Davos, Jan 20 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that India is steadily advancing towards becoming the world’s third-largest economy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with Assam emerging as a major beneficiary of the Centre’s development-focused approach. Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Sarma said Assam has undergone a remarkable economic transformation, driven largely by the Prime Min…
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Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration will seek “separate” semiconductor tariff agreements for “separate countries,” a U.S. official said, after the United States and Taiwan reached a deal on the chip levies this week.”Separate agreements for separate countries,” a U.S. official said, responding to a question from Yonhap News Agency regarding whether the deal with Taiwan would set a standard for chip tariffs or the U.S. would conduct separate negotiations with othe…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Europe’s legal and political conflict with China over control of chipmaker Nexperia has disrupted cooperation between raised longer-term questions about stability within global supply chains, a report said on Thursday.The report from Investment Monitor said the conflict between Nexperia’s Holland‑based company and a key manufacturing site in China’s Guangdong halted production at multiple car manufacturing plants.“As countries jockey for control over different stages…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A team of scientists from Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have discovered semiconductor property of a known self-assembling bacterial shell protein could pave the way for safe, environmentally friendly electronics — from mobile phones and smart watches to medical instruments and environmental sensors.Traditional semiconductor materials, such as silicon, are valuable techn…
Seoul, Jan 2 (IANS) Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Friday projected the economy, when excluding the information technology (IT) sector, to grow 1.4 percent this year, forecasting widening disparities across sectors.”The IT sector is expected to lead growth this year on the back of a global semiconductor upcycle. If we exclude its contribution, economic growth would be limited to 1.4 percent,” Rhee said in his New Year’s address, reports Yonhap news agency.In its latest outlook r…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Tata Electronics has entered into a strategic partnership with Japan-based ROHM Co to manufacture semiconductors in India for both domestic and global markets, the two companies said in a joint statement on Monday.As part of the initial phase of the partnership, Tata Electronics and ROHM will set up a manufacturing framework for power semiconductors in India.The collaboration will combine ROHM’s advanced device technologies with Tata Electronics’ capabilities in semi…