DK Shivakumar: The future CM wears Prada; Gucci, LV and Ferragamo tooKarnataka leader DK Shivakumar stands out for his open display of luxury brands. He is known for wearing designer scarves and watches. Shiv...
29 May, 2026, 09.12 AM IST
Mumbai’s skyline is soaring. So is the pressure on housingMumbai's booming real estate market sees global financial giants occupying luxury towers while low-income residents like taxi driver Ramu V...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Apple at 50: India was once a journey. Now it’s a growth engineApple's India journey is accelerating. The company is now a top smartphone player, with record revenues and shipments. Manufacturing in Ind...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
India weighs greater phone-location surveillance; Apple, Google and Samsung protestThe Indian government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone makers to keep satellite-based location tracking (A-GPS)...
05 Dec, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
Apple lobbies India to change tax law seen hindering its expansion, sources sayIn a bid to accelerate its business in India, Apple is advocating for changes to the country's tax laws. The tech giant is aiming to secure...
15 Oct, 2025, 03.14 PM IST
Apple lobbies India to change tax law seen hindering its expansion, sources sayApple is lobbying India to amend its income tax law to avoid being taxed for owning high-end iPhone machinery supplied to contract manufact...
15 Oct, 2025, 02.06 PM IST
Trump throws Apple tantrum: Should India worry?Amid trade tensions, Trump has reportedly told Apple CEO Tim Cook he prefers the company manufacture in the US, not India, despite Apple's ...
15 May, 2025, 08.03 PM IST
Making it a bit more American, Apple's pieApple ramped up production in Asia and shipped products to the US to evade new tariffs. With significant manufacturing bases in China, Viet...
06 Apr, 2025, 11.46 PM IST
Apple says India's EU-style charger rules will hit local production targetApple has warned India that its local production targets will be hit if the country follows the European Union's requirement for iPhones to...
05 Dec, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
Apple seeks changes in India labor laws in push to diversify beyond ChinaApple Inc. is requesting new labour law reforms in India as it seeks to expand local production; governments there prefer manufacturing its...
21 Mar, 2023, 04.37 PM IST
Apple lobbies for India incentives as it plans iPad assembly: SourcesIndia launched a $6.7 billion plan to boost smartphone exports last year, as PM Modi stepped up efforts to promote electronics manufacturin...
18 Feb, 2021, 02.37 PM IST
Apple India may finally open its online store next monthApple is poised to open an online store for the first time in the fast growing smartphone market of India next month, according to a person...
26 Aug, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
View: China needs Apple in its trade war with the USThere are good reasons why China might prefer not to crack the whip too fiercely on the iPhone maker.
10 Sep, 2019, 06.05 AM IST
Apple to start 'trial assembly' of iPhones in India next monthTaiwanese original design manufacturer Wistron — with which Apple has a contract — will begin assembling the iconic phones at its unit in a...
20 Apr, 2017, 06.32 AM IST
No proposal from Apple to make iPhones in India as yetApple has been lobbying hard for exemption from the mandatory 30 per cent local sourcing on the ground that its products have such high-end...
03 Aug, 2016, 04.52 PM IST
Apple loses edge as government partly rolls back 29% import duty on mobile phone componentsImporters of mobile handset components such as chargers, adapters, batteries and wired headsets now need to pay only the countervailing dut...
07 May, 2016, 05.10 AM IST
Samsung, Micromax miffed over levy giving Apple edge; demand parityThis year’s Budget has levied 29% customs duty on batteries, chargers, adapters, speakers and wired headsets that are imported by brands wh...
12 Apr, 2016, 01.29 PM IST