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☆ Foreign direct investment in Tamil Nadu: Modi's policies or state government's vision?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailForeign direct investment in Tamil Nadu: Modi's policies or state government's vision? Who should get the credit for foreign direct investment in Tamil Nadu? We ask A. Saravanan, a spokesperson for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, one of Tamil Nadu's two major political parties, and BJP's Tamil Nadu State Secretary SG Suryah.

Persons: SG Organizations: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Locations: Tamil Nadu, Tamil, Tamil Nadu State

☆ BJP and DMK representatives on how they addressed the deadly floods in India's Tamil Nadu
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBJP and DMK representatives on how they addressed the deadly floods in India's Tamil NaduAs the India general election 2024 gets underway, A. Saravanan, a spokesperson for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, one of Tamil Nadu's two major political parties, and BJP's Tamil Nadu State Secretary SG Suryah, shares how the central and state governments reacted to the deadly floods which hit Tamil Nadu at the end of 2023.

Persons: SG Organizations: BJP, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Locations: Tamil Nadu, India, Tamil, Tamil Nadu State

☆ The BJP wants to 'pander to Hindi majoritarianism,' says DMK spokesperson
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe BJP wants to 'pander to Hindi majoritarianism,' says DMK spokespersonA. Saravanan, a spokesperson for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, one of Tamil Nadu's two major political parties, says "there is no north-south divide. It is only the policies of the BJP."

Organizations: BJP, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Locations: Tamil

☆ Five killed as southern India braces for Cyclone Michaung
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Jatindra Dash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] People move in a boat past partially submerged vehicles in a residential area following heavy rains ahead of Cyclone Michaung in Chennai, India, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsBHUBANESHWAR, India, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Heavy rains submerged roads and shut down a major airport in southern India on Tuesday, where at least five people, including a child, were killed in the flooding and the havoc hours before a severe cyclone was due to make landfall. The rains and winds also snapped power lines and uprooted trees, officials said. Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) and Pegatron (4938.TW) halted Apple (AAPL.O) iPhone production at their facilities near Chennai due to heavy rains, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. In December 2015, floods in Tamil Nadu killed at least 290 people and caused widespread damage.

Persons: Stringer, Michaung, Taiwan's Foxconn, Jatindra Dash, Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Miral Organizations: Cyclone, REUTERS, Apple, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Chennai, India, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati district, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu's

☆ Recent disruptions at Apple facilities in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW DELHI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Pegatron on Monday temporarily halted iPhone assembly at its Chennai facility in India's Tamil Nadu state after a fire at the factory. Apple has been eyeing a large manufacturing base in India since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017. Apple products in India are currently manufactured through contracts with firms including Foxconn (2317.TW), Wistron Corp (3231.TW) and Pegatron Corp (4938.TW). It has a total of 14 suppliers with facilities in India. Apple later found facilities did not meet required standards.

Persons: Pegatron, Apple, Blassy, Mark Potter Organizations: Apple, Wistron Corp, Pegatron Corp, Workers, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil, Karnataka

CHENNAI, India, July 26 (Reuters) - A Foxconn (2317.TW) subsidiary is in talks with India's Tamil Nadu state to invest up to $200 million to build a new plant for electronic components in the southern region, two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters on Wednesday. Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, and a spokesperson for Tamil Nadu's industries department declined to comment. Foxconn already has a sprawling campus near Chennai city in Tamil Nadu where it assembles Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhones. Foxconn is also in talks with western Gujarat state as it eyes entry into India's semiconductor sector. Last week, Karnataka state government in south India said it held talks with FII, which had committed to invest $1.07 billion for a new plant.

Persons: Brand Cheng, Foxconn, Young Liu, Praveen, Sarah Wu, Aditya Kalra, Richard Chang Organizations: Reuters, Foxconn Industrial, Tamil, FII, Thomson Locations: CHENNAI, India, Tamil, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Bengaluru, Taipei

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