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Meta launched Meta Quest+ virtual reality headset service on subscription model today. CEO MarkZuckerberg plansto tap into the nascent but high-investment market.Hesaid the subscription will be available from Monday at $7.99 per month, or $59.99 annually, for its Quest 2, Pro and soon for Quest 3.
Goodenough, a pioneer in development of lithium-ion batteries died today. He received Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2019 along with Britain's Stanley Whittingham and Japan's Akira Yoshino, for their respective research into lithium-ion batteries. His research made it possible to think of a world powered without fossil-fuel. The lithium-ion batteries that he worked on are now widely used in electric vehicles.
UK-based electronics company Nothing said on June 26 that it has partnered with Grammy Award-nominated electronic music group Swedish House Mafia, to launch an exclusive Glyph Ringtone composition and Glyph Sound Pack. The development comes ahead of the much anticipated launch of Nothing's upcoming Phone (2) smartphone on July 11.
All consumers will have experience a surge of 9.42 percent in their electricity bills due to the revision of surcharge called powerpurchase adjustment cost (PPAC) in Delhi.The PPAC has already been implemented from this month and will reflect in the upcoming electricity bills. Around 1.9 million consumers will experience a rise in bills from 1.49 percent to 9.42 percent. Delhi's minister of power assured that this will not affect the 200 free electricity units of the consumers.Read more
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said that various party leaders want to join Congress and many more will join the party soon. The increasing traction of Telangana Congress indicates that Telangana will form a Congress government, said Venugopal
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, PM’s visit to Sahol district in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday is postponed due to heavy rains. PM will still visit Bhopal to flag off five Vande Bharat trains. He will also address BJP workers at a booth-level function scheduled on Tuesday. Lakhs of people were expected to reach Lalpur village in Sahol, Madhya Pradesh, where a launch of National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission and kickstart distribution of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana cards was scheduled, said Chouhan. Modi was also supposed to honour Rani Durgavati at this event.
UAE-based Lulu Group will be investing Rs 10,000 crore in India on various ongoing projects over the next three years and the UAE-based conglomerate has already invested over Rs 20,000 crore in the country, Lulu Chairman Yusuff Ali MA said here on Monday. He also said his aim is to provide employment to 50,000 people in India and added that so far his various enterprises have employed over 22,000 people. Yusuff Ali, in the presence of Telangana Minister for Industries K T Rama Rao, also said that Lulu Group has committed about Rs 3,500 crore in investments in Telangana in the next five years on various projects including Destination shopping malls (Rs 3,000 crore) here and also in other cities in the state.
The third G20 Infrastructure Working Group meeting began in Rishikesh on Monday, with the first day's sessions focusing on building resilient and sustainable cities. The discussions across three sessions allowed G20 decision-makers to learn key challenges, from climate change to infrastructure resilience, fast urbanisation and inclusiveness, apart from exploring the role of technology, infratech and digitisation. The delegates also witnessed a unique perspective on launching one of the world's most ambitious new city developments NUSANTARA in Indonesia.
On receiving information about a flying drone near Akshardham Temple, a police team from PS Mandawali reached the spot, where one Bangladeshi woman photographer was found with a drone today. The drone has been taken into possession & further enquiry is underway: Delhi Police
#WATCH | Preparations are underway in Bhopal for PM Modi's visit to the city tomorrow to flag off five Vande Bharat trains. The PM will also address BJP workers from Bhopal.#MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/siOMGqjz0b
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NCLThas postponed the hearing on the Zee-Sony merger to July 6.Through the merger, Zee Entertainment Enterprises will come together as a subsidiary of Sony Group Corp., resulting in the formation of a massive $10 billion media powerhouse. This news comes close on the heels of a recent SEBI order that imposed a ban on Punit Goenka and Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra, prohibiting them from assuming any key management positions.
