The Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to upgrade the Mairang civil sub-division to a full-fledged district.

It will be called Eastern West Khasi Hills district, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said.

Mairang is now a sub-division under West Khasi Hills district.

India on Saturday recorded 10,929 fresh coronavirus cases that took its infection tally to 3,43,44,683, while 392 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,60,265, according to Union health ministry data.

The number of active cases came down to 1,46,950 from 1,48,922 on Friday, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The price of 10 gram of gold on Saturday fell by Rs 190, to Rs 47,220 for 24-carat. The price for 10 grams of 22-carat gold is Rs 46,220. Meanwhile, the price of 1 kg of silver on Saturday increased by Rs 1,800 to Rs 64,300.

In Delhi, the price of 10 gram of 24-carat gold is Rs 51,110, while the price of 22-carat gold is Rs 46,850. In Mumbai, the price of 10 grams of yellow metal, for 24-carat and 22-carat on Saturday is Rs 47,220 and Rs 46,220 respectively.

Cyber security firm McAfee Corp is nearing a deal to sell itself to US private equity firm Advent International for more than $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The deal could be announced on Monday, although the talks could still fall apart, the report said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that several infrastructure projects have been planned for Uttarakhand which will boost tourism in the state.

A number of infrastructure works are planned for Uttarakhand including road connectivity to Char Dhams and ropeway near Hemkund Sahib to facilitate devotees. This decade belongs to Uttarakhand. In the next 10 years, the state will receive more tourists than it did in the last 100 years, the Prime Minister said while addressing people at Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand.

Google Cloud has announced to invest $1 billion in CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, as part of a 10-year strategic partnership between the two companies.

The move will help accelerate CME Group's move to the cloud and transform how global derivatives markets operate with technology, the company said in a statement late on Thursday.

Thirty more Zika cases have been reported in Kanpur district, taking the tally to 66.

The 30 new cases have been reported from the tests conducted at the virology lab of the King George's Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow and National Institute of Virology in Pune.

Reportedly, Maharashtra has begun its preparation for the third wave of COVID-19 for a caseload of 1.2 million which may happen during the peak time of the spread. This is based on the suggestions made by the Central government.

The Covid Task Force had warned the state of an increase in cases after Diwali which might lead to the third wave. The Uddhav Thackeray-led government is setting 531 oxygen generation plants and looking to stock anti-viral medicines.

Airbnb said Thursday that it earned $834 million on record revenue in the third quarter as more people got vaccinated and went back to travelling.

When companies closed offices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, that freed some employees to work remotely using video technology, and Airbnb said the result was a huge jump in rentals.

The prices of petrol and diesel will increase again in the coming months, said energy expert Narendra Taneja on Thursday.

Speaking to ANI, Taneja said, It is to understand that we import oil. It is an imported commodity. Today, we have to import 86 per cent of our total oil use. The prices of oils are not in the hands of any government. Both petrol and diesel are de control commodities. In July 2010, Manmohan Singh's government implemented the deregulation on petrol. In 2014, the Modi government decontrol diesel.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.