SEMICON India 2026 live news updates: This year, the conversation shifts to commercial chip production in India, says PM Modi
Breaking news live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said commercial semiconductor production would be the focus of this year’s SEMICON India, inaugurated in New Delhi. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw outlined four priorities under SEMICON 2.0: chip design, machines and materials, semiconductor manufacturing across technologies, and advanced packaging, including a 3D packaging unit in Odisha.
“This year the conversation at SEMICON India is going to be around commercial production,” Modi said.
The event comes as India seeks to expand its semiconductor ecosystem beyond manufacturing facilities to include chip design, equipment, materials and advanced packaging.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw outlined four pillars of SEMICON 2.0, the government’s next phase of semiconductor development, with chip design, manufacturing capabilities and advanced packaging among the priorities.
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A joint search operation by the Army, police and CRPF was launched in the remote Bratel Soan and Khubban areas of Majalta around 9 pm on Wednesday following information about the movement of suspected terrorists, the officials said.
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A stable foundation has been established for the semiconductor industry in India, and future growth is now unfolding across various areas—including materials, machines, new fabs, new ATMP units, R&D, talent, and design.
- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, at Semicon 2026
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The semiconductor industry is facing numerous challenges. Amidst these challenges, the world is in dire need of new and reliable manufacturing hubs—and I say this with full responsibility. I assure you that India is continuously preparing itself for this role
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In SEMICON 2.0 We would be targeting at least 200 startups and companies which design chips in India across the spectrum of semiconductor requirements... The second pillar will be machines and materials, and I thank Prabhu for announcing the $5 billion investment that you have announced. This will go a long way in generating employment in our country... Pillar three will be more display, memory, silicon, compound, and logic files... Pillar four will be more advanced packaging units. We already have a 3D packaging unit coming up in Odisha
- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
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Encounter breaks out amid anti-terror operation in J-K's Udhampur
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists during an ongoing anti-terror operation in a forested area of Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.
A joint search operation by the Army, police and CRPF was launched in the remote Bratel Soan and Khubban areas of Majalta around 9 pm on Wednesday following information about the movement of suspected terrorists, the officials said.
They said a few rounds of firing and blasts, reportedly carried out by the security forces while targeting a suspected hideout, were heard in the forest shortly after the operation began.
However, the area remained largely quiet through the night before the lull ended on Thursday morning, when the terrorists opened heavy fire in an attempt to break the cordon, the officials said.
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