From bulky vacuum tubes to compact high performance microprocessors the evolution of electronic components over the years has always been evident. This section covers all the recent technological advancement in the electronics industry and the new-age products that have hit the electronics market recently.
The ePlane Company and Apollo Hospitals have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to bring electric air ambulances and medical delivery drones into India's emergency healthcare system. The MoU was signed in Chennai and announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK. Karthik Reddy, Director of Apollo…
SpaceX launched Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and three Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 21. The spacecraft is now making its way to geostationary orbit, where the servicing campaign will begin in the coming weeks. The MRV is equipped with two 10-foot robotic arms built under the Robotic Servicing of…
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite has produced an image of a mountain peak in East Antarctica that scientists have nicknamed "the hummingbird." The image shows Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja, a mountaintop poking through a stream of ice flowing northeast toward the ocean, and was generated using data from the satellite's L-band radar instrument collected during systems testing…
Paras Defence and Space Technologies has announced a ₹6,200 crore investment through its subsidiary Paras Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd. to establish a greenfield advanced semiconductor packaging facility in Madhya Pradesh. The project marks the company’s expansion into the semiconductor packaging segment alongside its existing defence and space-related operations.
The company said the…
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is developing a new offline UPI payment feature that would let users pay at merchant terminals without an internet connection, according to a Business Standard report. The system uses near-field communication (NFC) technology, allowing customers to tap an NFC-enabled smartphone on a compatible point-of-sale (PoS) terminal to complete…
South Korea's Seoul Semiconductor is evaluating plans to establish a manufacturing facility in India, with discussions underway with multiple state governments, including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Gujarat. The optoelectronics company is assessing possible sites as India sharpens its pitch to global electronics and semiconductor-linked manufacturers under the next phase of its chip and…
Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group (RVAG), a Hyderabad-headquartered precision manufacturing and deep-tech company serving the aerospace, defence and energy sectors, announced on July 20, 2026, that it has raised $40 million, approximately ₹400 crore, in its latest funding round. The round was led by Norwest and Skegen Asset Management, with participation from Indus Bridge Ventures, GJNX Ventures and…
BrainCo, a brain-computer interface company, unveiled a Brain-Controlled Robot AI Platform at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 17, 2026, according to the company. The platform allows users to direct a robot through neural signals picked up by a lightweight EEG headset, with AI algorithms decoding the signals to identify motor or control intent before…
Skyroot Aerospace launched Vikram-1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 18, 2026, with the upper stage reaching its planned 450-kilometer low Earth orbit 15 minutes after liftoff. The mission, called Aagaman, made Skyroot the first Indian private company to place a rocket into orbit on its maiden attempt, putting India among a small group of nations alongside the United…
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved Semicon 2.0 on July 15, 2026, with a total budget outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore. Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the program covers the entire value chain of the semiconductor ecosystem and rests on six pillars: chip design, manufacturing of machines and materials, fabrication plants,…
Vimag Labs, a Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup, secured its fifth Indian patent on July 8 for an electric motor that operates without rare-earth permanent magnets, according to multiple industry reports. The patent, titled "A Robust Rotating Transformer Excited Synchronous Motor and Its Control," covers the core architecture of the company's Virtual Magnet Synchronous Motor (VMSM) platform,…
QpiAI, described as a full-stack quantum computing company based in Bengaluru, India, has released the QpiAI Quantum SDK as open-source software, available at github.com/qpiai/quantum-sdk. The toolkit gives developers, researchers, and startups a way to build and run quantum algorithms and connect their workflows to QpiAI's 8-qubit and 25-qubit quantum computers through QpiAI-QCloud. The SDK…
