The JSW Group is in talks with several potential partners, including prominent Chinese companies such as Geely and BYD, with plans to launch electric cars and e-trucks under its own brand, according to a report by The Economic Times.

The group, led by Sajjan Jindal, is seeking collaborations involving licencing agreements or technology transfers to create a fully integrated mobility company.

Thousands of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants staged a protest at Patna's Gandhi Maidan on Sunday, 29 December, demanding a re-examination of the 70th BPSC preliminary examination. The police resorted to lathi-charge and water cannons to disperse the crowd, while the protesters broke through barricades in their push for a re-exam.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met Congressman Michael Waltz, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for National Security Advisor, during which they had a wide-ranging conversation on the bilateral partnership between India and the US as well as current global issues.

Jaishankar is currently on an official visit to the US from Dec 24-29. This was the first highest-level in-person meeting between the Indian government and the incoming Trump administration.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati have urged the central government to avoid any political controversy over the funeral and memorial of former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

The architect of India's economic reforms and a consensus builder in the rough world of politics, Singh died at AIIMS, Delhi, late on Thursday. He was 92. His last rites will take place with full state honours at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi at 11.45 am.

Around 2,000 vehicles were stuck at Qazigund town in Jammu and Kashmir's (J-K) Anantnag following the valley's first snowfall of the season on Friday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said.

CM Abdullah mentioned that he has spoken with the Deputy Commissioner of Anantnag about the current situation, adding that heavy vehicles are being allowed to move & efforts are on to clear the rest of the stranded vehicles."

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader KT Rama Rao and some others for questioning next month in a money laundering case linked to alleged payment irregularities during a Formula-E race held in Hyderabad in February 2023, official sources said on Saturday.

The federal agency filed an enforcement case information report (ECIR) or FIR last week in the case under various sections of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Saturday condemned the attack in the Imphal East district of state which left civilians and security personnel injured.

In a fresh violence, few civilians and security personnel were injured in a gunfight with armed men in Sanasabi and Thamnapokpi villages of Imphal East district.

Police rescued around 5,000 tourists stranded at Solang Nala, a ski resort in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu on Friday, amid heavy snowfall in the state.

Kullu police said that a rescue operation was launched on December 27 after about 1,000 vehicles got stranded in Solang Nala.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passed away on December 26 at the age of 92, following prolonged health issues. Reflecting on his fond memories of the former Prime Minister, Pramod Kumar Mishra, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “We have lost a very distinguished leader, an eminent economist and a great human being, with the passing away of Dr Manmohan Singh. My memories of Manmohan Singh date back to the time when he was teaching at the Delhi School of Economics.”

The Indian rupee fell to an all-time low on Friday, as maturing non-deliverable forwards and currency futures boosted dollar demand, while the sharp fall led to panic dollar buying by importers.

The rupee weakened to an all-time low of 85.8075 against the U.S. dollar, before intervention by the central bank helped it trim steep losses, according to traders.

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