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Manushi Chhillar is celebrating her 23rd birthday under lockdown Former Miss World Manushi Chhillar turned 23 today. On her special day, she traced her journey from winning Miss World to gearing up for her debut in Akshay Kumar starrer Prithviraj. She also opened up about her birthday plans. “I have had a blessed life and I thank the universe for everything. I have nothing but gratitude for the exposures that I have had so far and I’m proud that I have been able to express myself completely along the way. My journey has just begun and I’m extremely excited to...

Akshay Kumar provides 1000 wrist bands to help Mumbai Police for detecting COVID 19 symptoms Akshay Kumar is among the multiple Bollywood celebs who have come forward to help those who have been working hard to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. Previously the actor had made a generous donation of Rs 25 crore to the PM Relief Fund to fight against the deadly COVID-19. Of late, he has taken another initiative which is worth praises. The superstar has contributed a total number of 1000 wrist bands to the Mumbai Police for detecting the symptoms for COVID-19. With this, Mumbai Police becomes the...

Uday Kotak on why coronavirus lockdown is like Abhimanyu’s Chakravyuh Uday Kotak has likened India’s lockdown situation due to the coronavirus pandemic to Abhimanyu’s Chakravyuh – seeing as Abhimanyu from the Mahabharata despite being trained in warfare and breaking into the Chakravyuh, did not know how to escape. “It is easy to get into the lockdown, but getting out is a more complicated process,” the Kotak Mahindra CEO said. He added that India would have to exit the lockdown in a “gradual and calibrated manner,” Business Today reported. Source: Moneycontrol

Did not face govt interference in judicial appointments: Ex-CJI Gogoi Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) and present Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court Collegium didn’t confront any administration obstruction during his residency as the CJI when delegating judges to high courts and the Supreme Court. “Fourteen names were recommended for appointment (as judges) to the Supreme Court during my tenure. They were accepted and appointments made on time. There was never any difficulty. All recommendations with chief justices of high courts also were processed in time. (There was) no executive interference,” he said...

Goa ready to welcome tourists, but tourism activities to take more time: CM PANAJI : Goa, which is as of now an assigned green zone with no dynamic COVID-19 case, is prepared to invite tourists, however considering the circumstance in numerous pieces of the nation re-beginning the travel industry exercises will take some time, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday. In his live communication on Facebook composed by the express government’s Directorate of Information and Publicity, Sawant said that endeavors should be made by the inhabitants of the state to nip gossip mongering about fake COVID-19 cases in the...

Fauci warns: More death, economic damage if US reopens too fast Dr Anthony Fauci, the Donald Trump organization’s topinfectious disease expert, cautioned Tuesday that urban communities and states could “turn back the clock” and see more coronavirus passings and financial harm the same in the event that they lift Covid-19 stay-at-home requests excessively quick. His reaction remains in sharp differentiation to President Donald Trump’s desires to stop the descending spiraling economy. Cautioning a Senate board and the country, Fauci stated, “There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control.” More...

Another ‘much valued’ doctor of Indian origin dies of Covid-19 in UK Poornima Nair, who gained medical qualifications from the University of Delhi in 1987 and rehearsed as a general specialist subsequent to moving to the UK in 1997, has died in the wake of contracting coronavirus, her training in County Durham said on Wednesday. The Station View Medical Center in north-east England, where she was based, stated: “The practice is very sorry to announce to our patients the death of our much loved and valued colleague and friend Dr Poornima Nair”. “Dr Nair died after a drawn out Covid...

Maria Branyas: ‘Oldest woman in Spain’ beats coronavirus at 113 Maria Branyas was determined to have Covid-19 after the nation went into lockdown in March. Be that as it may, after weeks in disconnection, Ms Branyas recouped, having endured just mellow indications. It implies she has survived flu pandemic of 1918-19, the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War and the coronavirus. “Now that she is well, she is wonderful, she wants to speak, to explain, to make her reflections, it is her again,” her daughter tweeted. Source: BBC

Deepa Malik announces retirement, will head India’s Paralympic Committee Deepa Malik, India’s lone woman Paralympics silver medallist, reported on Monday that she will drape her boots from dynamic games so as to fill in as the leader of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) as per the National Sports Code. The 49-year-old took to Twitter and explained that she was declaring her retirement from the game for her connection with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS). Source: The Indian Express

MS Dhoni is human and will react, I have seen him getting angry in World Cups: Gautam Gambhir Mahendra Singh Dhoni has barely lost his temper during his decade and a half long famous career yet there has been a couple of special cases when ‘Captain Cool’ has allowed it to tear, review his previous Indian colleagues Gautam Gambhir and Irfan Pathan. As of late, India spinner Kuldeep Yadav had uncovered that he was mortally frightened when Dhoni, by his own affirmation, had lost his cool without precedent for a long time. Also, the left-arm chinaman bowler was in a...