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Tesla’s first retail showroom might be as good as it gets for India, given the hoops that the country’s policymakers jumped to get the marque automobile brand here. A brand new policy was pushed through early last year, dubbed by the industry as the ‘Tesla Policy’ to effectively yield to what CEO Elon Musk was pushing for: easing imports into India without an explicit guarantee to Make in India.What makes it worse is that Tesla would be importing its Model Y saloon units from its Shanghai gigafactory in China, with no guidance on manufacturing in India. Tesla has no plans…

Persons with disabilities use ‘YD One’, India’s lightest active wheelchair, during a launch event at IIT Madras. | Photo Credit: B. Thamodharan It weighs 8.5 kilograms, is minimalistic, and comes in 14 colours. IIT Madras’ latest innovation is YD One, which it claims is India’s lightest active rigid-frame wheelchair. Born out of the joint efforts of TTK Centre for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development and THRYV Mobility, a fully incubated startup within IIT Madras, the device was launched in Chennai on Wednesday (July 17, 2025).The device has a single frame made of aerospace-grade material. It can be fully customised and is…

The negotiations between the Congress and RJD over seat-sharing for the Bihar Assembly polls is nearing an understanding, sources in the Mahagathbandhan alliance in the state told The Indian Express.While the Congress has been pushing for the same number of seats as it contested in the 2020 polls, 70, the RJD does not want to give more than 50-55 seats. A deal may be eventually reached with the Congress getting 58-60 seats, sources said. Bihar has 243 Assembly seats. In the 2020 polls, the Mahagathbandhan alliance led by the RJD included the Congress, CPI(ML), CPI and CPI(M). While the RJD…

The Australian opener Sam Konstas, who smashed a thrilling fifty on debut against India, has been under pressure of late. He was first left out of the WTC final, and has then struggled in the just-concluded Test series in West Indies. He has tried changing his game to a more orthodox style in the West Indies but hasn’t worked and former Australian players have been gunning for his head, saying he shouldn’t be part of the squad that faces England in the Ashes. Australia’s coach Andrew McDonald has rubbished suggestions that Konstas would have been mentally scarred after his showing…

GOBankingRates ranked suburbs based on income data and home values, using the latest Census and Zillow stats.Alamo, California, and Southlake, Texas, made major jumps into the top 10, while California led all states with 17 wealthy suburbs on the list.The No. 1 spot went to a suburb in New York. One suburb is America’s wealthiest for the second year in a row. According to yearly rankings conducted by GOBankingRates’ analytics team, Scarsdale, New York, is America’s wealthiest suburb in 2025, a ranking it also held in 2024. Scarsdale’s household mean income was $588,014 (adjusted for inflation) in 2022 and $601,193…

The U.S. Senate, early on Thursday (July 17, 2025), approved U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing the Republican president another victory as he exerts control over Congress with little opposition.The Senate voted 51 to 48 in favor of Mr. Trump’s request to cut $9 billion in spending already approved by Congress.Most of the cuts are to programs to assist foreign countries suffering from disease, war and natural disasters, but the plan also eliminates all $1.1 billion the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was due to receive over…

US president has focused attention on the Gulf, visiting the region in first foreign policy trip of his second term.President Donald Trump has hosted Qatar’s prime minister for a private dinner and met with Bahrain’s crown prince at the White House as part of a United States effort to address regional issues, including securing a Gaza ceasefire, and promote diplomatic ties with the Gulf region. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the Qatari prime minister and a member of the country’s ruling family, had a private dinner with Trump on Wednesday evening. Before this meal, Trump met with…

Greg Swan, whose son Drew died as a result of a fentanyl-related substance, looks on as President Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House. The president signed the HALT Fentanyl Act, which aims to permanently classify all fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances and aid law enforcement in prosecuting trafficking and manufacturing offenses. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America The White House says a key national fentanyl overdose prevention grant program, currently underfunded by roughly $140 million, will eventually be fully paid for, but with a catch. The…

A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington told Reuters in an email that cyber attacks “are a common threat faced by all countries” [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Chinese-linked hackers are targeting the Taiwanese semiconductor industry and investment analysts as part of a string of cyber espionage campaigns, researchers said on Wednesday. While hacking to steal data and information about the industry is not new, there is an increase in sustained hacking campaigns from several China-aligned hacking groups, researchers with cybersecurity firm Proofpoint said in a new analysis.“We’ve seen entities that we hadn’t ever seen being targeted in the…

When it comes to wistfully plotting trips to Europe’s sunniest destinations, we’re as guilty as anyone. But as heatwaves and high temperatures spread across the continent, we’ve found ourselves searching for ways to beat the heat instead of actively seeking it out. The latest travel trend we’re keeping an eye on is “coolcations”—vacationing to countries where the temperature is lower and more manageable in the summer months.Based on the surge in travel searches for cooler summer destinations, new research by Inghams Walking reveals that coolcations are the new travel trend. The specialist tour operator tracked year-on-year search trends across general…