Besides positive global markets, investors were also buoyed over the September quarter earnings season, that will further help in providing a clear picture of the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown

The local unit opened at 73.38 per US dollar at the interbank forex market, then lost ground and fell down 7 paise to 73.42 over its previous close of 73.35 on Friday

On Sunday, a central government agency reported 1,230 farm fires in Delhi's neighbouring states -- the maximum in a day so far this season

South Africa's health minister, Zweli Mkhize was tested on Saturday after showing mild symptoms

Assam-Mizoram border tension: On October 17, at least 20 houses and shops along the Assam-Mizoram border in Cachar district were set ablaze following a dispute over Mizo checkpoint set up the previous night

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC, followed by NTPC, HDFC, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, PowerGrid and Nestle India were among the top gainer on Sensex pack. On the other hand, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Infosys and Sun Pharma were among the laggards.

Stocks to watch today on October 19: HDFC Bank, Tata Communications, Avenue Supermarts, Bajaj Consumer, RIL among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Monday's trading session

Delhi air pollution: After months of relatively clean air because of a lockdown imposed to fight the virus, pollution levels have spiked to their worst in two years for October

As of Friday, the 10.9 million samples came back negative. Xue Qingguo, Qingdao's deputy mayor, told state broadcaster CCTV that the risk of community transmission \"is basically eliminated\"

The Trump administration reported Friday that the deficit for the budget year that ended on Sept. 30 was three times the size of last year's deficit of $984 billion

Sharif was addressing the first power show of the alliance of 11 opposition parties - Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) -- in Gujranwala, some 80 km from Lahore, late on Friday night via video link from London

Perdue, who is in a closely fought battle for re-election to the senate against Democrat Jon Ossoff, spoke ahead of Trump in the central Georgia city of Macon on Friday evening

Delhi Pollution: National capital's AQI is expected to exacerbate due to the stubble burning and farm fires in neighbouring states

COVID-19 led to largest global economic contraction in 80 years: World Bank, IMFThe World Bank and the International Monetary Fund said the global economic contraction caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is the largest in the last eight decades, raising the world poverty rate, exacerbating inequalities and damaging long-term economic growth prospects. The WB and IMF concluded their annual meeting here on Friday, which heavily revolved around the impact of COVID-19.India gained over a...

The DGCA said that travel agents are obligated to immediately transfer refund to passengers once the same is received from the airline. Withholding the same would result in violation of SC order

The GHI severity scale determines hunger severity on a 100-point scale where zero is considered to be the best possible scale, i.e., no hunger and 100 is considered to be the worst

Tensions had escalated manifold between India and China after the Galwan Valley clashes in eastern Ladakh on 15 June in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed

IBA is an association of banks, financial institutions and others that deals with resolving generic and industry level issues of its members

The United States has denounced China's treatment of Uighur and other minority Muslims in Xinjiang and imposed sanctions on officials it blames for abuses

More than 10 such cards have been used in the Peeparkheda Naka village in Jhirnia panchayat where the pictures of the actual beneficiaries were replaced with Bollywood celebrities