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US Deputy NSA in India while top Russian, British diplomats visit

As diplomatic efforts over India's position on Ukraine heat up, US Deputy NSA Daleep Singh is in New Delhi at the same time as Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss are expected

German court orders Tesla to buy back Model 3 vehicle from customer

Tesla just lost a case in Darmstadt Regional Court, which ordered Tesla to buy back the plaintiff's Model 3

Visa enters the world of NFTs, to help digital-first creators

Called the 'Visa Creator Programme', the initiative will help next-generation entrepreneurs understand and use NFTs

Lavrov to visit India; crude, rupee-ruble payment and arms deals on agenda

Since the start of the war, India has been facing pressure from the West and its allies to take a stronger stand against Russia

Hyundai, Saudi Aramco to jointly develop eco-friendly vehicle engine

Carbon neutrality can be achieved by either balancing carbon emissions with carbon removal or by cutting carbon emissions entirely

Google Pay launches Tap to Pay for UPI, in collaboration with Pine Labs

The functionality will be available to any UPI user who wants to use their NFC-enabled Android smartphone to transact using any Pine Labs Android POS terminal across the country

Supreme Court to resume physical hearing of cases from April 4

The Chief Justice added that on Monday and Friday, the court will provide links to the advocates for the virtual hearing, if they ask for it

New norms notified to ensure vehicle users' safety: Nitin Gadkari

"Every year, over five lakh of accidents happen in India, reporting over 1.5 lakh deaths in these accidents, therefore, we took a decision and made six airbags mandatory for all cars," he said

Another electric scooter catches fire in India, users furious

The EV fire incident, the third in a row, occurred near Mathura Toll Plaza in the Manjampakkam area near North Chenna

Supreme Court orders status quo on 'mop-up' round of NEET-PG counselling

The apex court is hearing petitions filed by a group of doctors seeking to participate in mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counselling

The Rock, the largest white diamond ever to appear at auction

Christie's announces The Rock, a 228.31 carat pear-shaped diamond that will lead the Geneva Magnificent Jewelssale on May 11, 2022, as part of Christie's Luxury Week.

Kerala tweaks liquor policy, IT parks now allowed to serve liquor

On expected lines, the Pinarayi Vijayan government tweaked the liquor policy enabling opening of more retail outlets and the biggest gainer appears to be the IT parks in Kerala

K'taka: 7 suspended for allowing students in hijab to take class 10 exams

A separate room is being arranged for Muslim students to remove burqa, hijab and then attend exams.

Twitter's new feature may soon allow multiple users to co-author a tweet

Micro-blogging site Twitter is working on a feature that would allow multiple users to co-author a tweet, which it is referring to as "Collaborations".

US FDA approves fifth Covid vaccine booster shots for 50 and older

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a fifth Covid-19 booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna for people aged over 50 and some immunocompromised individuals.

World Bank suspends $600 mn projects after Taliban ban girls from schools

With girls banned from returning to secondary schools, the World Bank has suspended four projects worth $600 million in Afghanistan, a media report said

India, China lead Asia's insurtech industry rise, says report

Mainland China-based insurtechs raised $673.7 million in 2021 and $1.42 billion in 2020.

Russia's pull back pledge designed to mislead: Ukraine's military

Ukraine's military believes the withdrawals "are probably a rotation of individual units" aimed at misleading Ukraine's military leadership

LinkedIn forced to change global policy over job posting removal

The professional networking website faced severe criticism for excluding a job opening by the Centre for the Analysis of Freedom and Authoritarianism in Brazil.

India Ratings revise its FY23 GDP growth forecast downwards to 7-7.2%

Ratings agency India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) on Wednesday revised India's FY23 forecast downwards to 7-7.2 per cent.