'China is ahead of India because our political leadership was behind'

'You have to be a total anti-national bozo to shut down the Nokia plant in Sriperumbudur, which was the first large manufacturing plant for mobile phones in India.' 'Why was the unit shut down?......

China doesn't need Pakistan in a war with India

'If a 'two-front war' develops, Iron Brother may only turn out to be a drag on the PLA, since Pakistan is in no position to wage a war with India,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE:......

From phones to drones, Google looks to firm up India bet

Following in Apple’s footsteps, Alphabet — Google’s parent company — is in advanced talks with Foxconn to manufacture Pixel smartphones in Tamil Nadu, an industrial state......

Finnish phone maker HMD plans to make India its manufacturing hub

Finnish phone manufacturer Human Mobile Devices (HMD Global), which acquired the Nokia brand name from Microsoft, is planning to make India a key manufacturing hub for its phone exports.......

Fintech major PhonePe takes on Google, Apple with homegrown Indus Appstore

The Indus Appstore is PhonePe's attempt at creating a more competitive and localised mobile app store economy for India, which is already the world's largest market for mobile apps. Fintech major......

Finnish firm HMD Global unveils strategy to recover lost ground

Can the launch of smartphones under its own brand name by Finnish company HMD Global — despite having a licence to use the Nokia brand which it bought from Microsoft — help it regain......