President Trump and leaders of several countries have accused China of not being transparent in reporting the deadly disease, leading to huge human casualties and economic crisis across the world

Microsoft had said it was seeking to buy the assets of TikTok in North America, Australia and New Zealand

Globally, markets in Asia and Europe were trading higher on Thursday. European markets rose as investors took cues from corporate earnings but gains were capped as economic data were weaker than expectation.

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC, followed by Tech Mahindra, TCS, HCL Tech, NTPC, Infosys and HDFC duo were among the top gainers today, while Maruti, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, M&M and Reliance Industries were among the laggards.

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Today's volatile trade in the domestic equity market was despite strong global equities that trade bullish on hopes of US-China trade talks meet scheduled on August 15 and on the progress in the economic aid package in the US

The explosion was the most powerful ever to rip through Beirut, a city still scarred by civil war three decades ago and reeling from an economic meltdown and a surge in coronavirus infections

Gold price today: Supported by upbeat safe-haven demand, Gold August futures on Multi Commodity Exchange were trading higher by Rs 513 to Rs 55,064 per 10 gm against the previous close of Rs 54,551 per 10 gm, after touching an intraday high as well as an all-time high of Rs 55,200 today

Under the Phase 1 trade deal signed in January, China had pledged to boost purchases of US goods by some $200 billion over 2017 levels, including agricultural and manufactured products, energy and services

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were buoyed today as positive macroeconomic data flow and hopes of a COVID-19 vaccine boosted investor sentiment.

Microsoft is in talks to buy parts of TikTok, a forced sale after Trump threatened to ban the Chinese-owned video app, which claims 100 million US users and hundreds of millions globally

The company said it could start a large pivotal Phase III trial as soon as late September, and on a conference call added that it could produce 1 billion to 2 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021

The port warehouse where the explosion happened was housing explosives, but what caused the explosion is not clear yet

Indian IT services may not have an  additional impact, however experts say clarity on execution of  going contracts if any and long-term cost impact is yet to be ascertained

The ad campaign was part of celebrations iin the US to the mark the groundbreaking ceremony for Ayodhya Ram temple that will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The full court Fed press for more government spending came as Republicans appeared reluctant to spend much more than the $3 trillion Congress had already committed to bolstering the economy in the face of the virus

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. government should get a \"substantial portion\" of the sales price of the U.S. operations of popular short-video app TikTok; Facebook has brought in music videos on the platform under Facebook Watch that will let users view the official music videos of their favourite artists; Job searches for remote work or work from home in the country have increased by over 442 per cent between February and July, the highest globally, according to a report. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Microsoft should divest China holdings to buy TikTok: White House

U.S. officials have said TikTok, under its Chinese parent, poses a national risk because of the personal data it handles

The Trump administration responds that nursing homes could cover the cost of ongoing testing from a 5 billion pot provided by Congress, and allocated to the facilities by the White House

Earlier in the day, Trump said that TikTok will close down on September 15, unless Microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out an appropriate deal