Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India (HMSI) introduced a voluntary retirement scheme on Tuesday as it seeks to “realign its production strategy” and improve overall efficiency in these “uncertain times,” the company said in an internal circular to its employees. Employees above the age of 40 or who have completed 10 years in the company are eligible for the scheme.

The development at HMSI, India’s second largest two-wheeler manufacturer, comes a fortnight after Honda’s car manufacturing arm, Honda Cars India announced re-aligning its production.

In a big shocker, a top Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has claimed that he was poisoned in 2017 during an interview in Bengaluru.

Through a Facebook post, Tapan Misra said that an attempt was made to poison him with arsenic trioxide on May 23, 2017, when he was sitting in a promotional interview at ISRO headquarters. Along with this, he has appealed to the security agencies to investigate and said that find out who gave poison and why.

A brutal and horrific case of alleged gang rape, reminiscent of the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in Delhi, was reported from Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district where a middle-aged woman was assaulted, gang-raped and then killed.

A 50-year-old Anganwadi worker was allegedly raped and murdered in the Ughaiti area of Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district, police said on Tuesday. A case has been registered against three people in the matter, out of which two have been arrested.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly will be released from Woodlands hospital in Kolkata on Thursday. According to a medical bulletin from the hospital, it said that Sourav Ganguly wants to stay back in the hospital for one more day. In a previous medical bulletin from Woodlands hospital, the doctor were keeping constant vigil on his health situation and appropriate measures are being taken from time to time.The bulletin said that Ganguly’s Echocardiography (using sound waves to produce live images of the heart) done on Monday shows preserved left ventricular function with an ejection fraction of 56 per cent.The medical board will meet on Tuesday (today) and discuss regarding his present health condition. He is currently under the care of Dr Saroj Mandal, Dr Soutik Panda, Dr Saptarshi Basu.

After a US Congress report, the US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster has commented on the defence relations of India-Russia. In a way, he has warned India that relations with Russia can affect its relations with the US. However, Juster has also made it clear that the US does not act against sanctions against friends.

Earlier, the report of Congressional Research Service (CRS), the independent research arm of the US Congress, said that the US could impose sanctions against India for purchasing the S-400 air defence system from Russia.

With over 2,400 birds dead so far in Himachal Pradesh, the state has been put on high alert for avian influenza and officials are monitoring the situation according to state forest minister Rakesh Pathania.

As many as 2,403 birds have died so far. We expect that this number will grow. We are on high alert and monitoring the situation very carefully, Pathania told ANI.

More than 371,500 babies were born worldwide on New Year's Day and India is estimated to have recorded the highest number of births at around 60,000, according to the UN's children's agency.

UNICEF said that an estimated 371,504 babies were born around the world on New Year's Day. Fiji in the Pacific was projected to have welcomed 2021's first baby while the United States would welcome its last.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has ordered a Crime Investigation Department (CID) inquiry into the unfortunate incident of desecration of Lord Ram idol in Ramateertham of Nellimarla Mandal in Vizianagaram district, State Endowments Minister Vellampalli Srinivasa Rao announced on Monday.

The Minister also said that a new idol will be installed there and the date of installation will be announced within two days.

Gold price on Monday jumped to Rs 53,520 from Rs 53,510, while silver price was trending at Rs 70,300 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery price varies across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making changes.

Kishore Biyani, Future Coupons and Future Corporate Resources have said that totally disillusioned and fed up with Amazon's lackadaisical attitude, they were left with no option but to accept the offer from Reliance.

This communication to Amazon is a response to their notices and addressed on behalf of Future Corporate Resources Private Limited (FCRPL), Kishore Biyani and other promoters.

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