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Thai students rally over gender rights, uniforms and haircut rules
Dozens of students rallied in Thailand on Wednesday to demand from the government greater gender rights and an end to what they called outdated curriculum and discriminatory rules on uniforms and haircuts.
India's top airline IndiGo to raise at least $268 mln via leaseback
IndiGo, India's largest airline, said on Wednesday it planned to raise at least 20 billion rupees ($268 million) through the sale and leaseback of planes and other assets, after reporting its steepest quarterly loss in at least five years.
Unlock 3.0 Guidelines: What Will Reopen, What Will Remain Closed across The Country
The Unlock 3 guidelines will come into force from August 1 and strict enforcement of lockdown in containment zones will continue till August 31.
Hanoi to shut bars and ban big gatherings after COVID-19 outbreak in Danang
Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, has ordered bars and pubs to shut and banned large gatherings from midnight on Wednesday because of a COVID19 outbreak in the city of Danang, the head of the city's administration said.
Bharti Airtel quarterly revenue rises 15% on higher data usage, tariffs
Bharti Airtel Ltd on Wednesday reported a 15.4% rise in firstquarter revenue as customers consumed more data during the coronavirus crisis, even at higher rates.
Rajasthan HC Begins Hearing Plea Against Merger of Six BSP MLAs With Congress Govt
While starting the hearing on the BJP MLA's plea, Justice Goyal also tagged with it a BSP petition challenging the Speaker's order allowing the merger of all its six MLAs to the Congress last September.
GE burns less cash than expected even as pandemic pummels earnings
General Electric Co saw less cash outflow than estimated in the second quarter, even as the coronavirus pandemic pummeled demand in its aviation business, resulting in a widerthanexpected quarterly loss.
CPI-M Says New Education Policy Unilateral Drive to Destroy Indian Education
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry.
CBI Seeks 7-yr Jail for Ex-Samata Party President Jaya Jaitley, Others in Defence Graft Case
The Special CBI judge, who had held Jaitley and others guilty of corruption and criminal conspiracy in the purported purchase of hand-held thermal imagers, reserved the order for Thursday.
Turkey approves social media law critics say will silence dissent
Turkey adopted a new social media law on Wednesday that critics say will create a "chilling effect" on dissenting voices who have resorted to Twitter and other online platforms as the government tightened its grip on mainstream media.
News18 Evening Digest: New National Education Policy After 34 Years Brings Major Changes and Other Top Stories
These are the top stories we are covering right now: Govt's new National Education Policy brings major changes for schools and higher education; the first batch of five Rafale fighter jets touch down at Ambala airbase; and NCP chief gives advice to Rahul...
Passengers Must Not Pay More Than Official Fares To Travel Agents for VBM Flights: MoCA
The fourth phase of the Vande Bharat Mission is expected to go on till August 2 after which phase 5 will commence, for which Air India has announced additional international flights.
Vietnam confirms four new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 450
Vietnam late on Wednesday confirmed four new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 450, with no deaths.
Can Apple's 24X7 services store-front make up for falling iPhone sales?
Many of Apple Inc's physical stores reopened and reclosed in recent months because of spikes in cases of the novel coronavirus.
Chinese professor who criticized Xi seeks to overturn prostitution charge, lawyer says
A prominent Chinese legal scholar who was detained and then fired after criticising President Xi Jinping hopes to clear his name by overturning a prostitution charge brought against him by police, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Trump says he never confronted Putin about Russia bounty reports - Axios
President Donald Trump said he never questioned Russian President Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Russia paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan, casting doubt on the reports in an interview.