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Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a new, less dataintensive version of its photo and video sharing app Instagram in India, a key growth market for the U.S. social media giant.

India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a subsidy of 35 billion rupees ($475.78 million) to encourage cashstrapped mills to export 6 million tonnes of sugar in the 2020/21 year that started on Oct. 1.

In Delhi and Mumbai, 22-carat gold is coming at a price of Rs 47,950 per 10 gram and Rs 48,200 per 10 gram, while 24-carat gold costs Rs 52,310 per 10 gram and Rs 49,200 per 10 gram. The prices of 22-carat and 24-carat gold in Chennai stand at Rs 46,530 p...

AIIMS told the court that in view of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic if the strike continued the hospital would come to a stand still which would be not in public interest as it is a Covid-19 facility as well.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the death of Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini. Dlamini, who was undergoing treatment for the coronavirus, passed away at the age 52 years.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said the pace of disinvestment, which has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, will pick up in the coming months.

The government and agricultural experts feel that farmers can take the best advantage from the farm bills by diversifying and experimenting, but there are challenges.

"Tenet" star Denzil Smith believes the world of cinema is operating without any geographical and cultural barriers today as there are more opportunities for actors out in the West. The 60-year-old actor, who has been part of the global hits such as "The...

SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav reached his parliamentary constituency Azamgarh on Monday, from there he left for Lucknow but stopped midway in Ayodhya.

"In view of skigram (X-ray) finding and status of the pulmonary parameters, the committee (doctors) was of the opinion that he has moderate COVID-19 with bilateral viral pneumonia," the bulletin said.

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, said that his advocate son Shrinivas Bobde, has been representing a subsidiary company of Shapoorji Pallonji Group in a slum redevelopment matter for about two years.

Yogesh Pratap Singh, the Uttar Pradesh unit chief of the BKU-Bhanu, was joined by scores of supporters, including the union's national president and his father Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh.

The party office, which has been set up by the Strand Road bungalow allotted to Manjhi in his capacity as an ex-CM, has also been shut down for a week, the statement said.

Google users in the U.S., Europe, India and other parts of the world were briefly unable to access their Gmail accounts, watch YouTube videos or get to their online documents during an outage Monday.

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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the government is ready for discussion, adding farmer leaders have to "decide and convey" when they are ready for the next meeting.