Politics

The British pound rose on Thursday as Britain and the European Union clinched a free trade deal, while a global gauge of stocks edged upward amid investor optimism toward economic growth.

Asian shares and the British pound rose on Thursday ahead of the Christmas break, as Britain and the European Union closed in on a freetrade deal and investors placed bets on global economic recovery prospects.

The U.S. economy grew at a record pace in the third quarter, fueled by more than $3 trillion in pandemic relief, the government confirmed on Tuesday, but appears to have lost momentum as the year drew to an end amid raging new COVID19 cases and dwindling...

Oil dropped towards $50 a barrel on Tuesday, adding to losses from the previous session, as a new coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom revived concerns over demand recovery.

Former Trinamool Congress leader Adhikari is not the first politician to sacrifice ideology on the altar of political ambition. While some have ended up with a raw deal, others have had more success.

The editorial in the Marathi daily said farmers from Punjab did not flinch even when Modi reached the gurdwara, "turning his back towards the Sikh peasants protest", and continued with their demonstration.

The BJP on Tuesday won an election for the first time from any seat in Kashmir while facing regional heavyweights like the National Conference and the PDP. Aijaz Hussain won the Khonmoh-II District Development Council seat in Srinagar, while Aijaz Ahmad K...

Members of the wealthy Sackler family, owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, have long denied that the $10 billion they transferred from their company over the course of a decade was an unlawful attempt to shield assets in anticipation of litigation...

Equities around the world tumbled on Monday, the dollar strengthened and oil prices plunged as concerns about a new coronavirus strain in Britain threatened to torpedo optimism over a vaccinefuelled rebound in economic growth.

In the Mumbai civic polls held in 2017, the Congress registered its worst-ever electoral performance in the city, managing to win just 31 seats out of the total 227.

Addressing people of Maharashtra through a live web cast, Thackeray lamented that the central government moved court against the state over the issue.

Sources said among those slated to meet Sonia Gandhi are Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, former CMs Bhupinder Hooda and Prithviraj Chavan, Manish Tewari, Vivek Tankha and Shashi Tharoor.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed and sent to the Senate a twoday stopgap extension of existing federal funds to avoid a midnight government shutdown, as negotiators work on a $900 billion coronavirus aid bill and a $1.4 trillion governme...

TMC MLA Silbhadra Dutta had expressed his desire not to fight polls, but the emissaries apparently failed to talk to him, following which the TMC had reached out to him.

The number of Americans filing firsttime claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week as a relentless wave of new COVID19 infections hobbled business operations, offering more evidence that the economy's recovery from the pandemic recession wa...

U.S. coronavirus deaths soared to a daily record of 3,580 and hospitalizations rose for the 19th straight day on Wednesday, ramping up the stakes as regulators on Thursday considered whether to approve a second COVID19 vaccine.