French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is optimistic of reaching a deal on a global tax on digital companies, despite an initial failure to agree one with the United States.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took on Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev in a tweet reacting to the spiritual leader's comments on the ongoing nationwide protests against the citizenship law.

India has dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's call for global intervention to prevent a showdown between "two nuclear-armed countries", saying that the neighbouring nation's efforts would be better spent in taking verifiable action against terror groups on its territory than trying to "distract" the global community.