Google Pixel to go ‘made in Tamil Nadu’

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday said that Google Pixel smartphones will soon be manufactured locally in the state at a facility near Chennai.

Manufacturing units of Samsung and Apple smartphones are already present in the State and now the Sundar Pichai-led Alphabet Inc. has jumped into the fray to capitalise on the rising demand for premium smartphones among consumers in the country, which is estimated as the world's second-largest smartphone market.

State Industry Minister TRB Raja had visited the US headquarters of Google along with Foxconn company officials and held discussions about starting a business in Tamil Nadu, Stalin said.

BJP, Congress in Karnataka trade charges

As Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin announced Google's decision to partner with Tamil Nadu to manufacture its flagship Pixel smartphones in the state it set off a war of words in neighbouring Karnataka. BJP accused ruling Congress of losing out to its neighbour due to falling standard of law and order in the state.

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