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Tatas close to taking over Apple supplier factory, to become 1st Indian iPhone maker, says report

A Bloomberg report says India’s largest conglomerate is in talks to acquire the Karnataka factory of Wistron Corp.

Karnataka says Wistron can reopen iPhone unit but will have to follow hiring rules set by govt

Wistron will resume operations by 20 February two months after violent protests rocked the company’s iPhone facility in Kolar over pending salaries.

Apple partner Wistron to restart Karnataka iPhone factory 2 months after violent protests

Apple had suspended new orders to Wistron in December after workers, hired on a monthly pay of $200 (RUPEES), stormed the factory and rioted over unpaid salaries.

Violence at iPhone plant will not cause significant impact to company, Wistron says

Wistron, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple in India, said the impact won't be significant as the Karnataka facility was a new operation and the shipment quantity small.

India’s Adelaide Test loss underlines chaos in selections, poor planning, arrogant leadership

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Apple puts Wistron on probation after violence in Karnataka unit, initiates investigation

Wistron, which assembles the latest version of the iPhone SE at the violence-hit plant, fired its Vice President who was heading the company's operations in India.

Hiring more than it could handle – what went wrong at Wistron’s India iPhone plant

Rapid expansion stretched Wistron's systems & sapped bandwidth of its management team. Its HR team of 3 people couldn’t cope with workers’ grievances.

Wistron iPhone plant violence ‘unfortunate but not norm’, we’ll get more investment — Modi govt

In an interview to ThePrint, Mohapatra said Modi govt has been in constant talks with Karnataka and has asked it to ensure normalcy is restored at the earliest.

Probe into violence at Wistron iPhone plant on, Centre involved too, Karnataka minister says

Karnataka Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar said Wistron, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple, has stated it will try to start the facility in about 15 days.

At Wistron iPhone plant, families search for ‘missing’ men, accuse contractors of cheating

Relatives of people arrested for 'vandalising' Wistron factory in Kolar say some hadn't even joined work yet. Many call for arrest of contractors first.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.