The broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap down 0.3%, while the S&P BSE Smallcap was little changed.
Rouhani said the people of Iran were free to protest peacefully, but rejected violence.
Athens has pushed two reform packages through parliament
A second vote will be held on Wednesday, on measures including justice and banking reforms, when a similar outcome is expected.
There is also the question about whether doping should be made a specific criminal offence which I think is something we should be looking at and debating in this house
He rejected the arguments that the publication of cartoon reflects press freedom and said this is the misuse of freedom of expression.
Global cues lift Sensex 364 points; Nifty ends above 8,650.
Switzerland has been perceived for long as a safe haven for alleged illicit funds or black money
Hundreds of dogs and their owners marched through central London in a mass "Wooferendum March" to call for a second vote on Brexit.
The legislation passed with 230 votes in the 300-seat chamber.
'WhatsApp is storing our data on servers which are physically located in another country.' 'We might be having good relations with a particular country at this very moment, where WhatsApp's data servers are located, and in which our data is stored, but tomorrow we might be having bad relations with them, then what is going to happen to that data.'
Centuries old religious conflicts may be nearing an inevitable end with the addition of nuclear warheads to their arsenal, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
'Why do we make finance ministers go into contortions, to tell us that near 6% is 3.5%?' 'Why not encourage more open and full accounting so that the country knows the real picture,' asks T N Ninan.
Apart from May, the four other contenders for the Conservative leadership and prime ministership are Stephen Crabb, Liam Fox, Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom.
Soccer fans mock as England dumped out of Europe twice in a week.
Home ministry officials told the parliamentary panel that those detained under the PSA can challenge their detention in a designated tribunal.
'Like everyone else addicted to Kremlin politics, I too have a thesis.' 'Foreign policy is known to be Putin's forte -- and Russia's stability his obsession.' 'As we enter the 2020s, it is clear that an extraordinary turbulent decade lies ahead in world politics and it casts dark shadows on Russia's future,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
European leaders are searching for solutions as conflicts in Syria and Iraq are sending thousands of refugees on dangerous voyages through the Balkans and across the Mediterranean to the 28-nation European Union. Here are the latest developments on the crisis.
The country witnessed over 100 incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes, including alleged racist graffiti and cards reading "no more Polish vermin" posted outside a school.
'Ladakh is a tiny salami-slice issue.' 'The big one for China is Arunachal Pradesh, more than 83,000 sq km.' 'Do they imagine they can grab any of this by force?' 'In the 21st century, nursing those thoughts only means you need to get your heads examined.' 'It isn't going to happen,' declares Shekhar Gupta.
'None of his grandparents, and only one of his parents, was born in the US or spoke English as their mother tongue.' 'Of his three wives, one was born in Czechoslovakia and one in Slovenia.' 'Where would Trump have been if they, too, had 'rejected the ideology of globalism and embraced the doctrine of patriotism'?' asks Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Trump said she probably found this advice "too tough".
After a busy day in Stockholm, Sweden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. PM Modi is in London to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The PM will also have a top-level meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as well as a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace. Here's a glimpse of NaMo's busy English day.
'There is more likelihood of dying from lightning than from vaccine induced blood clots.'
Sensex was up 184 points at 25,580 and the Nifty added 71 points to end the day at 7,654
Johnson, the former foreign secretary, secured 92,153 votes against 46,656 of his rival Jeremy Hunt in the battle for 10 Downing Street.
Northern Ireland reached their first major tournament in 30 years and their neighbours south of the border beat world champions Germany to take a big step towards joining them at Euro 2016 in a memorable night for Irish football on Thursday.
'India placed the order, primarily due to the IAF's 'critical operational necessity'.' 'The complexity of the IAF's requirements delayed the process for months.' 'It is these requirements which cannot be made public.' 'Can you image Indian politicians publicly discussing the pros and the cons of such military equipment?' 'It would provide India's enemies with indications about the IAF's tactical plans in case of a conflict.' 'It is crucial that they should remain secret to protect India's defence preparedness,' explains Claude Arpi.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively
Ajit Balakrishnan decodes the angst-ridden discourse of the day.
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
'I want France to remain itself. The barbarians who attack France would like to disfigure it. They will not make it change.'
Nearly 10 months after it ended its decade-long boycott of Narendra Modi, UK said any engagement with the Gujarat chief minister was not an endorsement of him and expressed concern over human rights violations in the state.
In Sialkot, people found five empty ballot boxes near Kashmir Park in the Cantonment area, the report said.
Almost echoing the results of analysis done by a Mysore institute, another government laboratory has said that most soft drink samples contained higher pesticides level than the European Union norms but well within the Indian safety standards.
'It was a 20-minute boat ride journey of about 500 metres, but it must have been a giant leap together for the two staunchly secular leaders, Modi and Macron,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The situation in Greece worsened with banks closed for a 2nd week.
Greek proposals hailed as "a positive step forward".
The video shows images of the United Kingdom Parliament and Eiffel Tower crashing to the ground.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 14 images.
