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Oil prices were steady on Thursday after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, with investors focusing on the likelihood of tighter supplies after Saudi Arabia unilaterally agreed to cut output.

More Americans were hospitalized with COVID19 on Wednesday than at any time since the pandemic began, as total coronavirus infections crossed the 21 million mark, deaths soared across much of the United States and a historic vaccination effort lagged.

The European drugs regulator could soon give the go ahead for an extra sixth dose to be extracted from PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine vials, an EU official told Reuters on Wednesday, lifting the number of available shots at a time when supplies are short.

Georgias Senate runoff elections were a clash of two closely matched coalitions, with Democrat Raphael Warnock edging out his rival in the onetime Republican stronghold.

The night curfew was imposed in view of the threat of the new UK variant of coronavirus and in a bid to prevent crowding during Christmas and New Year celebrations in Mumbai and other municipal areas in the state.

As part of the campaign, which translates to ‘a handful of rice’, BJP workers will visit every farmer household across 48,000 villages in the state to collecting rice.

Sources in the Uttar Pradesh government said these were courtesy visits. The chief minister is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, the sources said.

The two leaders discussed key issues of mutual importance, including the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, bilateral ties, regional and global issues, particularly India-EU relations.

Varun Dhawan posted a picture on Instagram where he flaunts washboard abs in a shirtless pose, wearing black basketball shorts, against the backdrop of a bright blue sky and the ocean.

Futures tied to the techheavy Nasdaq 100 index tumbled nearly 1.5% on Wednesday as the likelihood of Democrats gaining control of the Senate sparked fears of increased regulatory scrutiny of technology megacaps.

The Kerala film chamber has said that it will be difficult for them to open cinema halls without any proper decision on entertainment tax by the state government.

The Federal Reserve's decision in December to leave its monthly bond purchases unchanged dismayed analysts and investors who thought the central bank should have expanded the program to better support the economy through the coronavirus pandemic.

The exams are likely to begin in mid of May and will be held in pen-and-paper mode.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday any end to the latest lockdown in England will be a "gradual unwrapping" when the regions of the country will move out of stringent restrictions step by step.

Those arrested have been accused of making fake profiles of people online and then asking them for extortion money.