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Work-load still not resolved: Will Kohli step down as RCB captain too?

Soon after Virat Kohli made a announcement of quitting Team India T20 captaincy, another chorus started doing the round that the 32-year-old should step down from the RCB leadership role, too

Centre reopening India for tourists, Goa can play big role: PM Modi

The Central government is taking steps to reopen India to foreign tourists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday

Ford India's Chennai workers restart EcoSport production for exports

Even as their morale is down with job loss staring at their faces, workers at the Chennai plant of Ford India Private Ltd have restarted production of EcoSport for exports, said an official.

Tesla expected to reach 1.3 mn deliveries in 2022: Report

Electric vehicle maker Tesla is expected to reach 1.3 million deliveries in 2022, says a new report.

Covid may push India growth model from consumption driven to investment-led

The Covid-19 pandemic could act as an inflection point to shift India's growth model from being consumption driven to investments-led.

Antibodies from Covid's original strain don't bind to variants: Study

However, those antibodies don't bind well to newer variants, finds a new study, published in the journal Nature Communications.

US FDA panel backs booster shot for elderly, high risk groups

A US FDA advisory panel has endorsed a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine six months after full inoculation in people above 65 years and for individuals at high risk for severe disease

Tech giant Xiaomi patents earthquake monitoring mobile tech

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has published a patent for 'Method and Equipment for Realizing Seismic Monitoring of Mobile Devices' with publication number CN113406696A.

Sri Lanka extends nationwide quarantine curfew till Oct 1

Sri Lanka's Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the nationwide quarantine curfew came into effect late August, has been extended till October 1 in an effort to curb Covid-19.

US Fed expected to announce tapering asset purchases in November

US Federal Reserve will probably hint at its meeting next week that it is moving toward announcing a reduction in monthly asset purchases in November, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.

US military admits August drone strike in Kabul killed 10 civilians

The US military has admitted that an American drone strike in Kabul last last month killed as many as 10 civilians, including seven children.

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 227.5 mn, deaths surge to more than 4.67 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 225.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.67 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.85 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

UK scraps 'traffic light system' to simplify international travel

UK Transport Secretary announced that the current 'traffic light system' of red, amber and green countries will be scrapped to simplify international travel amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Microsoft and Honor sign partnership to develop new AI, devices

Honor and Microsoft have announced an expansion of an ongoing partnership , under which they will collaborate on Microsoft cloud adoption, personal and mobile computing, as well as other technologies.

World on catastrophic path to 2.7-degree heating, says UN chief Guterres

This is breaking the promise made six years ago to pursue the 1.5-degree Celsius goal of the Paris Agreement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Saturday.

Delhi reports Covid death for second consecutive day, 33 new cases

The national capital on Friday reported a Covid death on the second consecutive day - after over a week's gap, as well as 33 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.

GST Council extends levy of compensation cess till March 2026

The GST Council has agreed to levy compensation cess for an extended period upto March 2026 to enable the Centre to repay the loans, to compensate states for GST collection shortfall

Telangana attracts Rs 887 crore investment in jute sector to set up mills

Three companies have come forward to set up jute mills in Telangana with a cumulative investment of Rs 887 crore

New Zealand just killed Pakistan cricket: Shoaib Akhtar

New Zealand's last-minute decision to cancel their limited-overs tour just before the first ODI in Rawalpindi has left former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar fuming.

Behaviour of healthcare workers essential part of treatment: Mandaviya

Union Health Mimister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday that the behaviour of healthcare workers towards the patients is also an essential part of the treatment