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 Electrification is emerging as a very expensive and complicated future to face in such a short time as European leaders intend, forcing manufacturers to look for partners to work with and thus share expenses. By reducing expenses, they will also be able to reduce prices and be more competitive, in an industry that is becoming more expensive every day and fewer cars are sold (although some earn more…). It is therefore not surprising that McLaren has sought a partner for the creation of a new electric sports car, a partner that appears to be none other than BMW. It’s not official, at least not yet, but the two companies are reportedly in talks about jointly developing an electric supercar and a four-seater GT. BMW and McLaren collaborated a long time ago, giving rise to what is considered by many to be the best sports car in history, the desired McLaren F1, although, in reality, BMW supplied the engine and little else. That old collaboration could have been the trigger for the curre...

 KOLKATA: Sacked Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee Sunday disowned the almost Rs 50-crore cash stash seized from two apartments of his “close associate” Arpita Mukherjee with a dramatic “amar noy, amar noy, amar noy (not mine, not mine, not mine)”. The denial, coming eight days since his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, invited an immediate retort from Trinamool Congress, of which he was secretary general until last Thursday. “What took him so long to say this?” party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said. “When he first had the opportunity, why didn’t he say that this was a conspiracy, and the money wasn’t his? At this rate, he might even say he doesn’t know who Partha Chatterjee is. Or maybe that he doesn’t know Arpita Mukherjee" Around 1.50pm at the ESI Hospital in Joka, Chatterjee had just alighted from an ED vehicle when a reporter asked him about the ownership of the crores that had been seized from Arpita’s flats. “Shomoy elei bujhe jaben (You will know when the time comes),”...

 Patiala: National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goyal on Friday declared that polluted and depleting natural resources had become a big challenge and to deal with it, a step needed to be taken on a war footing. Speaking at an event in Patiala, also attended by Rajya Sabha member and environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal and Punjab minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Just Goyal said: “No single party can do the work of environmental protection, so governments, social workers and citizens have to make joint efforts. It is the government's responsibility to provide a clean environment. Further, there is a need to dispose of the piles of garbage that have become mountains as a result of which the air and water along with earth have become deadly for human life in most cities of our country.” The event was an annual conference organised by the local district administration and Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), regarding the implementation of the district e...

 WhatsApp is often seen testing new features almost every week. It was recently found testing the ability to keep disappearing messages and is now working on a new feature, which will be a way for you to know about its new features. Sounds intriguing, right? Have a look at the details. WhatsApp to Have a Newsletter of Its Own! A recent report by WABetaInfo reveals that WhatsApp will soon come up with an inbuilt chatbot, which will send messages to you to stay updated on its new features, some helpful tips and tricks, and details on its privacy and safety features. With this in place, you will be easily able to stay updated on what’s new on the Meta-owned messaging platform without any hassle. There’s a screenshot to show what this new update will look like. Have a look at it below. One thing to note here is that unlike other chatbots of business accounts on the platform, you won’t be able to respond to this one. This will be a read-only chat from a verified and official WhatsApp ac...

TVS Apache 310 ADV if launched, will be powered by the same 312cc as the BMW G 310 GS TVS recently launched the Ronin scrambler-style motorcycle in India. It comes with a unique mix of characters from scrambler, cruiser and street bikes in one. It doesn’t blend together well though as it tries to place its feet (tyre, in this case) on three different boats at the same time.  Ronin launch left us thinking as to why TVS did not launch an ADV, which is all the rage in India currently. So much so, that manufacturers like Honda and Suzuki are making pseudo ADVs just to go halfway at least towards the adventure-tourer genre. Compared to creating Ronin, TVS could have created an ADV motorcycle using far less resources. They could have used the current Apache 200 platform to make an ADV to rival the likes of Hero Xpulse 200 or used their Apache 310 platform and made something to take on KTM 390 ADV. TVS Apache 310 GS ADV Until now, it was believed that TVS was not launching an ADV based on...

 The adventure touring segment is certainly booming in the Indian market but the CRF300L is a dual sport machine with its own set of hardcore off-roading characteristics. It has a lightweight package with a kerb weight of 140 kilograms while the long-travel suspension setup composes 260 mm travel at the front as well as the rear, and a ground clearance of 285 mm. Hero MotoCorp has just introduced the Xpulse 200 4V Rally Edition in India for a price of Rs. 1.52 lakh (ex-showroom) while the Yezdi Adventure and Suzuki V-Strom 250 are the latest entrants in this increasingly popular segment. Honda raised eyebrows with the pricing of the CB500X and it will have to be waited and see what it does with the CRF300L if it’s the one launching in India. What is the other possibility you may ask? Honda may expand its 350 cc range with the launch of a new motorcycle based on the same platform as the H’ness and the CB350 RS. ‘The Formidable’ could be a new take on the 350 cc architecture and it c...

 The Pallonji Mistry family owns 18.4% stake in Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group. Shapoorji Pallonji group chairman and billionaire industrialist Pallonji Mistry passed away in Mumbai, company officials said. He died mid-sleep at his south Mumbai residence on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, the officials said. He was 93. Mistry accumulated a net worth of almost $29 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him one of the richest in India. Most of the family wealth, was derived from being the largest minority shareholder in Tata Sons.