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In today’s wrap: India records 63,300 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, HCL Technologies Q2 net profit up 18.5% at Rs 3,142 crore; Sensex rebounds 320 points in early trade; Bengaluru pub owner shot dead by rival gang; NEET UG results to be declared...

On the Sensex chart, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Infosys, ONGC, Kotak Bank, NTPC and Bharti Airtel were among prominent gainers. Of the 30 Sensex constituents, 27 were trading in the green.

Hollywood star George Clooney and his producing partner Grant Heslov are collaborating with music legend Bob Dylan for the adaptation of John Grisham's "Calico Joe". Clooney, known for movies such as "Michael Clayton", "Ocean" series, "Syriana", Up in t...

The Trump White House has installed two political operatives at the nations top public health agency to try to control the information it releases about the coronavirus pandemic as the administration seeks to paint a positive outlook, sometimes at odds wi...

Japan's finance minister on Friday brushed aside some ruling party lawmakers' calls for a big extra stimulus budget, saying the situation was different from earlier this year when massive fiscal support was needed amid a state of emergency.

Japan's government needs to compile a third extra budget for the current fiscal year ending March to shore up an economy hammered by the COVID19 pandemic, economists said in a Reuters poll.

On Prithviraj Sukumaran's 38th birthday, here's a look at the actor's finest films over the years.

Priyanka Chopra has shared her first look from the film The White Tiger, Netflix's adaptation of Aravind Adiga's book.

Stoked by high winds, a wildfire burning for two months in northern Colorado exploded in size this week to surpass 167,000 acres, making it the largest blaze in state history, officials said on Thursday.

After losing her job in Honduras, Gabriela Alvarado has spent the last six weeks crisscrossing towards the U.S. border, part of a small but growing movement of Central Americans heading north after the coronavirus ravaged the already poor region.

Twitter Inc said on Thursday its social networking site was down for many users due to an inadvertent change it had made to its internal systems but the platform seemed to be returning to normal after about an hour and half of outage.

The S&P 500 ended lower on Thursday after a rise in weekly jobless claims compounded worries about a stalling economic recovery and fading hopes for more fiscal aid before the election.

Sikkim reported 41 fresh COVID- 19 cases, taking the state's tally to 3,500, an official said on Thursday. The state's Information, Education and Communication (IEC) member Sonam Bhutia said East Sikkim registered 35 positive cases, South Sikkim (5) and...

To operationalise the special window to states for meeting the GST compensation cess shortfall of Rs 1,10,000 crore, the GoI borrowing calendar is being modified in consultation with RBI, an official statement said.

With copious rains in catchment areas filling dams and reservoirs across rivers like Krishna, Tunga, Bhadra, Bhima and Cauvery, the authorities released excess water from them causing flash floods in towns and villages across the coastal, northern and nor...

Pune district reported 1,197 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its caseload to 3,11,627, a health official said on Thursday evening. With 38 fatalities, the death toll in the district reached 7,335 he added.