More than 81 percent of rural households across India received access to clean tap water through the Jal Jeevan Mission, government data showed on Sunday. The program connected over 15.72 crore homes to safe drinking water supplies as of Oct. 22, up from 3.23 crore households when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the initiative on…

Foreign investors shifted their strategy in Indian markets this month after reducing their selling activity that began in early October. Data from NSDL shows institutional investors sold only 3,363 crore rupees through exchanges by Oct. 25, while primary market investments reached 10,692 crore rupees in the same period. Market watchers point to several factors that…

India’s northeastern region has undergone major development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, Union Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Sunday. The minister spoke at the 15th O.N.E. India Award 2025, noting that transportation links and investments have grown substantially. All northeastern states gained access to rail lines, airports and road networks. The Ministry…

ChangXin Memory Technologies has delivered HBM3 samples to Huawei and other Chinese artificial intelligence companies as the country works to address memory shortages affecting chip manufacturing. The shipments mark a step toward full-scale production expected later this year, according to industry analysts cited by DigiTimes. CXMT trails global leaders by 3 to 4 years but…

Xiaomi’s president defended the higher prices of the company’s new Redmi K90 smartphones, citing higher costs for memory components. Lu Weibing stated on Weibo that global supply chain pressures have driven storage costs beyond projections and will continue to rise. Major flash memory producers cut output by 10 percent to 15 percent through the first…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. does not view the competition between graphics processing unit makers and custom chip developers as a concern because both sides rely on the company’s manufacturing services. Chief Executive C.C. Wei said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call that customers from both segments use its advanced production technology and are expected to…

A repair technician advised against purchasing the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition after failing to fix a damaged graphics card. The specialist at Northridge Fix said the compact circuit board design places critical components at risk when users attempt modifications. The card arrived after its owner tried installing a water cooling system and broke…

Apple plans to insert advertisements into its Maps application as the company expands revenue from its iPhone software, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman wrote in his newsletter. The paid placements would appear in search results similar to promotions already running in the App Store. The Maps ads represent the latest effort to generate income from Apple’s…

AMD appears ready to release another budget processor with 3D V-Cache technology after a UK distributor listed the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. The chip would become the fifth X3D model in the Ryzen 7000 series and the most affordable option yet with the gaming-focused stacking feature. The processor likely has 6 cores and 12 threads, with…

Apple plans to install vapor chamber cooling systems in its next-generation iPad Pro models with M6 processors, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman wrote in his newsletter. The company added the technology to iPhone 17 Pro devices but skipped the current M5 iPad Pro lineup, which relies on graphene sheets and aluminum casings to manage heat. The…