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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: Silicon valley

SoftBank-backed Ola to hire 150 engineers for its Silicon Valley technology centre

The research centre is its first incursion into the US and will focus on research into areas from electric cars to autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence.

Trump threatens Democrats with ‘warlike posture’, and Prince Charles speaks in Pidgin

Trump 'compels' US attorney general Jeff Sessions to resign, and Silicon Valley startups continue to take Saudi money.

China’s Silicon Valley dream needs a reality check

While China has moved to make it easier for people from Hong Kong and Macau to live and work in the mainland, challenges remain.

Why some techies are shunning Silicon Valley for the Japanese dream

Japan has a reputation for long hours and small salaries but the country’s pop culture caché is helping in hiring engineers.

Palestinian teen activist has been released, and #piegate is taking over Australia

China has established a firm base in Latin America, and Egypt is using "fake news" to arrest dissenting journalists. 

Facebook & Google aim to skip ad agencies, but are still courting them. Here’s why

It’s important for Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google to not be seen as too dominant, for fear of riling the regulators.

Modi says Bangalore has become a valley of sin from Silicon Valley. He is not wrong

In Bengaluru, the Congress banks on the poor, while the BJP counts on its traditional urban support base.

How lessons from the dotcom bust fueled India’s largest e-grocer, BigBasket

Bigbasket founders turned their six-year-old startup into India’s biggest e-grocer, raising $950 million last month. Tech startups are typically founded by young entrepreneurs with more...

As Trump tightens H-1B visa norms, how will all the Modi-loving IIT-ians cope now?

These IIT & IIM degree holders settled in the US often support aggressive Hindutva, hate Muslims, support Trump & Modi, and lord over other Indians in the US.

What Modi established with Silicon Valley focus

The rise of Modi with a full majority in Lok Sabha has raised global expectations. That’s why there is a great deal of work left to do.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.