Barack Obama backs Canada's Justin Trudeau for another term in office

The former US President Barack Obama tweeted Wednesday that he was proud to work with Trudeau and described him as a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change.

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35 pilgrims killed in bus crash near Saudi holy city of Mecca

The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday that four others were injured in the crash.

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Google not to launch its latest Pixel phone in India

Google decides against the availability of its Pixel 4 smartphone to Indians due to lack of 60 MHz spectrum band in India, which is needed for the Soli radar chip in the Pixel 4 devices to function. The chip supports motion sense and voice commands.

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Mindtree profit down 35 per cent to Rs 135 crore on spends

Revenue up 9 per cent during September quarter to Rs 1,914 crore, it expects margin improvement in the second half of the fiscal year. The company posted a margin of 13% in the second quarter, slightly above 10% in the first quarter.

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Wipro banking on small US finance companies

"In BFSI segment alone percentage of revenue has gone up by 4-5 percentage points in the last 3 years hence the focus on smaller, nimble banks that are investing in technology to gain marketshare is helping Wipro," CEO Neemuchwala said.

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'BJP using govt agencies to threaten leaders in Opposition': Ashok Chavan

Ashok Chavan alleged leaders from the Congress were threatened, inquiries were initiated against their institutions and were pressurised to join the ruling parties to improve the latter’s strike rate in the Assembly polls.

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Indian-American man admits to killing four relatives in a week, surrenders

The bodies of two children and an adult were found at Hangud’s Roseville apartment, Capt. Josh Simon said Tuesday. Officials were working to identify the victims. An autopsy will determine how they died.

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