Indian Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw is celebrating the production of iPhone 16 in Indian factories for the global launch. He shared a message with the users on X saying “PM Narendra Modi Ji’s ‘Make in India’ initiative is now driving the creation of iconic products for the world”.

📲 Apple’s latest iPhone 16 being produced and launched globally from Indian factories!

PM @narendramodi Ji’s ‘Make in India’ initiative is now driving the creation of iconic products for the world. pic.twitter.com/Oi0qfcgYL2

— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) September 10, 2024

Apple’s decision to shift its production from China not only keeps it in a safe position when things are not right in China but also helps it diversify its production. The Indian government is also continuously working to make India a favorable ground for manufacturers. The government earlier this year not only reduced the import duty on parts used for mobile manufacturing from 15% to 10% to boost phone manufacturing in India but also announced Rs 1 lakh crore corpus with a 50-year interest-free loan.

This comfortable ground benefits companies, the government as well as the citizens who get job opportunities. Tata Electronics, which runs two plants for Apple, is the biggest job creator in the Apple ecosystem, along with Foxconn and Pegatron. As per the reports Apple iPhone factories are set to hire more than 10,000 people directly during the peak festival period. And they aim to manufacture more than 50 million iPhones in India per year.

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India’s first indigenous bomber UAV aircraft- FWD-200B developed by Flying Wedge Defence was unveiled in Bengaluru on Friday. This is itself a milestone in the India’s defence and aerospace technology sector. The FWD 200B has been entirely developed in India that reduces India’s dependance on costly bomber unmanned aircraft from foreign countries. It is a medium altitude, long endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicle that has a total payload capacity of 100Kgs and can easily carry optical surveillance payloads, as well as precision air strike weapons. It has a max speed of 200 kts/370 kmph, it has an endurance capacity of 12-20 hours.

“For over 15 years, India’s pursuit of combat unmanned aircraft remained a distant dream. With the launch of the FWD-200B, India not only fulfills this dream but also joins the league of nations with advanced combat aircraft capabilities,” said Suhas Tejaskanda, Founder of Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace.

“While the US Predator costs a staggering Rs 250 crores, our indigenous FWD-200B, built with state-of-the-art technology and manufactured in India, slashes the cost to a mere Rs 25 crores. This not only demonstrates our commitment to self-reliance but also positions India as a leader in cost-effective defence solutions”, he added.

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In India, the Lok Sabha election 2024 has begun and citizens have begun casting their votes that will for sure decide the future of this country. Amid ongoing elections various government, public and private bodies are working to educate citizens and make them aware of the voting process. This knowledge will for sure help them to cast their vote in favour of their favourite party or candidate smoothly. You might have observed today’s doodle by Google that marks the beginning of the voting process in India for the Lok Sabha election. And just below the search bar of Google, you might have also seen “Learn how to vote”. As soon as you tap on it you get to see answers to some of the common doubts at the time of election. The information comes from the Election Commission of India.

Here are the following questions that have been addressed

• How do I vote in person?
• Who are the candidates?
• Where do I vote?
• How do I use EVM?
• What Identification should I bring to vote?
• When is the Election?

You can check more about these things on elections24.eci.gov.in for more information.  You can also just search for ‘how to vote’ to get details on the voting process, where to vote, contesting candidates, and more.

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Elon Musk, who has been a great admirer of Prime Minister Modi, posted on X that he is coming to India. But he didn’t mention the date in his X post, but a report from Reuters has confirmed that the duo will meet on April 22nd, 2024.

Looking forward to meeting with Prime Minister @NarendraModi in India!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2024

It looks like, we may see Tesla coming soon to the Indian market. Elon Musk has a lot of Indian Fanzone, who were asking Elon whether India will see Tesla cars on their roads or not. In the past, when PM Modi went to the US, both Elon Musk and PM Modi had a meeting together where he said we would soon be coming to India. But, now it looks like we may see some action happening.

Reuters previously reported that Tesla officials are expected to visit India to look for a manufacturing plant, and the total investment is around USD 2 billion. If this meeting is successful, India will see a push in manufacturing, thus promoting PM Modi’s vision of “Make In India”.

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NPCI or national payment corporation of India- the name you might have heard frequently whenever it comes to the payment system of India. NPCI was an initiative taken by the RBI and Indian Bank’s Association to operate retail payments and settlement systems in India. This corporation shares daily payment statistics which show that on which online transaction method the highest payments were made.

NPCI has today shared the Payment systems statistics for 15^th August 2023 via Twitter.

15th August 2023: DAILY PAYMENTS STATISTICS #BHIMUPI #IMPS #NETC #AePS pic.twitter.com/Pt0o2GSsXT

— NPCI (@NPCI_NPCI) August 16, 2023

According to this data, BHIM and UPI modes have once again surpassed the other modes which indicates that UPI still continues to see growth in its transaction numbers when compared to others.

As per the stats 2.78 Mn transactions were made from AEPS (Adhaar-enabled payment system)on 15^th August resulting in a total transaction value of 678.19 crore. While with IMPS (Immediate payment service) 13.91Mn transactions were made on the same day with a total transaction value of 10,754.85 crores. On NETC (National Electronic toll collection)9.96Mn transactions were made with a total transaction value of 161.82 crores.

BHIM (Bharat Interface for money) and UPI (Unified Payment Interface) were once again widely used methods on 15^th August with 328.46Mn transactions made resulting in a total transaction value of 39,607.89 crores. These payment methods account for more than half of India’s digital transactions.

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India, as part of its Aatmanirbhar initiatives, plans on developing the country’s own web browser to compete with other widely used foreign browsers like Chrome and Firefox. MeiTY, or the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has announced the Indian Web Browser Development Challenge, inviting Indian startups and companies to be a part of it.

Here’s more about it.

Indian Web Browser to Take on Chrome and Firefox to be Developed

India has been progressing as a developing country and is on the path to becoming the third-largest economy in the world. Now, as an extension of its Aatmanirbhar Bharat development plans, the country is going to develop its own web browser.

Speaking about internet users of the country accounts for about 850 million users and among which 88.47% of users rely on Google’s Chrome Web browser, followed by Apple’s Safari with 5.22% of users. Microsoft Edge is used by 2% and 1.5% of users use the Samsung Internet Browser. The rest, 1.53% of users, are relying on other not-so-widely used browsers.

The goal of this initiative is to get more control over the digital sphere, and this is why the decision to develop the country’s own web browser has been put into plan. Depending on the foreign web browsers may also lead to security and privacy concerns and issues, as noted by an Indian official, and having an Indian web browser is the only solution there is.

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeiTY) has thus announced the Indian Web Browser Development Challenge with a cash prize of 3.4 crore rupees for the developer/developers who are able to bring out the best browser that will be compatible with all operating systems, and following the necessary standards and guidelines mentioned. Any Indian startups or companies registered under the Companies Act of 2013 can participate. It should also be noted that at least 51% of the shares should be owned by Indian citizens and no startups or companies which are a subsidiary of a foreign company can participate.

This initiative is also viewed as an opportunity for the government to convince US web browser companies to include and integrate India’s web security certification authority in their “trust stores”(or “root stores”). As of now, the country is not part of the trust stores of any major browsers.

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Indian mobile users today morning on the 20th of July 2023 had received an alert message on their mobile devices with the message “Emergency alert: Severe”. The message was sent all of a sudden by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, and soon after receiving the alert message, people across the country started to panic.

Citizens don’t have to worry as the emergency alert message was just a test alert as indicated on the message and was sent to test the readiness of people when such a message was sent to them.

Here’s more about it.

Test Alert Sent by Department of Telecommunications Spreads Panic

The country for quite a short period of time today was in a state of shock when all of a sudden a message started to be received on mobile devices. The message which addressed an emergency alert that was titled “severe” made people panic that they forgot to read the latter part of the message or couldn’t really digest what was written below. The weather conditions that are currently present in the country were another reason for the panic.

The message was sent for a test purpose by the Department of Telecommunications of the country just to check the efficiency of such a message or alert if it was sent to people at a time of emergency. It was also sent with the purpose to familiarize people with the format of such emergency messages and also to check the network infrastructures and quality of network services offered by the network providers of the country.

As mentioned, people shouldn’t panic and should take the message as a test alert and nothing more.

Many have received this "Test alert" from the Department of Telecommunication. This is just a test alert as mentioned, nothing to worry 🙌 pic.twitter.com/4KwfDUTR7d

— Dhananjay_Tech (@Dhananjay_Tech) July 20, 2023

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India is expected to auction lithium blocks that were found at the beginning of this year in the Salal-Haimana area of Reasi district, Jammu & Kashmir. This news has been reported by Reuters to whom Vivek Bharadwaj mining secretary said “have recommended transaction advisor to Jammu and Kashmir government for lithium reserves auction”. The Indian government is looking towards boosting electric vehicle manufacturing in India and the 5.9 million tonnes of lithium blocks discovery in Jammu and Kashmir was a great fortune. Lithium being a nonferrous metal is a key component in EV batteries.

India became the seventh largest resource of lithium globally after the discovery of such a massive amount of lithium in Jammu and Kashmir which somehow brought a ray of hope for the lithium-ion battery manufacturer in India. Currently, India is dependent on China and other countries for the import of Lithium which is vulnerable to dollar Rupert fluctuation, and supply chain disruption. Aditya Vikram, managing director of Renon India, a lithium-ion battery manufacturer from Gujrat in a statement made to Quartz said “Lithium batteries comprise around 100-200 lithium cells for electric two-wheeler applications. Lithium cells are composed of elements like lithium, cobalt, manganese, nickel, copper, graphite, and others. The advantage the domestic market can give us is a stable supply independent of evolving geopolitics”.

Homegrown lithium-ion battery manufacturing companies to EV companies all will experience the advantage of this lithium reserve and the news of the auction shows the development in the step of its extraction.

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A Jammu and Kashmir-based journalist Ahmed Ali Fayyaz has shared the news on Twitter that is the potential to change the fate of J&K and the whole of India. This news is about the Geological Survey of India’s recent finding in which they have found 5.9 million tonnes of Lithium inferred resources in J&K. This resource has been found in the Salal-Haimana area of Reasi District of Jammu Kashmir. If we talk about the importance of Lithium it is a key component used in the manufacturing of EV batteries. Further, the journalist shared the data on lithium resources in different countries which showed

China – 5.1 MT Lithium resource
USA – 7.9 MT Lithium resource
India – 5.9 MT ( as per the GSI data)

This is going to be a game changer for the economy of J&K and the whole of India too. One of the Twitter users Mutahir Khan wrote in a comment “Means the future lies here”, while another user Rakesh Dhar shared a detailed analysis by writing “ The availability of Lithium is good news but it needs to be refined before it can be used in batteries. More than 50% of Lithium is mined in Australia and 85% of Lithium refining capacity is in China”

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In an attempt to empower youth with right educational support , global smartphone brand Xiaomi India has partnered with SGF and CryIndia .

The announcement of this partnership was announced by Xiaomi India on their official twitter account on February 9, 2023 .

We have partnered with @TeamSGF & @CRYINDIA to empower youth with the right educational support.

A #BackToSchool initiative to mentor young students and provide them with inclusive learning opportunities. #XiaomiForIndia pic.twitter.com/Wmk0FrfdeY

— Xiaomi India (@XiaomiIndia) February 9, 2023

The #BackToSchool intiative is taken to mentor young students and provide them with inclusive learning opportunities as mentioned by the smartphone brand . For this initiative the brand has partnered with –

• CRYINDIA – Child Rights and You (YOU) in the most trusted NGO in India that works for underprivileged children . The NGO works on the issues like : child education , health & nutrition , child labour and child marriage .
• SGF – Saurav Ganguly Foundation started by cricketer Saurav Ganguly . The foundation looks towards the hostilic developments of the students and nurtures their cricketing skills .

This has not the first time Xiaomi has been a part of initiative like this . During the time of Covid , Xiaomi started a campaign named Shiksha Har Haath in which the brand donated Redmi smartphones and also allowed people to donate their smartphones which are in good condition through a microsite so that no child should miss education due to lack of smartphone . In 2022 Xiaomi has collaborated with YouWeCan foundation to encourage and help cancer warriors shape their career trajectory in positive direction .

Xiaomi has partnered with Saurav Ganguly foundation in 2020 also to provide relief measures and assistance to families affected in cyclone Amphaan .

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