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Jul 13: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani became the richest Asian on Friday, pushing Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma to the second spot, according to a report by Bloomberg. The market valuation of Reliance Industries surged past Rs 7 lakh crore mark during Friday morning trade, as Ambani positioned his company to disrupt the e-commerce space in India. His net worth is estimated

New Delhi, Jul 13: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday exuded confidence that India will pip Great Britain to become the fifth largest economy in the world next year if economic expansion continues at the projected rate. However, rising international crude oil prices and the global trade war would throw up challenges going forward, he said. "If we keep growing at the rate which is being

Lahore, Jul 13: Pakistan's embattled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam are set to arrive in Lahore on Friday to face arrest in a corruption case, amid high security and a massive crackdown on his party activists. The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz leader and his daughter stopped over in Abu Dhabi on their way to Pakistan from London. Sharif and Maryam are expected to land

New Delhi, Jul 13: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy returned to the Congress fold on Friday, four years after quitting the party. Congress' communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala announced Reddy's return to the party after the former chief minister met party president Rahul Gandhi at his residence on Friday. Reddy joined the party in the presence of AICC Andhra Pradesh

United Nations, Jul 13: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has voiced support for the UN human rights chief's call for an independent international investigation into the human rights situation in Kashmir, saying his action "represents the voice of the UN" on the issue. "As you can imagine, all the action of the Human Rights High Commissioner is an action that represents the voice of the UN in

Washington, Jul 13: US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson was Thursday ordered to pay out $4.69 billion in damages in a lawsuit representing 22 women and their families who alleged a talc sold by the company contained asbestos and caused them to suffer cancer. It is the latest twist in a matter that has seen several thousand lawsuits filed against J&J. According to the victims' lawyer, Mark

New Delhi, Jul 12: The Supreme Court today said the social stigma and discrimination attached to the LGBTQ community would go if criminality of consensual gay sex is done away with, while maintaining that it would scrutinise the legal validity of section 377 of the IPC in all its aspects. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, hearing a clutch of petitions challeging the

Bengaluru, Jul 12: A 34-year-old software engineer working in Bengaluru, has allegedly killed his wife and his father at his house in Kanthaiahanapalya in Kunigal taluk of Tumakuru district. The police said that the victims have been identified as Sowmya (25) and Eranna (65). The accused, Narayanaswamy (34) surrendered in Sira police station of Tumakuru district on Wednesday. Narayanaswamy used to

Kollam, Jul 12: One of the three Malankara Syrian Orthodox priests, accused of sexually abusing a woman, today surrendered before the police here. Father Job Mathew, the second accused in the case, surrendered before the Crime Branch office here and is being questioned, police sources said. The surrender comes a day after the Kerala High Court dismissed anticipatory bail pleas of three priests

Patna, Jul 12: BJP national president Amit Shah today had a brief meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over breakfast, during which the two leaders are understood to have discussed the prevailing political situation in view of the Lok Sabha polls due next year. Shah arrived here from Ranchi this morning and was given a warm welcome at the airport by BJP workers and senior leaders