April 2020

We need to take lockdowns, curfews seriously: Sachin Pilot Lockdown and restrictions have to be uniform in India. There is no point in three states having the lockdown and two states not having it. What we saw in the beginning of the lockdown, lakhs of people were stranded at different state borders. We can’t have a repeat of that, said Sachin Pilot. Sachin Pilot spoke to Aurangzeb Naqshbandi about the Bhilwara containment model, the national lockdown, raising awareness among people, and getting back to business in the time of Covidd-19. Source: Hindustan Times

British actress Hilary Heath passes away aged 74 after succumbing to COVID-19 complications British actor, Hilary Heath, best known for her role in horror movie Witchfinder General, has died of complications from coronavirus. She was 74. The news of her death was confirmed by her godson, Alex Williams last week on Facebook, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Apart from acting, she had bankrolled movies such as An Awfully Big Adventure in 1995, starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman and also Gary Oldman’s Nil by Mouth in 1997. Born in Liverpool, England, the late actor made her big-screen debut in the Michael Reeves horror movie Witchfinder General in 1968....

Rajeev Khandelwal shares casting couch horror with top director: ‘He asked me to go to his room which I refused’ The #MeToo movement, which rocked the country in 2018, encouraged several people to come out with their experiences of sexual harassment and assault. During a recent interaction with The Times of India, Rajeev Khandelwal said that men, too, were at the receiving end of inappropriate advances. Rajeev was reminded of his own casting couch experience while discussing the #MeToo movement recently. “The incident gave me flashes of a once-upon-a-time super director who had offered me a movie back then when I did not...

Tokyo Olympics CEO No Guarantee For 2021 Games We Need To Find Vaccine The CEO of the Tokyo Olympics is keeping it real — maybe too real — saying there’s a serious possibility the Games will NOT go down in 2021, as scheduled. Long story short … Tokyo organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto says it’s impossible to predict where the world will be with the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2021, when the Games were rescheduled to begin. “I don’t think anyone would be able to say if it is going to be possible to get it under control by next July or...

‘World Cup is bigger than Ashes,’ VVS Laxman shocked to not see Rohit in Wisden’s list The Wisden while naming the Five Cricketers of the Year in 2019 gave India’s ODI deputy Rohit Sharma a miss and it came as a huge surprise because Rohit hit five hundreds in the 2019 World Cup and former India batsman V.V.S. Laxman has said the same, calling the move a shocker. Speaking on Rohit Sharma not featuring in Wisden Cricketers of the Year list, Laxman said on Star Sports show Cricket Connected: “I think anyone who follows the game of cricket will be...

Suresh Raina gets a haircut from wife, posts it on social media The coronavirus outbreak has seen the world come to a standstill and almost all countries are under lockdown as they look to fight the pandemic. This has seen sportspersons also spending quality time at home and making the most of it. And now Suresh Raina has posted a photo with a new haircut that was given to him by his wife Priyanka. Taking to Twitter, Raina wrote: “I could not wait any longer..thanks for helping me @_PriyankaCRaina #haircut #doityourself.” Source: Hindustan Times

Trump says when to reopen US economy ‘biggest decision’ of presidency President Donald Trump on Friday said his decision on when to reopen the US economy, shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be the toughest he has ever taken. “I’m going to have to make a decision and I only hope to God that it’s the right decision. But I would say without question, it’s the biggest decision I’ve ever had to make,” Trump told a press conference. Trump, who faces a tight reelection in November, is keen to get the US economy back open after weeks of tough...

Capt suggests extension of national lockdown at PM meet; lists measures for immediate relief A day after Punjab extended the curfew till May 1, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday recommended extension of the national lockdown by at least a fortnight, while suggesting a slew of health and relief measures to the people in the state’s COVID-19 battle, in addition to special concessions for industry and agriculture sectors on an urgent basis. Participating in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video-conference with all Chief Ministers, Amarinder pointed out that there was huge uncertainty about the likely incidence of disease and...

Not in Favour of Lifting Lockdown in Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tells PM Modi Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he was not in favour of the withdrawal of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, which ends on April 14, in his state. Chouhan shared his views on continuation of the restrictions during the PM’s meeting with chief ministers which was conducted through a video conference. “Today we are not in favour of removal of lockdown. It should not be removed now. Life of the people is more important and to save it...

Pharma industry produces 20 crore hydroxychloroquine tablets this month: Zydus Cadila CEO Ahmedabad: With the surge in demand for hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug deemed to be useful in dealing with COVID-19, the pharmaceutical industry has produced 20 crore HCQ tablets this month, said Pankaj Patel, CEO of Zydus Cadila in Ahmedabad, on Saturday. “The pharmaceutical industry has significantly increased the production of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). 20 crore tablets of HCQ have been produced by the industry this month,” Patel told ANI. To meet the domestic and foreign demand for hydroxychloroquine, Cadila will produce 30 tonnes of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) equivalent to 15...