Also, after years of rumours and speculation, Apple unveiled its first wearable device, Apple Watch.
Samsung has reason to be worried.
Google had indicated that many more firsts could come from India in the days to come.
By value, however, electronic goods still account for a large portion of gross merchandise
The panel producers did not receive Apple's certification, as they were given strict power-saving requirements.
Bureau has registered just one product so far despite 1,500 applications.
Google Inc opened its first two data centres in Asia on Wednesday to cater to the world's fastest growing consumer technology markets, but the company has no plans to open one in China or India.
Indians may adopt wait-and-watch policy in first year.
Google Inc on Monday launched the first smartphones powered by its Android One operating system in India, pricing them at around Rs 6,399 ($105) to capture the low-cost segment of the world's fastest growing smartphone market.
Industry analysts were broadly excited at the prospect, but sceptical that it could produce a working model at a mass-market price that soon.
Estimates suggest subsidy outgo on these proposals would be at least Rs 1,000 crore
The voice-assistant and intuitive text search are other features which Lalvani says would aid productivity.
The processor is just 5 per cent of the overall cost of a computing device.
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My goal is to implement the Sevak project all over India and make the villages true Gandhian villages -- self sustainable in every way, including health, says Dr Thakor Patel, head of the American Association of Physician of Indian Origin's Public Health Committee. Aziz Haniffa reports
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