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Sushant Singh Rajput. A victim of Bollywood cartel? Sonu Sood meets Maharashtra governer, gets praised for ‘his great work’ in helping migrants reach home Sonam Wangchuk, the man who inspired 3 Idiots movie, wants Indians to defeat China through wallet power Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg got richer by $30 billion in two months BJP leader Subramanian Swamy says will sue UN official over alleged comments about Muslims Ruskin Bond to Narrate his Stories on All India Radio During Lockdown ‘Adapt and create’: Ratan Tata takes to Instagram to pen down note for entrepreneurs amid COVID-19 crisis
Ludovic Orban
Romania’s PM paid $600 in fines for not adhering to social distancing rules Romania’s prime minister has paid fines totaling about $600 for smoking indoors and holding a meeting in a government building where several Cabinet ministers and other participants did not follow social distancing rules. In a photograph published in Romanian media, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban and others can be seen smoking with food and bottles of alcohol on a table. No one in the photo wore a mask or maintained the required spacing. Orban told the Mediafax news agency that the picture was taken on May 25, his...
Narendra Modi
PM Modi on Mann Ki Baat: Be more vigilant as economy opens up In the 65th edition of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, which coincides with the last date of the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today warned people to not let their guards down as the economy opens up gradually from tomorrow. The government has announced a phased exit from over two-month lockdown from tomorrow as lockdown 5.0 has been turned into ‘Unlock 1.0’. Here are the key highlights of PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat address: -“COVID-19 is very much there and we cannot be...
Sonam Wangchuk
Sonam Wangchuk, the man who inspired 3 Idiots movie, wants Indians to defeat China through wallet power Sonam Wangchuk, the man who inspired Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 3 Idiots, has taken upon himself to advice Indians on how to win a war against China on two fronts, first, through Army and second, through people’s boycott of Chinese companies. Wangchuk, an engineer turned education reformer, is asking people to boycott everything made by China. “Give up all Chinese software in a week, all Chinese hardware in a year,” he said, adding that the boycott should be turned into a people’s movement against...
Rajnath Singh
India, China talking though diplomatic, military channels to resolve Ladakh standoff: Rajnath Singh NEW DELHI: India and China are talking through diplomatic and military channels to resolve the ongoing troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh, said defence minister Rajnath Singh, adding even the major 73-day Doklam face-off in 2017 had also been defused through bilateral dialogue. The minister, in a couple of interviews to television channels on Saturday, did not directly answer whether Chinese troops had actually intruded deep into Indian territory across the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. “There are perceptional differences with China over the LAC,” he...
Donald Trump
Donald Trump postpones G7 summit; wants India to join group WASHINGTON : U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One during his return to Washington from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Trump said the G7, whose members are the world’s most advanced economies, was a “very outdated group of countries” in its current format. “I’m postponing it because I don’t feel that as...
Sunil Bhaskaran
Indian aviation on a two-year pause, says AirAsia India CEO Bhaskaran Speaking in CAPA India webinar on designing a sustainable roadmap for the revival of Indian aviation, Bhaskaran said that while there is no doubt about a strong demand outlook for the Indian market in the long run, the next few quarters are going to be challenging with less number of flights and weak load factors. “All expansions are on hold. We are struggling to keep up to whatever capacity we have. Unfortunately, aviation industry is a contract between a lessor and a lessee, so strongly in favour of lessor...
Jim Ryan
Sony CEO Opens Up on PlayStation 5 Pricing Strategy Sony is finally opening-up on its next-gen console, PlayStation 5, after having kept mum for most of the year. With a game reveal , we can expect further news to start flowing in. While next week’s showcase is sure to give us something about the console itself, do not expect too much. Sony is bound to continue keeping its cards close to its chest. However, Sony PlayStation’s CEO, Jim Ryan, did touch upon a few elements regarding the console in a sit-down with gamesindustry.biz. The reports, mostly unconfirmed, about PlayStation 5...
Rohit Sharma
BCCI nominates Rohit Sharma for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has nominated India vice-captain Rohit Sharma for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020. Meanwhile, the board has also nominated Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, and Deepti Sharma for the Arjuna Award. The Government of India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports had sought invitations for the respective awards with the period of consideration beginning 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2019. Rohit Sharma, Team India’s vice-captain in the white-ball format has been a prolific run-getter. Named the ICC ODI Cricketer...
