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Two fatal crashes involving Ford’s Blue Cruise partially automated driving system have drawn the attention of U.S. auto safety regulators

Late this year, Aurora Innovation Inc. plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks

Tata group-backed Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) is aiming for double-digit topline growth this fiscal and plans to open 25-30 hotels. It will also launch hotels overseas but its primary target will remain India's thriving hospitality industry. «Our commitment extends to maintaining zero net debt while accumulating cash reserves, positioning us strategically for future investments in cash deployment, capex, M&A, or strategic reserves,» Puneet Chhatwal, MD, IHCL, told ET in an interview. He said while FY25 will be a 'breakthrough year' for the company's international expansion, the primary focus will remain on the Indian subcontinent. «We're expanding internationally with a target of at least three hotels outside of India, with contracts already signed, including two in Bhutan, and ongoing discussions for locations such as Dubai, London, Frankfurt, and others. We have two hotels under construction in Dhaka and several negotiations underway in the Indian peninsula, Sri Lanka, and nearby regions,» he said.

Tata group-backed Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) has set an ambitious aim of a double digit topline growth this fiscal, besides plans of opening 25-30 hotels. It will also launch hotels overseas, but its primary target will remain India's thriving hospitality industry. “Our commitment extends to maintaining zero net debt while accumulating cash reserves, positioning us strategically for future investments in cash deployment, capex, M&A, or strategic reserves,” Puneet Chhatwal, MD and CEO of IHCL, told ET in an interview. Chhatwal said while FY2025 will be a 'breakthrough year' for international expansion, the primary focus will remain on the Indian subcontinent.

Hyundai, Tesla and BMW. Individuals can check the database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on whether their vehicle has been recalled or not. The users will need to keep their Vehicle Identification Number or VIN ready before checking the database, as per a report on USA Today.

Ircon International shares surged over 6% to Rs 266.9 on BSE following the announcement of a significant order win worth Rs 1,198 crore by its joint venture. «Ircon International Limited (IRCON) under its Joint Venture with Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt Ltd (DRA) i.e. Ircon-DRA JV has been awarded the LOA for the construction of Kottavalasa-Koraput Doubling Project from Km 45.483 to Km 72.550 from Shivalingapuram Station to Borraguhalu Station in connection with Kottavalasa Koraput Doubling Project of Waltair Division, East Coast Railway on EPC mode at a quoted bid price of Rs 1198.09 Crores,» the company said in an exchange filing.

accident in Safipur, Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday. The incident occurred on the Hardoi-Unnao highway near Jamalpur village when a truck collided with a bus, tearing apart one side of the bus. «Six passengers were killed on the spot, and 20 others were injured in the incident,» they said. Police sources said that initially the injured were taken to the community health center, from where they were referred to Kanpur and Unnao for treatment.

Indian-American man who drove his Tesla off a cliff with his family inside was grappling with major depressive disorder and experienced a psychotic break during the incident, according to an LA Times report. The incident in question involves Dr Dharmesh Patel, a radiologist from Pasadena, who faced three counts of attempted murder after he drove his family's Tesla off Devil’s Slide cliff on Highway 1 near Half Moon Bay (California), as per prosecutors. The doctors, Mark Patterson and James Armontrout, presented their testimony in support of Patel's defence.

Weather update today: IMD issues red alert for heatwave in THESE states The News Himachal reported that rainfall will occur in several districts of Himachal Pradesh till April 30. The weather monitoring agency also predicted hailstorms in Shimla, Solan, Kullu, Sirmaur, Chamba, Kangra, Bilaspur, and Mandi districts in the coming days.

sensation of wind tousling your hair as you put your head out of a moving car window. It's both liberating and exhilarating, a concoction of the senses that begins with the gurgling gust of high-fiving air. As you accelerate, the wind intensifies, transforming from a gentle whisper to a roaring tempest. It's a wild dance, a playful game between you and the elements. Your hair, caught in the happy jet stream, becomes a flag of freedom, waving wildly in the rhythm of the ride. The wind carries the world outside — of the highway, the air, the trees and fields, even the sky. Each breath you take in is an exploration, a journey into the heart of the rapid landscape you're traversing.

BJP leaders can also be heard calling for doctors. As Nitin Gadkari suffered a fainting fit, the security personnel accompanying him carried him off-stage.

Naveen Jindal group is finalising a Rs 15,000 crore investment plan for the development of renewable energy projects which could become a source of captive clean fuel for its expanding steelmaking operations, said people with knowledge of the matter. Jindal is the promoter of the listed Jindal Steel and Power, which has announced a major capacity expansion that could ramp up the group’s steelmaking operations to around one and a half times the existing size before the close of 2025-26. As per the blueprint being finalised, the group wants to power the new steel capacity additions by creating 4 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power sources in-house within the next couple of years, said the people. This would help the group reduce carbon emissions and produce green steel, they said.

BJP's candidate from the Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency, ML Ashwini, said that support for her party in Kerala is growing due to the developmental initiatives and welfare schemes of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. «Nowadays, the BJP is growing step by step in Kerala because PM Narendra Modi has brought a lot of developments in India, and the people of Kasaragod and Kerala are among the beneficiaries,» Ashwini told ANI. «After PM Modi became the Prime Minister, he brought drastic development in infrastructure. Not only infrastructure development, we have got some schemes also for the poor people,» she said.

The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments amid complaints by licensed cannabis suppliers that shipments worth more than $300,000 have been confiscated in recent months at Border Patrol checkpoints in southern New Mexico

Tesla is recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks because of the possibility that a pedal can get stuck and cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally, increasing the risk of a crash

NARCL) has given a binding offer to lenders to acquire ₹988-crore debt of a road project awarded to Subhash Chandra's Essel Infraprojects in Ludhiana, said people with knowledge of the matter. The government-backed asset reconstruction company has offered to acquire debt Ludhiana Talwandi Toll Road (LTTRPL), which is mandated to build a 78-kilometre four-lane stretch of the National Highway-95 between Ludhiana and Talwandi Bhai in Ferozepur district via Moga in Punjab. NARCL offered ₹270 crore against the ₹988 crore debt, equating to a 27% recovery for lenders.

western Uttar Pradesh’s eight districts – the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the opposition INDIA bloc and the BSP. All three face challenges in this region owing to the sizable presence of Muslims, Scheduled Castes (SCs) and other backward classes (OBCs) across the eight Lok Sabha seats – Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina (SC), Moradabad, Rampur and Pilibhit – which will go to the polls in the first phase on April 19. In the 2019 general election, the then SP-BSP-RLD alliance put up a good show and the rival BJP camp could win only three seats – Muzaffarnagar, Kairana and Pilibhit. Five years later, the political situation has changed considerably with the BSP’s decision to go solo. The RLD, a significant player in this region, is now part of the NDA.

heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting flights through the world’s busiest airfield for international travel.The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.” That’s before the discovery of crude oil in this energy-rich nation then part of a British protectorate known as the Trucial States.Rain also fell in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. However, the rains were acute across the UAE.One reason may have been “cloud seeding,” in which small planes operated by the government fly through clouds burning special salt flares.

Anti-incumbency might make this Lok Sabha poll battle from Mandla a bit tough for Union minister and six-term MP Faggan Singh Kulaste, who faced defeat in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, political analysts claim. While the BJP and analysts feel the 'Modi factor' would work in favour of Kulaste, the Congress claimed he has not worked for the welfare of tribals. Senior BJP leader Kulaste, the sitting MP from Mandla (ST-reserved) in the state's Mahakoshal region, is pitted against Congress' Dindori MLA Omkar Singh Markam. The Mandla Lok Sabha seat, where polling will be held on Friday, includes eight assembly segments — six reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and one for the Scheduled Caste candidates.

Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gridlocked on Wednesday, a day after the heaviest rains on record. Tailbacks snaked along waterlogged, six-lane expressways after up to 259.5 millimetres (10.2 inches) of rain, the most since records began 75 years ago, fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.

Ford is recalling more than 456,000 Bronco Sport and Maverick vehicles due to a battery detection issue that can result in loss of drive power