Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took questions from upset and frustrated employees in a company wide hands-on meeting.

Pentagon documents reviewed by The Associated Press showed plans for soldiers from an Army division to protect the White House and other federal buildings if the security situation in the nation's capital were to deteriorate and the National Guard could not secure the facilities

The company said it was looking closer at accounts discussing protests when it saw what it deemed white nationalist accounts encouraging violence

Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said troops were on \"heightened alert status\" but \"are not participating in defense support to civil authority operations.\"

Amazon's tweet urging the end of the inequitable and brutal treatment of black people received backlash from followers, who questioned the company's own commitment during the coronavirus pandemic in which employees have been complaining about unsafe working conditions

Demonstrators set fire to a strip mall in Los Angeles, looted stores in New York City and clashed with police in St Louis, Missouri, where four officers were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

Known for feasting on all sorts of plants and standing crops, locust swarms had been sighted in parts of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Gujarat over the last few days. The horticulture crops such as fruits and vegetables stand at risk of a wash-out in the states; Facebook Inc and Snapchat developer Snap Inc became the latest U.S. companies condemning racial inequality in the United States as violent protests flared up across major cities over the death of George Floyd; Azim Premji, Founder Chairman and  Rishad Premji, Chairman of Wipro, have both taken a voluntary cut in their compensation for the fiscal year 2020, according to the recent filing made to the Securities Exchange Commission in the US. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Coronavirus impact: 94% Indians to be extra-careful while spending; 70% to spend less on luxury items

Governor Cuomo said that the curfew was imposed is to help separate the overwhelming majority of peaceful protesters from \"people who are looking to exploit the moment by looting\".

Car sales register steep decline in May, tractors lead road to recoveryPassenger vehicle sales in India saw a steep 84 per cent drop in sales in May over last year as staggered resumption of operations both at the factories and showrooms hampered business activity for all companies. It however came on the back of zero sales in April when the country was in a state of total lockdown. The situation, however, is only likely to get better as lockdown norms are further eased and domest...

Forex traders said, while firm start of the equity market and foreign fund inflows supported the rupee, factors like strong dollar, US-China tensions and Moody's downgrade of India's sovereign credit rating dragged down the local unit

The statement comes a day after China said that the overall situation at the border with India was \"stable and controllable\", and both the countries have \"unimpeded\" communication channels to resolve the issues through dialogue and consultations

Nooyi cautioned that the road ahead will \"undoubtedly be challenging\", and the scale of the work that needs to be accomplished is staggering

The police action against protesters cleared the way for Trump to walk from the White House to nearby St. John's Episcopal Church along with other officials including U.S. Attorney General William Barr

\"There is no place for hate and racism in our society. Empathy and shared understanding are a start, but we must do more,\" Nadella said in a tweet on Monday

S&P is the only one of the three main global rating firms not to have cut Hong Kong's rating over the last year as tensions over proposed law changes have escalated

The two tech companies followed Intel Corp, Netflix Inc, Alphabet's Google, IBM and Nike Inc in taking a public stance against Floyd's death - calling out discrimination against African-Americans

Trump has told advisers he worries about his safety, while both privately and publicly praising the work of the Secret Service

Following the announcement, Kotak Mahindra Bank share price opened with a gain of 3.78% today and later touched an intraday high of Rs 1279.2, rising 4.54% on BSE

Reduced US-China geopolitical tensions after US President Donald Trump stopped short of threatening tariffs on China and private survey data showing that China's manufacturing sector moved into expansion territory in May also boosted market sentiments

Domestic equity market traded majorly bullish today after the government announced lifting of lockdown. As per technical indicators, the rise in second half of Friday signals continuation of the uptrend, as the index surpassed 9,600 levels extending its bullish momentum