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

Sectorally, gains in financials, banking, realty and pharma index were capped by losses in media, metal, FMCG, PSU banks and IT scrips

A senior official from WHO told Reuters about its talks with both companies to include their coronavirus vaccines as part of an early global rollout

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

Bharti Infratel shares rose as much as 39.82 per cent over the last one month and 16.62 per cent since the begging of this month

The domestic unit opened at 73.65 against the US dollar at the interbank forex market and later touched 73.63 per American currency. In volatile trade, the local unit also fell to 73.69 per dollar

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'

UltraTech Cement followed by SBI, Infosys, HDFC, TCS, Tata Steel, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, M&M, Infosys and Reliance Industries were among the top losers on Sensex

While Sensex rose 556 points to 46,164, Nifty climbed 156 points to 13,558

While Sensex gained 298 points to a fresh high of 45,728, Nifty rose 80 points to 13,435

India Stock Market Highlights Today:  Intra day, both indices touched all time highs today, with Sensex hitting, 45,742 and Nifty touching, 13,435

During the day, Sensex touched its all-time high of 45,458 and Nifty scaled  record peak of  13,366

Sensex, Nifty updates on December 7:   During the session, Sensex gained 339 points to 45,418 and Nifty rose 96 points to 13,354.

 The decision to revive the talks after they stalled on Friday suggests both sides believe there's still hope they can secure a deal governing almost $1 trillion of trade a year

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Maruti Suzuki, Hindalco, Tata Steel and GAIL India were the top gainers on Nifty rising up to 3.62%. SBI Life Insurance, Infosys, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank were the top losers falling up to 1.79% on Nifty

With a series of initiatives, the 27-nation bloc is seeking to rekindle the decades-old spirit of trans-Atlantic cooperation that has long defined global diplomacy

The U.K. left the EU on Jan. 31, but remained part of the 27-nation bloc's economic embrace during an 11-month transition as the two sides tried to negotiate a new free-trade deal to take effect Jan. 1

The incident happened on Saturday, Biden's office said in a statement, with the 78-year-old Democrat visiting an orthopedist on Sunday for x-rays and a CT scan

The UK left the EU early this year, but remained part of the 27-nation blocs economic embrace during an 11-month transition as the two sides tried to negotiate a new free-trade deal to take effect January 1