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A gauge of global shares gained and was just shy of a record while the dollar moved off earlier lows on Wednesday as further positive COVID19 vaccine news helped temper concerns about rising infection rates and related economic damage.

The National Rifle Association agreed to a fiveyear ban on doing insurance business in New York state and will pay a $2.5 million civil fine to settle charges it offered insurance to members without a license and concealed how it routinely kept some premi...

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Avian influenza (H5N1)/ Novel influenza, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) are the four other diseases that have been added to the list under Rule 198 of West Bengal...

Alia Bhatt took to Instagram to share a picture with best friend Akanksha Ranjan Kapoor, where they can be seen twinning in similar tie-and-dye T-shirts.

Investors are pouring money into green funds, banking on a Joe Biden presidency in the United States for a further boost to the renewable and alternative energy industry at the expense of traditional oil and gas businesses.

Deutsche Boerse said on Wednesday it was aiming to clinch more big deals after a $1.8 billion acquisition of an 80% stake in Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde questioned senior advocate C A Sundaram, appearing for Cyrus Mistry and his firms, for filing applications repeatedly when the case was already listed for final hearing.

The DDC elections are being held in the backdrop of terrorists targeting local political workers in Kashmir. At least nine political workers have been gunned down in the valley since May with those associated with the BJP bearing the brunt of the attacks.

Though her relatives immediately took her to a nearby hospital, doctors declared her brought dead, a police official said, adding her kin said she was suffering from a heart problem.

Twitter's deposition has come in the form of an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, its Chief Privacy Officer, for wrong geo-tagging of India's map, said Meenakshi Lekhi.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee will be directing a musical film about the origins of Viagra. The untitled movie is inspired by the true events around Pfizer's launch of the erectile dysfunction drug, reported Entertainment Weekly.

Greenpeace on Wednesday asked a court to block the 3.4 billion euros ($4 billion) of state aid granted to the Dutch arm of Air FranceKLM, arguing the government had failed to force the ailing airline to make its business more sustainable.

Poland reported a record 603 new coronavirusrelated deaths in the past 24 hours on Wednesday, but a senior official expressed optimism over a fall in new infections since restrictions were tightened.

Vedanta's interest in India's second largest fuel retailer is because of synergies with its existing oil and gas business.

Shah Rukh Khan was spotted at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai today, as he began shooting for his next film Pathan, throwing fans into a frenzy.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Rane said that coastal state will not seal its borders to keep out tourists.