The recent Reliance-Hithium episode has highlighted a structural vulnerability in India’s electric vehicle and clean energy ambitions. Bloomberg reported that Chinese battery startup Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co. withdrew from technology-sharing talks with Reliance Industries due to Beijing’s tightened export controls, exposing India’s dependence on foreign technology for critical…
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Critical Minerals Key to Defence Readiness, Says CISC
Critical minerals have emerged as a decisive factor in shaping India’s defence preparedness, technological sovereignty and long-term national security, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC), said at a high-level strategic forum in New Delhi. He was delivering the…
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Piyush Goyal Calls for Reducing Foreign Dependence in Tech
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, has called for a decisive push toward indigenous innovation and reduced foreign dependence in critical technologies. Speaking at TiEcon Delhi-NCR 2025 on the theme “India’s Deeptech Moment: From Digital Leadership to Technological Sovereignty,” he emphasized that India must develop its own…