The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) has served a notice to the wife of Ram temple donation theft accused Lavkush Mishra over the alleged unauthorised construction of a house under her name, as the police intensified their investigation into the alleged embezzlement case, official and police sources said on Thursday.

According to ADA sources, the house under construction is located in Banvirpur village in Sohawal tehsil.

Amazon said on Thursday it will take "appropriate action" against a third-party delivery partner in India once a police investigation ​into a fire that killed two workers concludes.

Amazon, one of ​India's largest e-commerce companies, has also initiated an independent internal investigation into ‌the incident.

Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace on Thursday announced that a launch window between July 12 and August 4 for the maiden test flight of its Vikram-1 launch vehicle -- the nation's first privately developed orbital-class rocket.

The final date of the lift-off will be subject to the completion of assembly and testing operations at the launch site in the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, and weather, safety, and range clearance.

India and Japan on Thursday signed agreements to deepen cooperation in economic security, clean energy, artificial intelligence (AI), defence technology, health care and maritime security. This came after summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi, who is on a three-day official visit to India from July 1 to 3.

India’s food regulator has issued notices to at least six energy-drink makers including Red Bull GmBH’s local unit, for allegedly making misleading claims, tightening oversight of a rapidly expanding category in the country.

Several beverage brands marketing themselves as “energy drinks” were making functional or therapeutic claims that are not allowed under local laws, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said in an Instagram post late Wednesday.

Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) and Abu Dhabi-based International Resources Holding (IRH), an IHC Group company, on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Odisha government to set up an integrated aluminium project in the state with a proposed investment of $11.5 billion (about ₹1.08 trillion).

Billed as India's largest foreign direct investment (FDI) proposal in the mining and metallurgy sector and the biggest-ever FDI proposal for Odisha.

Bajaj Auto Ltd on Monday said its ₹5,632.8-crore share buyback will start from July 1, 2026.

The company is undertaking a buyback of up to 46.94 lakh fully paid-up equity shares of face value of ₹10 each at a price of ₹12,000 per share, payable in cash, for an aggregate amount of up to ₹5,632.8 crore, Bajaj Auto said in a regulatory filing.

Oil prices rose on Monday following days of tit-for-tat strikes by the United States and Iran in the West Asia ​that underscored the fragility of their interim peace deal and ​again slowed energy shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Brent crude futures climbed 52 ‌cents, or 0.672%, to $72.51 a barrel by 2313 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $69.94 a barrel, up 71 cents, or 1.03%.

A US federal judge's decision to seek a fuller explanation from prosecutors before approving the dismissal of criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is a procedural requirement and does not signal that the case is likely to proceed, according to a senior US lawyer familiar with federal criminal practice.

The toll from the back-to-back earthquakes that devastated Venezuela this week climbed Friday to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, authorities said.

The new figures were announced by Jorge Rodriguez, the president of the country's National Assembly.

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