The US Attorney's Office in Manhattan is set to announce the settlement later on Thursday, the sources said, that will include a consent decree

The Prime Minister and Musk can be seen shaking hands at the Tesla Motors campus

This is the first statement about Tesla's plans for India that Musk has made since the company registered its office in Bengaluru. On January 8,  Tesla registered itself as a company named Tesla India Motors and Energy in Bengaluru

The government has stepped in following privacy concerns over the Facebook-owned messaging app's new update which gives WhatsApp the right to share user data

Ahead of its highly anticipated launch in India, electric vehicle major Tesla has incorporated a company in Bengaluru - Tesla India Motors and Energy Private Ltd - with a paid up capital of Rs 1 lakh and three directors; Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's largest software exporter, on Tuesday said it will acquire General Electric's (GE) stake in Tata Consultancy Services Saudi Arabia for $12,471 (about Rs 9.13 lakh); US President Donald Trump, facing impeachment on a charge of 'incitement of insurrection' on Tuesday denied responsibility for his supporters' violent invasion of the US Capitol last week and said his remarks before the siege were appropriate. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: 'A strong India to counter China,' says declassified White House document

As Tesla makes its India debut, internet has gone into a tizzy and netizens have started sharing all kinds of memes

Khan Academy founder Sal Khan says the donation is going to allow the organisation to accelerate all sorts of content. \"Our aspirations are all subjects -- from kids to early stages of college,\" he says

11 Indian firms make it to Hurun's top 500 list Total 11 private Indian firms have made it to the list of 500 most valuable companies across the world, and the country is ranked 10th on the chart, according to a report. The total value of these 11 companies grew 14 per cent and has been pegged at $805 billion or nearly a third of the Indian GDP. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads among the local enterprises with a 20.5 per cent jump in valuation to $168.8 billion as of December 1 a...

Besides Facebook, the parliamentary committee, led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, may also summon micro-blogging site Twitter

Vaibhav Taneja, Venkatrangam Sreeram, and David Jon Feinstein have been appointed as directors of Tesla India; it has been incorporated as a private unlisted company

Signal said it is seeing such a surge in new users that it is witnessing delays in phone number verifications of new accounts

In the previous session, its market value crossed $774 billion, making Tesla Wall Street's fifth most valuable company

Private sector willing to support govt in coronavirus vaccine roll-out, says FICCI The private sector is willing to support and augment government's capacity across the value chain of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration, industry body FICCI on Thursday said. The FICCI-EY paper, that was developed in consultation with various stakeholders states that India would need 1.3-1.4 lakh vaccination centres, 1 lakh healthcare professionals and 2.0 lakh support staff/ volunteers to suppo...

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China

The company on Saturday beat Wall Street targets for annual vehicle deliveries, but missed by 450 units Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's target of half a million cars in 2020

Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others.  Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, says the government

The head of India's premier medical research authority cited prospective effectiveness against the mutated UK strain of coronavirus as the reason behind granting emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin; The World Health Organisation has said that there have been at least four types of coronavirus that have been circulating on the planet since the infection was first detected in Wuhan in November 2019; Tesla Inc on Saturday reported better-than-expected 2020 vehicle deliveries, driven by a steady rise in electric vehicle adoption, but narrowly missed its ambitious full-year goal during a punishing year for the global auto industry. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: 'World's biggest COVID-19 vaccination drive set to begin in India,' says PM Modi

Bitcoin crosses $34,000 first time in 12 years, rises $5,000 in 3 days Bitcoin continued its unabated rally on the third day of 2021. The most popular cryptocurrency surged past $34,000 on Sunday, the day of Bitcoin Network's 12-year anniversary. The development came within 24 hours of Bitcoin crossing the $30,000 milestone. Bitcoin's continuous surge during the past three days comes in the backdrop of a historic year when the digital currency gave more than 300 per cent returns. 'Congrat...

Indian retailers across electronics, fashion, and grocery sectors are optimistic about realising around 85 per cent of pre-pandemic level in terms of business over the course of the next six months; The Government of India on Monday lifted the ban on the exports of onions of all varieties, starting January 1 next year; Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and the Minister of MSMEs Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that the Elon Musk-owned clean energy and electric vehicle company - Tesla is expected to \"start operations\" in India early next year. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Centre proposes to make dual front airbags mandatory for new cars from April 1

COVID-19 surveillance, containment guidelines to persist until Jan 31 Despite the declining trend in new COVID-19 cases, Centre on Monday issued an order to extend the 'Guidelines for Surveillance' until January 31 next year. The surveillance guidelines mandate states and union territories (UTs) to follow containment measures, as well as to maintain surveillance. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the new order, justifying the need for surveillance despite a decline in the rate of po...