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Netflix, Amazon, JioCinema-Backed Group Protests New Tobacco Warning Rules in India

An Indian group representing Netflix, Amazon and Disney has told the government its new tobacco warning rules are impossible to implement for streaming giants and will impinge on content creators’ freedom of expression, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

As part of India’s anti-tobacco drive, the health ministry last month ordered streaming platforms to insert static health warnings during smoking scenes within three months. Also, India wants at least 50 seconds of anti-tobacco disclaimers, including an audio-visual, at the start and in the middle of each program.

The three companies, and Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s streaming platform JioCinema, were recently part of a privately held discussion to consider pushback options, including a legal challenge, as executives worried that the rules would require editing of millions of hours of Indian and Hollywood content.

The amount of multilingual content on platforms “is very high … there is a practical impossibility associated with including such warnings across content,” the letter by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) stated.

IAMAI asked the health ministry to revisit the “onerous” rules, saying a survey had shown viewers were indifferent to depictions of smoking on streaming platforms, the letter said.

Netflix declined to comment, while IAMAI and the other companies did not immediately respond. The health ministry also did not respond.

Beyond Hollywood content, streaming companies Netflix, Amazon, Disney and JioCinema have become inreasingly popular in India. Popular Hindi content starring Bollywood actors on such platforms have smoking scenes.

Activists have welcomed India’s new rules, saying it would discourage smoking in a country where tobacco kills 1.3 million people each year.

The companies believe content descriptors — which warn users with a label “smoking” in a video alongside its title at the start — were more effective, IAMAI said.

The “disruptions” caused by warnings, the group said, were “problematic for creators that put in considerable investments.”

All smoking and alcohol drinking scenes in movies in India’s cinemas and on TV, under law, require health warnings, but there were so far no regulations for the streaming giants.

In 2013, Woody Allen stopped his film, Blue Jasmine, from being screened in India after learning that mandatory anti-tobacco warnings would be inserted into its smoking scenes.

Sanjay Seth of non-profit Sambandh Health Foundation said there should be no difference in how smoking is discouraged in cinema, and on digital platforms.

“They must implement this. It will save lives,” Seth said.

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Netflix, Disney, Amazon, JioCinema to Challenge Tobacco Warning Rules for Streaming Services in India

Streaming giants Netflix, Amazon, and Disney on Friday privately discussed a possible legal challenge and other ways to stall India’s new tobacco warning rules, amid fears they will need to edit millions of hours of existing web content, sources said. The pushback is the latest headache for streaming giants in India, a top growth market. Companies often face legal cases and police complaints their content sometimes hurts religious sentiment, and many have self-censored content over the years. As part of India’s anti-tobacco drive, the health ministry this week ordered streaming platforms should within three months insert static health warnings during smoking scenes. 

Also, India wants at least 50 seconds of anti-tobacco disclaimers, including an audio-visual, at the start and in the middle of each program. In the first signs of industry distress, executives of the three global streaming companies, and India’s Viacom18 which runs billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s JioCinema app, held a closed-door meeting, where Netflix said the rules would hit customer experience and push production houses to block their content in India, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.

Executives in India also discussed ways of a possible legal challenge to assert that other ministries – IT and information & broadcasting – have powers over streaming giants, and not the health ministry, said one of the sources. The companies, and India’s health ministry, did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reuters is the first to report the industry’s planned pushback.

Already, all smoking and alcohol-drinking scenes in movies in India’s cinemas and on TV, under the law, require health warnings, but so far there were no regulations for the streaming giants, whose content has become increasingly popular. In 2013, Woody Allen stopped his film, Blue Jasmine, from being screened in India after learning about mandatory anti-tobacco warnings would be inserted into its smoking scenes. Activists have welcomed new anti-tobacco rules by India, the world’s second-largest producer of tobacco that kills 1.3 million people each year in the country. India also has stringent cigarette pack warning rules.

HEALTH VS WARNINGS “HARASSMENT”

Truth Initiative, a public health nonprofit group, in March, said 60 percent of the 15 most popular streaming shows among 15- to 24-year-olds it analyzed contained depictions of tobacco, “effectively exposing 25 million young people to tobacco imagery” in 2021. But in India, companies from Netflix to Amazon to Disney, also have popular Hindi content which often shows Bollywood actors smoking, something activists say encourages tobacco use.

India is a hot market for streaming giants, and executives fear business impact and higher costs. Ambani’s JioCinema has just in recent weeks signed multiple content deals with NBCUniversal and Warner Bros, bringing popular shows like ‘Succession’ and ‘The Office’ to its platform. Together, the companies have millions of hours of content. 

“New content being created needs to be changed and old content needs to be modified. It could require insertion of ad-type warning in between,” said Kaushik Moitra, partner at Bharucha & Partners who advises streaming firms and production houses. During the Friday meeting, Amazon and other companies made the point there was no way films can be edited in three months, said the second source, adding the industry decided to consult lawyers and write letters in protest.

Dylan Mohan Gray, a filmmaker who directed documentaries such as ‘Fire in the Blood’, said the new Indian rules amount to ‘harassment’, saying that murder, war, and extremely violent crime scenes were not regulated in the same way. “Smoking, which though certainly a serious public health problem, is both legal and a massive source of government revenue in this country,” he said. 

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OnePlus 10R 5G Price in India Discounted to as Low as Rs. 29,499: All Details

OnePlus 10R 5G powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Max SoC was launched in India in April last year in the sub-Rs. 40,000 category. Now, the handset is available for purchase at a discounted rate in the country via Amazon. The OnePlus 10R had a price tag of Rs. 38,999 for the base 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant when it first launched. Now, the e-commerce company has listed the handset for Rs. 34,999. It is also offering a coupon-based discount of Rs. 4,000. There is additional cashback for customers purchasing the phone using select bank cards and EMI transactions. The OnePlus 10R offers 80W SuperVOOC charging and it has a 50-megapixel triple rear camera setup.

The base 8GB RAM + 128GB storage model of the OnePlus 10R is currently available for Rs. 34,999 via Amazon. Currently, the e-commerce company is offering a coupon discount of Rs. 4,000, which will bring the price down to Rs. 30,999. Additionally, customers making purchases using HDFC cards and EMI transactions can avail of up to Rs. 1,500 discount as well. This would reduce the price to Rs. 29,499. Furthermore, there is a bundled exchange offer capped at Rs. 31,150.

Meanwhile, the top-end variant of the OnePlus 10R with 12GB RAM + 256GB storage is listed for Rs. 38,999. It can be grabbed for Rs. 34,499 with a coupon discount, instead of the original launch price of Rs. 42,999. The bank card offer will further sweeten the deal to Rs. 32,999.

OnePlus 10R 5G specifications

The OnePlus 10R 5G runs OxygenOS 12.1 based on Android 12 and features a 6.7-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,412 pixels) AMOLED display with 120Hz dynamic refresh rate. The display has 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection as well. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Max SoC, paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM.

For photography, the OnePlus 10R 5G has a triple rear camera setup, comprising a 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 primary sensor, an 8-megapixel Sony IMX355 sensor, and a 2-megapixel GC02M1 macro shooter. For selfies, it has a 16-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL S5K3P9 sensor. It has up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage.

The OnePlus 10R 5G has a 5,000mAh battery and supports 80W SuperVOOC fast charging. It includes dual stereo speakers and noise-cancellation support. The OnePlus 10R 5G also has an Endurance Edition with 150W SuperVOOC fast charging support.

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NASA Partners With Blue Origin to Build Spacecraft for Moon Mission

A team led by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin won a coveted NASA contract to build a spacecraft that will send astronauts to and from the moon‘s surface, NASA’s chief announced on Friday, capping a high-stakes contest.

NASA’s decision will give the agency a second ride to the moon under its Artemis program, after it awarded Elon Musk‘s SpaceX $3 billion (nearly Rs. 24,850 crore) in 2021 to land astronauts on the moon for the first time since the final Apollo mission in 1972.

Those initial missions using SpaceX’s Starship system are slated for later this decade.

The Blue Origin contract is valued roughly $3.4 billion (nearly Rs. 28,150 crore), NASA’s exploration chief Jim Free said, with Blue Origin privately contributing “well north” of that amount, Blue Origin’s lunar lander head John Couluris said.

“Honored to be on this journey with @NASA to land astronauts on the Moon — this time to stay,” Amazon.com billionaire founder Bezos said in a tweet after the announcement.

Blue Origin plans to build its 52-foot (16-meter) tall Blue Moon lander in a partnership with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, spacecraft software firm Draper, and robotics firm Astrobotic.

SpaceX’s Starship lander is poised to conduct the first two astronaut moon landings under NASA’s Artemis program, sending a pair of astronauts to the lunar surface for each mission. The Blue Moon landing, planned for 2029, is also expected to ferry two astronauts to the surface.

“Our partnership will only add to this golden age of human spaceflight,” NASA administrator Bill Nelson said. He added that having a second moon lander for the agency’s Artemis mission promotes commercial competition, echoing a trend in recent years that reduces costs for NASA.

Friday’s announcement in Washington was a long-awaited outcome for Blue Origin, which had unsuccessfully had competed for past contracts. The space company overcame a rival bid from Leidos-owned defense contractor Dynetics Inc, the head of a partnership with Northrop Grumman.

Those companies lost out to SpaceX for the 2021 contract, part of an initial moon lander procurement program. NASA under that program said it could pick up to two companies, but blamed budget constraints for only going with SpaceX.

This new contract is a boost for Bezos, who since founding Blue Origin in 2000 has invested billions into the company to compete for high-profile commercial and government space contracts with SpaceX, a dominant force in satellite launches and human spaceflight.

After losing in 2021, Blue Origin unsuccessfully fought to overturn NASA’s decision to ignore its Blue Moon lander, first with a watchdog agency and then in court.

Blue Origin and lawmakers had pressured NASA to award a second lunar lander contract to promote commercial competition and ensure the agency has a backup ride to the moon. NASA in early 2022 announced the program for a second lander contract.

Couluris, who will lead Blue Origin’s development of the moon lander, said Friday’s award was hard fought outcome.

“We’ve been working for some time, and we’re still ready to go,” he said.

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Big Tech Gets Support From EU Regulators Against Telcos’ Network Fee Push

EU telecoms regulators’ group BEREC on Friday warned the European Commission against proposing legislation pushed by the sector to get Big Tech‘s help to pay for the rollout of 5G and broadband, saying it did not see a competition problem or a market failure.

The comments from The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) to the European Commission which is now looking into the issue underscores the high-stakes battle between Big Tech and Europe’s major telecoms operators.

“There is no evidence of a competition problem or a market failure to the detriment of end-users regarding IP-interconnection,” the group said.

Echoing Big Tech’s arguments, BEREC said it has its doubts about a mandatory network fee levied on the companies.

“It is questionable that mandatory payments from CAPs (content and application providers) to ISPs (internet service providers) would lead to member states meeting the connectivity targets,” BEREC said.

“On the contrary, it is rather likely that ISPs in already well supplied areas would benefit the most.”

It said a mandatory fee may disadvantage smaller telecoms operators with less economies of scale and bargaining power, while other telecoms companies with their own streaming or cloud services may discriminate and unfairly promote these services.

Such a fee may also lead to price hikes for consumers, disincentivise Big Tech from investments and breach EU net neutrality rules, BEREC said.

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Telecom Italia have been lobbying for Big Tech to shoulder some of the network costs.

Alphabet‘s Google, Apple, Meta Platforms, Netflix, Amazon.com and Microsoft, which telcos say account for more than half of data internet traffic, have rejected the proposal.

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Government Plans Action Against Google Over Abuse of Market Position

India’s government plans to take action against Alphabet‘s Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices, a top IT minister told Reuters.

India’s antitrust body in October fined Google $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,280 crore) in two cases, which involved abusing its dominant position in the Android operating system market, and pushing developers to use its in-app payment system.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the federal deputy minister for information technology, told Reuters in an interview at the IT ministry in New Delhi that such findings are “serious” and cause “deep concern” to India’s federal government, which will take its own action against Google.

“The ministry has to take action,” Chandrasekhar said. “We have thought through it. You will see it in the coming weeks. Certainly it’s not something that we will leave and push under the carpet.”

The minister declined to specify what sort of policy or regulatory action the government could take. 

Chandrasekhar, who is one of the highest-ranking officials in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, said the issue “is worrisome, not just for us, it’s worrisome for the entire digital ecosystem in India”. 

Google did not respond to a request for comment on the minister’s remarks. Asked if he had held talks with Google on the issue, Chandrasekhar said “there is no need for any discussion. There is a finding of a court.”

While the payments case is still under appeal, an Indian tribunal in March said in response to a legal challenge that the Competition Commission of India‘s findings of Google’s anti-competitive conduct in the Android market were correct.

The comments by the minister come against a backdrop of growing tension between Indian companies and Google.

India’s competition watchdog has begun another inquiry into Google after Tinder owner Match Group and many startups alleged that a new service fee system Google uses for in-app payments breaches the competition commission’s October decision.

Google has previously said the service fee supports investments in the Google Play app store and the Android mobile operating system, ensuring it can distribute it for free.

Following the Android antitrust order in India, Google was also forced make sweeping changes to how it markets its mobile operating system in the country, even though it warned “no other jurisdiction has ever asked for such far-reaching changes”. 

About 97 percent of India’s 620 million smartphones run on Android, and the company counts India as a critical growth market.

Other companies such as Apple and Amazon also face cases against them for potential anti-competitive practices in India. Chandrasekhar said the government was keen to take steps to ensure India’s digital economy is protected.

“We don’t want it to be growth in a way that distorts consumer choice or free competition,” he said.

“We will certainly be looking into what the government needs to do to prevent anybody, including but not limited to Google, from abusing their market power or market dominance.”

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Centre Issues Order Against Amazon, Flipkart, Other E-Commerce Sites for Selling Seat Belt Alarm Stopper Clips

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued orders against the top five e-commerce platforms for selling car seat belt alarm stopper clips.

Authorities found that such clips were being blatantly sold on several e-commerce platforms.

The clips compromise the life and safety of consumers by stopping the alarm beep when not wearing seat belts. Selling of such items is in violation of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

The e-commerce platforms against which the order was issued are Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Shopclues and Meesho, a Ministry of Consumer Affairs release said.

The Ministry of Highways and Transport had highlighted the issue of the blatant sale of car seat belt alarm stopper clips and requested for action on errant vendors or online platforms and issuance of an advisory.

“It is imperative to say that using car seat belt alarm stopper clips can also be a hurdle for consumers seeking claim amounts in the cases of motor insurance policies, wherein an insurance company may deny the claim by citing the negligence of the claimant for using such clips. On the other hand, using a seat belt acts as a restraint that allows the airbag to provide proper cushion and not hit the passengers at full force which also works as a protective shield in case of collisions,” the release said.

It said that taking note of the Directions issued by CCPA, compliance reports were submitted by all five e-commerce entities.

Based on the initiative of the CCPA, about 13,118 listings of car seat belt alarm stopper clips have been delisted from the e-commerce platforms.

In an interview last year September, Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari recalled that he had seen stopper clips being used to prevent the beep of seatbelt alarms during his travel in vehicles of four chief ministers.

“Let me tell you something new. I traveled with chief ministers of four states during the past year. I sit in the front seat and use the seatbelt. I found a clip placed where the seatbelt is buckled. I scolded the driver. I am talking of the vehicles of four chief ministers, not talking of the common man…,” he had then said in the interview. 

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ONDC Expands Its Operations to 236 Cities, Adds More Than 36,000 Merchants: CEO

The Indian government’s open e-commerce network ONDC has expanded its operations into 236 cities in the country while adding more than 36,000 merchants, a senior company official said on Thursday.

The government launched the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) last year to give small businesses and retailers access to processes and technologies usually provided by big e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Walmart.

The non-profit company’s network currently displays products and services from all participating e-commerce platforms in search results across all apps on its network. 

“ONDC is handholding small merchants while aiming to make e-commerce more inclusive and accessible for consumers,” T Koshy, CEO of the company, told reporters. 

The network is slowly and steadily recording an uptick in transactions, he said. 

The government has said existing platforms are tightly controlled, keeping out many small players. It expects ONDC to increase competition and foster start-up innovation.

T Koshy said the company was in talks with cab operators to launch operations in at least four cities, after successfully launching mobility operations in two cities in South India.

More than 55,000 taxi cab owners have already joined the network, and consumers were using it for about 35,000 rides a day, he said. 

The platform has helped cab owners to provide services while saving on hefty commissions paid to other platforms and offer lower rates to passengers, said Shaikh Salauddin, head of Telengana Four Wheeler Drivers Association, and a taxi driver. 

“The ONDC move has helped to promote fair competition in the e-commerce and helping consumers and small players.”

ONDC aims to raise e-commerce penetration in the next two years to 25 percent of India’s consumer purchases, from nearly 8 percent now, in a country of 1.4 billion people.

On Tuesday, the government said the state-run Indian postal service, which has a network of nearly 160,000 post offices, will also join the ONDC network to provide logistics services to small traders across the country.

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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023 Now Live for Prime Members: Best Offers on Mobile Phones

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023 is now live in India for Amazon Prime subscribers. The seasonal sale brings offers and discounts for new handsets from different brands including Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, Redmi and Vivo. The sale will open up to all shoppers, or non-Prime from May 4 starting 12pm. ICICI and Kotak bank credit cardholders can avail of additional discounts during the Amazon Great Summer Sale. Further, shoppers will get exchange offers, no-cost EMI payment options, and Amazon Pay-based discounts during the sale.

Here, we’ve included the handpicked best smartphone deals that you can get during the ongoing Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023.

iPhone 14

Released in 2022 September, Apple’s iPhone 14 has a starting price of Rs. 39,293 (including bank offers and exchange discount) in the ongoing Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023. Interested buyers can swap an old iPhone model to get this special discount price. The iPhone 14 was launched with a price tag of Rs. 79,900. It is powered by Apple’s A15 Bionic SoC and features a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display.

Samsung Galaxy M14 5G

The Samsung Galaxy M14 5G is priced at Rs. 12,490 for the base 4GB RAM + 128GB storage variant during the sale, instead of the original launch price of Rs. 13,490. The discount is inclusive of the bank offer and interested customers can get up to Rs. 13,250 off by exchanging an eligible smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy M14 5G is powered by a 5nm Exynos 1330 SoC and houses a 6,000mAh battery.

OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite

In the ongoing sale, OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite can be grabbed at a starting price of Rs. 18,999 after applying additional bank offers and discounts. The smartphone also comes with a bundled exchange offer capped at Rs. 18,750. It has a Snapdragon 695 SoC under the hood and flaunts a 108-megapixel triple rear camera unit. The OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite originally had a price tag of Rs. 19,999 for the base 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant.

OnePlus 11R 5G

Amazon has listed the OnePlus 11R 5G for Rs. 38,999 (inclusive of bank offers) during the sale. The handset was launched in February with a starting price of Rs. 39,999 for the base 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. Interested buyers can exchange an old smartphone for an extra discount of up to Rs. 25,000. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 5G SoC powers the OnePlus 11R 5G. It features a 6.74-inch full-HD+ curved AMOLED display and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 100W SUPERVOOC S flash fast charging.

Realme Narzo N55

The Realme Narzo N55 debuted in India last month with a Mini Capsule feature similar to Apple’s Dynamic Island. The handset originally priced at Rs. 10,999 can be grabbed at a discounted price of Rs. 10,249 during Amazon’s summer sale (including bank offers). An exchange offer can fetch you another instant discount of up to Rs. 10,300. Paying with the Amazon Pay wallet offers will sweeten the deal further. Realme’s Narzo N55 is powered by a MediaTek Helio G88 SoC and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with 33W SuperVOOC fast charging support

Redmi 12C

Xiaomi sub-brand’s entry-level smartphone Redmi 12C is available at a reduced price of Rs. 8,499 (including bank offers) during the ongoing sale. It is also listed with up to Rs. 8,400 exchange offer. The Redmi 12C was launched in March and runs on MediaTek Helio G85 SoC. It has a 50-megapixel dual rear camera setup and carries a 5,000mAh battery with 10W wired charging support.

Vivo Y56 5G

The Vivo Y56 5G was launched in India in February with a price tag of Rs. 19,999. During the running Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023, this Vivo Y series smartphone is available at a discounted price of Rs. 18,999 (including bank offers). You can also swap your old smartphone for an additional discount of up to Rs. 18,750. The Vivo Y56 5G has a MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC under the hood. It sports 50-megapixel dual rear cameras and packs a 5,000mAh battery.

Nokia X30 5G

The Nokia X30 5G, powered by Snapdragon 695 5G SoC was launched in February this year with a price tag of Rs. 48,999 for the lone 8GB + 256GB storage variant. Now, this 5G smartphone can be grabbed for Rs. 35,999 during the ongoing sale by applying bank offers. It is worth noting that this is the effective price after bank discounts and with all offers applied. You can exchange your old smartphone and receive another instant discount worth up to Rs. 28,000. The Nokia X30 5G has a 6.43-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate and is backed by a 4,200mAh battery with support for 33W fast charging.

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iPhones, AirPods Replaced With Replicas by E-Commerce Delivery Executive in Gurugram

A delivery executive of an e-commerce firm allegedly stole 10 iPhones by replacing them with dummy phones on the way to deliver them to the customer here, police said on Thursday.

Station in-charge of Matrix Finance Solution, which delivers Amazon‘s parcel, Ravi in his complaint alleged that on March 27 delivery executive Lalit was handed over a customer’s parcel, which contained 10 iPhones and an AirPods, at his address, they said.

However, instead of delivering the parcel, Lalit replaced the iPhones with replicas and sent his brother Manoj to deposit them back to the company claiming that the customer could not be contacted, Ravi said in his complaint.

Suspecting some tampering with the packaging, the parcel was opened and the delivery company found the fake phones inside, police said.

Meanwhile, upon not receiving his parcel, the customer also cancelled his order, they said.

An FIR has been registered against Lalit under sections 420 (cheating), 408 (criminal breach of trust by employee) of the Indian Penal Code at Bilaspur police station on Wednesday, they said.

Efforts are on to nab the accused who is absconding, they said.

Meanwhile, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the deputy minister for information technology, said that the US tech giant Apple could double or triple investments in India, along with exports, over the next few years as the company opened a second store in the world’s biggest smartphone market after China.

Apple mainly assembles iPhones in India through Taiwan contract manufacturers but plans to expand into iPads and AirPods, as it looks to cut reliance on China.

Its iPhones made up more than half of total smartphones worth about $9 billion (roughly Rs. 74,000 crore) exported from India between April 2022 and February, data from the India Cellular and Electronics Association shows.

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