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The handset is also joined by a silver titanium model, which comes with 32GB and 64GB storage sizes.

Senior police officials said that a leak in the cylinder could have led to the explosion at a hotel in the western city of Mumbai.

India's popular comfort food, Maggi instant noodles, could be back in the stores soon, as court-mandated tests showed they are safe for consumption.

The packaged food giant cut its 2015 outlook to around 4.5 percent, below its long-term model calling for 5 to 6 percent growth.

India's mobile Internet-based economy is spreading to include local services, from plumbing to laptop repairs, as investors back more startups.

The National Judicial Appointment Commission act, introduced by the Narendra Modi-led government last year, sought to replace a two-decade old system for the appointment of judges to higher courts.

Ten other suspects were sentenced to death, and 20 to life in prison.

Weak U.S. economic data released Wednesday are seen to have reduced the chances of an imminent rate hike by the Federal Reserve.

Internet and mobile startups took more than two-thirds of venture capital funding globally in the third quarter of 2015, with healthcare rising as a sector to watch.

Apple has boosted its visibility in India big-time: As it prepares to sell the iPhone 6S in the country, more eager buyers are lining up.

United States military equipment sells because of its reliability and quality assurance, an army official said.

A Muslim family accused of having eaten beef were beaten with bricks by a Hindu mob in early October.

European shares fell at the open Wednesday and Asian stocks closed in the red as investors mulled over the likelihood of new stimulus measures in China.

About 850,000 drugstores downed their shutters in a nation where an e-commerce boom is in the making.

El Niño is expected to grow even stronger in 2016.

Ride-hailing services could get streamlined in India sooner rather than later as the country moves to publish extensive guidelines on the sector.

Companies must take a "zero tolerance" stand against bribery or kickbacks, a business-risk consulting firm says.

The German automaker's emissions-software controversy has affected mostly European nations, but countries in Africa and Asia have not been immune.

The factory will be able to produce 500,000 units per month at peak capacity.

Ford wants to appeal to Chinese customers by focusing $1.8 billion on smart cars developed in China.

Apple is pushing the envelope in getting its iPhones into the hands of as many Indians as it can, in the world's third-biggest smartphone market.