US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he will use economic force to make Canada a part of the United States, a comment that attracted sharp reaction from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

No, Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida when asked if he is considering military force to annex and acquire Canada. Over the past few weeks, Trump has asserted that he wants to make Canada part of the United States and its 51st state. Many times, he has been mocking Trudeau as the Governor of Canada.

Challenging the decision of the Biden Administration to investigate the activities of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his companies, an influential Republican lawmaker on Tuesday said such selective actions risk damaging critical alliance partners.

In a strongly worded letter to US Attorney General Merrick B Garland, Congressman Lance Gooden, member of the House Judiciary Committee

After prolonged negotiations, Singapore government-owned investment firm Temasek is nearing a deal to acquire a 10 per cent stake in the consumer products firm Haldiram Snacks Foods, valued at $10 billion, from the promoters.

Both the Agrawal family — the promoters of Haldiram Snacks Foods — and Temasek have signed a term sheet for the deal, Moneycontrol reported on Tuesday.

Hours after two cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) were reported in Bengaluru, one more case was detected in Gujarat on Monday. This takes the tally to three cases in the country. A two-year-old child was reported to be infected from Chandkheda's area of Ahmedabad. The child, from Rajasthan, was admitted to a private hospital in Chandkheda after showing symptoms of cold and cough. The child is stable now, reports quoted civic officials as saying.

Delhi government on Monday directed all the hospitals in the capital to remain fully prepared to manage a potential surge in respiratory illnesses following the detection of two cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in Karnataka.

In a directive marked "Most Urgent", Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj instructed the health and family welfare department to closely monitor the situation, and remain in constant touch with the Union health ministry for timely updates.

Pharma major Cipla announced the launch of CipAir, a mobile application designed to facilitate the first line of screening for asthma in India. This app aims to empower users by helping them understand their likelihood of having asthma, therefore enabling timely intervention and management, the company said in a press release on Monday.

Power transmission solution provider Sterlite Grid 32 Ltd (SGL32) on Monday announced securing Rs 2,450 crore through listed non-convertible debentures (NCDs) to refinance its Mumbai Urja Marg Ltd project.

The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) and India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) have emerged as the successful bidders to the NCDs that have been listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), according to a statement.

The Supreme Court on Monday transferred to Karnataka High Court all cases alleging malpractices by e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart. The order came on a plea filed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which sought to consolidate all 24 cases pending across various high courts against Amazon and Flipkart.

During the hearing, a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said if pleadings in some of the transferred petitions were not completed, the judge seized of the matter would grant reasonable time to complete the pleadings.

An eight-month-old child in Bengaluru tested positive for the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a virus that was confirmed during routine blood tests amid rising respiratory illness cases in China.

The Karnataka Health Department has not given any confirmation, but Department sources informed Zee News that they will send samples to Pune to find out which variant of the virus.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi likened AAP to 'aapda' for Delhi, the BJP on Friday doubled down on the Arvind Kejriwal-led party, saying it has become the "biggest burden and liability" on the people of Delhi.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is nothing more than a "newer version of the Congress", senior BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar charged at a press conference here at the party headquarters.

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