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Ford Motor Co announced that it will recall 198,000 SUVs in the United States to replace blower motor assemblies after 25 fires were reported. This recall applies to 2015-2017 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. Ford said it had three reports of fires related to property damage to structures and one report of minor injuries. Ford will notify owners from September 12th.

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Bollywood’s nationwide box office collection in the first eight months of 2022 has crossed Rs 2,299 crore. It was Rs 917 crore and Rs 717 crore in 2021 and 2020 respectively. Although Bollywoodis recovering from the pandemic years, it is still distant from the 2019 collection of Rs 5,200 crore, says the data provided by the State Bank of India in its August Ecowrap. Bollywood is losing out to South Indian cinema. What are the reasons? According to the data, the key reasons behind the fall include poor content, a decline in single-screen theatres, heavy entertainment tax on Hindi movies and the rise of OTT platforms. In terms…

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India to introduce additional safety norms for EV batteries. It would come into effect from October 1, 2022. The road transport ministry had constituted an expert committee for the same. The committee was chaired by Tata Narsingh Rao, Director, ARCI. On August 29, 2022, the ministry issued amendments for EV. The amendments touch upon different aspects. Such as battery cells, battery management systems, and battery pack design. Recent fire incidents encouraged the ministry to renew safety norms.

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India’s indigenous aircraft carrier INS VIKRANT has strengthened the force and increased the pride for the country Built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore, the ship is the largest ever aircraft carrier built in the country’s history. 262 meters long and 62 meters wide, Vikrant is the country’s second aircraft carrier after INS Vikramaditya. India now joins the list of countries like US, UK, Russia and China to indigenously design and build aircraft carriers. INS Vikrant is built with 76 percent Indian-made materials The 18-storied, 42,800-tonne Vikrant can carry 10 helicopters and 20 fighter jets. Equipped with advanced automation…

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Ratan Tata’s General Manager Shantanu Naidu criticised Deshpande’s viral post. Bombay Shaving Company CEO Deshpande recently posted career advice on LinkedIn. He advised young employees to work for 18 hours a day. Naidu termed the 18-hour work day a toxic work culture. It reduces the value of a person only to achievements, he said. Relationships and love that we leave behind make us human beings, he added. Netizens have come against Deshpande’s advise He later apologised for his comments.

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Ashok Leyland bags a significant deal in UAE. Received an order for 1,400 school buses. Ashok Leyland’s largest ever supply of school buses in the country. It includes 55-seater Falcon buses and 32-seater Oyster buses. The deal is worth AED 276 Million ($75.15 million). The buses will be constructed at Ashok Leyland’s manufacturing facility in Ras Al Khaimah. It is the only certified local bus-making facility in the GCC region.

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Meta took action against 2.7 million people on Facebook and Instagram in July, the company said in its monthly transparency report. The company has taken steps to comply with the Information Technology (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Code of Ethics) Regulations 2021 for 2.5 million posts on Facebook and 20,000 posts on Instagram. . Action was taken against 1.73 million spam on Facebook. This was followed by 27,000 posts about “adult nudity and sexual activity” and 23,000 posts about “violent and graphic content.” According to reports, Meta found most of the content on Instagram violated its policy on “suicide and…

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The  most requested feature on Twitter would probably be the ability to edit Tweets. More than four months after the edit button was confirmed to be in development, social media giant Twitter has finally started rolling out the long-awaited feature. Twitter  confirmed in a tweet that they have started testing the edit button. If the user ever made a typo or  mistake while tweeting, the Edit button is the answer to this problem, allowing users to easily edit Tweets.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on Friday at the Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi. The Prime Minister also unveiled the new Naval Ensign at the event.  Modi said that INS Vikrant is a symbol of India’s strength, research and Skill. The aircraft carrier, which is an outcome of 13 years of hard work, was planned, designed and executed by the Indian Navy. The warship will be fully operational after a few more trials. With the commissioning of INS Vikrant, India has found a place in the select group of nations that can design and…

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SpaceX plans to launch five more astronaut missions to NASA’s International Space Station over 10 years under a $1.4 billion contract, the U.S. Space Agency announced.SpaceX’s recent increase in NASA contracts is part of the agency’s efforts to ensure a steady flow of astronaut flights to the space station, with Boeing signing similar contracts for crew transportation and is struggling to complete the development of the Starliner Space Capsule.

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