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Byju's to pay $1 billion for Blackstone-backed Aakash Educational Services

Aakash Educational Services runs Aakash Institute, which has over 200 brick and mortar centers and tutors students to gain entry into the country's elite engineering and medical schools

Malaysia emergency suspends parliament for first time since 1969

The emergency declared on Tuesday puts off any risk of an election for Muhyiddin

Tata Chemicals in advanced talks for Archean's industrial salt unit

A potential deal could offer a reprieve to Archean, which has been struggling to service its debt obligations for the past two years

Sudden descents rare but deadly: Clues to Indonesia plane crash

Aviation safety analysts cautioned that it's far too early to say what caused the crash

Morgan Stanley names new country head in India promotion spree

Sanjay Shah will be the bank's country head for India, effective immediately

Trump sparks a crisis for his business empire just before returning to it

After egging on a mob that rioted inside the U.S. Capitol last week, the brand that's at the heart of President Donald Trump's career and fortune is in crisis

Upbeat about future, Xi says time on China's side as turmoil grips US

The Chinese leader told a gathering of provincial and ministerial-level officials Monday that he saw "opportunities in general outweighing challenges"

An interplay of ideas: Covid-19 improved the way world pursued science

Most relevant scientific advances on the Covid-19 front have been put online in open-access form and then debated online

Trump, Pence distance from Capitol rioters; suggest Prez won't be removed

It was the first time Trump and Pence have spoken since the president's supporters stormed the Capitol while Pence was presiding over formal affirmation of his re-election defeat

Covid-19 and winter push cooking gas consumption above petrol in India

While LPG use rose as more people cooked at home due to tighter coronavirus restrictions, India's full-year consumption of fuel never fully recovered

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince plans car-free city for future beyond oil

A news release described The Line as a walkable "belt of hyper-connected future communities, without cars and roads and built around nature."

'Full-blown mania': US stock market jackpot bells just keep ringing

Four days after ending the year at almost 40x earnings, the Nasdaq 100 Index posted its biggest rally in two months

Covid impact: India's annual fuel demand falls for first time in 21 years

Fuel demand from Asia's second-biggest oil importer collapsed by as much as 70% after it embarked on one of the world's most stringent lockdowns in March

PGA cancels agreement to hold tourney at Donald Trump's golf club

Entering the final week of his presidency, Trump is under mounting pressure after inciting a mob of rioters who stormed the US Capitol

Twitter shares fall 7% following permanent ban on Donald Trump

The company confirmed its decision in a blog post on Friday, saying Trump's tweets breached policies by risking incitement to violence

Technology firms under attack after Parler goes dark, Twitter drops

The tech giants are trying to distance themselves from accusations they helped fuel the violence during the storming of the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6

As inflation slows, RBI resumes monetary easing, defends policy framework

The price moderation couldn't come at a better time for central bank Governor Shaktikanta Das, with the inflation targeting mechanism that's been in place since 2016 coming up for review this year

RBI to spark money market recovery by reverse repo operation worth Rs 2 trn

The Reserve Bank of India will aim to drain 2 trillion rupees ($27.3 billion) of banking funds via a 14-day reverse repo operation on Jan. 15

Curbed user growth, engagement: Can Twitter survive banning Donald Trump?

The ban and public-safety rationale behind it are part of a wave of crackdowns on the public digital spaces where the president's most radicalized supporters congregate

Bans on Parler and Trump show big tech's power over web conversation

With an internet ecosystem dominated by a few big players, the app has little chance of survival without access to these mainstream channels