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South Cinema Treating Bollywood Heroines Like Flowerpots: Netizens React To Kiara Advani’s Role In Game Changer
Amit Shah Calls for ‘Strict Measures’ on Cryptocurrency, Dark Web, Drones
Kho Kho Carnival Begins as Teams Pour Into National Capital for Historic Kho Kho World Cup 2025
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Quiz: Maha Kumbh Mela is related to which mythological event?
PM Modi announces 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat coronavirus
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown of the entire country for 21 days in…
Vietnam health ministry reports rise in coronavirus cases to 134
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam’s health ministry reported an additional 11 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the Southeast Asian country’s tally…
States reject Trump talk of restarting U.S. economy early
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A week after millions of Americans began taking shelter at home from the coronavirus, states warned…
Coronavirus to bring deep U.S. capital return letdowns
(Reuters) - U.S. investors will likely see sharp declines in capital returns this year as companies look to conserve cash…
Wall Street bounces on hopes of $2 trillion stimulus, Boeing boost
(Reuters) - Wall Street bounced from three-year lows on Tuesday on hopes of a major fiscal stimulus to blunt the…
Shutdowns stoke argument over what’s an ‘essential market’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Shortly after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the closure of non-essential retailers on Monday to curb…
Tokyo Games moved to 2021 as ‘light at end of pandemic tunnel’
TOKYO/ATHENS (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year…
Factbox: Reaction to postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
LONDON (Reuters) - Athletes, national associations and sporting federations from around the world reacted with a mixture of sadness, relief…
U.S. might be next ‘virus epicenter’, as India locks down, worldwide economic downturn looms
GENEVA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization…
Ford joins GE, 3M in speeding up ventilator, respirator production
(Reuters) - Carmaker Ford Motor Co (F.N) on Tuesday jumped into the emergency push by major U.S. manufacturers to produce…
Modern-day Mayflower sets off from Poland ahead of 400th anniversary voyage
CGI Visualisation of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship at sea, with the wingsail and the solar panels propelling the ship visible.…
COVID-19 — how badly will the economy be affected and what can the government do to help? | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
So we’re splitting our coverage today into two episodes. In this episode, we deal with the crucial question of what…
News Analysis | India’s health diplomacy cannot ignore Iran
Energy rich Iran, reeling under the Covid-19 onslaught and sanctions marshaled by the United States, is testing India’s diplomatic guile,…
What will be readily available and what will be closed throughout the 21-day lockdown
Police personnel punish offenders flouring lockdown imposed in wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Ahmedabad on March 24, 2020. | Photo…
Coronavirus | How safe are newspapers, WHO clarifies
Representational image only. Likelihood of an infected person contaminating commercial goods low, it says How safe is the newspaper that…
We brought Janata curfew with biggest sincerity, states Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a 21-day lockdown starting from midnight tonight as a major step in fighting the…
Olympics postponed; to be held latest by 2021 summer season, says Japanese PM
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic…
Coronavirus | Labour Minister asks CMs to release construction worker welfare funds
Under Section 60 of the Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) Act, 1996, all states/UTs have been advised to transfer…
Lockdown and beyond: On India’s reaction to coronavirus
Governments must aid people during this difficult phase and prepare for wider testing India has responded to the spectre of…
The Maoist trap: On killing of security workers in Sukma
In difficult terrain, security personnel end up second best despite the training The attack by Maoist extremists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma…
PFAS may have a lot in common with carcinogens
A first-of-its-kind study looks at the biological processes triggered by PFAS compounds.Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of…
China to lift coronavirus lockdown in most of Hubei province | CBC News
Chinese authorities say they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases…
MPs return to Ottawa to pass emergency COVID-19 funds | CBC News
Shortly after House of Commons proceedings began Tuesday, the chamber suspended itself while the Liberal government and Opposition parties negotiate…
Canada Post to reduce hours, install clear barriers in response to COVID-19 | CBC News
Canada Post says it is reducing its hours, installing clear barriers in post offices and offering priority service to those…
IOC, Japan agree to postpone Olympics, says Japanese PM | CBC Sports
The International Olympic Committee announced a first-of-its-kind postponement of the Summer Olympics on Tuesday, bowing to the realities of a…
Tokyo 2020: Olympic Games organisers ‘concur post ponement’
The Olympic Games were due to run from 24 July to 9 AugustThe Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have…
Fossil worm shows us our evolutionary beginnings
Image copyright SOHAIL WASIF/UCR Image caption Artist's rendering of Ikaria wariootia. It would have lived on the seafloor A worm-like…
Spain’s coronavirus death toll jumps by 514
Image copyright AFP The coronavirus death toll in Spain has jumped by 514 in a single day, as the situation…
Priest who offered respirator to young client passes away
Image copyright Oratorio Casnigo An Italian priest who gave a respirator to a younger coronavirus patient he did not know…
Mammal study discusses ‘why females live longer’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Male bighorn sheep are susceptible to local environmental factors in ways that females are…
Two more coronavirus deaths announced in Colorado as state total rises to 9
Two more people in Colorado — one in El Paso County and the other in Gunnison County — have died…
Why Shakib Al Hasan is one of cricket’s greatest allrounders | ESPNcricinfo.com
Shakib Al Hasan turns 33 today. He is currently serving a one-year ban for not reporting suspected match-fixing approaches, but…
‘There is a lesson in all this: we take the game too seriously’ | ESPNcricinfo.com
Downtime Diaries is a series in which we talk to cricketers about how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected their lives.…
Cricket, interrupted
These are strange times. All over the world the Covid-19 pandemic has brought life as we know it to a…
Expectation is that CA as an organisation can absorb this
A postponement in moving Cricket Australia's headquarters and a drastic cut down in travel may be among the measures the…
The pull shot
Rohit Sharma is one of the finest pullers in the game. However, a recent tweet from ICC's handle asked fans…
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Which bowler holds the record for dismissing the highest number of century-makers in Tests?asked K Lokaraj from IndiaThe name at…
PM Modi addresses nation: Highlights & quotes
PM Narendra Modi is addressing the nation for the second time in less than a week, as India grapples with…
Tokyo Olympics formally postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
TOKYO: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus…
Centre waives ATM withdrawal charges for three months
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday waived minimum balance charges for savings bank accounts to help citizens…
IPL 13 fate: We are at same location, don’t have a response today, says Sourav Ganguly
NEW DELHI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said he "doesn't have an answer" on the fate of this year's…
Coronavirus: Need to tackle spread of negativity, PM Modi tells print journalists
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with journalists and stakeholders from the print media regarding the novel…
Last date for filing FY18-19 ITRs, Aadhaar-PAN linking extended: Key points from Sitharaman’s address
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the last date to file income tax (I-T) returns…
Google Gets Rid Of Adware-Laced Kids’ Apps From Play Shop
Google has struggled for years to keep malicious applications from sneaking into the Play Store, but a new round of…
How Long Will the Outbreak Last? It Depends on What We Do Now
Just before midnight Sunday, President Trump unleashed an all-caps tweet signaling a change of heart on national Covid-19 containment strategy.…
The Coronavirus’ Impact on Libraries Goes Beyond Books
For Jennifer Pearson, the choice was difficult but clear: Shut down the library, or people could die. “My library was…
Most Kids Only Get Mildly Sick From Covid-19—but Not All
The kids are alright. Right? Well ... For months, as a new coronavirus has spread around the world—sickening nearly 370,000…
How to Get Free Kindle Books With Your Library Card
You've always wanted to read Infinite Jest, and now you finally have enough time on your hands to get through…
China to lift lockdown in Wuhan, Hubei province as coronavirus case numbers relieve
Posted March 24, 2020 20:30:00 Chinese authorities say they will lift a two-month lockdown in most of Hubei province, where…
More than 200 Australians stranded on Italian-bound cruise with verified COVID-19 case
Updated March 24, 2020 21:20:30 The Federal Government has been urged to rescue more than 200 Australians stranded on an…