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Joe Biden has an eye on China as he heads to South Korea and Japan

Biden departs Thursday and is set to meet newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

Centre giving 2,000 additional paramilitary personnel to Punjab: CM Mann

Mann said this after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who assured him of all assistance from the central government

'Right to dignity': SC directs issuance of Aadhaar cards to sex workers

The Supreme Court passed its verdict directing issuance of Aadhaar cards to sex workers who were deprived of basic necessities and ration. They also stressed on maintaining due secrecy in the process

Aether Industries' Rs 808-cr IPO to open May 24; price band at Rs 610-642

Proceeds from the fresh issuance will be used to fund the speciality chemicals company's capex requirements for the proposed new project in Surat, fund working capital requirements and to pay debt

Indrani Mukerjea gets bail from SC in daughter Sheena Bora's murder

A three-judge bench headed noted that Indrani Mukerjea has been in jail since 2015, and the trial won't be over soon.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: SC orders release of convict after 31 years

In 2018, the Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict has submitted an early release plea to the Governor under Article 161

Cannes will be in India one day, says jury member Deepika Padukone

The actor, who is a part of the eight-member Cannes Competition jury at the gala that opened May 17, said India needs to back homegrown talent with "conviction".

Hardik Patel quits Congress, says party leaders 'hate Gujarat, Gujaratis'

Patidar quota agitation leader writes scathing letter to Sonia Gandhi on party's state of affairs.

2nd dose of Covid booster for most vulnerable offers benefits, says WHO

A WHO expert group says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of Covid vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its subvariants.

Doubt about spam accounts could scuttle Twitter deal, says Elon Musk

Tesla CEO declared he won't proceed with his $44-bn takeover of Twitter unless the social media giant can prove bots make up fewer than 5% of its users

Wish I had a co-founder to tide over tech struggles initially: Nykaa CEO

Falguni Nayar, an investment banker-turned-entrepreneur, said she had no idea about retail or technology when she decided to take the entrepreneurial plunge in 2012

Elisabeth Borne appointed France's new PM, second woman to hold post

Elisabeth Borne was appointed France's new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.

McDonald's to sell its Russian business after more than three decades

Without naming a prospective Russian buyer, McDonald's said on Monday that it would seek one to hire its workers and pay them until the sale closes.

Adani offers to buy 26% of Ambuja Cements, ACC from open market

Billionaire Gautam Adani is buying Switzerland-based Holcim AG's cement businesses in India for $10.5 billion

Sweden ends neutrality, joins Finland to seek NATO berth as Putin complains

Russian President says expansion of military infrastructure onto Nordic territory 'will of course give rise to our reaction in response'.

My aim is to save Sri Lanka, not a 'person or family': PM Wickremesinghe

US dollars will be sourced from open markets to pay for petrol and crude, says veteran politician.

Wall Street opens modestly lower, continuing a losing streak; S&P down 0.6%

Last week, US benchmarks logged their sixth straight weekly drop, the longest such streak since 2011

Official US death toll from Covid surpasses 1 mn, highest for a country

The real number of lives lost to Covid, either directly or indirectly, as a result the disruption of the health care system in the world's richest country, is believed to be far higher

DGCA says IndiGo staff handled child boarding incident inappropriately

DGCA said it has issued a showcause notice to IndiGo after a fact-finding committee found the airline staff prima facie violated regulations in denying boarding to a specially-abled child

Covid outbreak surges in North Korea, Kim Jong Un slams pandemic response

State media didn't specify how many of the fever cases were confirmed as COVID-19. Among the 50 fatalities, North Korea officially identified only one as a COVID-19 case so far.