US sets up new technology order, inducts Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Netherlands, UK, Israel, UAE, Australia. Comes at time when India-US trade talks have not delivered conclusive results.
The PM emphasised the pressing need for India to be technology-driven to achieve success. By 2030, India’s chip market is expected to grow to $100 billion.
To meet India’s goal of becoming a semiconductor powerhouse, IITs and IISc are rejigging curricula, launching short courses, and hosting online classes. Focus is on fabrication, not just design.
The so-called ‘showdown of the century’ between the two nations’ semiconductor industries has driven China’s innovation, fuelled by market demand and US restrictions.
Reports also look at the dwindling demand for diesel consumption in India, and how ‘overtourism’ and climate change are impacting India’s hill stations.
The 2 signed agreements on semiconductors, health, skilling & digital security. New digital development pact will aim to strengthen cooperation between the two countries' digital economies.
India must pursue technology partnerships, discuss trade in the Indo-Pacific, formulate stronger IP. This will help operationalise the notion of ‘trust’ in critical supply chains
In latest move, China put export curbs on 2 chipmaking minerals. Experts say long-term impact of such tactics will be less on markets and more on geopolitics of global supply chains.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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