"The country would be truly benefitted, if and only if the meaningful work is done," the SP chief said

Addressing a press conference via video conference, Gandhi also said the entire country has to fight the crisis "unitedly"

Calls for categorising areas into 'hot zones' and 'safe zones', and ramping up random testing to remain ahead of the virus instead of chasing it

The CM said he had apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of the "negative stand" the Lt Governor was constantly taking

Nikhil, son of former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, tied the nuptial knot with Revathi, the grand-niece of former Karnataka housing minister M Krishnappa

Bisht's last rites will take place in Haridwar in Uttarakhand on April 21, Media Advisor to the chief minister Mrityunjay Kumar said

West Bengal Chief Minister had shot off a letter to the Prime Minister on Monday, underscoring the "unilateral" and "undesirable" action, keeping her government in the dark

Jagdish (55) and Sher Singh (45) were allegedly hit with a lathi at Paguana village's Shiva temple in Anupshahr police station area, police said. The alleged killer has been arrested

Thackeray said he will have to resign if it doesn't happen

A host of factors worked the magic for the incumbent AAP in the Capital; However, its top man is still a 'Delhi leader' much like Congress' Sheila Dikshit was.

Despite knowing the impact of its anti-Muslim stance on the election results, the BJP stuck to its guns for the long-term political gains to had from fear mongering among Hindus

The party, which ruled Delhi for 15 years on the trot under former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, failed to open its account for the second consecutive assembly election in Delhi

Business Standard's Ankur Bhardwaj interviews political editors Archis Mohan and Aditi Phadnis about Delhi election results

In the meeting scheduled at 11.30 am on Wednesday, the AAP's Leader of Legislature Party will be chosen by the MLAs

Khan amassed 130,367 votes decimating his BJP rival to 58,540 votes, while Congress's Parvez Hashmi could manage just 5,123

After the first few rounds of counting, Singh was leading by 194 votes, but subsequently, Khan took the pole position

The newly-elected MLA along with his supporters was returning home after paying obeisance at a temple in his constituency, the police said

The Shiv Sena praised Delhi Chief Minister and AAP president Arvind Kejriwal, saying he single-handedly took on the 'army of BJP leaders'

BJP leadership had exuded confidence after exit polls had come out; EC data shows that there was no reason to

An AAP functionary said Tomar has been invited for the oath-taking ceremony

The meetings were also attended by party candidates, councillors and local leaders

This was largely possible due to the revenue surplus position. However, the surplus has been shrinking of late

Pathankot airbase attack proved that terrorists find these the perfect platform to piggyback

The idea of prohibition is a classic example of tail-chasing and won't solve the problem; increasing taxes might

Prices of goods and services do not reflect the costs they impose on societies at large. Extreme levels of pollution are the outcome of this problem

If it really is a public health emergency, then half-baked measures like Odd-Even will not cut it

RBI working on corporate governance rules in line with global standards, says Vishwanathan

Disney confirmed Disney+ will stream on Amazon’s Fire TV device. Heard on the Street’s Aaron Back reports that’s good because the company’s streaming service needs all the viewers it can get. Photo: Hollandse-Hoogte/Zuma Press

The estate of Bijan Pakzad, the Iranian fashion designer who died last year, is putting his Beverly Hills, Calif., home on the market for $12 million. Lauren Schuker has details on The News Hub. Photo: Marc Angeles/Unlimited Styles Studio.

Stefanos Chen on Lunch Break shows us the latest homes vying to be WSJ's House of the Week, including a high-altitude house in Lake Tahoe, a Spanish-style home in Oklahoma, an English manor in Atlanta and a Bedford, N.Y. home built from the remnants of an old dairy barn. Photo: Steve Turner.

Some workers are finding that a simple "like" on Facebook, even one unrelated to their jobs, can get them fired. Ruth Mantell on Lunch Break looks at the latest cases, how legal challenges are evolving, and what workers should watch for. Photo: AP.

Wharton's Peter Cappelli explains why the hiring process is frustrating for employers and job seekers and how to fix the problem.

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Treasury secretary pick Steven Mnuchin is an executive producer on Warner Bros.' "The Lego Batman Movie," which pulled in an estimated $55.6 million from U.S. audiences during its opening weekend.

Nike on Sunday launched a star-studded short film titled "Equality" that coincides with Black History Month.

Uber's top rival in India has some unsolicited advice for the U.S. startup: Go local.

The price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year after bottoming out at $26 per barrel in February 2016.

Verizon has decided to bring back unlimited data plans. But while that's great for its subscribers, it's awful news for investors. It's another sign of how brutally competitive the telecom business is. And it's hurting Verizon's stock.

President-elect Donald Trump focuses his criticism of NAFTA on Mexico. But Canada and America have a rocky trade history too.

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of one of India's biggest outsourcing companies, says an H-1B visa crackdown would ultimately hurt the U.S.

Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are getting ready for Assembly polls. Who is doing deals with whom and what do they all mean? Business Standard decodes the politics

Shah, alleged that no governments had addressed the concerns of people, though the union territory offered good scope for development

The main fight is between the Congress-DMK combine and the ruling All India NR Congress (AINRC)

Voters turned up in large numbers at the booths despite rains in urban & rural areas

Watch the 1975 trailer for "Jaws," in which a deadly threat forces reluctant politicians to order a shutdown of the economy. Image: Universal Pictures via Everett Collection

Main Street: Decades after Hong Kong gave refuge to Martin Lee's father, a former Kuomintang general, his son, the founder of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, has just been arrested. Images: KeystoneSTF//AFP/Getty Composite: Mark Kelly

North Korea on Tuesday morning fired a salvo of suspected cruise missiles towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC).The "multiple projectiles" fired from Munchon in eastern Kangwon province were believed to be "surface-to-ship cruise missiles," the JCS said in a statement cited by Al Jazeera.The missiles flew for approximately 150 kilometres (93 miles) before splashing into the waters off the east coast.The launches come on the eve of the birthday of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung and South Korea's general elections.The JCS said South Korea's military is monitoring possible additional launches by North Korea.In recent weeks, North Korea has carried out a series of short-range missile and other weapons tests amid stalled nuclear talks with the United States.Last month, it fired nine ballistic missiles in four rounds of tests, according to analysts.On Sunday, North Korean state media reported leader Kim Jong Un had ...

A US-based research company has found that China limited the flow of the Mekong River following the construction of a number of its sprawling dams in its territory in the backdrop of a severe drought in the region last year.The report comes at a time when the entire world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic since late last year, when the virus first made its appearance in Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei province."The satellite data does not lie and there was plenty of water in the Tibetan Plateau, even as countries like Cambodia and Thailand were under extreme duress," said Alan Basist, who co-wrote the report, which was released on Monday, for Eyes on Earth, a water resources monitor."There was just a huge volume of water that was being held back in China," Basist was quoted by New York Times as saying.Farmers and fishermen across the Mekong region were devastated as the water level in portions of the river dwindled due to dams commissioned by China which has been .

Spain's number of total deaths due to the coronavirus crossed 18,000 with 547 new deaths on Tuesday, which is a slight increase in the number of daily deaths reported as per the Spanish Health Ministry.On Monday, Spain had reported 517 deaths, which was one of the lowest daily increase reported in the last three weeks. As per the data from Johns Hopkins University, the current toll in Spain stands at 18,056.The Spanish authorities have also recorded a fall in the number of active cases for the first time since the outbreak. The authorities on Tuesday observed that the active cases had come down by 299 in the last 24 hours. Spain has now 86,981 active cases.Spain's overall tally of cases including the dead and recovered stands at 172,541. It has reported the third-highest fatalities in the world just behind the United States (23,649) and Italy (20,465)With 172,541 total cases, Spain is only behind the United States in the number of overall cases. The United States as of Tuesday has ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the growth of Indian economy in 2020 at the rate of 1.9 per cent, while the world economy is likely to contract sharply by "minus 3 per cent" due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is proving worse than the 2008-09 financial crisis.The IMF on Tuesday its yearly World Economic Outlook, providing a grim picture of the world economy amid global lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has jolted the world by claiming over one lakh lives globally.The IMF has, however, given a bullish projection about India's economic growth in 2021, pegging the growth rate at 7.4 per cent.Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist and Director of the research department at IMF said in her opening remarks, "The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide. Protecting lives and allowing health care systems to cope have required isolation, lockdowns, and widespread closures to slow the spread of the virus.""The health crisis is, ...