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Asian stocks opened lower on Thursday, tracking a sharply lower Wall Street session amid fresh concerns that the global economic recovery is running out of steam.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged that protests be peaceful after prosecutors on Wednesday cleared police officers of criminal charges in the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker killed in March in her Louisville, Kentucky,...

Canada's Liberal government on Wednesday promised major new investments and policy initiatives to help the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic, saying "this is not the time for austerity".

Juliette Greco, a French singer, actress, cultural icon and muse to existentialist philosophers of the countrys postWar period, has died aged 93, French media said Wednesday.

A financial aid of Rs 10 lakh has been provided to the families of two employees of the South Corporation who died of COVID-19 in the line of duty, Mayor Anamika said on Wednesday. She said the SDMC has provided the financial aid as a compensation to th...

Police have referred to former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan and said that she told about the speeches in her disclosure statements given to the them.

India has 12 major ports — Deendayal (erstwhile Kandla), Mumbai, JNPT, Marmugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Kamarajar (earlier Ennore), V O Chidambarnar, Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia).

The Goa cabinet on Wednesday approved the transfer of administration of loss-making Sanjivani sugar cooperative factory to agriculture department in a bid to "extend enhanced support to farmers". Cultivators from Sanguem and Quepem talukas take their su...

The CAG pointed out that the main criteria adopted by the Railway Board for the assessment of requirement of locos was based on previous year's actual production.

The Gujarat government will provide interest-free loans of Rs 1,000 crore to women self- help groups (SHGs) in the state, the legislative Assembly was informed on Wednesday. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said these loans of Rs 1,000 crore would be given t...

: Customs at the airport here have foiled a bid to smuggle in gold, drones and iPhones, all worth Rs 62.6 lakh, over the last two days. One person has been arrested in this connection.

Mourners quietly filed past the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flagdraped coffin outside the white marble court building on Wednesday as the United States began three days of tributes to the liberal icon.

Under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), over 1.26 crore hospital admissions have been authorised as of September 21, out of which 5.13 lakh was approved towards testing and treatment of COVID-19, Lok Sabha was informed on We...

The state government imposed the COVID-19 cess of Rs 5 per litre on diesel and Rs 6 per litre on petrol and other motor spirits on April 28 amid a crunch in finances in the wake of the lockdown.

Greece said Wednesday that it still expects the European Union to approve sanctions against Turkey despite the two NATO members agreeing to restart talks on maritime boundaries, energy rights and other longstanding disputes.

The government has advised states to upgrade health infrastructure based on the case growth trajectory in respective states and districts, besides taking stringent containment measures.