2026-02-02
📱 🚨 BIG LOBBYING WIN FOR Apple IN INDIA — it can now fund iPhone-making machines for Foxconn and Tata Electronics without fearing tax/income liabilities... 📱India's government on Sunday handed a major win to Apple by allowing foreign companies to freely provide machines to their contract manufacturers set up in certain areas for five years, without fearing any tax risk. 📱What was the concern? In India, unlike China, Apple was concerned that if it paid for machines for its contract manufacturers, Indian law could consider that a so-called “business connection” and impose taxes on its iPhone sales profits [...]
Reuters
India plans to exempt foreign companies from being taxed when providing equipment to their contract manufacturers in the country, a change Apple lobbied for
it can now fund iPhone-making machines for Foxconn and Tata Electronics without fearing tax/income liabilities... 📱India's government on Sunday handed a major win to Apple by allow...
📱 🚨 BIG LOBBYING WIN FOR Apple IN INDIA — it can now fund iPhone-making machines for Foxconn and Tata Electronics without fearing tax/income liabilities... 📱India's government on Sunday handed a major win to Apple by allowing foreign companies to freely provide machines to their contract manufacturers set up in certain areas for five years, without fearing any tax risk. 📱What was the concern? In India, unlike China, Apple was concerned that if it paid for machines for its contract manufacturers, Indian law could consider that a so-called “business connection” and impose taxes on its iPhone sales profits [...]
TechCrunch
India proposes zero taxes for foreign cloud providers through 2047 on services sold outside the country if they run those workloads from Indian data centers
As the global race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, India has offered foreign cloud providers zero taxes through 2047 …
2026-01-14
“Groceries & More” — Swiggy changes branding of its quick commerce ops to stop promoting it as “10-minute” service after govt order, according to a source and company's app details in the Apple App Store. Second company after Blinkit to make the switch in the booming sector
The Economic Times
India lacks specific policies or zoning regulations for overseeing quick commerce dark stores, which HSBC projects will hit 5,000 to 5,500 by the end of FY2026
The army of on-the-clock delivery boys, imperilling themselves and pedestrians, has become a familiar sight across urban India.
2026-01-11
📱🔐 India's smartphone security push, including for source code, draws quiet industry resistance from likes of Apple and Samsung, @Reuters reports, citing confidential documents and sources. 📱India is proposing a far-reaching set of 83 new security standards for smartphones
Reuters
Documents and sources: India proposes security rules that would force smartphone makers to share source code, prompting quiet pushback from Apple and Samsung
India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part …
2025-12-05
🚨📱India & Surveillance 🚨📱Telcos Vs Apple/Samsung/Google Breaking News on India's review of a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone makers to keep satellite-based location tracking permanently activated on all devices so authorities can pull precise real-time [image]
Reuters
Sources and docs: India's government is considering forcing phone makers to enable always-on satellite location tracking; Apple, Google, and Samsung are opposed
India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking …
2025-08-06
Musk vs Modi - Inside the battle over India's internet censorship A cartoon of Modi with a dinosaur. A minister in an astronaut suit. NDTV's stampede news. All ordered to be removed Deep dive into India's takedown regime & fight over content regulation https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Court filings: Indian agencies ordered X to remove ~1,400 posts or accounts from March 2024 to June 2025, as X and Modi's government clash over content rules
In January, an old post on Elon Musk's social media platform, X, became a concern for police in the Indian city of Satara. X: @adityakalra , @munsifv , and @reuterstech X: Aditya K...
2025-05-28
India's alarm over China spying rocks the surveillance industry Modi's CCTV testing rules hit firms like Hikvision, Xiaomi & Motorola. They must submit hardware, software & source code to government labs for testing. Documents reveal an intense clash https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Indian documents and emails: CCTV makers clashed with Indian regulators over rules requiring government labs to assess hardware, software, and source code
Aditya Kalra / Reuters : X: @adityakalra and @adityakalra . Forums: r/news X: Aditya Kalra / @adityakalra : Since April 9, all internet-connected CCTV models sold in India need go...
Since April 9, all internet-connected CCTV models sold in India need government lab approval. Ex-cybersecurity chief Gulshan Rai told Reuters, “anyone can operate and control internet-connected CCTV cameras sitting in an adverse location.” Security is critical, India says.
Reuters
Indian documents and emails: CCTV makers clashed with Indian regulators over rules requiring government labs to assess hardware, software, and source code
Aditya Kalra / Reuters : X: @adityakalra and @adityakalra . Forums: r/news X: Aditya Kalra / @adityakalra : Since April 9, all internet-connected CCTV models sold in India need go...
2025-05-01
🚨 Adani has paused talks with Israel's Tower for a $10 billion chip project. It did not make strategic sense for Adani. Project needed further evaluation about how India makes sure chips have enough local demand as Adani didn't want to focus on exports https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Adani Group pauses talks with Israel's Tower Semiconductor about a $10B chip project in Maharashtra, India, due to uncertainty around potential demand
2025-04-10
How did Apple navigate Trump tariffs? Six chartered cargo flights with 1.5 million phones weighing 600 tonnes from India to US. A “green corridor” for faster shipment clearance. Factories open on Sunday. A look at Apple's strategy. @MunsifV @abhijithg4 https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Apple chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or up to 1.5M units, to the US from India; a source says Apple “wanted to beat the tariff”
Tech giant Apple chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or as many as 1.5 million …
How did Apple navigate Trump tariffs? Six chartered cargo flights with 1.5 million phones weighing 600 tonnes from India to US. A “green corridor” for faster shipment clearance. Factories open on Sunday. A look at Apple's strategy. @MunsifV @abhijithg4 https://www.reuters.com/...
CNBC
President Trump pauses tariffs on most countries for 90 days, setting a 10% “lowered Reciprocal Tariff”, and sets 125% tariffs on China “effective immediately”
- President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on the full effect of his new tariffs for at least some countries.
2025-03-25
🚨 BIG: India hits Samsung with $601 million tax bill for evading import duties on telecom equipment sold to Ambani's Reliance. Includes $81 million penalty on executives. Samsung “intentionally” gave false documents for custom clearance. https://www.reuters.com/... @aditishahsays
Reuters
Document: India orders Samsung and its executives in the country to pay $601M in back taxes and penalties for dodging tariffs on key telecoms equipment imports
India has ordered Samsung and its executives in the country to pay $601 million in back taxes and penalties for dodging tariffs …
2025-01-27
🚨 More heat in the OpenAI copyright lawsuit in India as billionaire Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani digital news firms & the Indian Express, HT seek to join the case. They argue OpenAI's conduct constitutes “a clear and present danger” https://www.reuters.com/... With @arpanc_
Reuters
Court filing: Indian digital news outlets, including NDTV, Network18, and Hindustan Times, join a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, first filed by ANI in 2024
Digital news units of Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and other outlets like the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times …
2024-10-10
India's Star Health probing allegations its chief security officer involved in a data leak. No wrongdoing found so far. Reuters revealed the leak by a hacker whose website still shows health records of Star customers. Hacker alleged executive sold data. https://www.reuters.com/...
TechCrunch
Indian insurance firm Star Health says it suffered a “malicious cyberattack”, about two weeks after hackers put 31M customers' alleged personal data on Telegram
name, DOB, address, phone, PAN card and salary for Indians is selling it for $150k. Hacker claims CISO Amarjeet Khurana sold him the data. Nothing is private in India. [image] Vans...
2024-09-15
The CCI investigation report, which is not public but has been seen by Reuters, found wrongdoing. The report said preferred sellers on the platform “get the advantage in the (online) listing” and customers' attention is drawn towards those listings [image]
Reuters
In reports dated August 9, Indian antitrust regulator CCI found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers
Aditya Kalra / Reuters :
Amazon breached India antitrust laws by favouring select sellers like Cloudtail, indulged in deep discounting & exclusive launches, an investigation report shows. The strategy hurt smaller Indian sellers. Here's a long thread on the findings & @Reuters investigative stories [image]
Reuters
In reports dated August 9, Indian antitrust regulator CCI found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers
Aditya Kalra / Reuters :
Background - Indian retailers, including the CAIT group, have for years accused Amazon of such practices. This picture from 2020 shows “Jeff Bezos Go Back” protests [image]
Reuters
In reports dated August 9, Indian antitrust regulator CCI found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers
Aditya Kalra / Reuters :
Findings are the latest setback for Amazon Amazon in June last year said it will increase its Indian investment to $26 billion by 2030, including for its cloud business. Read. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
In reports dated August 9, Indian antitrust regulator CCI found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers
Aditya Kalra / Reuters :
🚨India antitrust body CCI finds Amazon & Walmart's Flipkart breached competition law by favouring select sellers, deep discounting. They created an ecosystem where some sellers appeared higher in search, two confidential reports of 2,500+ pages show https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
In reports dated August 9, Indian antitrust regulator CCI found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers
Aditya Kalra / Reuters :
Reuters Factbox on antitrust violations by Amazon, Flipkart https://www.reuters.com/... 1⃣Preferred Sellers (Amazon 6, Flipkart 33) 2⃣Preferential Listings 3⃣ Deep Discounts 4⃣ Exclusive Launches + Firms used foreign investments to subsidize rates for a few sellers
Reuters
Regulatory reports: India's CCI accuses Samsung, Xiaomi, and other smartphone makers of collusion for exclusively launching products on Amazon and Flipkart
Samsung, Xiaomi and other smartphone companies colluded with Amazon and Walmart's (WMT.N) Flipkart to exclusively launch products …