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Wall Street's main indexes rose and the Nasdaq hit a record high on Friday as optimism around an economic rebound next year outweighed concerns around an expected surge in coronavirus infections following the Thanksgiving holiday.

Over the past six years, voters in states have voted for one party while choosing an MLA but differently when voting for a Member of Parliament. How would this play out in simultaneous polls? Are we restricting the choice of citizens?

"Extraction" star Priyanshu Painyuli and actor Vandana Joshi tied the knot in the presence of close family members and friends in Dehradun. Painyuli said the coronavirus pandemic put a halt on wedding plans across the world but he and Joshi decided to...

Australian Open organisers said on Friday that nothing regarding the quarantine for players arriving in the country for the Grand Slam had been decided yet despite a report in local media that competitors would be able to train while in selfisolation.

The last date for submission of application is December 12. IOCL has advised candidates to complete the application process before the last date.

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya was the first to hit out at the BMC and target the municipal commissioner as well as Mayor Kishori Pednekar. He asked both of them to resign immediately.

Gold edged down on Friday, on path for its worst weekly decline in two months, as hopes for a virus vaccine and a rebound in economic growth dulled demand for the safehaven asset.

Indian men's football team head coach Igor Stimac said Diego Maradona lived and left on his own terms and he will be missed.

The research, published in the journal Nature Communications, analysed a global dataset of virus genomes from 46,723 people with COVID-19 from 99 countries, collected up until the end of July 2020.

Parra was taken to Jammu and produced before a designated NIA court in a case related to his alleged "close links" with Irfan Shafi Mir, who was arrested along with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Naveed Babu and suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Davi...

Activist investor Gianluca Ferrari, who has led campaigns against a string of midcap firms, is setting up a fund targeting companies lagging on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

Turkey on Friday rejected a call by the European Parliament for sanctions against Ankara over President Tayyip Erdogan's recent visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in north Cyprus, calling the demand "disconnected from the realities".

In an act of kindness, many people in Chennai opened their doors to stray dogs amid cyclone Nivar threat.

The COVID19 pandemic this year has dented oil consumption and brought forward forecasts by energy majors, producers and analysts for when the world's demand for oil may peak.

The tyre comes with a heavy-duty casing with a new high strength nylon fabric that is claimed to offer the best in class load-carrying capacity.

The fossils were discovered by workers digging at a Pune Metro site near Mandai where the discovery caused a lot of excitement among locals.