Quick notes: Semi setback | EV juggernaut...

• Semi setback: Vedanta-Foxconn setback shows cracks in Modi's $24 bn manufacturing push... A $3 billion proposal that had Israeli foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. as a tech partner has also stalled, while a third plan is stuck because Singapore-based IGSS Ventures Pte wants to re-apply
  
  Stalled: Tower ISMC's India chip plan stalls after Tower-Intel deal in setback to Modi. . . "No country ever succeeded in launching a viable semiconductor industry without doing some research on its own". . . . . . busy in history research and debates.
  
  U.S. Semiconductor Fab Boom Kicks Off: Thanks to the CHIPS Act and electric vehicles.



• China’s EV Juggernaut Is a Warning for the West: China rocked the auto world twice this year. First, its electric vehicles stunned Western rivals at the Shanghai auto show with their quality, features and price. Then came reports that in the first quarter of 2023 it dethroned Japan as the world’s largest auto exporter.
  
  Ford CEO On EVs: "We see the Chinese as the main competitor, not GM or Toyota"
  
  Giga-factory in Gujarat: Tata Motors looking to increase localisation of EVs to 85%



• No to Huawei and ZTE: India has no plans of providing trusted source certificates to Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers



• India Pauses Plans To Add New Coal Plants: Indian govt will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing its renewables sector. “everything related to water, air pollution, resource management has been removed.



• India Cuts Periodic Table, Evolution from School Textbooks: “Everything related to water, air pollution, resource management has been removed”.



• Vital lessons for India: The real reason Egypt is moving its capital - Thwart anarchists. Watch from 7:30. . . . . . . . Remember Shaheen Bagh?




• Blow to East India Company: BBC ‘accepts’ it paid lower taxes in India



• Distrust: Backlash against weaponized dollar is growing across the world.



• Using Islam to make Kurds kill Kurds: Erdogan backs Kurdish Islamist party. “This is the women’s last vote. Maybe we will lose our voting rights.”



• "Vulgarity and violence": Utah primary schools ban Bible for 'vulgarity and violence'



• Jaali buildings are gaining popularity globally: Jaali’s cooling feature relies on the Venturi effect in a similar way to an air conditioning unit. "When air passes through holes, it picks up velocity and penetrates afar. Due to the small apertures, air gets compressed and when released it gets cooler".




• Could ultra-processed foods be harmful for us? Aimee, 24, has spent two weeks on an ultra-processed diet. Her identical twin, Nancy, was consuming raw or low-processed foods. Aimee gained nearly a kilo in weight - Nancy lost weight. Aimee's blood sugar levels also worsened and her blood fat levels - lipids - went up. "It's a bit scary isn't it after only two weeks to see those results."