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Gold price today falls to Rs 47,900 per 10 gm, silver at Rs 47,700 per kg

In New Delhi, the price of 22-carat gold is holding steady at Rs 46,700 per 10 gram, while in Chennai it is Rs 46,180

Delhi will emerge victorious in war against Covid-19 with time: CM Kejriwal

The Delhi government is combating the pandemic by increasing beds for Covid-19 patients, says Kejriwal

Facing ad boycotts, Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts, even Trump's

A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed its new policy would have meant attaching a link on voting information to US President Donald Trump's post last month about mail-in ballots

Dispassionate scrutiny, reform of multilateral entities needed: Jaishankar

Jaishankar underlined that the world stands at a transformative moment and is facing a two-pronged attack - a pandemic and misinformation going viral

Banks lead US stocks lower after Fed caps dividends; Dow, S&P fall over 2%

While the S&P 500 fell 2.15% in early trading on Friday, Dow Jones declined 2.7% and Nasdaq slipped 2.3%

HUL completes acquisition of hygiene brand VWash from Glenmark Pharma

HUL said that it has acquired the intellectual property rights including trademarks, design, and knowhow related to the VWash brand worldwide

Shifting US forces to counter China threat to India, Southeast Asia: Pompeo

He also described the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) as a "rogue actor"

India celebrates 37th anniversary of 1983 WC; here's what cricketers said

There is no pressure on the current Indian team, in my opinion, they are doing well, it's not like that you need to win a World Cup to be called a good team, says Kapil Dev

Blackstone sells Embassy Office Parks REIT units for Rs 2,270 crore

Post this deal, Blackstone stake will come down by around nine per cent from around 55 per cent shareholding earlier.

Every house in Delhi to be screened by July 6 amid Covid-19 crisis

The plan reportedly includes conducting a sero-survey of 20,000 people across districts and house-to-house screening by 6 July in the national Capital

China hikes defence budget to $179 bn; nearly three times that of India

China, which has the world's largest military of two million troops, will continue to lower its defence budget growth rate to 6.6% in 2020

Global agency DBRS Morningstar assigns BBB sovereign ratings to India

A BBB rating means that "the capacity for the payment of financial obligations is considered acceptable. May be vulnerable to future events"

UK in deepest recession, but will not adopt negative interest rates: Report

Britain has the highest Covid-19 related death toll in Europe despite a lockdown that has kept citizens at home and businesses closed since March 23

Covid-19: Cricket Australia seems optimistic over India's tour in October

There is a nine out of 10 chance that India will make the trip Down Under for a four-Test series later this year, it says

Microsoft launches Surface Hub 2S digital collaboration device in India

The all-in-one digital whiteboard, meeting platform, and teamwork collaborative computing device is priced at Rs 11,89,999, which includes a Surface Hub 2 Camera and and a Surface Hub 2 Pen

Cyclone Amphan: PM Modi to conduct aerial survey of Bengal with CM Mamata

CM Mamata Banerjee said it will take time to restore normalcy, with cyclone Amphan having ravaged, at least, seven to eight districts in Bengal

AIIB, central bank among 16 China-based entities registered as FPI in India

While AIIB is a multilateral development bank, which has got India as a member too, PBoC is China's central bank

Maruti Suzuki launches 'Buy-Now-Pay-Later Offer': All you need to know

It is aimed to provide customers with easy financing options, MSI said in a statement

Over 200 shanties gutted as fire breaks out in West Delhi slum area

No casualty, say Delhi police

RBI says India GDP will contract in FY21, cuts repo rate by 40 bps to 4%

RBI extends the moratorium on loan repayments by three more months