Ajinkya Rahane and Rajat Patidar, the new captains, defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, meet in the much-awaited Indian Premier League-18 season opener at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday (March 22, 2025).
New rules and new captains will be in focus but the razzmatazz will be pretty much the same when the 18th Indian Premier League kicks off in Kolkata amid a looming threat of rain.
Virat Kohli and Phil Salt got off to a staggering start in RCB’s chase of 175 runs against KKR in the opening match of IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens. RCB reached 75 for no loss after five overs. Earlier, KKR failed to capitalise on a great start, managing only 174 for 8 in 20 overs against RCB. Captain Ajinkya Rahane slammed a half-century (56), while Sunil Narine smashed 44 as well. Krunal Pandya picked up three wickets, while Josh Hazlewood ended with figures of 2 for 22. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to bowl against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Foreman was a two-time heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist. In later years, he became the spokesperson for the George Foreman Grill, which sold millions of units. He was known as Big George.
“Our hearts are broken. With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility, and purpose,” the statement read.
In 1949, Foreman was born in Texas. He grew up in Houston. “I grew up in the Fifth Ward of Houston — the Bloody Fifth, we called it. Every weekend someone got killed,” he told Esquire in 2006. He dropped out of high school at 15 and got involved in minor crimes because his family was poor. But when he was 16 years old, he joined the Job Corps, where he learned how to build bricks and carpentry and earned his GED. During that time he also began training as a boxer.
“I went into boxing at the age of 17 to lose weight and become a great street fighter,” he told Ringside Report in 2000. “Next thing I know, I was fighting as a Golden Glover. It basically all happened as an accident.”
Foreman won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City when he was 19 years old. He told the boxing radio show On the Ropes in 2023, “Winning that gold medal at the end, I wanted the whole world to know where I was from, so I picked up a small American flag and paraded around the ring to make sure they knew.” “This was my chance to represent my country. That was more important to me than winning a boxing match. The next year, Foreman went professional. He won all 13 fights that year and all 12 fights in 1970. With 32 victories and no losses by the end of 1971, he was the world’s best challenger and was expected to fight World Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier for the title. The two finally fought in 1973’s The Sunshine Showdown, which Foreman won by total knockout. “I didn’t fear anyone except Joe Frazier,” Foreman admitted in a 2023 interview with Andscape. “Before I ever fought for the title, I hoped something would have happened to him.”
“I’ve never told anyone this, but that was the happiest time of my life in boxing because I worked so hard to fulfill my dream and become heavyweight champion,” Foreman explained. “It was the first and last moment I felt that.”
Foreman defended his title against José Roman and Ken Norton. In a historic fight known as “the Rumble in the Jungle,” which is believed to have been the most watched live television broadcast of all time, he squared off against Muhammad Ali in 1974. Ali, a massive underdog, defeated Foreman.
Through the years, Foreman told different versions of the event, at times alleging that the fight was fixed for Ali. He was disappointed that they never met again.
“For years afterwards I would agonize, ‘How could this happen?’” he told Vogue Man Arabia in 2019. “That night I lost everything I ever was. It was the most devastating event in my life as an athlete. I was not even a man no more.” But he and Ali eventually became friends.
Foreman continued to fight. He retired from boxing in 1977, and after a near-death experience after his last match, became a born-again Christian.
But 10 years later, amid financial difficulties, Foreman returned to boxing at the age of 38. “It was like, I did it once, I’m gonna have to do it again,” Foreman told USA Today in 2023. “It was the only profession I knew. Sometimes I wished I’d been a golfer, it’s much easier than boxing.”
Foreman received title shots against Evander Holyfield in 1991 and Tommy Morrison in 1993, but lost both. But in 1994 he beat Michael Moorer and reclaimed his championship.
“When you fight for the heavyweight championship of the world it does feel unbelievable, it doesn’t feel like you’re really there, it could be a dream,” he told Boxing Newsin 2023. “‘You’re going to wake up soon, you don’t belong in the ring with these guys.’ The second time around, I could deal with all those thoughts. It was a special moment, more so than when I won the fight with Frazier.”
As he succeeded once again in the ring, he also started to make more public appearances and became a celebrity, even starring in a short-lived sitcom George. Foreman retired from boxing for good in 1999. He finished his career with 76 wins and five losses.
In 1994, Foreman launched the George Foreman Grill. To date it has been so successful that well over 100 million grills have been sold. “My attorney came to me and said, ‘George, you’re making other people wealthy, why don’t you make yourself wealthy?'” Foreman told PEOPLE in 2003. “And he told me about this grill.”
Foreman competed on The Masked Singer in 2022. He also executive produced the 2023 biopic Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World,
Foreman had 12 children: Natalia, Leola, Michi, Isabella, Courtney, Georgetta and Freeda (who died in 2019) and five sons all named George Edward Foreman.
Nature of examination not uncovered, yet strikes follow charges of sex offenses, including dealing, made by ex.
US government specialists have assaulted two homes having a place with hip-jump star Sean “Diddy” Brushes.
Division of Country Security authorities affirmed on Monday that they had directed searches of the music magnate’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
The examination is being driven by Country Security Examinations (HSI) specialists in New York, where a claim was documented against Brushes by a previous sweetheart last year, blaming him for sex dealing.
Music magnate and business visionary Sean ‘Diddy’ Brushes faces a few claims charging rape
In an explanation gave to the Reuters news organization, HSI didn’t expand on the idea of its examination. In any case, it has ward to explore the unlawful development of individuals, products, cash, innovation and booty, including sex dealing.
R&B entertainer Cassandra Ventura sued Brushes in government court in Manhattan in November, blaming him for exposing her to actual maltreatment, sexual bondage and assault during a 10-year expert and close connection.
The suit refered to infringement of sex dealing and illegal exploitation resolutions under government, New York state and California regulations.
Ventura and Brushes – who has involved such monikers as P Diddy, Puff Daddy and Diddy – reported the following day they had settled the case under classified terms.
Brushes, 54, has said that he is honest and his informers were looking for “a fast payday”.
Ventura’s court activity made the way for different claims, raising charges of rape and assault against Brushes from different offended parties.
In December, Brushes denied the most recent common grumbling, which blamed him for partaking in the assault of a teen whom he organized to fly from Detroit to New York quite a while back,
TV channels in Los Angeles conveyed airborne video film showing HSI specialists and other policing assaulting Brushes’ bequest in the city’s upscale Holmby Slopes area.
Los Angeles City News Administration detailed a few group were confined external the home, yet it was muddled whether any captures were made.
Nearby media sources revealed that government specialists likewise executed a court order at the rap big shot’s Miami-region home.
Film showed officials going all through his property on Miami Ocean side’s Star Island with specialists conveying a case of material from the home.
Brushes’ whereabouts during the strikes were not known.
A significant Baltimore span imploded early Tuesday after it was hit by an enormous holder transport.
Six individuals were absent after the impact at the Francis Scott Key Scaffold, as indicated by Paul Wiedefeld, Maryland’s transportation secretary. Two individuals were protected, with one shipped to an ER in difficult condition. The missing individuals might have fallen into the water.
The scaffold conveys Highway 695 across the Patapsco Waterway, southeast of the Baltimore metropolitan region.
The accident by the huge holder transport happened around 1:30 a.m. ET, when workers for hire were dealing with the scaffold, as per Wiedefeld. The missing individuals are accepted to be the development team who were fixing potholes on the scaffold.
Wiedefeld said the occurrence is a functioning pursuit and salvage mission and that vessel traffic into and out of the Port of Baltimore is suspended until additional notification.
“This is an exceptionally enormous occurrence, it includes an extremely huge impression,” Baltimore City Local group of fire-fighters Boss James W. Wallace said in a press preparation.
The Public Transportation Wellbeing Board sent off a group to explore the breakdown, a representative told .
Sonar filters distinguished the presence of lowered vehicles, yet couldn’t reveal the quantity of vehicles included, the local group of fire-fighters boss said.
“The most recent data we have on the team of the boat is that they actually are ready of the boat,” Wallace said, adding that salvage specialists should initially cause a harm evaluation of the vessel prior to having the option to board. Inquired as to whether the boat was experiencing any specialized debilitations, he said, “We don’t have that data.”
Maryland authorities and the FBI said there is no data to propose the breakdown was a consequence of illegal intimidation.
“The starter examination focuses to a mishap,” said Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. “We haven’t seen any solid proof of a psychological militant assault.”
Finished in 1977, the scaffold took the name of Francis Scott Key, whose sonnet was the groundwork of the U.S. public song of devotion.
Around 35,000 individuals utilize the scaffold consistently, as indicated by Wiedefeld. Drivers in the space should utilize the far-more occupied Baltimore Harbor and Post McHenry passages to cross the harbor for years to come.
Moore said the need presently is on search and salvage, however that the remaking of the extension will be a drawn out project.
“We will ensure that this isn’t simply reconstructed, yet that we will remake such that recollects individuals who this misfortune has influenced,” Moore said.
The path taken by quarterback Stetson Bennett to the NFL has not been straightforward. He started off as a walk-on for Georgia before moving to junior college, returning to Georgia, and then helping the Bulldogs win back-to-back national titles in the College Football Playoff in the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Bennett, a contender for the 2022 Heisman Trophy, performed well enough during his senior year at Georgia to earn a spot in the 2023 NFL Draught as the 128th overall pick in the fourth round.
His career as a professional football player is currently on hold after the Rams on Wednesday added him on the reserve/non-football injured list. That indicates that he is not participating in team activities for an unspecified cause that is unrelated to an on-field accident. Additionally, the group made a significant acquisition at the quarterback position byBrett Rypien was added to the 53-man roster as Matthew Stafford’s backup, according to Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports NFL Insider.
Bennett’s predicament is “bigger than football,” according to Sean McVay, the head coach of the Rams, who declined to discuss it in detail during his team’s news conference on Wednesday.
When questioned about Bennett’s situation, McVay responded, “I’m not going to have any follow-up information or anything that I will offer in that area. I sincerely hope you will abide by my requests and maintain that within the company. I am aware that you have a task to accomplish, but there are certain matters that are somewhat more significant than the particulars and intricacies. I ask that you leave it there so that we can keep it inside.
When questioned about how Bennett’s absence may affect the quarterback room behind the 35-year-old Stafford, McVay immediately reverted to his standard response that Bennett’s predicament was more serious than football.
“I think there are some things a lot bigger than that,” McVay stated in reference to the Rams’ quarterback room issue. “Brett Rypien has been working for us internally, which is great for us. He is a member of our scout team. In the absence of any developments about Bennett’s condition, he will remain the backup he served as last week. We are now in such situation.
When asked how the quarterback room behind the 35-year-old Stafford may be affected by Bennett’s absence, McVay instantly resorted to his typical statement that Bennett’s situation was more important than football.
Regarding the Rams’ quarterback room issue, McVay said, “I think there are some things a lot bigger than that.” It’s excellent for us that Brett Rypien has been working for us inside. He belongs to our scout team. Bennett will continue to be the backup he was last week if there are no changes in his health. Such a circumstance exists right now.
Jonathan Kolb, general manager of the New York Liberty, has been awarded the 2023 WNBA Executive of the Year. Kolb just put together a superteam that is eight victories away from winning the first WNBA title in club history.
The award was chosen by the 12 league executives; no one was permitted to vote for themselves. Kolb garnered six first-place votes; Greg Bibb of Dallas and Darius Taylor of Connecticut both received numerous first-place votes (two each).
With the help of a historic offseason in which New York acquired the 2021 MVP Jonquel Jones in a three-team trade and signed 2018 MVP Breanna Stewart and seven-time WNBA assists leader Courtney Vandersloot as free agents, the Liberty went from barely making the playoffs to being a title contender in a year.
The Liberty, who tied the reigning champion Las Vegas Aces 2-2 in the regular-season series but finished two games behind in the standings, have established themselves as championship contenders with the addition of Jones, Stewart, and Vandersloot, 2020 No. 1 draught pick Sabrina Ionescu, and 2021 All-Star Betnijah Laney.
Given where the Liberty were in their rebuilding process, the availability of a player like Jones on the trade market, and the unrestricted free agency of Stewart and Vandersloot, already regarded as two all-time greats, Kolb said this week on ESPN that New York’s offseason was a “confluence of events that will probably never happen again.”
The club has stated that Stewart and Vandersloot’s willingness to accept pay considerably below the supermax contract in order to go to Brooklyn is an example of the collective sacrifice they have all made in order to win a championship. The Liberty are the only WNBA club still in existence that has never taken home a championship.
Kolb foresaw the possibilities of the haul early last year and carried it through effectively this summer. Ionescu, Laney, and sixth woman Kayla Thornton signed multiyear contract extensions during the regular season, and Kolb guaranteed their return, so the future also appears promising.
At the time, Kolb said, “it was really exciting for us to capitalise on it.” “You prepare for those situations and you hope that it will turn out the way you want it to, both with that happening and those players showing up, but also that it will work on the court.”
With a 32-8 record, the Liberty have the greatest winning percentage in club history (.800), a dramatic improvement following a 2-20 season in 2020 under Ionescu.sustained an ankle injury that ended his season early. The Liberty won their first title of any kind in August by defeating the Aces in the Commissioner’s Cup final.
It has been very fantastic to witness how hard everyone has worked to stay committed to that buy-in, according to Kolb. The finest gift of all is that everyone is who they claim to be.
The Liberty’s current success dates back to 2019, when Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai acquired the storied but unsuccessful organisation that had been sending games to Westchester County. Following Kolb’s hiring, the front office attempted to relocate the team to Brooklyn, increase its visibility in the community, and establish it as a destination franchise with first-rate facilities and lodgings, an enlarged performance staff, and other resources not frequently found in the WNBA.
Regarding the franchise’s expansion, Kolb remarked, “I think this is right on time with our plan that we had in place.” Plans don’t always work out the way you had planned, but this one did, and we couldn’t be happier about it.
At 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, the second-seeded Liberty welcome the seventh-seeded Washington Mystics to their home court.
Since 2015, New York hasn’t won a playoff series, and it hasn’t made it to the WNBA Finals since 2002. The Liberty, however, have a large number of players with extensive championship experience; Stewart won the WNBA championship in 2018 and 2020 (earning Finals MVP both years), Vandersloot won in 2021, and Jones had part in two Finals campaigns in 2019 and 2022.
Kolb remarked, “You’ve got a lot of postseason experience, especially among our starting guys. They are prepared to attack the task collectively and they are aware of what it is.
The Arm Holdings Plc initial public offering is generating a lot of excitement among IPO and tech fans, and for good reason—it’s the first significant tech IPO in more than two years.
A lot depends on how well it does. Investors’ “success” in this instance included strong demand and an increase in price in the days and weeks after the IPO.
However, at first, Exchange Traded Funds will be the only logical buyer for the deal.
On Thursday, Arm will begin trading on the Nasdaq, selling 95.5 million shares at $51, which is the upper end of the anticipated price range of $47 to $51.
The usage of ETFs by tech investors to get exposure to major tech sectors and subsectors like semiconductors is on the rise.
However, some investors may be let down if they were hoping to gain instant exposure to the Arm IPO through ETFs.
ETF index inclusion guidelines
Due to the ownership base’s lean towards passive and long-term ownership, ETFs are typically a favourable target for firms looking to sell shares to.
This particular IPO, however, brings to light a number of challenges that even huge corporations like Arm face when trying to expand their shareholder base through ETFs.
ETFs are typically supported by indexes. To be eligible for inclusion, one must strictly abide by the standards of these indexes.
Unfortunately, ARM initially looks to be ineligible for the main ETFs, both as a result of Arm’s own choices and partially owing to the way the key indexes are built.
First issue: Arm isn’t included in the S&P 500
S&P Global is the largest index provider. Arm is not a stock in the S&P 500, which is a prerequisite for inclusion in broad technology ETFs like the SPDR Technology ETF (XLK), which tracks the S&P 500 Technology index.
The first issue is that Arm is a British firm rather than a U.S. one, which would typically keep it out of the S&P indexes.
Given that it has its domicile in the UK, Matt Bartolini, head of SPDR Americas Research at State Street Global Advisors, told me that it is doubtful that it will be included in the S&P 500. “That would rule it out of inclusion right away.”
A wide range of ETF products offered by State Street are connected to S&P indexes, including the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, the biggest ETF globally.
The most recent quarter’s GAAP should be positive along with the most recent four consecutive quarters’ GAAP, according to Howard Silverblatt of S&P Global. S&P also needs a stock to have traded for a year.
A free float below 10% is the following issue.
Because limiting supply enhances the likelihood of higher prices, many IT companies now routinely floated extremely tiny amounts of stock (10%–15% of the shares outstanding).
But according to Renaissance Capital, Arm looks to be exceptionally frugal, only floating around 9.3% of the business.
This presents another issue for many ETFs as they typically need a firm to float 10% of its shares or more in order to qualify for inclusion.
According to Bartolini, this is true for both the largest semiconductor ETF, the S&P 500, and the S&P indexes.
Van Eck Semiconductor ETF (SMH), which also needs a 10% or more free float.
Eck, Van On Monday, CEO Jan Van Eck told CNBC that his company was still determining whether or not Arm would be qualified for inclusion in his ETF.
There are float restrictions for other index providers that ETFs utilise. Using the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index, Todd Sohn, who covers ETFs at Strategas, informs me that Vanguard Total U.S. Market (VTI), likewise needs a 10% float for fast-track IPOs.
It is possible to increase the float above 10%. The greenshoe, an optional over-allotment of stock that might add an extra 15% of shares, would put SoftBank slightly above a 10% float, so they could first exercise it.
What timeframe would that be?InThough it may be, in general, it is not publicised in conjunction with the pricing, according to Renaissance Capital’s Matt Kennedy. It may also be revealed a few days later when they make the closing announcement. Or, at the latest, a few weeks later in a 10-Q or 8-K filing.
Another option is to just sell more shares once the six-month lockup period has passed.
Nasdaq-100 ETF and IPO ETFs are two potential ETF purchasers.
There are some prospective purchasers of ETFs.
For instance, as there are no float or market capitalization criteria for the Nasdaq-100, which represents the top 100 non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq, Arm may be able to participate. Every December, the Nasdaq-100 is recreated.
One of the biggest ETFs in the United States is the Invesco Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ), which utilises the Nasdaq-100 index as its benchmark.
Potential Arm holders include other ETFs that focus in purchasing initial public offerings, but their purchasing ability is limited.
Arm could be qualified for inclusion in the Renaissance Capital IPO ETF (IPO), a collection of recent IPOs, as it just requires a 5% free float.
Nate Geraci of the ETF Store, however, issued a warning about attempting to play IPOs in this way.
He said to me, “I’m just not a fan of investors trying to play IPOs in the first place.
“One advantage of investing in ETFs is that you don’t have to be concerned about company-specific occurrences like these. Investors should understand the inner workings of any ETF they purchase, but I would advise against purchasing an ETF just because it includes a holding in the newest, hottest IPO.
You can find plenty of explanations from Novak Djokovic’s rivals for why he is so successful, including why he will start his quest for a fifth consecutive and eighth overall Wimbledon title on Monday and why he will try to win an Open era-record 24th Grand Slam trophy over the next two weeks on the grass courts at the All England Club.
His game-winning serve return. His lethal backhand with two hands. His flexibility. His endurance. In his favour. Casper Ruud said this after losing to Djokovic in the French Open final: “He sort of just enters into this mindset where he simply reads people’s intentions, gets to where a ball is coming and sends it back with power.
If you ask Novak Djokovic why he has done what he has done and why, at the age of 36, he is still doing it, he will likely give you a response that is much less obvious and more abstract, such as what he stated in his victory speech at Roland Garros a few weeks ago.
“I strive to see everything in my life and feel it with every cell in my body, not just believe it. And I just want to convey to all young people the following message: “Be in the present moment; forget about what happened in the past; the future is simply going to happen,” stated Djokovic. “However, you must create a better future if you desire one. Take the tools in your possession..Recognise it.Make it.”
Djokovic mentioned two main objectives while discussing his ambitions and desires as a 7-year-old boy that day: becoming the No. 1 player and winning Wimbledon.
More men than women have held the top spot over the first 50 years of computerised rankings than he has already. He will now strive to catch Roger Federer by winning the eighth championship in the oldest of the four Grand Slam tennis competitions. With 23, Djokovic has won one more singles major than the ailing Rafael Nadal and three more than the retiring Roger Federer.
Pedro Cachin of Argentina will be Djokovic’s opponent at Centre Court on Monday. “Those two guys,” Djokovic added, “were occupying my mind for the last 15 years rather a lot.”
Serena Williams concluded her career last season with 23, and only Margaret Court had more wins spanning both the amateur and professional eras with 24.
The aim is to score Grand Slams. The tennis player’s coach, Goran Ivanisevic, said: “I don’t know how many, but I assume he has a lot more in his body. “It’s amazing to see because sometimes you think, ‘OK, now you have 23.’ But he’ll once more find inspiration to take 24, maybe 25. Who knows where the end will be?
The so-called Big Three’s Slam rankings at the beginning of the 2011 season were Federer with 16, Nadal with 9, and Djokovic with one.
Having captured his first major championship at the 2008 Australian Open,
Four of Djokovic’s 11 losses during this period were against Federer or Nadal in semifinals or championship games.
His self-assurance started to dwindle.
You may travel a long way but still fail at the last obstacle, so Djokovic admitted there was where he had serious self-doubt. You know what I mean when I say, “The more times you kind of fall, the more you question everything?”
But despite this, Djokovic persevered off the court to find ways to advance. His first-round opponent in Paris, Aleksandar Kovacevic, described him as having “unbelievably strong mental fortitude.” And he still does it, which is part of the reason why most people consider him to be the favourite rather than No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz as Djokovic works to complete the first male calendar-year Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969.
He has been quite open about what he wants to do, which is aiming to break the Grand Slam record. This is something that you have to admire about him. He delivered when he put himself in a position to do so, according to Andy.At Wimbledon, Murray won two of his three major championships. “He didn’t appear to be becoming anxious, overanalyzing the situation, or doing any of those things. Yes, he actually did it. It demonstrates his courage of character.
So whence did this notion originate?
Djokovic cites a number of factors, including his upbringing in Serbia during the 1990s, when there was war and an embargo (“95+% of people… were laughing at them, and were discouraging them to spend whatever is left over from the family budget into such an expensive sport,” he said), his parents, his first coach and “tennis mother,” Jelena Gencic, and a later coach and “tennis father,” Niki Pilic.
He grew as a person and an athlete thanks to everyone.
Djokovic claimed that Gencic used to show him videos of the top male and female tennis players when he was 7 or 8 years old. She also imparted to him the value of reading poetry, breathing deliberately, singing, and relaxing with classical music.such that.”
He claimed that his father “instilled in me such power of belief and positive thinking” and that his mother “is a rock.”
After receiving Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification, a California-based startup creating a flying electric automobile is currently accepting preorders.
According to a news release from the firm, Alef Aeronautics’ flying automobile has received a Special Airworthiness Certification, allowing the business to test it on the road and in the air.
According to Alef’s website, the totally electric car can launch vertically into the air with a flying range of 110 miles and is a low-speed vehicle with a driving range of up to 200 miles on public roads and fits into a standard garage.
The company’s “Model A” vehicle “can fly forward above the obstacles until a desired destination is reached,” according to the San Mateo-based business.
A distinctive gimbaled rotating cabin design stabilises the driver and the cabin.
Electric aircraft steer clear of traffic
Alef boasts that the vehicle can fly in any direction and avoid traffic while providing a “cinematic 180 plus degree view for safe and enjoyable flight.”
Customers may preorder the car, which will cost around $300,000 and accommodate up to two people.
The FAA “issued a Special Airworthiness Certificate for the Armada Model Zero aircraft on June 12, 2023,” a spokeswoman for the agency told Fox Business. The aircraft may be operated with this certificate for a few specific tasks, such as display, study, and development. The FAA has previously awarded a Special Airworthiness Certificate for a similar aircraft.
Alef originally presented the automobile in October of last year, and since then, it has received a “strong” number of preorders from individuals and companies.
According to the firm, the FAA is developing regulations for the takeoff and landing of electric cars.
Alef CEO Jim Dukhovny, who also co-founded the business in 2015, expressed his excitement about receiving this accreditation from the FAA in a statement.
When they realised that 2015 was also the year Marty McFly drove a flying vehicle in “Back to the Future II,” Dukhovny and co-founders Constantine Kisly, Pavel Markin, and Oleg Petrovwere motivated to try to build a flying automobile, according to the company’s website.
According to the website, Jim Dukhovny discussed the possibility of flying vehicles in 2015 during one of the Science Fiction seminars. But he lacked the technical expertise to handle such a challenging undertaking on his own.
The four got together at a café and started working on a flying automobile.
The accreditation, according to Dukhovny, “allows us to come closer to providing people with an ecologically pleasant and quicker travel, saving people and businesses hours each week. For aeroplanes, this is a tiny step; for vehicles, it is a huge step.
Another flying vehicle was just showcased in Dubai
The electric flying automobile XPENG X2 made its debut public flight at Skydive Dubai in October of last year.
The largest Asian flying car firm, XPENG AEROHT, a subsidiary of XPENG, is where XPENG X2 is housed.
After completing the unique operational risk assessment and receiving a special flying authorization from the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), they performed their first flight.
The Texas Centre for the Missing said that a Houston man who went missing as a teen more than eight years ago has been discovered safe.
A missing persons flier said that Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV had been missing since March 6, 2015.
After discovering him lifeless and covered in wounds and bruises outside of a church, someone dialled 911.
Rudy has been found safe after 8 long years, the Texas Centre for the Missing tweeted on Sunday.
As Rudy heals in the hospital, do keep his family in your prayers.
According to Farias’ mother, he will only utter a few syllables before curling up into the foetal position. She told KTRK that she expects the healing process to take a while.
His whereabouts are unknown.
Nearly 360,000 complaints of missing children were filed to the FBI in 2022, according to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children; this number may include duplicate reports.
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