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Paytm targets a million apps on its mini app store to take on Google

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma called Google "judge, jury and executioner" after his app was temporarily removed from the Android app store last month

US vice presidential debate reinforces concerns of policy deadlock

Mike Pence and his Democratic rival candidate Kamala Harris clashed over President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, economic policy, law enforcement, and race relations

Europe buys 500,000 courses of Gilead's remdesivir amid supply worries

Several European countries have said they are experiencing shortages of the drug, whose global stock has been secured almost entirely by the United States

Worst recession in South Asia; millions falling into poverty: World Bank

India, the region's biggest economy, is likely to see its economy contract by 9.5% this year, the World Bank report said

JPMorgan Chase pledges $30 billion to address racial wealth gap

JPMorgan, the largest US bank by assets, earned $36.4 billion in profit last year

Citigroup fined $400 million, agrees to fix 'longstanding deficiencies'

Citi said it was disappointed to have fallen short of regulatory expectations and has "significant remediation projects" under way

AstraZeneca could profit from Covid-19 vaccine as early as July: Report

AstraZeneca could start profiting from its Covid-19 vaccine as soon as July next year, the Financial Times reported

Ex-Tesla executive Straubel aims to build world's top battery recycler

With production of electric vehicles and batteries about to explode, Straubel says his ultimate goal is to "make a material impact on sustainability, at an industrial scale"

Chevron's deal with Noble Energy helps top Exxon Mobil m-cap for first time

Chevron's market value leapfrogged that of Exxon Mobil for the first time during a week in which it closed a $4.1 billion, all-stock deal for Noble Energy, a smaller oil and gas producer

Asian shares to open higher on renewed US economic stimulus hopes

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.91%, the S&P 500 gained 1.74% and the Nasdaq Composite added 1.88%

India declines proposal to test Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccine in large study

India is expected to overtake the United States over the next several weeks as the country with the world's largest number of cases

Britain's coronavirus testing system hit by Roche supply chain glitch

Roche is one of the main suppliers of diagnostic tests to Britain's National Health Service (NHS) Test and Trace programme

US Supreme Court divided over Google bid to end Oracle copyright suit

Google lawyer told the court that the disputed Java code should not receive copyright protection because it was the "the only way" to create new programs using the programming language

Four big tech companies under attack, accused of 'monopoly power'

The antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee recommended that Alphabet's Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook should not both control and compete in related businesses

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna become fifth and sixth women laureates in the category

UK's Covid testing system face disruptions by Roche supply chain glitch

By Estelle Shirbon

Amazon sends legal notice to Future Group over Reliance deal: Report

Amazon, in its legal notice, cited a contract arrangement that included "a restricted list" of companies Future was not supposed to enter deals with, according to the report

Oil prices decline over 2% on US stimulus impasse, stockpile rise

Brent crude futures were down $1.05, or 2.5 per cent, to $41.60 a barrel by 7.33 pm (IST) and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude declined $1.19, or 2.9 per cent, to $39.48

Japan's ANA to seek workers to leave voluntarily, cuts winter bonus to zero

ANA said redundancies would be offered to some of its 15,000 employees but did not give a specific figure

US Supreme Court hears Google bid to end Oracle copyright lawsuit

Oracle accused Google of copying thousands of lines of computer code from its popular Java programming language without a license in order to make Android