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Chaterji was appointed to the top post by President Joe Biden’s administration in September last year for the implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act’s historic $50 billion investment in the semiconductor industry at NEC. “Looking forward to returning to @DukeFuqua after 2 great years in the Biden Administration. Thank you to all my colleagues @WhiteHouse & @CommerceGov. Excited to continue work on these important economic & national security issues,” Chatterji tweeted on Wednesday. During his service at the White House, he had taken a leave of absence from the Fuqua School of Business. The CHIPS and Science Act was…

Over 1,500 local merchants will be onboarded through the Dunzo seller app in Week 1, with a target to onboard a total of 20,000 merchants across food, grocery, pharma, and other essentials in the next 45 days, according to the company.“It’s been less than two weeks since we’ve been live on the network, and we’ve already hit peak order volumes of more than 3,000 a day for groceries and other essential items through our local merchants. We have merchant partners who’ve also seen a 3X increase in their daily orders,” Dalvir Suri, Dunzo co-founder and Head of Dunzo Merchant Services,…

The special leave petition has been filed by Akhilesh Kumar, one of the petitioners, through advocate Tanya Shree, in the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the High Court passed on Tuesday.In its decision passed on August 1, the High Court, while dismissing the batch of pleas, gave a green signal to the Nitish Kumar-led state government to conduct caste-based survey in Bihar.Earlier on May 4, it had ordered an interim stay on the survey which had started on January 7 and was scheduled to be completed on May 15.The pleas filed before the high court contended that the survey…

Triggering severe outages in the prefecture, the sixth typhoon of the year left 24 per cent of households in Okinawa without electricity, an official said on Thursday morning.An 89-year-old woman in Uruma City died from burns she sustained when candles being used in a blackout caused a fire, reports Xinhua news agency.Earlier on Wednesday, a 90-year-old man died in a hospital after he became trapped under the collapsed garage the previous night at his residence.As of Thursday noon, some 61 people were injured due to the typhoon, which also caused traffic light malfunctions in some areas of Okinawa, according to…

Faria has predominantly worked in the South Indian film and is set to make her Hindi OTT debut with the series.The series is touted to be India’s first Cli-Fi thriller.Walking down the memory lane, Faria said: “During the show narration, when Nila sir described the character of Priyambada, he mentioned a specific tattoo design on the character’s leg. To everyone’s surprise, I had the same tattoo, creating an incredible coincidence and connection between me and the character. Nila sir’s reaction to seeing my tattoo, stating that he had finally found Priyambada, added to the feeling that this role was destined…

London, Aug 3 (IANS) England’s opening batter Zak Crawley believes that becoming braver against Australia on purpose, coupled with backing from coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes has been one of the big reasons behind his achieving success in the recently concluded Ashes. Crawley ended the recently-concluded Ashes as England’s leading run-scorer with 480 runs in nine innings at an average of 53.3 and strike rate of 88.72. The opener’s place in the Test team was under threat after averaging 23 in last year’s home summer.“I thought if I could put them under pressure a bit more, it might…

Sydney (Australia), Aug 3 (IANS) India’s two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu and former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth advanced into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open badminton championship, winning their respective second-round matches in straight games.Sindhu, who won a silver medal in the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 and a bronze in Tokyo 2020, defeated compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap 21-14, 21-10 in a 29-minute encounter.Srikanth registered an equally comprehensive victory, beating Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei 21-10, 21-17 in a second-round match in Court 3 at the Quaycentre in the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.This was Sindhu’s first clash…

The new laptops are available at a starting price of Rs 2,20,000 at HP online stores and select HP world stores in Natural Silver and Slate Blue colour options.The new Dragonfly laptops come powered by 13th Gen Intel Core processors to meet the needs of mobile tech-forward leaders.“With the introduction of HP Dragonfly G4, we hope to empower the business leaders in establishing a seamless and productive hybrid work environment, through carefully designed experiences”, Vickram Bedi, Senior Director (Personal Systems), HP India, said in a statement.The laptops come with a hybrid-ready design as they are lightweight and portable, making them…

The study, published by The BMJ, is based on data from more than 20,000 patients with a hepatitis C cure.The findings by Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland and British Columbia Center for Disease Control in Canada, showed that drug and liver-related causes of death were the main drivers of excess deaths — and highlight the importance of continued support to fully realise the benefits of a hepatitis C cure.Hepatitis C is a virus that can infect the liver which, if left untreated, can cause serious and potentially life-threatening liver damage over many years.Historically, hepatitis C was treated with interferon-based therapy,…

On Wednesday, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted on X that the “AirTag 2 will likely go to mass production in 4Q24”.”I believe that spatial computing is a new ecosystem that Apple wants to build, using Vision Pro as the core to integrate other devices, including AirTag 2.”In June, Kuo had said that AirTag has gradually grown in shipments since its release.”Shipment estimations of AirTag reach about 20 mn & 35 mn units in 2021 & 2022, respectively. If AirTag shipments continue to grow, I believe Apple will develop the 2nd generation.”Apple introduced AirTag in April 2021.According to the iPhone maker, AirTag…