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Welcoming the move, the BJP state unit, however,demanded that certain other metro rail stations be named after the late stalwarts, BR Ambedkar and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Eusebio Leal, a historian and orator who befriended Fidel Castro and led the reconstruction of the crumbling historic center of Havana, died on Friday morning from a "painful illness," Cuban official media said. He was 77.

The euro zone's economy recorded its deepest contraction on record in the second quarter, preliminary estimates showed on Friday, while the bloc's inflation unexpectedly ticked up in July.

Apple Inc shares surged as much as 7.1% to a record high on Friday after reporting blockbuster quarterly results, helping the iPhone maker briefly overtake Saudi Aramco to become the world's largest public company.

Nepal last month completed the process of redrawing its political map through a Constitutional amendment, incorporating strategically important Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura areas which India maintains belong to it.

Deepika Padukone posted a throwback photo with Imtiaz Ali from the shooting of Love Aaj Kal and Alia Bhatt commented, "Best people."

The artillery fire came after clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces at the closed Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing, where crowds on both sides were waiting to cross for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

France's Alstom SA clinched EU antitrust approval on Friday to acquire Canadian rival Bombardier Inc's rail business in a deal that will elevate it to the world's secondlargest rail maker after China's CRRC Corp .

Huawei's [HWT.UL] top manager in Germany has appealed to the government not to shut it out of building 5G mobile networks, Der Spiegel said on Friday, after Britain decided to purge the Chinese firm's equipment from its network on security grounds.

Alleging that the BJP government has adopted double standards, Congress said while its party leaders have been booked for protesting the hike in bus fares, no action was taken against the BJP leaders for the violating COVID guidelines.

Wall Street was set to open higher on Friday after tech titans Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook posted blowout quarterly earnings, helping keep nagging pandemic nerves at bay.

In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit stood at Rs 6,62,363 crore at end-June, as per data by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA).

Gold rose on Friday and headed for its biggest monthly gain in 81/2 years as the impact of the worsening coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. economy hammered the dollar, prompting investors to seek refuge in bullion.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said under the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation Rules 2017, every public servant seeking government housing needs to disclose whether they or any of their family members own a home at the...

Barring fertiliser, all seven sectors -- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, steel, cement, and electricity -- had recorded negative growth in May.

The first two COVID19 vaccines to enter largescale U.S. trials will not be tested in pregnant women this year, raising questions about how this vulnerable population will be protected from the coronavirus, researchers told Reuters.