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The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), which works under the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the application of South Korean pharma giant Celltrion's Rekirona in adult patients aged 18 and older, the EMA said in a statement on Friday. While the committee backed Regeneron-Roche's Ronapreve (also known as casirivimab/imdevimab) for treating Covid-19 in adults and adolescents from 12 years of age who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at increased risk of their disease becoming severe, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Maruti Suzuki India’s leading car manufacturer, on Wednesday launched latest version of its popular compact hatchback, Celerio and called it "the most fuel-efficient petrol car" of the country. The car offers a mileage of 26.68 km per litre.

In an overnight update to its online configurator, Tesla changed the ranges of several of its most popular Model 3 and Model Y trims. Model years are not as big a deal with Tesla as it is with most other automakers since the electric automaker doesn't wait for a new model year to implement changes in its vehicles.

2.0 litre TD technology is derived from the legendary 1.3 turbo diesel technology which was a record breaking diesel powertrain in India. The 1.3 turbo diesel engine powered vehicles of leading brands like Fiat, Maruti Suzuki, GM and Tata Motors in the past.Different automobile-manufacturers named 1.3 turbo diesel engine differently.

In a tweet on Sunday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the rollback was due to "some issues" with version 10.3. "Seeing some issues with 10.3, so rolling back to 10.2 temporarily," Musk tweeted. "Please note, this is to be expected with beta software. It is impossible to test all hardware configs in all conditions with internal QA (quality assurance), hence public beta," he said.

Accordingly, the company opened bookings for Astor on Thursday. Subsequently, the mid-segment SUV was sold out in minutes. The carmaker aims to deliver 5,000 units within this year with the deliveries commencing from November 1. Besides, the company said that Astor bookings for 2022 can take place through the carmaker's website or from a MG showroom.

According to the auto-tech website Electrek, a new Tesla Cybertruck sighting gives hope that the automaker might be testing a new prototype. Due to the low resolution, it's hard to glean a lot of information from the footage, but there's one thing that is clear -- the vehicle has side mirrors, the report said. Previous Cybertruck sightings showed that the prototype had no side mirrors.

Tata Motors revealed that the designing of the new SUV Punch was a collaborative effort of  India, UK, and Italy-based Tata Motors Design Studios. The is available both in 'Manual (MT) and Automatic' (AMT) transmission options and built on the proven and modern Agile Light Flexible Advanced (ALFA) Architecture.

Accordingly, the luxury car maker has already witnessed a 'v-shaped sales recovery' in the June-September period. The luxury automobile manufacturer retailed over 4,100 units during the July-September period, a growth of 99 per cent over 2,060 units off-take during Q3CY20. It has already crossed the entire CY20 sales volumes in January-September 2021 period

The lithium battery powered scooter price will further go down when one takes into account the state government incentives for buying an electric vehicle. The model comes with a detachable lightweight and portable advanced lithium battery for easy charge in any five amp socket at home, office, coffee shop, or any plug-on-the-wall charge point.