India has challenged Vodafone arbitration award in Singapore on Dec 21; Centre recently discussed Vodafone tax dispute award at highest level, including with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

International arbitration tribunal has asked India to pay Rs 8,000 crore as damages to Cairn; winning of case ends one of the most high profile disputes in India

Farmers' protest: Kulwant Singh Sandhu, general secretary of Zamhoori Kisan Sabha said that they would appeal to the Indian diaspora to stand up for the cause of the farmers

National Mathematics Day: Ramanujan was fascinated by numbers and made some remarkable contributions to the partitio numerorum branch of mathematics that deals with the study of partitions of numbers

InterGlobe Aviation share crashed 10% to Rs 1,356 against previous close of Rs 1,507. Share of SpiceJet too fell 10% to Rs 82.35 against previous close of Rs 91.45. 

Brent crude slid $1.54, or 3.0%, to $50.72 a barrel by 0510 GMT after rising 1.5% and touching its highest since March last Friday

European nations and other countries have started imposing bans on flights and travellers from the UK in an attempt to ensure that the new strain of coronavirus doesn't reach their shores

Tata Motors share opened with a loss of 2.22% at Rs 176.50 against previous close of Rs 180.50 on BSE

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a desperate move to curb a rapidly spreading new coronavirus strain, imposed  new, higher levels of coronavirus restrictions on London and much of southeast England. Johnson also added that Christmas gatherings can't go ahead and non-essential shops must stay closed in London and southern England. Watch the video for more details.

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were bearish today as coronavirus infections increased in parts of North Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and weighed on investor sentiment. European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government began emergency lockdown on Sunday, over fear of new virus strain.

Coronavirus cases are increasing in the United States and the United Kingdom, with the US having had over 17.4 million infections and about 314,000 deaths.

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said scientists had identified a \"new variant\" in the south of England, which is making infections spread faster

British Prime Minister Johnson added that a planned five-day easing of socialisation restrictions, which allowed up to three households to meet in Christmas bubbles, will be cancelled for Tier 4 areas

The EU parliament has set a Sunday night deadline on the talks since it still will have to approve any deal ahead of year-end, when a transition period following the Jan. 31 departure of Britain from the bloc will expire

Senior British minister Michael Gove downbeat prediction was in sharp contrast with remarks by the EU's chief negotiator suggesting there had been good progress, as both sides try to prevent a turbulent finale to four years of tortuous discussions

The French President Emmanuel Macron is one of few heads of state and government across the world who have contracted the coronavirus including US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has accepted the invitation to attend India's Republic Day celebrations as chief guest and has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the UK's G7 summit next year

More than 70 world leaders were due to address the one-day virtual gathering aimed at building momentum for much steeper cuts in planet-warming emissions on the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris climate accord

The pound dropped not long after 2200 GMT on Wednesday, when a dinner on Wednesday between UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ended with both sides still 'far apart'

Modi laid the foundation stone for the new Parliament building in the Parliament House Complex earlier today