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Singer-songwriter Adam Schlesinger dies from coronavirus Emmy and Grammy-winning musician and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, known for his work with his band Fountains of Wayne and on the TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, died on Wednesday after contracting coronavirus. Schlesinger died at a hospital in upstate New York, his longtime lawyer Josh Grier told The Associated Press. It is not clear where or how Schlesinger, a 51-year-old father of two daughters, contracted coronavirus. He had been sedated and on a ventilator for several days. Adam Schlesinger was nominated for 10 Emmys for writing comical songs across several television shows, winning three. Source: The...

Sandhya Mridul shocked as China reopens wet markets where coronavirus outbreak reportedly began: ‘Khud ko kha jao yaar’ Actor Sandhya Mridul is shocked at the reports of Chinese wet markets opening up again as the country finally recovers from coronavirus outbreak. She took to Twitter to share one such news report and express her anger at it. “Are you effin serious?! Khud ko kha jao yaar (eat yourself instead),” she wrote in a tweet. She also added a ‘punch’ emoji with her tweet. Scientists believe that the Covid-19 causing coronavirus first originated in a bat in China and hopped to another animal,...

Airlines can take bookings for domestic flights after 14 April: Puri Airlines can take domestic bookings after 14 April, unless the current lockdown, which has been implemented to contain the spread of contagious covid-19 virus, is further extended, aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters on a video conference, Puri added that any international flights to evacuate Indians stranded abroad will operate only after 14 April, once the current lockdown is lifted. Source: Livemint

‘Shoot them dead’: Philippines’ Duterte says won’t tolerate lockdown violators Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated. In a televised address, Duterte said it was vital everyone cooperates and follows home quarantine measures, as authorities try to slow the contagion and spare the country’s fragile health system from being overwhelmed. Source: The Indian Express

Washington: President Donald Trump has said that Tehran should expect a bold US response if Iran or Iranian-backed groups attack American forces or assets in Iraq. US-Iran tensions soared following the January 3 Washington-directed strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani outside Baghdad airport. Trump said at an evening White House briefing that his administration has received intelligence that Iran is planning a strike, but did not provide additional details. Iran has been blamed for an uptick in rocket attacks targeting Iraqi military bases hosting US troops. Three separate attacks in the span of a week struck Camp Taji and Basmaya...

‘Tablighi Jamaat returnees should come forward for tests’: Andhra CM Jagan Stating that there is no stigma attached to people affected by COVID-19 as it is similar to any other infection that can be easily cured if timely treatment is obtained, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy urged all those who travelled to the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, their family members and their contacts to come forward for medical tests. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Jagan said that 1,085 people had attended the Delhi event, between March 15-17. Stating that 21 persons who had visited the...

Not a good idea to opt for moratorium if customers have liquidity: Keki Mistry What are the modalities that HDFC Ltd. is rolling out for the EMI moratorium? How are you extending this to your customers and borrowers?The plan is that customers will be given a choice; either they can opt for the moratorium or they do not opt for the moratorium. When you opt for a moratorium, you must understand that it is only a moratorium on the cash flow and the interest liabilities continue to accrue; so there is no decided advantage in anyone deferring his or her...

Ex-Flipkart founder Sachin Bansal invests Rs 3,000 crore in Navi Technologies Sachin Bansal has pumped in more money into Navi Technologies, a company he set up to fund ventures in the financial services sector. Bansal along with Navi Founder Ankit Agarwal along with founders of Chaitanya Rural Finance and other investors have invested a total of Rs 3,226 crore into the company, as per regulatory filings sourced from paper.vc. Bansal has invested Rs 253 crore in cash and Rs 2,675 crore in considerations other than cash, as per the filings. Paresh Sukthankar, who was formerly with HDFC Bank has also...

Investor Jim Rogers expects ‘worst bear market in my lifetime’ in coming years As global stocks attempt to recover from their biggest quarterly loss since the global financial crisis, veteran investor Jim Rogers says there’s worse to come. The current rebound in markets may continue for a while following a bout of extreme pessimism, but another rout is imminent, according to the chairman of Rogers Holdings Inc. That’s because of a triple whammy of coronavirus-fulled economic damage, high debt levels and interest rates that are low, which will hurt when they rise. Source: Livemint

Amazon-backed More Retail appoints Vinod Nambiar as MD MUMBAI: Supermarket store operator More Retail Ltd, owned by private equity firm Samara Capital and US e-commerce giant Amazon, has appointed FMCG industry veteran Vinod Nambiar as its managing director, as the company tackles business disruption caused by the covid-19 pandemic. More Retail operates around 645 retail stores across various states in the country. Samara Capital and Amazon had bought the retail chain from Aditya Birla Group in late 2018. Source: Livemint