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Topic: Tesla

India’s top IT firm’s ‘misuse’ of US visa rules & Tesla’s cat-and-mouse game with India nears its end

Global media also reports how India’s biggest air carrier IndiGo plans to leave behind its budget image.

Tesla starts hiring in India, sends signal it is entering EV market

Recruitment for 13 jobs were posted online on Monday, less than a week after PM Modi met Tesla chief Elon Musk in Washington.

Elon Musk wades into EVM debate giving fresh ammo to Oppn, Rahul calls voting machines ‘black box’

Former MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar took to X to defend EVMs used in Indian polls saying they are isolated from any network or media. Tesla CEO responded saying, 'anything can be hacked'.

A Chinese view of Tesla’s India plan & how an Irish editorial on Modi sparked a debate

Modi’s 'pro-business' stance and 'crackdown' on opposition, India's imports of Russian crude oil among issues that caught foreign media attention.

Tesla rolls into Andhra poll pitch: Both YSRCP & TDP vow to draw EV giant to state after elections

Elon Musk will meet PM Modi in Delhi next week after govt last month introduced scheme reducing import duty on EVs. Andhra Pradesh goes to Lok Sabha & assembly elections 13 May.

Indian car markers had a good run in FY24. Now Tesla entry should worry them

While Indian carmakers are hedging their bets a bit, including on Hybrids as Maruti itself disclosed, this news of Tesla coming to India should worry them.

Elon Musk’s Tesla to unveil robotaxi on 8 August

The company predicts that the autonomous car would last 11 years & drive 1 million miles, which would make the company and the car operators earn a profit of USD 30,000 each year.

OpenAI rejects allegations of contract breach, says Elon Musk pushed for merger with Tesla

Musk filed a lawsuit against the startup he co-founded last week, alleging breach of contract, saying the Microsoft-backed firm is now focused on making money.

Kia proved a new carmaker can come to India & succeed. But Tesla can’t — yet

'One has to remember that Tesla will need India more than India needs Tesla,' a senior executive at a carmaker company told me.

Elon Musk’s Tesla to import auto parts worth $1.9 billion from India this year, says Piyush Goyal

Goyal also said the government would like to see more investments and a larger production output of electric vehicles in India 'as soon as possible'.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.