Tesla is recalling just over two million vehicles in the United States fitted with its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system to install new safeguards, after a safety regulator said the system posed safety concerns. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been investigating the electric automaker led by billionaire Elon Musk for more than...
Read MoreEU negotiators back deal reclassifying ride-hailing and food-delivery app workers as employees. The deal introduces rules that could cost the industry billions. Conditions indicating employee status include limits on pay, supervision, task distribution control, working condition rules, and appearance/conduct restrictions. Controversy surrounds the status of delivery couriers and drivers. The deal requires transparency on...
Read MoreThe Punjab and Haryana HC has asked the Haryana government to explain if parole or furlough benefits are granted to other jail inmates similar to the Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim. The HC directed the government to provide a status report on decisions regarding parole or furlough pleas of inmates in state...
Read MoreOdisha had the highest retail inflation rate in November at 7.7%, followed by Rajasthan at nearly 7% and Haryana at 6.8%. Delhi had the lowest inflation rate at 3.1%, followed by Chhattisgarh at 3.6% and Jammu & Kashmir at 3.8%. Karnataka and Punjab recorded 6.5% each. The overall inflation rate in November rose to...
Read MoreA brother-sister pair from Assam, Bimal Das and Suma, along with their father Nilmani Das, have had their ‘foreigner’ status overturned by a foreigners’ tribunal after a lengthy legal battle. Dipti Malakar, another woman from Assam, also received a clean chit from a foreigners’ tribunal. The cases of the siblings and Dipti Malakar were...
Read MoreA security breach occurred in Lok Sabha, reviving memories of the 2001 Parliament terror attack. Two men jumped into the chamber and released yellow gas while shouting slogans. Two others sprayed colored gas outside. The attackers were overpowered by MPs and handed over to security personnel. The 2001 attack involved terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba and...
Read MoreA brother-sister pair from Assam, Bimal Das and Suma, along with their father Nilmani Das, have had their ‘foreigner’ status overturned by a foreigners’ tribunal after a lengthy legal battle. Dipti Malakar, another woman from Assam, also received a clean chit from a foreigners’ tribunal. The cases of the siblings and Dipti Malakar were...
Read MoreThe Election Commission of India (ECI) will challenge the High Court order to immediately hold the by-poll in the SC. No amount of administrative inconvenience can undermine the statutory obligation of the ECI to hold a by-poll, nor is it the concern of the Commission to decide the effectiveness of the candidate for the...
Read MoreFormer RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, along with economist Rohit Lamba, aims to engage a wider audience and challenge prevailing narratives in their economics book. In an interview, Rajan discusses the importance of not imposing tariffs on computers for India, as it is a big software exporter. He also mentions that interest rates may remain...
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