Apple Inc has asked its suppliers to move some AirPods and Beats headphone production to India for the first time, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Wednesday. The development comes amid Apple ramping up its iPhone manufacturing in India. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc.’s iPhone exports from India crossed $1 billion in the five months since April, signaling the South Asian nation is making progress with its bid to become a force in electronics manufacturing. At the current rate, outbound shipments of India-made iPhones, mainly to Europe and the Middle East, are set to reach $2.5 billion in the 12 months through March 2023, the people said. That’s almost double the $1.3 billion worth of iPhones India exported in the year through March 2022.