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- India successfully launched a navigation satellite aboard a domestically-produced rocket, boosting its independent satellite positioning system / full item
- 7 Indian privately-held startups chosen for first-of-its-kind India-US space and defence collaboration programme / full item
- India: ‘Bridging the Gap – Payments in India beyond Metros’ is available to download, a brief white paper from Visa / full item
- How is the $500bn Stargate Project poised to impact India’s AI landscape? …will pave the way for collaboration opportunities between the two countries especially on the talent front / full item
- India: Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd acquired a 60% stake in Pegatron Technology India, building on acquisition of Wistron India and boosting iPhone manufacturing presence / full item
- India: Salam Kisan data-driven agri-tech inks MoU with Maharashtra government to expand drone manufacturing capacity, delivering women-focused drones-as-a-service initiatives / full item
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- Here’s a brief look at the implications of India’s decision to allocate, rather than auction, satellite spectrum, a decision that introduces opportunities for firms including SpaceX / full item
- Download: ‘India’s AI Imperative – Building National Competencies in a New World Order’ from Observer Research Foundation / full item
- India: Jupiter ‘neobanking’ startup gains Reserve Bank authorization to offer digital wallet services to customers for national UPI payments, money transfers and more / full item
- India: Google partners India’s Varaha for 100,000 tons of carbon removal credits, achieved using Varaha to lock carbon in soil / full item
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- India: Government of Uttar Pradesh and Google Cloud India launch Uttar Pradesh Open Network for Agriculture, aiming to provide millions of farmers with a comprehensive digital platform / full item
- India: OrbitAID raises $1.5M pre-seed funding for in-space demo of docking and refuelling operations, looking to expand facilities for on-orbit servicing operations / full item
- ICYMI: Last year, the Union Cabinet approved a $119M VC fund focused on the growth of India’s space sector, managed by the Indian Nat’l Space Promotion & Authorization Center, IN-SPACe / full item
- India: Pixxel, a Google-backed space-tech firm, successfully launched 3 of 6 hyperspectral imaging satellites aboard a SpaceX rocket / full item
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- India completes Space Docking Experiment, SpaDeX, docking 2 spacecraft in orbit around 475 kilometers above the Earth, becoming the fourth country to achieve this / full item
- India’s Ministry of Electronics & IT has reportedly proposed giving manufacturers of some electronics components near $3BN in new support, alongside reduced tariffs on some / full item
- India’s UPI network ‘processes more than 13BN real-time transactions monthly… 71% of all transactions in [India] and accounts for 36% of all consumer spending in the country…’ / full item
- India: Taiwan’s MSI partners India’s Syrma SGS for laptop manufacturing in move to bring premium MSI laptops closer to end-consumers / full item
“With significant investments and strategic policies, India appears poised to carve its niche in the global semiconductor landscape. But how realistic is the dream…” / full item
- India: Government publishes consultation draft of proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, outlining compliance requirements and protections / full item
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- India: More on the Indian Space Research Organisation Space Docking Experiment, SpaDeX, recently delivered to orbit for testing / full item
- India: Bharat Fintech Summit 2025 is set for February 5-6 in Mumbai / full item
- India: Accel VC firm launched its 8th fund, with $650M to back early-stage Indian startups in enterprise AI and service-as-software, capitalizing on India’s IT services footprint / full item
- Indian Space Research Org’n is planning 10 orbital launches in 2025, potentially taking launch activity to double figures for the first time; and a first crewed flight, H1, possibly in 2026 / full item
- Available now: ‘Indian Tech Startup Funding Report 2024’ from Inc42 Datalabs / full item
- India: In October, Sarla Aviation eVTOL aircraft firm inked agreement with Bengaluru International Airport for city-to-airport ‘flying taxi’ service / full item
- India: SEMI is planning an Indian Semiconductor Academy to further boost the country’s chip ambitions, looking to partner technical institutes and universities for curricula and training / full item
- India successfully launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in part to test docking tech needed for future space missions / full item
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