In ominous news for Hong Kong, which has recently witnessed severe pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019, China is ready to announce new national security legislation for the island nation.

In light of the new circumstances and need, the National People`s Congress (NPC) is exercising its constitutional power to establish a new legal framework and enforcement mechanism to safeguard national security in Hong Kong, Zhang Yesui spokesman for the China`s National People`s Congress was quoted as saying.

The Indian Railways on Thursday said all facilities of booking and cancellation of reserved tickets will be available from May 22, including at counters available in railway premises.

The decision was taken as Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said we have to take India towards normalcy.

A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking the release of over 900 foreign nationals linked with Tableeghi Jamaat who have been in institutional quarantine for over 50 days.

Over 2,000 members of the Jamaat, including 916 foreign nationals, were evacuated from its headquarters at Nizamuddin on March 30 and were placed in institutional quarantine.

India and Nepal share a unique relationship of friendship and cooperation by open borders and direct people to people contact, but Nepal has now raised rhetoric by releasing a controversial map of the country which shows Indian territories of Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura as its own.

The question arises that at the time when India and China have enhanced military presence in Ladakh, why Nepal has opened a front against India. Recently, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said that if Nepal is raising the issue, it is doing so at 'someone else's behest'.

Indiabulls Group has asked over 2,000, of its total of 26,000 employees, to leave as an outcome of performance review at the end of financial year 2019-20.

Though the company said the attrition was in line with the process it follows every year (of 10-15 per cent attrition after performance reviews), its employees have a different story to tell.

ByteDance valuation has risen at least a third to more than $100 billion in recent private share transactions, people familiar with the matter said, reflecting expectations the owner of video phenomenon TikTok will keep pulling in advertisers.

Stock in the world’s most valuable start-up has changed hands recently at a price that suggests its value has risen more than 33 per cent from about $75 billion during a major round of funding two years ago, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter isn’t public.

Avenue Supermarts, which owns and operates retail chain DMart, on Wednesday became the 11th most valued Indian firm by market valuation following a rally in its share price.

At close of trade, the company's market capitalisation stood at Rs 1,58,902.37 crore on the BSE.

Johnson & Johnson is ending sales of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s baby powder in the US and Canada, where demand has dwindled amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it has caused cancer. They said that healthcare products and the talc-based powder will still be sold outside the US and Canada.

In order to facilitate candidates' access to high-quality mock tests for upcoming exams such as JEE Mains and NEET 2020 from the comfort of their homes, Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has launched a new mobile app called the ‘National Test Abhyas' (NTA).

The app has been developed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) after a demand emerged for making up the loss to students due to closure of educational institutions and NTA’s Test-Practice Centers (TPCs) due to the continuing lockdown.

A loud and mysterious thundering sound in several parts of Bengaluru on Wednesday afternoon, which triggered panic among the city dwellers, was due to a routine Indian Air Force test flight involving a supersonic profile, the Ministry of Defence said.

The loud noise created quite a flutter in the city and no agency clarified the reason while it was ruled as an earthquake.

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