In US, FM sells semiconductor players on `76K-cr PLI scheme

In a meeting in San Francisco with top executives of semiconductor firms, she highlighted opportunities for US companies in India.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a meet with investors, San Francisco. (Source: CII)

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called on American semiconductor firms AMD, Western Digital and Micron Tech to boost investments in India, taking advantage of a Rs 76,000-crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme that was announced recently to woo large chip makers.

In a meeting in San Francisco with top executives of semiconductor firms, she highlighted opportunities for US companies in India. The FM also held a series of meetings with other investors and exhorted them to be a part of the India story.

Meanwhile, as per a PTI report, Indian Diaspora body Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) USA urged Sitharaman to allow non-resident Indians and overseas citizens of India card holders to invest in the Indian stock market.

The theft prompted an immediate shutdown of the Louvre museum in Paris. (Pixabay)

Louvre Museum in Paris shut after thieves armed with chainsaws loot Napoleon-era jewels

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Thieves armed with chainsaws stole nine pieces of jewelry, including items belonging to Napoleon and Empress Joséphine, from the Louvre Museum. The museum was immediately shut down and a police investigation is underway. French Culture Minister Rachida Dati confirmed the incident and the Louvre remains closed. The robbers used a freight elevator and broke through glass displays.

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