Adar Poonawalla has reached out to Elon Musk to invest in India

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CWC to meet today to review panels' plans on key issues, Probe ordered in case of Khalistan flags hung at entrance of Himachal assembly, Adar Poonawalla has reached out to Elon Musk to invest in India and other top news in this bulletin.
Preparing the ground for the party’s chintan shivir (brainstorming session) in Udaipur later this week, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet on Monday evening to finalise the proposals of the six panels which were formed last month to deliberate upon the political and economical situation in the country. The proposals of these six panels will be part of a resolution that will be adopted during the three-day chintan shivir which is slated to begin from May 13, a party leader familiar with the developments said. Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday ordered a probe into an incident in which Khalistan flags were found put up and slogans scrawled on the walls of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly entrance. Late in the evening, DGP Sanjay Kundu issued an order to seal interstate borders as a preventive measure. He directed all the police stations to keep a vigil at probable hideouts of “anti-social elements”. The flags, which were tied to the main entrance, were spotted by local residents who informed police. A police team subsequently rushed to the spot and removed the flags and erased the slogans. The Maharashtra government will ask a sessions court on Monday to cancel bail of Lok Sabha member Navneet Rana and her husband and independent MLA Ravi Rana, as the duo violated a bail condition of not speaking to the media on the reciting of the Hanuman Chalisa case, special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat said on Sunday. The couple spoke to the media outside a hospital on Sunday morning after Navneet Rana’s discharge. Both were released on Thursday after 12 days in custody by the sessions court. Serum Institute’s Adar Poonawalla has reached out to Elon Musk to invest in India for high-quality large-scale manufacturing of Tesla cars. Poonawalla has reached out to the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, to invest some capital in India, in case his Twitter bid falls through. Poonawalla said putting capital into manufacturing of Tesla cars in India would be the best investment Musk ever made.Taking to Twitter, Poonawalla said, “Hey @elonmusk just in case you don’t end up buying @Twitter, do look at investing some of that capital in India for high-quality large-scale manufacturing of @Tesla cars. I assure you this will be the best investment you’ll ever make.” Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are extra grateful this Mother’s Day as they brought home their daughter Malti from the hospital. Priyanka posted a long message and said that her daughter was born premature and had been in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) for 100 days. The couple welcomed their daughter in January via a surrogate. They did not reveal her name but it was discovered by the media that her birth certificate mentions her name as Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. The names are tributes to Priyanka and Nick’s mothers. “On this Mother’s Day we can’t help but reflect on these last few months and the rollercoaster we’ve been on, which we now know, so many people have also experienced. After 100 plus days in the NICU, our little girl is finally home,” Priyanka wrote. Vijay Yadav, the former India wicket keeper who played one Test and 19 ODIs, has suffered kidney failure and is in desperate need of financial help for treatment. While cricket writers have pointed out Yadav’s plight on Twitter, it has also been reported that he has received support since it was first reported. According to reports, former cricketers have stepped in to help. The Haryana Cricket Association has also been helping the former player out and some journalists have suggested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may also step in.