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November 2025

India’s Chip Big-Bang: Dholera’s 28nm Fab, Jewar’s New Unit, Sanand’s OSAT

India’s Chip Big-Bang: Dholera’s 28nm Fab, Jewar’s New Unit, Sanand’s OSAT—and the 2025 Playbook with Official Sources

Tubelight Talks09 mins

India’s Chip Big-Bang: India’s semiconductor story accelerated in 2024–25 from intent to implement. The Union Cabinet cleared three units in February 2024—including Tata–PSMC’s 28nm fab at Dholera and two ATMP/OSAT facilities—and later approved a sixth unit in May 2025: HCL–Foxconn near Jewar. In parallel, Micron’s OSAT campus at Sanand advanced, and CG Power–Renesas launched a…

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India’s Q2 FY26 GDP Preview: Date, Drivers, Risks—and the 10 Charts Editors Should Prep

India’s Q2 FY26 GDP Preview: Date, Drivers, Risks—and the 10 Charts Editors Should Prep

Tubelight Talks08 mins

India’s Q2 FY26 GDP: Mark your calendars: India’s National Statistical Office (NSO) will publish the Q2 FY26 (July–September 2025) GDP at 4:00 pm IST on Friday, November 28, 2025—as stated in MoSPI’s Q1 press note. That release follows a 7.8% year-on-year surprise in Q1 FY26. Since then, IIP for September printed 4.0% and Eight Core…

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India’s DPDP Rules 2025 Explained Status, Core Obligations, Cross-Border, and a 30-Day Action Plan

India’s DPDP Rules 2025 Explained: Status, Core Obligations, Cross-Border, and a 30-Day Action Plan

Tubelight Talks06 mins

India’s DPDP Rules: Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 is the country’s first comprehensive privacy law. To operationalise it, the government released the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 for consultation—detailing consent, breach reporting, cross-border transfer controls, consent manager registration, and the Data Protection Board process. The draft rules were published on January 3,…

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Delhi-NCR’s November Smog: GRAP Rules, AQI Reality, Protests—And How to Protect Your Health

Delhi-NCR’s November Smog: GRAP Rules, AQI Reality, Protests—And How to Protect Your Health

Tubelight Talks09 mins

Delhi-NCR’s November Smog: Delhi and the NCR have entered another smog stretch this November with the Air Quality Index (AQI) frequently in the “very poor” to “severe” bands. Official dashboards and bulletins from CPCB and the Air Quality Early Warning System show sustained stress, while the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) continues to operate…

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PM-VBRY 2025: India’s Big Employment Incentive—Who Qualifies, How to Apply, and How Much You Can Receive

PM-VBRY 2025: India’s Big Employment Incentive—Who Qualifies, How to Apply, and How Much You Can Receive

Tubelight Talks08 mins

PM-VBRY 2025: The Government of India has launched the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) to accelerate formal job creation. The scheme has two parts: benefits for first-time employees (up to ₹15,000 in two instalments) and incentives for employers (up to ₹3,000 per month per additional employee for two years, with manufacturing eligible for…

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