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India's economy contracted at its steepest pace of 23.9% in the June quarter as the pandemic lockdown dented consumer and business spending, putting pressure on the government and central bank for further stimulus and a rate cut.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, a senior leader of India's opposition Congress party, has died. He was 84.

Joe Biden is mounting a more aggressive offense against President Donald Trump with a rare public appearance in Pittsburgh on Monday, where hes expected to say Trump is contributing to the violence in the streets nationwide.

Governments need to invest aid funds more selectively to overcome the coronavirus crisis in the long term, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

Lebanon's prime ministerdesignate Mustapha Adib called on Monday for the formation of a new government in record time and urged immediate reforms as a step towards securing an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

Former president Pranab Mukherjee's funeral will be held at 2 pm on Tuesday at the Lodhi Road crematorium, his family said.

The upgradation of the fleet of around 5,500 old Delhi Transport Corporation and Cluster buses aims to provide a safe travel experience to passengers, especially women, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said.

The BJP, however, mocked him saying he should release a video about the "G-23", a reference to the 23 dissenters who wrote to the Congress chief seeking the party's overhaul.

The Indian rupee retreated after hitting near sixmonth highs on Monday following reports of fresh border tensions with China.

Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund said it has excluded Taiwan's Formosa Chemicals and Fibre, Formosa Taffeta and India's Page Industries from its portfolio, saying they posed an "unacceptable risk for violation of human rights".

Last month, Hyundai's domestic sales volume reached 98 per cent of July 2019 level. The company's domestic sales accounted for 38,200 units, while it exported another 3,100 units.

Mitsubishi Motors' former Chief Executive Osamu Masuko, who engineered the automakers alliance with Nissan, has died. He was 71.

The first wave of big new movies released since the beginning of the pandemic, including Christopher Nolan's mind-bending thriller “Tenet” and the long-delayed “X-Men” spinoff “The New Mutants," arrived in theaters over the weekend, testing the waters of...

Jain said the government had sufficient stock of COVID-19 testing kits for 10-15 days, but it was procuring more from the market to meet the target of 40,000 tests per day.

India said it had foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to change the status quo on their disputed and ill-defined border in a fresh flare-up between the two nuclear-armed countries.

Mallya had filed the petition seeking review of the apex court's 2017 order by which he was held guilty of contempt of court for transferring $40 million to his children in violation of the order.