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Mint Explainer | Can foreign investment in e-commerce take India's small manufacturers global?

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- India wants its over 90 million registered MSMEs to export more through e-commerce, and to that end, has opened the inventory-based e-commerce export model to foreign investment.... Read More


India's fabless dream hits the commercial reality wall

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Chennai: Shashwath T. R., co-founder and chief executive of Chennai-based semiconductor startup Mindgrove Technologies, sounds hopeful. "Our chip is out of the lab," he says. "W... Read More


India seeks to pool chipmakers' demand for better foundry terms: Meity secretary S. Krishnan

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The government is working on a plan to aggregate orders from Indian fabless semiconductor chip companies to improve their bargaining power with global foundries, said S. Krishnan... Read More


Mint Explainer | India has its first hydrogen train. Is its green hydrogen mission on track?

New Delhi, July 23 -- When India's first hydrogen-powered train ran between Jind and Sonipat in Haryana earlier this month, it joined Japan, Germany, the US and China in deploying the technology. The ... Read More


From roots to riches: How Kerala-based Synthite quietly became a $500 million global supplier of natural ingredients

New Delhi, July 20 -- If you have ever used a desert air cooler padded with fragrant vetiver or sat on a balcony shaded by a vetiver screen sprinkled with water, you will recognise its unmistakable ea... Read More


Zoho deepens vertical SaaS push with AI-powered education platform

Chennai, July 15 -- Enterprise software provider Zoho on Wednesday launched an AI-powered platform for schools, colleges and universities as the Chennai-headquartered company expanded its push into ve... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why is India doubling down on regional aviation despite UDAN's mixed record?

New Delhi, July 7 -- Visuals of the striking new Rajputana-inspired Jodhpur airport terminal, with its sandstone facade, domes, arches, intricately carved columns, murals and artwork, went viral after... Read More


Agnikul and Finland's ICEYE team up to build and launch radar satellites from India

New Delhi, July 1 -- Chennai-based space startup Agnikul Cosmos has partnered with Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite company ICEYE to explore building, launching and operating radar ear... Read More


Mindgrove's vision chip moves closer to market with Prama MoU

Chennai, June 29 -- Chennai: Surveillance equipment maker Prama India has agreed to integrate semiconductor startup Mindgrove Technologies' under-development vision system-on-chip (SoC) into its produ... Read More


Mint Explainer: Why quantum computing is the next geopolitical race

New Delhi, June 28 -- For decades, quantum computing promised revolutionary breakthroughs while remaining stubbornly out of reach. Researchers struggled with unstable qubits, high error rates and daun... Read More