West Indies batting legend Brian Lara on Saturday was appointed as the new head coach of 2016 IPL champions Sunrisers Hyderabad. Lara, who was the strategic advisor and batting coach of the Sunrisers in the 2022 IPL season, succeeds Tom Moody for the top position in the upcoming seasons of the tournament.

"The cricketing legend Brian Lara will be our head coach for the upcoming #IPL seasons," announced the franchise through their official social media accounts.

In a first, a 31-year-old male with confirmed monkeypox infection developed acute myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) approximately one week following the onset of monkeypox symptoms, researchers have revealed.

According to a case study published in the journal JACC: Case Reports, the patient visited a health clinic five days following the onset of monkeypox symptoms, including malaise, myalgia, fever and multiple swollen lesions on the face, hands and genitalia.

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh is the latest to join Indian startup story by becoming an investor in beauty company, SUGAR Cosmetics. The financial details of the investment were not disclosed.

Singh's announcement comes close on the $50 million series D funds raised by the company in June this year.

NTPC has produced 7.36 MMT of coal production as per data available on August 31, registering a robust growth of 62 per cent compared to 4.55 MMT achieved during the same period last year.

"With meticulous planning, resource mobilization, and regular monitoring, NTPC has achieved substantial growth even during the monsoon period so far, and is hopeful of sustaining the growth that will help in ensuring uninterrupted, reliable and affordable power generation," an official release said.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) on Thursday avoided giving a direct response to a question about whether Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will run as the opposition's candidate for Prime Minister, saying that the opposition parties would meet and make that decision.

While talking to the media during his visit to Bihar, KCR was asked whether Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will be the next PM candidate for the opposition.

Gautam Adani, the third richest person in the world, has seen a 365 per cent jump in his net worth in the last two years. Much can be credited to the rise in the market capitalisation of his companies. In the last two years, the m-cap of Adani Group companies rose by $112 billion, according to a report by Economic Times (ET).

Adani, with a net worth of $142.7 billion, is the first Asian to break into the top three.

In one of its biggest announcements that will impact thousands of app developers in India, Google announced that Google Play is extending its third-party billing pilot programme to India and four other countries--Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area.

Earlier this year, Google Play had announced additional billing options in South Korea and had started a pilot with Spotify, the company had then stated that it will run a small pilot in other countries too.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Malaysian state-run Petronas and Arcelormittal SA are among the 13 bidders for a minority stake in the green energy unit of India's NTPC Ltd, a company official said on Thursday.

NTPC, the country's largest utility, anticipates the private placement will initially raise 20 billion rupees ($251 million) and will be followed eventually by a spin-off of the green energy unit as a separate India-listed entity, the official said.

Adani Enterprises on Thursday rejected RRPR Holding's contention that it would need the Income Tax department's nod to convert warrants into equity shares to Vishvapradhan Commercial (VCPL), its indirect subsidiary. RRPR is a promoter group entity of New Delhi Television (NDTV), which is at the centre of an acquisition by the Adani group.

Adani Enterprises said that the RRPR disclosure lacked bonafides and had no merit or basis either in law or in fact and was misconceived.

State-owned hydro power giant NHPC on Thursday said that its Director (Technical) Yamuna Kumar Chaubey has been given the charge of Chairman and Managing Director for three months beginning September 1.

Abhay Kumar Singh ceased to be the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company with effect from August 31, 2022, upon attaining the age of superannuation, a BSE filing said.

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