Sankalp Phartiyal

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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 21: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on September 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump will travel to Arizona to pay tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a memorial and return to the White House this evening. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump’s $100,000 visa targets a $280 billion India success story

By Sankalp Phartiyal, Anup Roy, and others

iPhone 16 Plus models of US tech giant Apple Inc. are displayed for sale at the Phoenix Mall on the opening day of the first Apple retail store in Bengaluru on September 2, 2025. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

Apple’s India sales hit record $9 billion after big retail push

By Sankalp Phartiyal and Bloomberg

Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Adek BERRY and ADEK BERRY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ADEK BERRYADEK BERRY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump asks Apple to stop moving iPhone production to India

By Jordan Fabian, Sankalp Phartiyal, and others

MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – 2024/09/20: A man seen using his phone next to iPhone 16 models kept on display at the Apple store in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. Customers stood in a long queue to check and buy the new series of iPhone 16 which went on sale 0n 20th September 2024. (Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Apple aims to build most iPhones for U.S. in India by end-2026

By Sankalp Phartiyal, Alisha Sachdev, and others

Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon Musk sues India’s government over takedown orders on X

By Shruti Mahajan, Sankalp Phartiyal, and others

A customer tries an Apple iPhone 16 smartphone on display at the Apple Inc. BKC store in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. Apple launched the iPhone 16 lineup in almost 60 countries on Friday. But the device won’t come installed with Apple Intelligence the much-anticipated AI software that the company has been touting since June. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Apple ships $6 billion of iPhones from India in big China shift

By Sankalp Phartiyal and Bloomberg

CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman (R) arrives for an official State Dinner in honor of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

OpenAI makes first India hire—a public policy head to lobby government as it shapes AI regulations for world’s most populous country

By Sankalp Phartiyal and The Associated Press

Sam Altman, US entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and founder and CEO of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, speaks at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says governments should back A.I. research: ‘Some nationally funded AI effort feels like a good idea’

By Sankalp Phartiyal and Bloomberg