Author: Malavika Subramanyan

In an effort to diversify production away from China, Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn announced in a filing with the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday that it had purchased 300 acres of land close to the Bengaluru airport. The enormous plot of land in Devanahalli, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, is being purchased for Rs 300 crore ($37 million) by its subsidiary, Foxconn Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development. Foxconn is the largest manufacturer of contract electronics in the world and a key supplier of Apple iPhone components. It’s expected that the plant in Bengaluru will produce Apple products along with…

India’s all-format captain and right-handed batsman is Rohit Sharma. He made his debut in international cricket in 2007, making an impression in his year’s first notable appearance, the ICC T20 World Cup 2007. He has since become one of the sport’s most lethal willow users. He has 9.825 runs at an average of 48.63 in 243 ODIs. In the format, he has 30 centuries and 48 fifties, with a top score of 264. He is also the only batsman in ODI cricket to have recorded three double centuries. At the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England, where he topped…

Natasha Perianayagam, an Indian-American student, was nominated to the Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth’s list of the “world’s brightest” pupils for the second year in a row based on the results of exams taken by more than 15,000 students from 76 different countries and above grade level. 13-year-old Perianayagam attends Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School in New Jersey. In the spring of 2021, while she was in Grade 5, she also took the Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY) exam. Her verbal and quantitative test scores were on par with the 90th percentile for advanced Grade 8 achievement,…

In order to create a digitalized farm-to-customer traceable supply chain, Bayer, a large multinational firm with significant expertise in the life sciences of agriculture and healthcare, and Superplum, an agri-tech start-up, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). With an eye toward expanding to additional regions, the objective of this alliance is to develop and implement a sustainable crop protection strategy for fruit producers in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Karnataka. The strategy aims to help 15,000 smallholder farmers in India over the course of three years by offering clear economic incentives to all stakeholders. As part…

“This almost feels like a film release and I’m feeling the pre-release jitters all over again. Super excited for the viewers to watch ‘Vikram Vedha’, not only in Hindi but also in Marathi and Bengali languages and that too without any subscription, absolutely free of cost,” Hrithik mentioned in a statement. The actor also said he is relieved that the movie will have its digital premiere on JioCinema and end “a long wait of 7 months”. Roshan further added, “It’s an interesting launch as ‘Vikram Vedha’ will be the first in their launch calendar of 100 titles that will be…

Addressing the UN Security Council during the open discussion on the subject of “future-proofing trust for sustaining peace,” Kamboj said that from the Indian delegation’s point of view, in order to secure the future or future-proof it, one must first and foremost learn the proper lessons from the past. She questioned whether the Security Council in its present form, which denies permanent representation to entire continents of Africa, Latin America, and the world’s largest democracy, could be deemed inclusive by making five members more equal than others. She further asked, “Does the Council’s normative framework eliminate inequality or does it…

759 million Indians, or 52% of the population, are “active” internet users, visiting the web at least once each month. The population is anticipated to increase to 900 million by 2025. For the first time ever, the majority of Indians are now frequent users of the internet. These statistics are reflected in the “Internet in India Report 2022,” which was created by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and KANTAR, the top provider of marketing data and analytics worldwide. The report also notes that of India’s projected 759 million “active” internet users in 2022, 399 million would come…

Alongside Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, Anushka Sharma will make her Cannes Film Festival debut in the latter quarter of this month. She reportedly plans to attend the film festival to celebrate women in movies. Emmanuel Lenain, the French ambassador to India, also made a subliminal suggestion that Anushka Sharma will attend the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, which would be held in France. In a tweet after their meeting in New Delhi, the actress from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and her cricketer spouse Virat Kohli were mentioned. “A pleasure meeting @imVkohli and @AnushkaSharma! I wished Virat & #TeamIndia all the…

Gurdeep, an Indian-born British citizen, experienced continual pressure from competing cultural standards. But he was able to accept the delightful contrasts of his polyglot British-Indian identity because of his love of food and cookery. In Mother Tongue, he analyzes his childhood in food, which included “authentic” home-cooked Punjabi food, “inauthentic” Tikka Masalas from curry houses, the Western gourmet canon, and a desire to explore new places in search of flavor. The end result is a multicultural cuisine with heightened flavor that is a delicious culinary reflection of his second generation’s experience of the modern world. A mouthwatering Miso-Masala Fried Chicken…

On May 3, 2023, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) launched the seventh edition of its renowned study, “Indian Roots, American Soil,” during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Taranjit Singh Sandhu, the Indian ambassador. According to research that emphasizes the good tales of Indian firms’ contributions to the US economy and society, there are over 160 Indian companies operating in all 50 US states, and they have made investments totaling US$40 billion that have created 425,000 jobs in a variety of industries. Texas (20,906 jobs), New York (19,162 jobs), New Jersey (17,713 jobs), Washington (14,525 jobs), Florida (14,418…