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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: semiconductor

Hyundai drives into micro-SUV field with Exter, ‘supply issues over,’ says COO Tarun Garg

Exter is priced between Rs 6 lakh and Rs 9.31 lakh (ex-showroom). The car will compete with Tata Motor’s Punch in the segment.

Will object if US restricts investment in semiconductor industry, says China’s commerce ministry

Ministry spokesperson Shu Jueting said such US behaviors will affect companies' normal operation and damage the international economic and trade order.

What US, Taiwan’s ‘Chips Acts’ mean for India’s ambitions in the semiconductor sector

Laws passed by Taiwan & the US won’t affect India in a “significant way” and there is “enough space for everyone” in the global industry, says industry expert K Krishna Moorthy.

China’s semiconductor chips are down thanks to US pressure, and Modi govt is ‘seizing the moment’

Modi government is trying to pitch India as a favourable location for chip manufacturing companies at a time when US restrictions are hobbling China’s semiconductor ambitions.

US tech curbs are making China pull its talent back home, push for self-reliance

Some of the appointments in China’s ruling elite after the 20th Party Congress reflect its priorities in building a foundation for science and technology.

Semiconductors, township & beyond — Taiwan keen to ‘deeply engage’ with India in all spheres

India and Taiwan should see early fruition of a free trade pact, says Taiwan’s deputy minister of economic affairs.

India has joined the global chip race. Question is, should it fly solo?

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.

Vedanta & Taiwan’s Foxconn meet Maharashtra CM Shinde to take forward ‘$22bn semiconductor unit’

Unit is expected to generate around 2 lakh jobs & is likely to come up in Talegaon, Pune due to its industrial infrastructure and supply of skilled manpower, says Maharashtra govt.

China is innovating in semiconductor chips, US sanctions or not. And furling a chip war

China’s push to become self-reliant in semiconductor technology goes back to the Donald Trump administration. But it still hasn't made it.

How India is trying to win the semiconductor race, fighting decades of challenges & setbacks

India lagged in semiconductor revolution of the 1980s, while countries like China and Taiwan raced ahead. Some start-ups are doing cutting-edge work, but there’s a long way to go.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.