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Last Updated: December 20, 2022, 12:26 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: IANS)A fleet of electric vehicles will be inducted in the Transport department soon and necessary instructions have already been issuedHimachal Pradesh is taking steps to reform the state’s transport sector with innovative ideas and will shortly introduce a new electric vehicle policy, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said on Monday.Agnihotri test-drove an electric vehicle from the Secretariat and inquired about its technical aspects.…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has said that he had fired the microblogging website's deputy general counsel James Baker over concerns about his role in information suppression under the previous management."In light of concerns about (James) Baker's possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today," Musk tweeted on Tuesday.In light of concerns about Baker's possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today—…

It’s not everyday that we get to see a Deputy Chief Minister of a large state driving a high-end luxury car. So, it came as quite a surprise when Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis got behind the wheel of a Mercedes Benz G350d luxury SUV. On the front passenger seat was none other than Eknath Shinde, the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. With their entire security detail in tow, the duo drove across a finished stretch of the Balasaheb Thackeray expressway that’s being built between Mumbai and…

MEXICO CITY—Bank of Mexico deputy governor Gerardo Esquivel said the central bank runs the risk of raising interest rates too far in its bid to contain inflation, according to the minutes from this month’s monetary policy meeting. The central bank’s five-member board voted 4-1 on Nov. 10 to lift the overnight interest-rate target from 9.25% to 10%, with Mr. Esquivel voting for a half-point increase to 9.75%. It was the fourth consecutive…

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar said that the central bank will launch its digital currency as a pilot project this year.Addressing the India Ideas Summit, he said that Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is the most efficient system for cross-border payments.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced in the Union Budget that CBDC would be launched in 2022-23.He, however, reiterated that RBI is not aiming for a cashless society but is keen to give customers viable alternatives.Sankar…

Editor's Note: The following excerpt has been taken from the book Chandra Shekhar: The Last Icon of Ideological Politics written by Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh and writer Ravi Dutt Bajpai. The book was launched on Wednesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and chronicles the journey of former PM Chandra Shekhar from his humble lower middle-class background to becoming one of the most prominent political icons of India. During the launch of the book, Modi lashed out at the Congress stating that…