Shouvik Das

The slow pace of growth of the domestic electronics industry means it will be hard to achieve the target. A key reason is the flatlining growth in the smartphone sector.

The rules underline that parents and guardians of underage minors will need to verify and authenticate themselves as responsible for the underage users

As part of this implementation, Meta’s apps will henceforth check for the harmfulness of a piece of content mostly if it is reported by its users—and not by default, barring exceptions such as terrorism.

Highlighting that there is ‘no country in the world that is self-sufficient' in chipmaking, author and Tufts University professor Chris Miller underlined that the key to India's success in technology will be to replace China, and fill gaps left by waning powers such as the EU and Japan.

Experts say fact-checking is crucial to handling nationalistic, polarizing content around the world. Plus, intermediaries such as Meta's platforms aren't meant to opine on subjects—their ‘safe harbour' protection is based on this logic.

The move follows an Estonia-Luxembourg agreement of 2015 which saw Estonia store a digitized copy of its citizens' data in Luxembourg.

Experts say Spadex trial run will generate vital data for such manoeuvres in the future even if it is not fully successful.

Incentivizing component manufacturing can double domestic value generation in electronics manufacturing services. Building large ports and developing new metropolitan cities can boost domestic consumption and distribution networks.

Most new robots showcased at CES 2025 bet on generative AI to improve interaction with humans. Soon, natural language processing algorithms will render voice commands and responses akin to human reactions.

Buoyed by upcoming government incentives and increasing import substitution opportunities, the stock prices of electronics manufacturing firms are tipped to grow at strong double-digit figures despite scope for valuation corrections.