The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India
Cook meets the 65-year old prime minister in New Delhi on Saturday, and will be hoping Modi's enthusiasm for phones can help Apple as it tries to bolster sales in India.
Apple is also expected to announce plans for a startup accelerator in India to work more closely with the Indian developer community that works on the company's iOS and OS X software platforms
Cook's visit, following a trip to China, comes at a crucial time as Apple looks for new growth markets after posting its first ever decline in iPhone sales
The profit boost for studios will in large part be driven by the rush for local-language content from platforms like Netflix Inc
Samsung recently introduced its "S bike" mode, a feature targeted at India's legions of motorbike riders that, when activated, notifies callers that the phone's owner is riding and cannot answer
Farmer suicides have nearly doubled in the drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Heineken could call a shareholder meeting to vote on his ouster from a company his father built into a family empire
Internal management tensions, stiff opposition from Chinese handset makers led to halving of the company's market share
Mallya will now be the Founder Emeritus of USL
Sahara has ploughed at least Rs 1,500 crore from two of its credit cooperatives into the Aamby Valley resort project
The country holds one of the biggest opportunities for Uber as more Indians start using smartphones
Venture capital investments in India's start-ups nearly halved to $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter 2015
European Union steel prices hit their lowest since 2004
Government is expected to rely more on divestment proceeds to keep the fiscal deficit in check
India's roughly $150 billion outsourcing sector generates about three quarters of its revenue from the United States.
Critics say the programme, launched 10 months ago in India in collaboration with operator Reliance Communications, violates principles of net neutrality
Suspicions have swirled for years that many of Sahara's millions of investors are fictitious names
Sahara and its founder Subrata Roy have been under scrutiny for years over its financial products, including for possible money laundering.