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At present, Tamil Nadu is cutting back on other expenditure to carry out COVID-19 preventive measures and is unable to give up the state's financial resources, Minister Jayakumar said.

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits hovered around 1 million last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was stalling as the COVID19 pandemic drags on and financial aid from the government dries up.

Claiming that the Congress formed governments in the past by uniting minorities and dividing Hindus, Swamy said politically, Hindus should be united as a community by sinking their differences.

U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 180,000 on Thursday after a surge of new cases in June and July, particularly in hotspots like California, Florida, and Texas.

Action camera maker GoPro Inc said on Thursday its premium subscribers can now live stream their treks, rides and swims directly on to its website.

For the first time since 1952, the Parliament would witness massive changes, including MPs sitting in different locations, use of technology to coordinate real-time audio video transmission, among others.

Small business staffing, shifts worked at industries and job openings posted by companies continued a sluggish performance over the past week, evidence that the pandemic's core wound to the U.S. labor market continues to heal only slowly.

London Zoo began an annual weighin on Thursday with keepers keen to find out what effect the zoo's longest closure since World War Two has had on its animals, having noticed some had suffered lockdown blues.

Rhea Chakraborty has opened up about her relationship with the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. She also spoke about Sushant's plans of shifting to another city.

Hurricane Laura made landfall early on Thursday in southwestern Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state, shattering glass windows and tearing roofs off buildings in Lake Charles as it moved northward to drench the inland.

The railways has developed a mega plan for installing solar plants of 20-GW capacity by utilising its vacant land by 2030.

At the end of a five-hour long meeting of the GST Council, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there was no proposal to raise tax rates to make up for the shortfall that has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package, which included additional spending of about 2 per cent of GDP by the government, as well as liquidity measures by the RBI.

The steps taken to regulate elementary education during the coronavirus pandemic were inadequate, a petition alleged and contended the they have created inequality among children.

France is to order the mandatory wearing of face masks across Paris to curb surging coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday, warning that the outbreak could spiral out of control if swift action is not taken.

Mahesh Bhupathi took to social media to wish Bryan Brothers the best after the duo retired together.