As conditions turn favourable for the southwest monsoon to enter Kerala, large parts of India are set to witness thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds and rainfall on Wednesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting active weather across north, central, eastern and southern regions.

The weather office has predicted widespread rainfall activity over Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and parts of the Northeast.

India is engaged with the US on the Section 301 investigations over concerns related to forced labour and excess industrial capacity, the government said on Wednesday.

The country is also "parallelly" engaged with the US for finalisation of an interim trade agreement, a framework for which was announced through a joint statement on February 7.

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic will provide access to its Mythos AI model to 150 organisations across more than 15 countries, significantly widening the availability of its advanced cyber security software beyond the United States and the United Kingdom.

Mythos is an AI model designed to identify cyber security vulnerabilities.

Tata Motors plans to license an automaking platform from China's Chery, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the Indian car company seeks to get its delayed premium EVs back on track.

Tata told Reuters in a statement it will leverage the Freelander platform produced in a joint venture between Chery and Jaguar Land Rover in China.

Zhang Yiming surpassed Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s second-richest person after a rise in ByteDance Ltd.’s valuation and further progress in the Chinese firm’s AI ambitions.

Zhang’s net worth climbed to $92.8 billion, cementing his position as China’s richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Ten people were killed and several injured on Wednesday when a massive fire broke out in a restaurant in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar, officials said.

Three people were rescued from the basement of the Lemon Green Restaurant, an official of the Delhi Fire Service said.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to accept a plea seeking the conduct of the NEET-UG 2026 re-test on June 21 in computer-based test mode, saying the National Testing Agency is already faced with too many problems.

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Aravind Kumar, which posted the plea by RJD MP Sudhakar Singh and others for hearing on July 27.

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions posted a record value and volume during May, with the value rising 3 per cent to ₹29.90 trillion from ₹29.03 trillion in April.

During the period under review, volume also grew to 23.20 billion, up 4 per cent from 22.35 billion in April, said data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

The free trade agreement between India and Oman came into force on Monday, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said.

The India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will benefit domestic exporters in sectors such as textiles, leather, plastics, marine products, automobiles.

The dark clouds surrounding the broadcast future of the FIFA World Cup 2026 in India have finally cleared, with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. on Monday securing an eight-year media rights agreement with FIFA.

The landmark deal gives Zee access to some of football's biggest global events, including the FIFA World Cup 2026.

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