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Rajya Sabha passes bill to raise FDI limit in insurance sector to 74%

Majority of directors, key personnel will be resident Indians; percentage of profits to be retained in India, says FM Sitharaman on FDI safeguards

Japan to end coronavirus emergency in Tokyo despite rebound fears

Experts on a government-commissioned panel moved to end the emergency this coming Sunday

Asian shares track Wall Street fall as bond yields rebound; Nikkei down 2%

Asian shares fell Thursday, tracking a decline on Wall Street as another rise in bond yields rattled investors who worry that higher inflation may prompt central banks to raise ultra-low interest rates.

Thailand probes Facebook's removal of army-linked accounts

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says he has assigned the Royal Thai Army to carry out a probe

Google vows no new user tracking in Chrome ad data changes

Google says it won't develop new ways to follow individual users across the internet

Reports: Myanmar security forces shoot dead eight protesters

Authorities extended their lethal crackdown on protests against last month's coup

World shares gain ahead of US jobs data, Fed chair comments

Stocks are higher in Europe and Asia after a wobbly day on Wall Street, when the S&P 500 gave back most of its gains from a day earlier.

President Biden brings no relief to tensions between US and China

Biden took office promising to move quickly to restore and repair America's relations with the rest of the world

US sets sanctions over Russian opposition leader Navalny's poisoning

Senior administration officials announced the sanctions but did not immediately identify the Russian officials named in them

$31 billion lined up for 400 port projects across 7,500-km coastline: PM

PM Modi says govt is keen to promote use of renewable energy in maritime sector, is on course to install solar and wind-based power systems at all major ports

Global stocks, US futures sink after selloff in US Treasury debt eases

Global stock markets and Wall Street futures declined Tuesday after a selloff in US Treasury debt eased, helping to allay concern about a possible rise in interest rates.

Volvo says it will make only EVs by 2030; will be sold exclusively online

There is no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine, said Henrik Green, Volvo's chief technology officer

'Premature and unrealistic' to think Covid will end soon, says WHO official

The recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalisations and death, the official said

Pakistan signs gas deal with Qatar, may save $3 billion in 10 years

Pakistan's landmark, new deal with Qatar for liquefied natural gas at lower rates will save Islamabad a total of about USD 3 billion over the next 10 years, an adviser to the country's prime minister said on Monday.

Defying lethal shootings, Myanmar protesters return to streets to protest

The protesters in Yangon were chased as they tried to gather at their usual meeting spot at the Hledan Center intersection

New York governor Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by second woman

A second former aide said she was sexually harassed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Have information that 18 died in Myanmar crackdown: UN human rights office

The UN Human Rights Office says it has received credible information that a crackdown Sunday on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar has left at least 18 people dead and over 30 wounded.

Biden team readies wider economic package after coronavirus relief

Biden and his team have begun discussions on the possible outlines of an infrastructure package

Decoded: How can vaccine makers adapt to new coronavirus variants?

Viruses constantly mutate as they spread, and most changes aren't significant

Fatalities feared as Myanmar police intensify use of force against protests

Security forces in Myanmar made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military staged a coup.