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Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
India grants licence to Musk's Starlink
Live Events New Delhi had granted a licence to Elon Musk 's Starlink satellite internet service, opening India's "next frontier of connectivity", according to the country's communications launch of Starlink, which provides high-speed internet access to remote locations using low Earth orbit satellites, has sparked fierce debate in India over issues ranging from predatory pricing to spectrum minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said he held a "productive meeting" with Gwynne Shotwell , president and chief operating officer of Starlink owner SpaceX Shotwell "appreciated the license granted to Starlink, calling it a great start to the journey", the minister said late Tuesday on Musk-owned social media platform follows two of India's biggest telecom service providers -- Jio Platforms and its rival Bharti Airtel -- in March announcing deals with SpaceX to offer Starlink internet to their owner Musk has butted heads with Asia's richest man and Jio Platforms owner Mukesh Ambani over how the satellite spectrum should be Musk 's business interests in India are currently limited to X, the tech mogul's electric vehicle maker Tesla is preparing its entry into the country.
Arab News
23-04-2025
- Climate
- Arab News
Thousands evacuate as fire spreads in US state of New Jersey
NEW YORK: Some 3,000 residents were evacuated in the US state of New Jersey after a wildfire exploded in size, scorching thousands of acres and threatening hundreds of structures, the state's fire service said of 10:30 p.m. (0230 GMT) the Jones Road Wildfire was raging across Ocean County and was 10 percent contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said in a post on social media platform put the size of the blaze at 8,500 acres (3,440 hectares), just two hours after reporting the fire had hit 3,200 fire service said 'numerous' fire and rescue personnel had been deployed along with fire engines, bulldozers and ground said the cause of the fire was 'under investigation.'Local media said the blaze had begun in a massive, rural coastal ecosystem known as the Pine Barrens, one of the largest protected land areas on the US East Jersey had been under an official drought warning, the state's Department of Environmental Protection said in was knocked out to roughly 25,000 customers, Jersey Central Power & Light said in a post on blaze also forced the closure of a section of the Garden State Parkway, a major highway through the County, south of New York City, is a popular tourist destination that is part of the Jersey Shore and contains sights such as the Six Flags amusement fire service said it would hold a press conference on Wednesday.
BBC News
08-04-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Elon Musk labels White House advisor 'moron' over Tesla comment
Elon Musk has called President Donald Trump's trade advisor, Peter Navarro, a "moron" over comments he made about his electric vehicle firm, - who is also a member of the Trump administration - also said Navarro was "dumber than a sack of bricks" in posts on his social media platform was in response to an interview Navarro gave in which he described Tesla as a "car assembler", rather than a manufacturer, because of its use of foreign-made was being interviewed about Trump's tariff policy and said he wanted to see such parts made in the US in the future said the claims were "demonstrably false."The BBC has asked the White House for comment. Trump has in part justified his global wave of tariffs by saying he wants to revive manufacturing in the US. This is an argument Navarro was expanding on during an appearance on CNBC on Monday."If you look at our auto industry, right, we're in assembly line for German engines and transmissions right now", he said."We're going to get to a place where America makes stuff again, real wages are going to be up, profits are going to be up". Responding to the comments on Tuesday, Musk posted a link to a 2023 article by car valuation firm Kelley Blue Book, which cited findings that Tesla vehicles had the most parts produced in the US."By any definition whatsoever, Tesla is the most vertically integrated auto manufacturer in America with the highest percentage of US content," Musk wrote in a follow-up industry analyst Dan Ives said on Sunday that the company was less exposed to tariffs than other US car makers such as GM, Ford, and Stellantis. But he too claimed the company sourced the majority of its parts from outside the US, highlighting China."The tariffs in their current form will disrupt Tesla, the overall supply chain, and its global footprint which has been a clear advantage over the years vs. rising competitors like BYD," he updates: The latest as US stocks rally after days of turmoilAnalysis: Trump's game of chicken over tariffs leaves world guessingExplainer: What are tariffs and why is Trump using them?Trump's tariffs have caused stock market falls around the world, as investors calculate it will result in firms making smaller - who is leading DOGE, which is tasked with cutting federal spending - warned in an X post on 27 March that even his company would not be immune from tariff Trump backer, the billionaire fund manager Bill Ackman, has called for a pause on the tariffs to stave off what he called "major global economic disruption."In a post on X, he said the current plans would do "unnecessary harm."Navarro is considered an ultra-Trump loyalist after being jailed for ignoring a subpoena from a House committee investigating alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He is also thought to be one of the main architects of Trump's tariff policy.
