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Someone has hit the pause button on holiday joy. Stocks fell to start December after five straight days of gains. The S&P 500 was down 0.5%, Dow was down 0.9%, while the Nasdaq fell 0.4%. Losses were ...

PTI The RMC Chennai has predicted light to moderate rain at a few places over Tamil Nadu Cyclone Ditwah weakened into a deep depression and the weather system would be centred over the southwest Bay ...

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