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Congress has formed a manifesto committee for the Lok Sabha Election 2024. Senior leader P. Chidambaram will chair the committee.

JN.1 subvariant of Covid-19. However, no clustering of cases has been observed, and all instances of the subvariant exhibit mild symptoms.

Covid case tally stood at 4.50 crore (4,50,07,964). The death toll was recorded at 5,33,332 with four new deaths -- two from Kerala, one each in Rajasthan and Karnataka -- reported in 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated. The number of people recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,44,71,212, and the national recovery rate stands at 98.81 percent, the health ministry said.

ISRO Chairman S Somanath has announced that Aditya-L1 will arrive at the Lagrangian point L1 on January 6. This point is 1.5 million km away from Earth. Launched from Sriharikota on September 2, India's first solar mission will perform an important manoeuvre upon reaching L1.

Salaar box office collection Day 2: Salaar is expected to maintain its box office dominance on Day 2, roaring past initial projections with an estimated net collection for Day 1 of ₹95 crore across India. The movie has already collected nearly ₹20 crore ( ₹19.7 crore) on its second day, according to the advance booking data available on Sacnilk. The Telugu version remains the powerhouse, with an expected estimate of around ₹14 crore.

An early and influential thought experiment in the artificial intelligence doom literature is coming true—the paperclip maximizer scenario, except the world isn’t filling up with superfluous, unwanted paperclips. It’s filling up with predictions of AI doom. For the same reason Hollywood doesn’t make non-disaster movies in which planes aren’t hijacked and cruise ships don’t overturn and sink, an AI expert is condemned to invisibility who doesn’t emphasize the alleged “existential" risk.

Ola Electric filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on December 22. The proposed issue includes a fresh equity share release of up to ₹5,500 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 95,191,195 equity shares at a face value of ₹10. Bhavish Aggarwal, the founder of Ola Electric, is set to sell around 47.4 million shares in the SoftBank Group-backed e-scooter maker.

brave and vital book follows eight people, including a doctor at a small hospital, an unlicensed driver of a motorcycle taxi, and a citizen journalist, whose daring efforts resulted in a prison sentence. Read more of our guides to the cultural treats of 2023 Since the early 2000s, the number of Mexicans who have disappeared and not yet been found has risen from a handful to more than 100,000. A journalist for the New York Times tracks Miriam, whose youngest daughter is kidnapped and then killed by the Zeta gang.

Donald Trump has any immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office, CNN reported. The court did not explain its reasoning and there were no noted dissents.

After days of wrangling to avert a threatened U.S. veto, the Security Council on Friday passed a resolution urging steps to allow «safe, unhindered, and expanded humanitarian access» to Gaza and «conditions for a sustainable cessation» of fighting.

Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft on Friday on the southern front, hailing it as a success in the 22-month-old war. The Russian military made no mention of the incident. But Russian bloggers acknowledged the loss, and analysts suggested U.S.-supplied Patriot missiles had probably been used. Reuters could not independently confirm the reports. «Today at noon in the southern sector — minus three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers!» Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Air Force spokesperson Yuri Ihnat described it on national television as a «brilliantly planned operation.» «There haven't been Su-34s for some time in our positive statistics,» he said, citing the model as one of Russia's most modern aircraft for bombing and other assaults. Zelenskiy in his nightly video address praised the Odesa region anti-aircraft unit for downing the planes in Kherson region. The region was occupied in the first days of Moscow's February 2022 invasion.

Oaktree Capital Thursday provided Rs 3400 crore debt facilities to Vedanta Ltd for a term of 18 months at 12%, said people with knowledge of the matter. India-listed Vedanta has raised funds around the time its holding company is working round the clock to arrange funds to refinance its upcoming USD 1 billion bonds, which are due January 2024. Three different funds of Oaktree Capital provided debt to Vedanta Ltd by subscribing to the secured, unlisted non-convertible debentures (NCD). Oaktree has stipulated that Vedanta would have to pay 17% interest on the debt in the event of default, the people said. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. Vedanta has pledged 100% of shares of Sesa Iron and Steel Ltd as security for debt availed from Oaktree.

Oaktree Capital on Thursday provided ₹3,400 crore debt facilities to Vedanta Ltd for a term of 18 months at 12%, said people with knowledge of the matter. India-listed Vedanta has raised funds around the time its holding company is working round the clock to arrange funds to refinance its upcoming $1-billion bonds, which are due January 2024. Three different funds of Oaktree Capital provided debt to Vedanta Ltd by subscribing to the secured, unlisted non-convertible debentures (NCD). Oaktree has stipulated that Vedanta would have to pay 17% interest on the debt in the event of a default, the people said. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.

Ola Electric, is set to sell around 47.4 million shares in the SoftBank Group-backed e-scooter maker, as per the company's preliminary draft papers filed with SEBI on December 22. The proposed issue includes a fresh equity share release of up to ₹5,500 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 95,191,195 equity shares at a face value of ₹10.

Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., according to data from CBInsights. OpenAI declined to comment. The company is set to complete a separate tender offer in early January, which would allow employees to sell their shares at a valuation of $86 billion, Bloomberg previously reported.

OpenAI is in early talks to raise a fresh round of funding at a valuation at or above $100 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The terms, valuation and timing of the funding round have not yet been finalised and could still change, the report said.

White House on Friday said it was closely monitoring Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, but did not expect the situation to have a significant impact on holiday prices or the availability of products. Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, told reporters that the U.S. economy was proving resilient, with inflation having come down faster than even the more optimistic forecasts had indicated, the labor market rebounding, and growth remaining solid.

UN chief said the way Israel was conducting its military operation was creating "massive obstacles" to aid distribution inside the battered enclave. It has passed a resolution urging steps to allow “safe, unhindered, and expanded humanitarian access" to Gaza.

Reuters report, nearly $80 billion was wiped off from the market value of from China's two biggest gaming companies. The government of China has decided to prohibit online games from bestowing rewards upon players for routine daily logins, inaugural financial transactions within the game, and successive instances of spending.

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Roughly 300,000 Honda and Acura vehicles in Canada will be recalled due to a fuel pump issue that could increase the risk of “crash or injury,” Honda Canada says.