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Will stand by Maldives in this ‘challenging time’: PM Modi tells President Solih Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of Maldives, over the prevailing coronavirus situation in the island nation. In a telephonic conversation, the leaders talked about the “health and economic challenges” the coronavirus pandemic poses for the Maldives. The Prime Minister tweeted about his conversation with President Solih and said that India will stand by the Maldives in this “challenging time”. “The special bond between India and Maldives strengthens our resolve to fight this common enemy together. India will stand by...

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in Self-isolation after Staff Test Positive for Covid-19 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has self-isolated himself after at least 20 people at the presidential palace tested positive for coronavirus, reports said on Sunday. Twenty cases were initially reported, but on Sunday Western media reports said the number had risen to 40, the BBC reported. There has been no official reaction from the Afghan government or any reports that Ghani himself has contacted the viral infection, it added. According to the Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Centre, Afghanistan has 993 coronavirus cases and 32 deaths. There are also...

Twinkle Khanna shares stunning pics of flamingo migration to Mumbai amid lockdown, see them here Bollywood actor-turned author Twinkle Khanna has shared some beautiful pictures of birds flocking around TS Chanakya wetlands in Navi Mumbai. While one of them is an aerial view, another one is an evening shot which also shows the nearby residential buildings juxtaposed with the birds in the water body. The pictures were originally shared by a Hindustan Times photographer. Twinkle rewteeted the pics and captioned them, “Stunning.” The photographer had shared the pictures on her Twitter handle and described them. “Look at these two stunning photographs of...

‘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...