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San Francisco, Oct 2 (IANS) Elon Musk-run Tesla produced 430,488 vehicles in the third quarter of 2023, a 10 per cent drop from the previous quarter, the company said on Monday. In the third quarter, the company produced over 430,000 vehicles and delivered over 435,000 vehicles.The result missed Wall Street expectations. Tesla said planned downtimes at its factories led to lower production and delivery numbers.”A sequential decline in volumes was caused by planned downtimes for factory upgrades, as discussed on the most recent earnings call. Our 2023 volume target of around 1.8 million vehicles remains unchanged,” said the electric car…

“This is to inform you about your flight AI-173 (DEL- SFO) flight has been cancelled due to operational reasons dated on Oct 3,” read the message sent from Air India to one of the passengers. The flight was scheduled to take off from Indira Gandhi International Airport at 6.a.m. on Tuesday. However, as per sources the airline has now scheduled an alternate flight for San Francisco on October 5. This is the same flight, which while on way from Delhi to San Francisco in June this year, was forced to divert and make an emergency landing at Magadan airport in…

China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 50.2 from 49.7 in August, the first time it has indicated expansion since March, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, CNN reported. A PMI reading above 50 indicates growth or expansion, while any reading below represents a contraction.Activity in services and construction also accelerated last month, according to a separate index that hit 51.7, its best level in three months, CNN reported.A private gauge of activity released Sunday also showed the world’s second biggest economy continuing to grow, albeit at a slower pace than the previous month. PMI data released…

Due to security reasons, the three individuals were presented before a Special (UAPA) Magistrate at the latter’s house.All three — Alam, Mohammad Rizwan Ashraf and Mohammad Arshad Warsi — were arrested in multiple raids by the Special Cell of Delhi Police.While Alam was arrested in the Jaitpur area in the national capital, his two aides were apprehended in Lucknow, and Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, respectively.Notably, as per the police, they hold engineering degrees.Alam was, however, on the NIA’s list of most-wanted terrorists, an official said on Monday.The police have also recovered incriminating materials from his associates’ possession, including those suspected…

The decision came after a review meeting of all the parliamentary constituencies with top office-bearers held by MNS President Raj Thackeray on Monday, said senior leader Nitin Sardesai.However, the party also authorised Raj Thackeray – estranged cousin of Shiv Sena (UBT) President and ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray – to take decisions pertaining to joining any alliance or group in the future.The move came after a report from key leaders who have toured various Lok Sabha constituencies in the past few weeks, meeting with local units, workers and leaders and the people.In the constituency-wise review meetings of a few important seats, the…

“The state government has released the report of the caste survey. We have called for an all party meeting where a senior officer of the government will give a detailed presentation about the survey report. Following that we will take the decision in the interest of common people,” he said. The Nitish Kumar government has released the report of caste based survey where only the numbers of 215 castes are mentioned. During the survey, the state government had claimed that the social and financial status of people would also be released in the report. However, it is not the case…

As part of a crackdown against illicit liquor, cash, drugs and weapons at the behest of the Election Commission of India (ECI), multiple gunrunning rackets have been busted in various parts of the state and illegal guns valued between Rs 50 lakh to Rs 75 lakh seized within a month.While over 500 guns, including country-made pistols, revolvers, including semi-automatic guns have been seized in the last one month in Shivpuri, Gwalior, Morena, Dhar, Barwani and Khargone districts, the latest seizure of 151 pistols worth over Rs 31.56 lakh has been made in the jungles of west MP’s Dhar district.“Acting on…

Vithya Ramraj set the tone for the day in the morning when she came up with a brilliant effort to equal the legendary PT Usha’s 40-year-old National Record in the women’s 400m hurdles. Vithya clocked 55.42, her personal best and qualified for the final. Usha had set the National Record way back in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles where she missed the bronze medal by a whisker.In the evening, Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba bagged silver and bronze in the women’s 3000m Steeplechase while Se Ancy won silver in the women’s long jump the 4x400m Mixed Relay team…

Reacting to Kejriwal’s statement that Punjab had received an investment of Rs 50,000 crore, the SAD chief said Kejriwal should substantiate this claim or apologise to Punjabis for lying to them.He said that forget attracting any investment, Punjab has witnessed a flight of industry to Uttar Pradesh as well as other states during AAP’s tenure. “The Chief Minister has tried desperately to mislead the Punjabis by asserting that German companies like BMW are going to invest in Punjab. Even after an official rebuttal by BMW, now Kejriwal is making similar claims to befool the people,” he said.Claiming that Kejriwal resorted…

The overall unemployment rate declined to 7.09 per cent in September down from 8.10 per cent in August. The figures mark a reversal as the unemployment rate in August had shot up in August from 7.9 per cent in July.India’s monsoon rainfall this year was its lowest since 2018 as the El Nino weather pattern made August the driest in more than a century, according to the weather department.However, the rains picked up momentum again in September which had led to a revival in farm activity that appears to have created more jobs in the rural areas during the month.Similarly,…