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Apple has been the biggest trending topic in India in the past 24 hours. So what exactly happened?
US President Donald Trump told Apple CEO Tim Cook Apple CEO Tim Cook “we’re not interested in you building in India”. (Getty image)
Tech conglomerate Apple found itself at the centre of the Indian trend cycle over the past 24 hours, and no, a new iPhone or MacBook hasn’t been announced. US President Donald Trump reached out to Apple CEO Tim Cook, advising him to steer clear of expanding the manufacturing of the company’s products in India, unless it was specifically looking to cater to the Indian market.
“Told Apple CEO Tim Cook we’re not interested in you building in India, they can take care of themselves,” Trump said during a business event in Doha, Bloomberg reported.
“India has offered us a deal where basically they are willing to literally charge us no tariff,” Trump said, adding that Apple would increase their production in India.
Google Trends
Trump’s statement led to frantic searches on Google in India. Queries such as “apple factory in India”, “trump to apple”, “trump to tim cook” were made with Delhi, Chandigarh, Karnataka, and Haryana topping the charts of Google searches.
(Google Trends)
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Kangana Ranaut Joins
Bollywood actor and BJP MP from Mandi Kangana Ranaut found herself in a social media storm after she wrote not-so-flattering post on ‘X’ that was directly aimed at Trump. Ranaut later deleted the post.
In her now-deleted post, Ranaut took a dig at Trump while defending Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Calling Modi “sab alpha male ka baap”, Ranaut wondered if Trump’s statement came from a place of “personal jealousy or diplomatic insecurity”.
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She wrote:
“What could be the reason of this love loss? 1) He is American president but world’s most loved leader is Indian Prime Minister. 2) Trump’s second term but Indian Prime Minister’s third term. 3) undoubtedly Trump is alpha male but our PM is sab Alpha male ka baap. What do you think? This is personal jealousy or diplomatic insecurity?”
Soon, her post on ‘X’ spread on the platform like wildfire. However, Ranaut revealed in a follow-up post that she regretted posting her “personal opinion” online and that she was advised by BJP National President J.P. Nadda to delete her post. The actor and MP kindly obliged and promptly deleted her posts from both social media platforms namely Instagram and X.
Shedding light on the phone call with Mr Nadda, Ranaut wrote:
“Respected national president Shri @JPNadda ji called and asked me to delete the tweet I had posted regarding Trump asking Apple CEO Tim Cook not to manufacture in India. I regret posting that very personal opinion of mine, as per instructions I immediately deleted it from Instagram as well. Thanks.”
Apple’s Reassurance
As some social media users wondered if Trump’s advise to Tim Cook could have dire effect on sale and distribution of Apple products in a consumer market as big as India, reports of Apple reassuring commitment to India have now surfaced.
“There is no change in Apple’s investment plans in India,” government sources, quoted in a CNBC-TV18 report, said. The sources also added that the tech giant “assured the Indian government” despite Trump’s remarks that snowballed into controversy.
iPhone 17 Leaks
It would be criminal not to mention the viral leaks of upcoming iPhone 17 that has further propelled Apple to become the trends chart topper here in the country. What’s new, you ask?
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Apart from iPhone 17 Pro cases leaks suggesting that the higher-end of the iPhone lineup will have a new camera layout, it’s the news of iPhone 17 Air that has created a lot of buzz in the tech community. It is being touted as the thinnest iPhone ever since the very first Apple iPhone hit the market all the way back in 2007.
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