India’s cash incentives to boost domestic manufacturing have attracted over $17 billion (roughly Rs. 1,42,279 crore) of investment since the 2020 launch of the production-linked scheme, a government official said on Wednesday, amid efforts to reduce imports from China. The scheme, which offers four to six percent cash incentives on incremental sales to manufacturers, was launched across 14 sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, textiles and white goods. “The PLI…

Samsung Galaxy S24 FE was unveiled in India on Thursday. The company has announced the sale date of the handset but it is currently available for pre-booking in the country. The phone has a similar design to the vanilla Galaxy S24 model. It is equipped with an Exynos 2400e chipset and houses a 4,700mAh battery….

Chandrayaan-3, the successful lunar mission launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), continues to contribute to lunar exploration. A recent analysis of data transmitted by the Pragyan rover has led to the identification of a 160 km wide ancient crater. This crater is believed to have been formed before the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin,…

Xiaomi 14T and Xiaomi 14T Pro were announced at Xiaomi’s global launch event in Berlin on Thursday (September 26). The Xiaomi 14T series feature 6.67-inch displays with up to 144Hz refresh rate and 4,000nits brightness. They’re equipped with MediaTek Dimensity chipsets. The pair flaunts Leica-tuned triple rear cameras matching last year’s Xiaomi 13T phones. The…

Xiaomi Mix Flip — the company’s first clamshell-style foldable phone — was launched in global markets on Thursday, two months after it was introduced in China. The handset is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, paired with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It has two 50-megapixel cameras on the outer screen, developed…

On September 17, 2024, a fascinating asteroid named 2024 ON zipped past Earth, offering scientists a rare view of a snowman-shaped space rock. While the object was classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its proximity to our planet, it posed no immediate threat and passed safely at a distance of 620,000 miles. Radar…

The overall crypto market is witnessing a rally after the US introduced cuts in interest rates around last week. Bitcoin on Friday, September 27 recorded price hikes of 3.09 percent and 2.4 percent on international and national exchanges respectively. At the time of writing, BTC was trading at $65,314 (roughly Rs. 54.6 lakh) on foreign…