NEW DELHI, India, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Virgin Hyperloop made history today as the first people successfully traveled in a hyperloop pod at the DevLoop test facility in the United States. “For the past few years, the Virgin Hyperloop team has been working on turning its ground breaking technology into reality,” said Sir Richard Branson, Founder of [...]
NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — After years of testing and developing hyperloop technology at their full-scale test site, Virgin Hyperloop unveiled today that the global Hyperloop Certification Center (HCC) will be located in the US state of West Virginia. “Today is one of the most exciting days in Virgin Hyperloop’s history,” said Sir Richard Branson, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will introduce a new smartphone line in India, industry insiders said Tuesday, as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. Samsung’s Indian unit recently said on Twitter that it will soon launch the Galaxy F smartphone series. [...]
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced an amendment to its existing agreement with Serum Institute of India Private Limited (SIIPL) under which SIIPL will also manufacture the antigen component of NVX‑CoV2373, Novavax’ COVID‑19 vaccine candidate. With this [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean pop culture is gaining popularity in India, where the so-called Korean wave has always struggled to make inroads. With the onslaught of the coronavirus, Indians are beginning to find new interest in Korean entertainment as they are forced to stay indoors. For long, India’s Bollywood and the country’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. will give up its status as the biggest shareholder of SsangYong Motor Co. if it finds a new investor, the South Korean company said Monday. Mahindra’s board of directors recently agreed to lower the company’s 74.65 percent stake in SsangYong Motor to below [...]
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced a license agreement with Serum Institute of India Private Limited (SIIPL) for the development and commercialization of NVX‑CoV2373, Novavax’ COVID‑19 vaccine candidate, in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and India. This [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean language has been selected as an official secondary language in India, to be included in the country’s public education curriculum. The Indian government announced new education plans on Thursday, adding the Korean language, along with Thai, Portuguese, and Russian, to the recommended list of secondary language courses. [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has recaptured the second spot in the Indian smartphone market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, apparently riding on growing anti-China sentiment in the South Asian nation. The South Korean tech giant accounted for 26 percent of the Indian market in [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea BIzwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to increase its presence in the Indian smartphone market on growing anti-China sentiment in the South Asian nation, analysts here said Saturday. Sinophobia is growing in India with a public boycott of Chinese-made goods following the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers in last month’s [...]