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Actor and celebrity dermatologist Dr Sethu Raman, 36, passes away Actor Dr Sethu Raman of Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya fame is no more. He reportedly passed away late Thursday night after a cardiac arrest. He was 36, and was active even a few days ago, giving interviews about the coronavirus. Sethu, a close friend of comedian Santhanam, was a leading dermatologist and ran the ZI clinic in Alwarpet. Many celebrities from the film industry consult with him for doubts and treatment for skin-related issues. Sethu hails from a family of doctors: both his father (Dr Viswanathan) and sister are in the medical...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self isolating but will still lead the government’s response to the outbreak. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” Johnson said. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.” However, British finance minister Rishi Sunak is not self-isolating after Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus, a source at the finance ministry said. Source: Livemint

Mithali Raj urges BCCI to start women’s IPL from 2021 India women’s ODI captain Mithali Raj on Thursday urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to come up with a plan to organise a Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) in the country from 2021. Mithali Raj said that BCCI should not “wait forever” to organise the women’s IPL, although she believes initially the tournament can be on a “smaller scale”. “I personally feel they should start a women’s IPL by next year, even if it’s on a slightly smaller scale and with some changes in rules, such...

Yuvraj Singh tips Siddhant Chaturvedi to play him in movie New Delhi: Yuvraj Singh feels that actor Siddhant Chaturvedi would be the best bet to portray him if a biopic is ever made on him. The former cricketer however first said that he might give a thought to portraying the character himself. “Probably, I’d play myself — that would be a bit desperate…(chuckles) hai na?” said Yuvraj according to Times of India. “See, that’s the director’s job to decide. If it’s going to be a Bollywood film, then Siddhant Chaturvedi is a good option; I’d love to see him in...

Lockdown may not be enough to contain coronavirus spread in India: Rajan The lockdown in India, the largest such exercise in the world, may not be enough to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country, former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has said. “This is a serious concern because not only does the lockdown keep people from going to work, it keeps them at home which is not necessarily that pristine isolated place, but can also be a slum where people live together,” Rajan said in an interview with Bloomberg. “It may be hard to...

Satya Nadella’s wife donated Rs 2 cr to KCR Anupama Venugopal Nadella, the wife of Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella announced on Tuesday that she is willing to donate a whopping Rs 2 crore. Kudos that Anupama joined hands to battle the coronavirus outbreak and support for immediate and long-term relief of the novel virus in Telangana. The total number of detected positive cases in Telangana rose to 36 and Anupama Venugopal Nadella announced the timely donation so that it would be of great help in terms of required commodities to those in need. Moreover, the donations would be...

Microsoft will come out ‘pretty strong’, Satya Nadella on Covid-19 impact Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he was confident that the company will come out strong following the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide. “We have a great balance sheet, we are a very diverse business, we have a mix of annuity, non-annuity, that is also stronger than even the last time we even went into the financial crisis. I feel confident we’ll come out of this, frankly, pretty strong,” he said in an interview to CNBC. Nadella acknowledged that the company’s Azure and cloud services were under immense pressure as millions of...

Rajnath Singh asks armed forces to assist civilian authorities to fight COVID-19 Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday urged the armed forces, Defence PSUs and other organisations to gear up their preparedness and provide all required assistance to the civilian administration to fight the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, Singh chaired a review meeting with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Chiefs of Army, Navy, Air Force, and other senior officials to discuss the action plan to deal with the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Source: The Indian Express

Covid-19: Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi, pledges support to govt; lists 8 suggestions Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to Prime Minister, suggesting steps to the government to tackle the spread of coronavirus disease Covid-19. She also welcomed the 21-day lockdown announced by PM Modi. “The 21-day nation-wide lockdown announced by you as a measure to fight the coronavirus is a welcome step. As president of the Indian National Congress, I would like to state that we will support and collaborate fully with every step taken by the Union government to ensure the containment of the pandemic,” Gandhi...

‘First step in right direction’: Rahul Gandhi on govt’s Covid-19 aid package Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who has been critical of the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic so far, said that the financial assistance package announced by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday “is the first step in the right direction”. “The Govt announcement today of a financial assistance package, is the first step in the right direction. India owes a debt to its farmers, daily wage earners, labourers, women & the elderly who are bearing the brunt of the ongoing lockdown,” Gandhi tweeted. Sitharaman announced a comprehensive...