile phone makers in Pakistan dial SOS as dollar squeeze pushes production to near-halt

The mobile phone industry in Pakistan is facing the deficit of raw material needed for assembly units. Jobs of almost 50,000 people are at risk.

How Realme tapped India’s smartphone market & escaped Modi govt’s crackdown on Chinese firms

All Realme smartphones sold in India are built in the country. It commanded 16% of India’s smartphone market by shipment volumes in this year's 1st quarter, only behind Samsung & Xiaomi.

We need more chips — why world is facing semiconductor crisis & how customers are suffering

Microchip, semiconductor or processor, chips are important components in all things tech, from phones to rice cookers. But global shortage has made things difficult, and expensive.

Samsung is a tech giant, but cracks begin to show when you compare it with Apple

Samsung is unparalleled in almost every market it competes in. Break it down product by product, though, and you start to see the chinks in the armour.

Samsung billionaire heir sentenced to prison over bribery charges

Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co. heir Jay Y. Lee was sentenced to two years and six months in prison over bribery charges, concluding a years-long...

Samsung’s billionaire heir apparent faces 9 years in jail as bribery trial wraps

Jay Y. Lee is fighting allegations of graft in a retrial of a case that started 4 years ago and led to his imprisonment and the ouster of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye.

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Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.