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San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) The US regulators have told Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors, to immediately reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50 per cent following a crash of its car with a fire truck.The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said it is investigating “recent concerning incidents” involving Cruise vehicles in San Francisco. The regulatory agency told Cruise to have no more than 50 driverless vehicles in operation during the day and 150 driverless vehicles in operation at night, till the investigation is complete, reports TechCrunch.”Safety of the traveling public is the California DMV’s top priority.…

As per data shared by the district administration, till 8.00 a.m, Harsaru and Kadipur recorded 76 mm rainfall each, followed by Gururgam tehsil 62 mm, Manesar 50 mm, Wazirabad 45 mm, Farrukkhnagar 31 mm, Badshahpur 15 mm, Pataudi 5 mm and Sohna 2 mm.Traffic movement on the main expressway was hampered, with the commuters riding two-wheelers facing huge inconvenience.The affected points were Sector-18 road, Narsinghpur, Jharsa Crossing, Sarhaul, Sector-30, 31, 38, 40, 44, 45, 47, 29, 50, Ram Chowk, Udyog Vihar, Rajeev Chowk, Mahaveer Chowk, Sheetla Mata Road, Sanjay Gram Road, Civil Lines, Golf Course Extension Road, Haldiram towards Manesar,…

The parents of the victim student have already written letters to the President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West BengalGovernor C.V. Ananda Bose and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanding a CBI inquiry in the matter.In the letters, the victim’s father has claimed that the death of his son, allegedly by falling from the balcony of the 11th floor of the students’hostel of the Vijayawada-based engineering college, was actually due to ragging. He has alleged that his son was probably pushed to his death.After successfully qualifying the national joint entrance examination for engineering, the now-deceased Sourodeep Chowdhury, got admitted in…

According to the police, the militants who surrendered on Friday evening were identified as Kanta Mohan Tripura (45), Nakshatra Debbarma, Emang Debbarma (20), Gertajoy Tripura (23) and Mansubar Tripura (25).They had joined the NLFT in early 2022.“Senior police officials interrogated the surrendered extremists. Outcome of the interrogation will help security forces gather more information about the organisation’s activities. Their surrender would also motivate other militants to surrender before security forces and join the mainstream of the society, leaving the path of violence,” an official statement said.It said that Tripura Police is committed to ensuring the state government’s policy of zero…

For such patients, living alone is a social determinant of health with an impact as profound as poverty, racism and low education, according to the study published in JAMA Network Open.An estimated 1 in 4 older Americans with dementia or mild cognitive impairment lives alone and is at risk of practices like unsafe driving, wandering outside the home, mixing up medications and failing to attend medical appointments.“These findings are an indictment of our health care system, which fails to provide subsidised home care aides for all but the lowest-income patients,” said Elena Portacolone of the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF)…

The revolutionary stem cell treatment called cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation (CALEC) was found to be safe and well-tolerated over the short term in four patients with significant chemical burns in one eye.The team from Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, followed the patients for 12 months who experienced restored cornea surfaces — two were able to undergo a corneal transplant and two reported significant improvements in vision without additional treatment.”Our early results suggest that CALEC might offer hope to patients who had been left with untreatable vision loss and pain associated with major cornea…

The term of the incumbent president, K.S. Alagiri has already come to an end but the camp owing allegiance to him is pressuring the national leadership to allow him continue in the post till the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.The Tamil Nadu Congress committee (TNCC) is now divided into three camps with the one led by the incumbent president Alagiri and the second helmed by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Selvaperuthungai and the third that supports the candidature of Sasikanth Senthil.While Senthil is not aligned to any group, a few of the senior Congress leaders of the state have briefed…

Earlier this week, Brook was left out from England’s ODI squad, also to face New Zealand in a series at home, in favour of talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes, who came out of his ODI retirement in England’s quest to defend their championship title in India, won four years ago on home soil.”Obviously it’s disappointing but I can’t do anything about it now. You’ve just got to move on. I’m trying not to think about it anymore. I’ve not had much conversation with Matthew (Mott) or Jos (Buttler). They said with Stokesy coming back I was probably going to miss out…

Hailing from Chandigarh, the N-house crew impressed the three judges – Kirron Kher, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, and Badshah with their exhilarating stunts in the audition round, and danced their way into ‘Top 14’, with a golden buzzer.And this weekend, the dance group will entertain with a masaledaar performance on ‘Eyy Bidda Ye Mera Adda’, dressed as the iconic character ‘Pushpa’. The song is from Allu Arjun starrer 2021 action drama film ‘Pushpa’. It also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil in the pivotal roles.The power-packed act will not only get a standing ovation but will also receive the signature ‘lath…

Commencing on August 21 at the world-class Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, the National Coaching Camp will serve as the epicentre for assembling the most promising and adept young players from across the nation. The players have been selected on the basis of their recent performances in the Hockey India Sub-Junior National Championships.Also, the camp will be followed by international matches in Europe, where the players will have the opportunity to display their skills and test their mettle.The core group of the National Coaching Camp includes goalkeepers Rahul Bhardwaj, Atif Khan, Abhimanyu Gouda and defenders Sukhmanpreet Singh, Mithlesh Singh,…