Be It Chips Or Ships, They Must Be Made In India: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking on September 20, 2025, at the ‘Samudra se Samriddhi’ program in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, emphasised India’s critical need to become self-reliant, stressing that "be it chips or ships, they must be Made in India."He described foreign dependency as the nation’s biggest enemy, asserting that reliance on others compromises national self-respect and threatens the

September 20, 2025
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Spotlight On Information Tech Companies As Trump Imposes $1,00,000 Fee For H-1B VISAS

The new proclamation signed by President Trump marks one of the most drastic overhauls of the H-1B program in its history, imposing an unprecedented USD 100,000 annual fee per application starting September 21, 2025.The move is framed as a corrective to what the administration calls “systemic abuse” by IT and outsourcing companies, which it argues have used the visa route to replace American

September 20, 2025
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New Visa Program Will End Foreign Workers ‘Taking Jobs From Hard-Working Americans’: US Commerce Secretary

The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the US visa system, positioning it as a decisive shift from what it calls the “open-border agenda” of the previous four years.At the centre of the reform is the creation of a high-value “Gold Card” visa program, signed into existence by President Donald Trump through an executive order, which offers foreigners a pathway to US residency

September 20, 2025
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ARM To Design Advanced 2nm Chips At New Bangalore Facility, Says IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

ARM has announced that it will design the world’s most advanced 2nm chips at its newly inaugurated office in Bengaluru, marking a major milestone for India’s semiconductor ecosystem.Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who inaugurated the facility, said the chips would power AI servers, next-generation smartphones, and drones, positioning India on the global map for cutting-edge chip design.This

September 17, 2025
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L&T Arm, C-DAC, IIT-Gandhinagar Join Hands To Develop Indigenous Secure Chip For e-Passports

L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT), the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), and IIT Gandhinagar have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly develop a fully indigenous secure chip aimed at powering electronic passports and future digital identity solutions.This collaboration signifies an important step toward India’s digital sovereignty by ensuring that the

September 16, 2025
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India Plans $20 Billion Incentive Scheme As Global Chip Race Intensifies

India is now preparing to significantly upscale its push into the global semiconductor supply chain through the formulation of a new $20 billion incentive package, a move that underscores both the urgency and the ambition with which New Delhi is approaching the chip race.The proposal, initiated by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has been forwarded to the finance

September 12, 2025
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MiPhi Semiconductors Collaborates With Intel And SUSE For AI Training Efficiency

The solution addresses one of the most pressing challenges in the AI ecosystem — the high cost and limited availability of GPUsMiPhi Semiconductors announced the development of a breakthrough solution, in collaboration with Intel and SUSE, that eliminates the need for GPUs in training small-scale AI models. With this innovation, developers and enterprises can now leverage direct CPU upgrades to

September 10, 2025
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