A 45-year-old man was arrested in outer Delhi's Bawana area for sexually assaulting a six-year-old minor girl, police said on Tuesday.

The Karnataka Congress suspended its senior legislator from Bengaluru R. Roshan Baig for anti-party activities, a party official said late Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced the launch of the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech.

At least 21 people people were injured following a 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan's northwestern coast overnight and caused a slight tsunami, officials announced on Wednesday.

England skipper Eoin Morgan was in beast mode against Afghanistan as he scored the fourth fastest World Cup century during his side's emphatic 150-run win at the Old Trafford.

Following the embarrassing defeat against India in the ongoing World Cup, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani has told captain Sarfaraz Ahmed that they should focus on the remaining four matches of the tournament.

At least 26 people were injured after an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck Japan's northwestern region, causing landslides and power outages in some areas, authorities said on Wednesday.

Following Pakistan's dismal performance in the ongoing World Cup so far, the country's former skipper Intikhab Alam has questioned the presence of chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq in England and said it was the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) mistake to allow him to stay in England at its expense.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday turned 49. Wishes poured in from political leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Republican Sena has approached the Delhi Police complaining that some people tried to spread rumours that its party President Anandraj Ambedkar, grandson of B.R. Ambedkar, joined the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Australia's state of Victoria on Wednesday became the first in the country to legalize euthanasia for the terminally ill as the law on voluntary assisted death (VAD) entered into force.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an op-ed published in an official North Korean newspaper on Wednesday, said his upcoming visit to Pyongyang will help achieve progress in the negotiations on the Korean Peninsula's denuclearization issue.

All analysts are optimistic on the stock, which hasn't seen any downgrade so far

As regional language media consumption soars during the lockdown, social media app ShareChat goes full throttle with brand integrations

With customers caught in a swirl of panic and fear, life insurance companies are looking at confidence building measures for a post Covid-19 world

Experts say while the decision is positive, it may not make any significant contribution

Provisioning costs higher than expected; FY21 EPS estimated to decline by 2-4 per cent

However, the virtual shutdown of the economy and the question mark surrounding the return to normalcy mean the markets are not yet out of the woods

Among the 247 actively traded scrips, 17 have shed more than 50 per cent this calendar year. About 40 per cent have slid more than the Sensex, which is down 23 per cent year-to-date

According to an Edelweiss report, Rs 1 trillion non-convertible dentures (NCDs) and Rs 1.2 trillion commercial papers (CPs) are due for maturity in May and June

According to the International Monetary Fund, the pandemic is expected to cause the biggest recession since the Great Depression

Iron ore extraction in a falling demand scenario due to cutbacks in steel production is weighing on its prices

New services, new offers, new alliances and with a little help from technology, brands reimagine their relationship with consumers

Firm suspends guidance because of pressure in key geographies

How can governments and health agencies drive lasting lifestyle changes to combat Covid-19?

The industry is at the cusp of a transformation, according to an EY report that came out in the early weeks of the Covid-19 onslaught

With job losses and redundancies looming large, firms have taken to the idea of reskilling their workforce with gusto

Costs unlikely to fall; does not bode well for earnings

Oil traded at a negative price on a one-month West Texas Intermediate futures contract, but it didn't for successive months' futures contracts

Lenders say the larger challenge is to communicate to borrowers the difference between moratorium and waiver

According to the term sheet, an over 133 million shares - 5.7 per cent of the total equity shares - are being offered in the range of Rs 1,850-1,950 to investors through a special block window.

The earnings were better than what most of the analysts had expected. Kotak Securities, for instance, estimated the private lender to log net loss at Rs 4,404.4 crore in the quarter under review

Analysts believe the bank will be unable to maintain high AUM growth and will likely see a sharp rise in credit cost & deterioration in incremental deposit mix, amid the current lockdown

Asian Paints, Berger Paints India, Kansai Nerolac Paints and Akzo Nobel India slipped in the range of 2 per cent and 5 per cent on the BSE.

Unacademy says its internal investigation had found e-mail data of around 11 million users was compromised.

GSK leads the charge with staggered return-to-work, others plans yoga sessions and health care webinars for salesperson's family

The banks together claimed over Rs 230 crore from the company, along with interest and other charges

CM Uddhav Thackeray on Friday shunted out BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi (in pic) for ‘inept’ handling of the Covid-19 crisis, replacing him with IAS officer Iqbal Singh Chahal (56) who has been secretary with the state urban development department.

In a shocking incident, a 27-year-old youth man residing in south Mumbai attacked three policemen with a chopper near Marine Drive early on Saturday morning.

A major fire broke out at Adharwadi dumping ground in Kalyan (West), engulfing the entire area into thick smoke. Four fire tenders of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation are trying to control the fire.

Some lockdown images and words get seared to your consciousness. That of a migrant woman carrying a big bag on her head, a child on her right hip, walking from Mumbai to Karnataka to go home under a scorching May sun. A smiling migrant worker saying philosophically that they are trying to cover long distances on foot 'Ram-bharose' (at the mercy of God).

The Mughals had expanded their rule over much of the subcontinent, while the Dutch arrived to set up the Dutch East India Company

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