April 2020

‘Fight against Covid-19 biggest invisible war’, says Rajnath Singh Fight against Covid-19 is biggest invisible war in our lifetime; a war against humanity, defence minister Rajnath Singh told PTI on Sunday. He said that India is fighting Covid-19 crisis on war footing and all government agencies are working in close coordination. Expertise of armed forces in communications, supply chain management, medical support and engineering being used, he added saying “Armed forces are taking steps like curtailing troop movement, restricting leave, enforcing and work from home to check coronavirus.” Source: Hindustan Times

RCB coach Simon Katich open to IPL outside India, confident it will take place in 2020 Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Simon Katich is open to the idea of having the 2020 IPL outside India and has “no doubt” the cash-rich league will take place in some form later in the year. The BCCI on Thursday suspended the IPL “till further notice” in the wake of the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic. “Whether it would be in Australia (or elsewhere), that’s an interesting topic of conversation. There would be a few teams – us in particular at RCB, we’d be very happy...

I have attitude towards liars & traitors, Gambhir tells Afridi NEW DELHI: The Gautam Gambhir-Shahid Afridi saga has continued with the former Indian batsman hitting back at another scathing remark about him that has emerged from the former Pakistan all-rounder’s autobiography published in April 2019. The war of words between the two former cricketers, who have had a number of run-ins on the pitch during their playing days, started with Afridi’s remarks on Gambhir in the book becoming public before its launch. The latest quote to have emerged says that Gambhir is “barely a character in the great scheme of...

Athiya Shetty wishes KL Rahul: Happy birthday, my person Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul’s dating rumours have been doing rounds from quite some time. While the duo hasn’t ever admitted to being in a relationship, their social media banter often makes headlines. On Saturday, Athiya wished her rumoured beau on his birthday with a special Instagram post. The actress shared a photograph with the Indian-batsman and captioned it as, “happy birthday, my person @rahulkl. (sic)” The post has gone viral and fans are excited to see Athiya’s wish. KL Rahul replied to the post by commenting heart emojis. Source: News18

Kangana Ranaut says Twitter must be demolished! Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut has now released a video through her official team on Instagram, in support of her sister Rangoli Chandel, and in the video she has asked the Indian government to shut down Twitter besides saying that India must design it’s own social media platform. Kangana Ranaut’s video came after her sister Rangoli Chandel’s account suspension from Twitter, for posting hate tweets against Muslims in connection to the Moradabad stone pelting incident. Kangana says that she and her sister were falsely accused by Sussanne Khan’s sister, Farah Khan Ali and Reema...

Sunil Grover And I Were Once Famous As Laurel And Hardy Of TV: Kiku Sharda Actor Kiku Sharda, most popularly known for playing various characters on the show Comedy Nights With Kapil, says that he misses working with his co-actor Sunil Grover. In an interview, Kiku said that Sunil was fine talent and reminisced about playing various characters with him. “We had become a popular pair on TV. We have played Palak-Gutthi. Rinku-Santosh Bhabhi, Bumper-Dr. Mashoor Gulati. We were once famous as Laurel and Hardy of TV. We had developed a great bonding also working together. Visually also we looked great together....

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos buys new apartment for $16 million in New York New York: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has bought a $16 million, 3,000 square foot apartment in New York which is adjacent to condos worth $80 million he already owns. The newly-bought apartment has three bedrooms and three and a half baths that is a floor below the others he already owns, reports the CNN. Last summer, Bezos purchased a penthouse and two apartments below the new apartment, in a renovated 1912 neo-Gothic building that overlooks Madison Square Park. The price represents a 43 per cent premium over...

Congress forms consultative group under Manmohan Singh to evolve policy on key issues The Congress on Saturday constituted a consultative group with former prime minister Manmohan Singh as its chairman to deliberate on “current concerns” and formulate views and policy of the party on important issues. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be a part of the group along with other leaders, while party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala will be its convener. “The Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) has constituted a consultative group with Manmohan Singh as its chairman. The consultative group will meet virtually, normally every day, to deliberate on matters of...

New York Governor Says Trump Admin ‘Passing Buck’ on Reopening Amid Covid-19 Pandemic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday he needed federal government help to ramp up testing for the novel coronavirus and reopen his state’s economy, and accused President Donald Trump’s administration of failing to provide funding to states. “Is there any funding so I can do these things that you want us to do? ‘No,’” Cuomo told a daily briefing on the coronavirus. “That is passing the buck without passing the bucks.” The broadside came one day after Trump outlined guidelines for a phased reopening of...

UN chief Antonio Guterres salutes India for helping others in fight against COVID-19 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres salutes countries helping others in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, his spokesman has said, days after India sent supplies of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to several nations, including the US. Hydroxychloroquine has been identified by the US Food and Drug Administration as a possible treatment for the COVID-19 and it is being tested on more than 1,500 coronavirus patients in New York.The demand for the drug has swelled rapidly in the last few days after India decided to lift a ban on...