With a new components policy in place, the country is aiming to increase value addition from the current 15-16 per cent to 40-50 per cent. Mobile phone exports have grown 77 times in the last 10 years.
India's smartphone exports have reached a historic milestone, crossing Rs 2 lakh crore in the previous fiscal year 2024-25, announced Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, during a press conference here on Tuesday.
Delhi Police has arrested six accused who were involved in drug peddling across the city. Police said that the accused were found with 17.24 grams of smack, one scooty, one Grand Vitara car, and eight mobile phones.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vishwajeet Srivastava said that through the use of AI drones, the message of any suspicious activity would be sent to the mobile phones of the police personnel and the control room.
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, addressing the media after the Cabinet meeting, highlighted the transformation India's electronics sector has undergone over the past decade under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme with a funding of Rs.22,919 crore to make India "atmanirbhar" in the electronics supply chain.
In a significant breakthrough, the officials of IGI Airport Police have arrested an airport ground operator for stealing a shipment of high-end mobile phones at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, said officials on Tuesday.
"He (MLA Sugay Yadav) is using mobile phone and talking, this has been stopped, it is restricted, but still he is showing the mobile and speaking," Nitish Kumar said in the assembly.
These miscreants, who were in an attempt to carry out smuggling activities, forcefully fled away towards their respective sides when challenged by the Border Security Forces (BSF).
In a post on X, Manipur police posted, "On March 13, Manipur Police arrested one active cadre of PLA, namely, Thokchom Ongbi Anita Devi (46) from her residence at Sagolband Sayang Kurao Makhong under Lamphel-PS, Imphal West District. Following items were seized from her possession, 1 pistol
Jharkhand police originally registered the case after they raided the Silodar forest area based on input, in August 2012. The police arrested one Prafulla Kumar Malakar, member of the Arms & Ammunition Supply Unit of the banned terror outfit, CPI (Maoist). A USA-made M-16 Rifle, 14 live
The Rajagopalnagar Police solved a mobile phone robbery case, arresting two suspects and recovering 18 mobile phones and two two-wheelers worth Rs 5,00,000. The suspects confessed to multiple robberies, and further investigations continue to trace owners of stolen phones.