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Apple partner Foxconn to invest $1.5 billion in India

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Foxconn plans to invest $1.54 billion in India, the latest in its growing expansion plan, following a surge in revenues in the South Asian market. Foxconn said in a stock exchange filing that the investment will help it fulfil “operational needs.” The investment comes two months after the Taiwanese firm said it plans to double its workforce and investment in India by next year. Foxconn works with many firms including Apple and assembles their devices in plants in India as many tech giants look to shift part of their manufacturing base to India in a move that analysts describe as “China+1.” The investment from Foxconn, which is the largest EMS provider globally, into China climbed in 2001-2017 or over 15 years, and has slowed down since 2018, given the US-China trade tension. The company, which operates three manufacturing campuses in India, pulled out of a $19.5 billion chipmaking joint venture with Vedanta earlier this year, but said it remains “confident” about India’s ambitions. “Building fabs from scratch in a new geography is a challenge, but …

Indian rescue workers try new shaft after drilling stalls near trapped men | India

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Indian rescue workers have brought in a new digging machine to open a vertical shaft to free 41 men trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel, after efforts via another route hit a snag metres away from them. In the latest setback in attempts to rescue the increasingly desperate workers, who have been trapped for almost two weeks, engineers driving a metal pipe through 57 metres (187ft) of rock and concrete ran into metal rods and construction vehicles buried in the earth. Drilling with a giant earth-boring machine stalled, 9 metres from breaking through, and the use of gas cutting tools to remove thick metal girders from inside the pipe – just wide enough for a man to crawl through – is tricky. “Work is now being done to cut and clear the blockage,” a senior local civil servant, Abhishek Ruhela, said on Saturday. Arnold Dix, the president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, said the main drilling machine was broken and work was taking place to remove it. “It’s irreparable. It is disrupted,” …

India seeks to regulate deepfakes amid ethical concerns

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India is drafting rules to detect and limit the spread of deepfake media, a senior lawmaker said Thursday. Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s IT Minister, said the ministry held meetings with all large social media companies and academics earlier in the day and has reached a consensus that a regulation is needed to better combat proliferation and spread of deepfake videos. “The companies share our concerns and they understood that it’s [deepfakes] are not free speech. They understood that it’s something that’s very harmful to the society,” he said. “They understood the need for much heavier regulation on this, so we agree that we will start drafting the regulation today itself.” The ministry will be ready with “clear actionable items” on how to combat deepfakes in 10 days, he said. The social media companies will do a follow-up meeting with the ministry early December on this issue, he said. Deepfakes are synthetically generated media, often using AI, to realistically replace a person’s likeness or voice. Though sometimes entertaining, ethical concerns abound regarding consent and potential misinformation. The …

Starlink-rival OneWeb scores approval to launch satellite broadband services in India

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OneWeb India, the local subsidiary of low-earth orbit operator Eutelsat OneWeb, has received the necessary approval from the country’s newly created space regulatory body to launch its commercial satellite broadband services in the South Asian nation. The company said Tuesday it’s the first organization to receive authorization from the nodal agency to launch its satellite broadband services in the world’s second-largest internet user market — ahead of SpaceX’s Starlink and Reliance’s JioSpaceFiber. The launch is subject to spectrum allocation by the Indian government, however, which is yet to take place. Earlier this month, OneWeb and JioSpaceFiber received licenses from the Indian telecom ministry, Department of Telecommunications, to provide broadband services through satellite connectivity in the country. OneWeb has received in-principle approval to set up two gateways — in the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu — with aim to provide high-speed, low-latency internet connectivity to customers across India when its services are launched. Bharti Airtel, which still owns more than a fifth of OneWeb and is the second largest wireless network provider in India, is …

India and Australia World Cup final shatters streaming records on Hotstar

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In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game. And there’s no match for a World Cup final. The Sunday game, which began just half an hour ago, has already topped 54 million concurrent viewers, shattering a record that was set just earlier this week. With no high-profile cricket game anytime soon, Hotstar is likely to maintain the record for at least six months. As far as the concurrent viewers metric is concerned, Hotstar now maintains a clear lead over rival, Mukesh Ambani-backed Viacom18’s JioCinema, which peaked at 32 million earlier this year. The milestone also comes at a time when Disney, which is streaming the ICC World Cup cricket matches at no cost to mobile viewers in India, is fast-losing digital subscribers in India and evaluating the future of the local business. Hotstar has lost more than 23 million subscribers in the past one year, according to Disney. Disney chief executive Bob Iger said earlier this month that the firm “would like to stay” in India and is considering its options …

India v Australia: Cricket World Cup final 2023 – live | Cricket World Cup 2023

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature “Hi Tanya.” Good morning, Jeremy Boyce! “Funny to think that it will soon be all over for another 4 years. No yellow shirts in the queues outside, but a big yellow banana skin waiting inside, unless India are right on top of their game and not feeling the pressure of 1.4 billion people weighing down on them. There is no better team than Australia for identifying a point of weakness and ruthlessly exploiting it. Fascinating few hours in prospect. Winning the toss could be crucial, watch out for double-headed coins… What would you do if you were Cummins and you won the toss ?” I would bat, get runs on the board, and challenge India to score 350 against a scurrying Labuschagne in the field, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins pawing the ground, Adam Zampa deceptively floating to the crease. The television coverage has started. DK, Ian Ward and Eoin Morgan are on the ground. The noise builds already, and a …

When Delhi’s air pollution gets worse: a photographic comparison | India

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Delhi regularly ranks among the most polluted major cities on the planet, and has been judged the world’s most polluted capital for four years in a row by air quality information platform IQAir. Its air pollution gets worse in winter, when the wind drops and the air cools, trapping pollutants from vehicles, industry and the burning of agricultural waste as farmers in surrounding states burn off stubble to prepare for new planting. The city’s authorities have temporarily banned construction and stopped heavy vehicles coming into the city. Schools have also been closed. Kartavya Path in New Delhi Connaught Place Humayun’s tomb Kartavya Path Humayun’s tomb Connaught Place Humayun’s tomb Kartavya Path Source link

India v New Zealand: Cricket World Cup semi-final – live | Cricket World Cup 2023

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature What to do at the toss Rohit Sharma says it doesn’t matter, and India’s record this year backs him up: 12 wins and two defeats batting first, 12 wins and three defeats batting second. But the new balls have done plenty under the lights on this ground throughout the World Cup, so the template for New Zealand is offensively obvious: bat first, post a par score and then run through India’s top order in the first 10 overs. Just like they did in the 2019 semi-final. The pitch switch complicates things a little, not least because there will now be a short boundary on one side. But it still feels like a bat-first day. The first controversy of the day Our old friend Lawrence Booth reports that today’s game has been switched to a used surface, which should aid India’s superior spinners, apparently to the dissatisfaction of the ICC pitch consultant Andy Atkinson. If true – and I really can’t stress …

India tunnel collapse: fears rise for trapped construction workers as some fall ill | India

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Fears were mounting for 40 constructions workers who have been stuck in a collapsed tunnel for more than 72 hours, as rescue efforts were hampered by fresh debris and those inside began reporting illness. The road tunnel, which had been under construction in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand, collapsed in the early hours of Sunday after a landslide. Dozens of migrant labourers were trapped 200 metres inside as the part of the roof caved in and the tunnel entrance was blocked by concrete rubble, rocks and twisted metal. Since Sunday, a huge rescue operation has been under way, involving heavy machinery, more than 200 disaster management and rescue officials and engineers working to clear the debris. More than 20 metres of rubble has been cleared, but 30 metres more needs to be removed to reach the men. Local district magistrate Abhishek Ruhela told reporters that “if everything goes as planned, the trapped labourers will be evacuated by Wednesday”. Rescue operation in Uttarakhand after the under-construction tunnel collapsed. Photograph: State Disaster Response Force Handout/EPA Large 3ft-wide …

Iyer and Rahul centuries ease India to 160-run demolition of Netherlands | Cricket World Cup 2023

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Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul hit hundreds as Cricket World Cup hosts India geared up for the semi-finals with a crushing 160-run victory over the Netherlands on Sunday to keep intact their 100% record with nine group wins. After their colleagues had departed following breezy fifties on a good M Chinnaswamy Stadium track, Iyer (128 not out) struck his fourth ODI ton before Rahul (102) exploded as the duo lit up the stage on the Hindu festival of Diwali to get India to 410 for four. Requiring a record World Cup chase to win, the bottom-placed Dutch side got good starts from Max O’Dowd (30), Colin Ackermann (35), Sybrand Engelbrecht (45) and Teja Nidamanuru (54) but they never threatened and were dismissed for 250 in 47.5 overs. Mohammed Siraj (two for 29) overcame a throat injury suffered in a dropped catch to dazzle alongside Kuldeep Yadav (two for 41), Jasprit Bumrah (two for 33) and Ravindra Jadeja (two for 49) to secure victory for India, who face New Zealand in the semi-finals on Wednesday. “Honestly, …