Anirban Ghoshal was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Anirban Ghoshal
Phone maker Oppo sacks Chinese employee for ‘throwing’ Indian flag in dustbin
Mobile phone maker Oppo has decided to keep its assembling unit shut till Friday after a Chinese employee allegedly tore the Indian flag and threw it in the dustbin, triggering protests.
Updated on Mar 30, 2017 08:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sohil Sehran & Anirban Ghoshal, Noida/new Delhi
Vietnam may emulate Digital India, seeks cooperation on e-governance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India and e-governance initiatives seemed to have found favour with Vietnam.
Published on Mar 28, 2017 05:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Aadhaar payments: How the government’s new Android app works
The government has launched a new payment app for merchants in association with Mumbai-based IDFC Bank to boost digital payments in the country
Updated on Mar 07, 2017 05:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal
Aadhaar payment: Forget debit and credit cards, now pay bills with your thumb
An Aadhaar card-linked payments system, which is an Android-based smartphone app, was launched on Tuesday to allow customers to pay using fingerprints or eye scan
Updated on Mar 07, 2017 09:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal
Aadhaar data safe, has helped save Rs 49,000 crore, says UIDAI
Personal data of individuals held by UIDAI under Aadhaar is secure and there has been no misuse of biometrics leading to identity theft or financial loss, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said in a statement.
Updated on Mar 06, 2017 12:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal
Govt wants all bank accounts internet-enabled by March 31
The Union ministry of electronics and information technology wants all bank accounts to be internet-enabled by March 31 after seeing the ‘phenomenal success’ of the Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app,
Updated on Mar 01, 2017 11:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Open doors for Indian IT professionals: Ravi Shankar Prasad to EU parliamentarians
Union electronics and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday urged the visiting EU parliamentarians to open bigger doors for the Indian IT professionals.
Updated on Feb 24, 2017 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal
H1B visa: India begins dialogue with US lawmakers
The Indian software services companies will breathe a sigh of relief as the Indian ministries, authorities and industry lobby had a dialogue with a visiting eight-member US delegation headed by Congressman Bob GoodLatte, on the ongoing concerns of H1-B visa holders.
Updated on Feb 21, 2017 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal and Sunny Sen
Microsoft’s Nadella meets IT minister Prasad, discusses H-1B visa, Digigaon plan
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called on Union information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday to discuss the IT major’s projects with the government.
Updated on Feb 21, 2017 04:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal
GST Council will have to decide on Apple’s make in India demands, says govt
Government believes that the GST council has to see if Apple’s demands can be incorporated under the new GST regime to help the iPhone-maker in setting up a new manufacturing facility in the country.
Updated on Feb 10, 2017 08:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal and Suchetana Ray, New Delhi
All ration shops to have Aadhaar-based identification, digital payment gateways
The government is willing to strengthen laws to plug security holes in digital payment systems, and will soon invite ideas from users on how to protect consumer interests, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
Updated on Feb 10, 2017 06:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal
Tesla CEO Elon Musk hints at India launch this summer
American electric car-maker may soon make it to India and if its CEO is to be believed then as soon as this summer. India has been looking to cut down emissions in face of rising air pollution problems in the country.
Updated on Feb 08, 2017 06:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Trump’s immigration ban: Apple’s Tim Cook considers legal action
Apple CEO said he had received numerous “heart-wrenching” emails from Apple employees affected by the travel ban.
Updated on Feb 01, 2017 08:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal
Budget 2017: Price of smartphones to go up, govt imposes additional duty on PCBs
As a part of the Union Budget 2017, the government has proposed to levy a special additional duty (SAD) of 2% on a smartphone component which consists of nearly 20-30% of smartphone manufacturing costs.
Updated on May 06, 2017 05:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Budget 2017: Jaitley boosts electronic manufacturing by boosting MSIPS, EDF
As a part of his announcement, Jaitley said that the government was allocating a record Rs 745 crore for such policies for the period of FY18 citing that nearly 40 foreign companies had started manufacturing in the country.
Updated on Feb 01, 2017 02:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Budget 2017: Nearly 1,50,000 gram panchayats to get high-speed Internet by the end of FY18
In a bid to boost the project, Jaitley announced that he was allocating an amount of Rs 10,000 crores to support the deployment.
Updated on Feb 01, 2017 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Is Apple’s China dream over as it bets on India manufacturing plan?
Apple seems to be growing more frustrated with the rising labour costs in China as it looks to slowly shift its manufacturing base from China to India.
Updated on Jan 25, 2017 08:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal and Sanjeev K Ahuja, New Delhi
Apple says ready to make in India, govt considers relaxing norms
In a crucial meeting with the Indian government on Wednesday Apple Inc indicated that it is ready to start manufacturing here. Apple is believed to have conveyed their growing frustrations with rising labour cost in China; its main manufacturing hub. But Apple Inc has a long list of incentives and tax sops that it wants before it starts manufacturing in India. Top sources indicate that the government is considering certain relaxations in electronic manufacturing that will benefit Apple.
Updated on Jan 25, 2017 06:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Suchetana Ray and Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Will iPhones get cheaper in India? Govt reserves decision for now
An inter-ministerial committee on Wednesday will decide if your Apple iPhone and iPad will get cheaper. Apple has asked for sops from the government to start manufacturing in India and analysts along with industry leaders see this as an opportunity to lure big telecom equipment manufacturers to India.How will the iphone get cheaper? Simple, if Apple starts locally assembling or making earphones, adapters (chargers) and batteries then it will only pay 2% of import subsidy rather than 12.5% that it pays to bring them the accessories to India.
Updated on Jan 25, 2017 04:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal and Suchetana Ray, New Delhi
Xiaomi Redmi searched more than Alia, Virat, Ranbir on Google
Xiaomi makes a statement: Its Redmi Note 3 smartphones is searched more than Alia Bhatt, Virat Kohli, Ranbir Kapoor and Sachin Tendulkar, on Google
Updated on Jan 23, 2017 12:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sunny Sen and Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Make in India: Govt may reduce time frame for incentives
Under MSIPS, the government offers a host of incentives to electronics and component makers to manufacture domestically, including a 20% to 25% subsidy on capital expenditure.
Updated on Jan 18, 2017 01:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saubhadra Chatterji, Suchetana Ray and Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Apple chooses Wistron to ‘make in India’
In what can only be reminiscent of Apple’s move to diversify its supply chain from Foxconn in 2013 and divide it with USA-based Pegatron Corporation, the iPhone-maker has chosen Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron to start assembling iPhones in India.
Updated on Dec 30, 2016 07:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Whistleblowers, criminals or gold-diggers? Inside a hacker’s world
A hacker group, which calls itself Legion, claims responsibility for the hacks of digital accounts of prominent Indians, including Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, embattled business tycoon Vijay Mallya and senior journalist Barkha Datt.
Updated on Dec 26, 2016 11:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Cisco to help govt deal with cyberattacks
American technology services company Cisco has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government’s Computer Emergency Response Team(CERT-In) to tackle issues related to cyberattacks in the country.
Updated on Dec 23, 2016 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Apple may make in India, but with more incentives
Apple may soon start manufacturing iPhones and iPads in India. However, it wants more incentives from the government under the latter’s Make in India programme to do so.
Updated on Dec 21, 2016 11:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal and Suchetana Ray, New Delhi
Mobile manufacturing falls 40% as note ban spells wrong number for industry
At a time when the government is looking to push digital payments, the production of mobile phones in India is down by at least 40%.
Updated on Dec 19, 2016 03:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Uber’s Kalanick rules out merger with Ola, says in for the long haul
Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick on Thursday ruled out a merger with rival domestic on-demand technology-enabled taxi services company, Ola, and said his company was in India for the ride.
Updated on Dec 15, 2016 11:07 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Australia catches the demonetisation bug: May abolish 100 dollar note
Australia is considering abolishing $100 notes in a bid to crack down on the “black economy”, said media reports on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 15, 2016 07:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal
Industry bodies oppose plan to hike ‘Google Tax’, say it’ll hurt startups
Amid reports that the government may hike the equalisation levy, also known as Google Tax, from 6% to 8%, two industry bodies claim the move may hurt startups.
Updated on Dec 14, 2016 11:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi
Flexible display shipments rise as smartphones adopt new tech
As more smartphone manufacturers build designs using flexible display technology, shipments of the displays are expected to reach 139 million units in 2017, an increase of 135% compared to last year, said research and analysis firm IHS in a report.
Updated on Dec 13, 2016 01:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Ghoshal, New Delhi