Google-owned YouTube has removed 1 million videos related to dangerous Covid-19 misinformation, like false cures or claims of a hoax, since February 2020.

According to YouTube's Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan, if we only focus on what we remove, we're missing the massive amount of content that people actually see.

Nine new judges, including three women, were on Thursday appointed to the Supreme Court with President Ram Nath Kovind signing their warrants of appointment, sources in the government said.

A formal notification would be issued shortly, they said.

Shares of CarTrade Tech were trading lower for the third straight day, down 2.4 per cent at Rs 1,441.60 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Thursday, in an otherwise firm market. The stock was quoting at its lowest level since its listing on Friday, August 20, 2021. With the past three days' 8.7 per cent fall, the market price of CarTrade Tech has declined 11 per cent from its issue price of Rs 1,618 per share.

CarTrade Tech, a company that operates online platforms for buying and selling of vehicles, had made a weak debut on the bourses as the company’s shares ended at Rs 1,500, a 7 per cent discount to its issue price on the BSE on day of listing.

The Indian rupee appreciated 13 paise to 74.11 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday, tracking a positive trend in domestic equities.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 74.22 against the dollar, then surged higher to 74.11, up 13 paise over its previous close.

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said its board will meet on August 29 to consider various capital raising options, including equity and debt.

The fundraising options entail equity or equity-linked or debt instruments, the company said in a regulatory filing but did not divulge into the quantum of capital raising under consideration.

For over two decades, the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile has been portrayed as a triumph of Indo-Russian co-development and co-manufacture. Even the missile’s name — BrahMos — is derived from combining the names of a major river from each country: India’s Brahmaputra and Russia’s Moskva.

Numerous analysts have expressed scepticism that India has played a role in designing the BrahMos. They say the missile is based entirely on Russian technology, while India merely manufactures the missile from blueprints provided by Russia.

Just over a week after the newly appointed Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government will support startups and entrepreneurs in their initial phase, where they face most challenges, he launched Startup Accelerators of MeitY for Product Innovation, Development and Growth (SAMRIDH) programme on Wednesday.

SAMRIDH will create a conducive platform for Indian software product startups to enhance their products and secure investments for scaling their business.

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) is deploying drones to monitor its vast network of pipelines across the country as it doubles down on the use of technology to thwart attempts to steal fuel, helping not just save the commodity but also avoid accidents.

The country's top oil company already uses a combination of sophisticated technology and patrolling to detect any leakage from the pipeline network spanning over 15,000-kilometers. And now, it is adding drones to monitor the vast network, officials said.

Passengers can now fly between Hyderabad and Bengaluru on Star Air's Embraer Jet from 26th August, 2021 and have a private jet-like experience.

The flights will be operated on every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Hyderabad is the 15th destination that Star Air has added to its network.

India may be entering an endemic stage of the COVID-19 pandemic where there is a low or moderate level of transmission going on, said WHO Chief Scientist, Soumya Swaminathan.

The endemic stage of the disease is when a population learns to live with it and is different from an epidemic stage, where the virus overwhelms the population.

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