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Washington, Nov 3: Irrespective of the outcome of Tuesday's keenly-contested US presidential election, America's strategic relationship with India is expected to maintain the current momentum and strengthen further, policy documents and remarks from the two campaigns indicate. President Donald Trump, in the first term of his presidency, has emerged as the best friend of India at the White House

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Karnataka Tourism Minister and BJP national general secretary C T Ravi on Tuesday said a law banning religious conversions for the sake of marriage will be enacted in the state. He said the government will not remain silent when 'Jihadis' strip the dignity of women in the state. The statement comes days after the Allahabad High Court held that conversion of religion for the

Washington, Nov 3: Democratic US Presidential nominee Joe Biden has won all five of the votes cast in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border. The ballots were cast in the minutes after midnight, becoming some of the first cast and counted on Election Day, CNN reported. Dixville Notch has become one of the first places in the country to show its preference. CNN

New Delhi, Nov 3: The Finance Ministry on Tuesday said that there has been no increase in service charges by any public sector bank even as Bank of Baroda decided to withdraw changes made with regard to the number of free cash deposit transactions in a bank account per month. Bank of Baroda had made certain changes with effect from November 1, 2020, with regard to the number of free cash deposits

Abu Dhabi, Nov 3: UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohammed shared a picture on Twitter of him getting vaccinated by a medical staffer. Sheikh Mohammed said, "While receiving the COVID-19 vaccine today. We wish everyone safety and great health, and we are proud of our teams who have worked relentlessly to make the

New Delhi, Nov 3: Indians are now spending around 7 hours in a week on playing games on their mobiles and the duration has increased among majority (53 per cent) since the lockdown began early this year and women are fast adopting mobile gaming in the country, a new report said on Tuesday. Interestingly, 15 per cent of the gamers switched to paid mobile gaming apps during the lockdown while

New Delhi, Nov 3: Abu Dhabi's Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) -- MIC Redwood 1 RSC Limited -- became the first foreign SWF to be notified and granted 100 per cent income tax exemption for long term investments to be made in specified priority sectors, the Union Finance Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The MIC Redwood 1 RSC Limited of Abu Dhabi has been provided 100 per cent income-tax (I-T)

A vanilla commercial dispute is setting the stage for a clash between the world’s No. 1 and No. 6 richest men. But the legal wrangling is a sideshow. What Jeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani are really fighting over is pole position in the only billion-plus-people consumer market available to both of them: India. The ostensible battleground is a $3.4 billion deal Indian tycoon Ambani’s Reliance

New Delhi, Nov 3: The Election Commission on Monday said that Rajya Sabha by-polls for one seat in Karnataka are scheduled to be held on December 1. "Bye-election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Karnataka to fill one casual vacancy to be held on December 1," the Election Commission said. It also said that polls for the biennial election to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from 11

Abu Dhabi, Nov 2: Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane steered Delhi Capitals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore here at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Monday. With this win, Delhi Capitals finish at the second spot with 16 points while RCB have too qualified as they have 14 points and will definitely finish in top-four. Chasing a moderate target of 153, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane