By Erick Trump is at it again. Now he’s upset that PM Modi hasn’t responded to his ‘tweets’ and stuff and is calling PM Modi’s silence ‘disrespectful’. Whatever. I, along with millions of other Indians, are finding it hard to give a shite.
Trump can’t thank us for our attention to this matter really.
I love how he signs his post off with ‘thank you for your attention to this matter’ because it shows he assumes that he’s getting attention.
Btw, remember when he toyed around with tariffs earlier this year, smartphones and laptop components and other electronics were exempt? Well they still are exempt – even from these new 25% tariffs he levied on India. This comes just as India overtakes China for the first time ever to be the top smartphone component exporter to the US.
So you see, they need us, we don’t need them. Let’s move on. Here’s what else happened this week in Tech India:
- TCS plans to lay off 12,000 staff that start with senior roles, according to reports, claiming that this is part of the company’s ‘AI Push’. This is also shortly after TCS earnings fall short of estimates and salary hikes have been deferred. The Government of Karnataka has sought ‘clarification’.
- ET has reported though that hiring in IT Sector is down 1% in July, compared with last year, citing data from Naukri. This is probably consideration for aspiring IT professionals – and in today’s world any professional really – to upskill on AI and other tech related stuff. This can be done outside of school or college.
- In a twist of fate, seemingly, Infosys said they are hiring 20,000 freshers. I’ll believe it when it happens.
- In another twist of fate (maybe not as dramatic), Capgemini, the global IT and Consulting group (headquartered in France) says it will hire 40,000 to 45,000 employees in India. This is based on a report from The Hindu Businessline. Capgemini is saying they will hire for “AI-ready” workforce.
- Bajaj Markets ventures into food and grocery delivery business, using Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). This is via the Bajaj Finserv app. I am more excited about the ONDC part which is the Indian Government’s initiative to make e-commerce easier for everyone and could really open up the e-commerce space to medium and small scale industries.
- Samsung on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Startup India, India’s flagship startup initiative, to jointly scale its youth innovation programme Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. Together, the two aim to provide a launchpad for young talent—especially from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities—by enabling access to infrastructure, expert guidance, and funding. Nice.
- Google will invest $6 billion to develop a 1-gigawatt data centre and its power infrastructure in the Andhra Pradesh in the Alphabet unit’s first such investment in India, government sources said on Wednesday. I mean, data centers are cool and all but we are at a slight advantage from a privacy point of view if the data centre is in India (for those interested in privacy read about ‘cross border data transfers’ and the legal mess surrounding them).
- Elon Musk-led Starlink has received a licence to launch satellite service in India, and a framework for spectrum allocation is also in place for a smooth rollout, Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday. This is probably the sixth or seventh time we are seeing Starlink get some sort of permit to operate in India – at this point I lost count and am not even sure if it will ever launch.
- An update on the CoinDCX breach (see last week’s TWITI), police have arrested a CoinDCX employee who is said to have siphoned off the more than $44m worth of crypto. I guess that’s done then.
- Lenskart files draft papers with SEBI for an 8,000 crore IPO listing. I know this is not exactly tech, Lenskart is a company that, well, sells glasses. But they are supposed to have cool tech – like a mirror thingie that shows you how specific frames will look on your face. Anyway.
Globally now, I have enjoyed seeing videos and reviews from notable tech reviews about iOS26, iPadOS26 and so on. While these are great, I want to remind everyone that whether it’s Android or iOS or ANY platform on phone, laptop, etc. your privacy is key. I made a short video on this (if you prefer to see this on Instagram click here) and I make a lot of these to make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel: