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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC),, the world's largest commercial lender by assets, said its net profit fell 11.4% in the first half, the biggest drop in the JanuaryJune profit since its market debut in 2006.

Ishaan Khatter is set to play a quintessential Bollywood 'hero' in 'Khaali Peeli', an opportunity which he says has been both fun and satisfying.

Montenegrins go to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election that looks too close to call, with neither the longruling proWestern party nor a rival proSerb and proRussian alliance tipped to win a majority of seats.

After being closed from March 22 in view of the coronavirus pandemic, Delhi Metro has received approval from authorities to resume services from September 7 in a "calibrated manner", officials said on Saturday.

One person was shot dead as protesters from rival groups clashed late on Saturday in the U.S. city of Portland, which has seen frequent demonstrations for months that have at times turned violent.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga intends to run in the ruling party leadership race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing an unnamed source.

A record single-day spike of 78,761 cases took India's COVID-19 tally to 35,42,733, on Sunday, according to Union Health Ministry data. The country has been registering over 70,000 cases for the last four days.

A growing majority of people in Hong Kong support the prodemocracy movement's goals after China introduced a national security law for the city, but backing for the protest movement was a smaller 44%, a survey conducted for Reuters showed. 

The guidelines were issued in a Government Order(GO) on August 26. The GO said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)issued standard operating protocol (SOP) (on August 22) for travel on Vande Bharat and Air Transport Bubble flights.

SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia asked Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana K P Singh to take note of the risk Congress legislator Zira posed to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and the entire Vidhan Sabha.

On August 20, Manjhi, an erstwhile JD(U) leader who founded Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), severed ties with the Grand Alliance led by the RJD after remaining in the opposition coalition for two-and-a-half years.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Purushottam Pathak granted bail to Sunil Sharma in two cases of rioting in Bhajanpura area on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 20,000 and a surety of like amount in each case.

There will be no restrictions on inter-state and intra-state movement as well.

Condoling his demise, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar remembered Rai as a 'sweet natured, soft-spoken and simple' political leader whose death felt to him like a 'personal loss'.

Non-BJP ruled states such as Punjab, Kerala, Delhi and West Bengal have already stated that raising debt is not an option for already stretched state finances.

Maharaj, who was returning to Dhanbad by road to take a train to Delhi, was intercepted by the district administration near Pirtand police station and sent on quarantine at Shanti Bhawan ashram, where he had gone to take part in a programme.