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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.

The returnees comprised 6,944 from Djibouti, 6,696 from Somalia, and 5,329 from Sudan, the UN migration agency said in its latest Covid-19 response update for Ethiopia on Saturday.

Sudans transitional authorities and a rebel alliance signed a peace deal on Monday following months of tortuous negotiations aimed at ending the countrys decadeslong civil wars, but other powerful armed groups have thus far declined to join them.

The Reserve Bank of India announced several measures including two more tranches of special open market operations in bonds while also raising the heldtomaturity limit under the statutory liquidity ratio for banks, it said on Monday.

Shares in French waste and water management company Suez rose nearly a fifth on Monday after a takeover approach from larger peer Veolia, which wants to bulk up as competition from rivals, including in China, grows.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, one of major contenders for next premier, has indicated he would stand in the ruling LDP leadership election, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

The Saudiled coalition allied with Yemen's government said Monday it foiled two attacks launched by Iranbacked Houthi rebels, including an explosivesladen boat dispatched into the Red Sea near international shipping lanes.

Turkeys economy contracted by 9.9 % in the second quarter of the year from the previous threemonth period in the wake of lockdown measures put in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, officials figures showed Monday.

Xiaomi India is said to be preparing to launch two new fitness wearables in India - Mi Band 5 and the Mi Watch Revolve.

France's foreign minister on Monday blamed the stalemate in Brexit talks on what he called Britain's intransigent and unrealistic attitude.

A group of lawmakers led by Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso will back Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga for the next premier, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, giving Suga a boost from one of the largest factions within the ruling party.

While moving the first amendment to the Constitution 1951, Dr BR Ambedkar had to reassert reservations and insisted on understanding and including Article 46 in the jurisprudence.

From 'Aligarh' to 'CityLights', here's a listing of Rajkummar Rao's initial films that made him the star he is today.

The blood samples collected from the volunteers who received the vaccine were to ascertain how effective the vaccine was in terms of the level of antibodies developed, DrRao said.

The 72-year-old economist rued that the Centre “in the name of ‘Act of God’, has thrust a huge debt on the states”, which will “destroy” their financial health completely, leading to crushing of federalism and replacing it with the brute force of centrali...

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has requested Goa Chief Minister PramodSawant to make elaborate security arrangements for conductingthe medical and engineering entrance exams NEET and JEE in thecoastal state. The state has set up 17 cen...