11:19 AMRakuten India opens India R&D facility, largest outside Japan
Rakuten India, the global product and innovation centre for Japanese giant Rakuten Group, on Thursday announced the opening of its largest product, engineering and advanced research and development facility in Bengaluru, largest outside Japan.
With a capacity for housing more than 3,000 employees, the a 20-storeyed premise with around 3 lakh square feet of space currently accommodates 2,000 workers.
Sunil Gopinath, CEO of Rakuten India, told IANS that the new facility will enhance the company's capability for deep-tech innovation and R&D in areas such as e-commerce, fintech, content and entertainment, as well as AI in computer vision, speech, and natural language processing (NLP).
11:10 AMDelhi HC asks Centre to reply in 4 weeks on pleas against Agnipath
Delhi High Court asks the Centre to file reply within four weeks on petitions challenging the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in armed forces
11:00 AMED arrests 'middleman' Prem Prakash in Jharkhand's illegal-mining case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a man identified as Prem Prakash in connection with its ongoing money-laundering probe into an illegal mining case in Jharkhand, officials said on Thursday.
Prakash was taken into custody under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) around 2 am on Thursday and will be produced before a Ranchi court where the federal agency will seek his custody, they said.
This is the third arrest in the case.
10:50 AMSC scrutinising Committee's report on Pegasus row
The Supreme Court is scrutinising the Committee's report on the Pegasus snooping set up by the apex court, reports ANI
10:33 AM377 new COVID-19 cases in Thane; active tally up at 2,285
As many as 377 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking its infection count to 739,777, a health official said on Thursday.
With the addition of the latest cases on Wednesday, the district currently has 2,285 active COVID-19 cases, as against 2,131 the previous day, he said.
The death toll in Thane remained unchanged at 11,939. The recovery count has reached 725,928, he added.
10:31 AMTejashwi has till date not responded on CBI's allegations: Sushil Modi
"See, till date, he (Tejashwi Yadav) has not responded to the allegations made by CBI. The CBI has registered an FIR, that land was taken for jobs and collected a dozen pieces of evidence,"says BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Tejashwi Yadav's statement 'BJP’s 3 “jamai”
10:20 AMSonali Phogat's family members give consent for post-mortem
Two days after BJP leader Sonali Phogat's death in Goa, family members agree to give consent for post-mortem, but with condition that procedure be video-graphed
9:59 AMIMD predicts heavy rain in eastern MP over next 2-3 days
Due to the turf line and circulation over the Bay of Bengal, the intensity and duration of rain over the eastern part of the state will increase from tomorrow onwards and there will be heavy rain activity. It will remain for 2-3 days, says IMD Scientist SN Sahu
9:44 AMIndia logs 10,725 new coroanvirus cases, 36 fatalities
India logged 10,725 new coroanvirus infections taking the total tally of cases to 44,378,920, while the active cases declined to 94,047, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death toll climbed to 527,488 with 36 fatalities which includes five deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.21 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.60 per cent, the ministry said.
9:39 AMTwitter whistleblower to meet Senate panel on Sept 13
The US Senate Judiciary committee will hold a hearing on September 13 with Twitter Inc's former security chief Peiter "Mudge" Zatko to discuss allegations from his whistleblower complaint that the social media company misled regulators
9:22 AMCWC to meet Sunday to approve exact schedule for election of Congress President
The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision-making body, will hold a virtual meeting on Sunday to approve the exact schedule of dates for the election of the Congress President.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will preside over the CWC meeting. "A virtual meeting of the CWC will be held on the 28th August, 2022 at 3:30 PM, to approve the exact schedule of dates for the election of the Congress President. Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi will preside over the CWC meeting," Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal said on Twitter.
9:21 AMStudy: Pfizer COVID pill showed no benefit in younger adults
Pfizer's COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults, while still reducing the risk of hospitalization and death for high-risk seniors, according to a large study published Wednesday.
The results from a 109,000-patient Israeli study are likely to renew questions about the U.S. government's use of Paxlovid, which has become the go-to treatment for COVID-19 due to its at-home convenience. The Biden administration has spent more than $10 billion purchasing the drug and making it available at thousands of pharmacies through its test-and-treat initiative.
9:13 AMIndia records 10,725 Covid cases, 36 deaths in 24 hrs
India on Thursday recorded 10,725 new Covid cases, taking the coronavirus tally to 44,378,920. India's death toll reached 527,488, with 36 new additions, including five more reconciled by Kerala, in the last 24 hours. With 13,084 new cured cases, India's tally of recovered Covid cases has reached 43,757,385.
9:12 AMDelhi to have 11 new hospitals soon, adding over 10,000 beds to health infra: AAP govt
Delhi will soon have 11 new hospitals that will add more than 10,000 beds to the city's health infrastructure, according to a statement issued by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the public works department (PWD) portfolio, announced this after reviewing various health infrastructure projects on Wednesday.
8:54 AMDelhi: Arvind Kejriwal to meet AAP MLAs today, alleges BJP plans to dislodge govt
With CBI raids on Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the background and the alleged threats and bribes by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the foreground of the Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting of all the MLAs of the party at his residence today.
The meeting is slated to be held at 11 am today in the national capital.
A major discussion regarding the current political scenario and the raids of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the party leaders are likely to be deliberated in the meeting.
First Published: Aug 25 2022 | 7:00 AM IST
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