Rishi Kapoor”s death is the end of an era in Hindi cinema, said co-stars and friends Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan and Karan Johar as they reminisced...
Archive - April 2020
The US government, through its aid agency USAID, has announced an additional grant of USD 3 million to help India combat the coronavirus pandemic. On April 6...
“Our dear Rishi Kapoor passed away peacefully at 8:45am IST in hospital today after a two-year battle with leukemia. The doctors and medical staff at the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has termed China”s battle against COVID-19 as a major strategic achievement, as the ruling Communist Party is all set to...
Tobacco smoking could be a potential risk factor for infection with the novel coronavirus, according to a study which suggests that there is an increased risk...
Facebook has issued 40 million warning labels across its services related to fake content around COVID-19, Its CEO Mark Zuckerberg has informed. Facebook has...
The Uttar Pradesh police has ordered over 10,000 personal protective equipments and asked cops above the age of 55 years with health history to stay off the...
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan in a video talk with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, streamed by the party, said that country needs Rs...
Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor (4 September 1952 – 30 April 2020) has died at 67 after a two-year-long battle with cancer. The 67-year-old actor was admitted...
After a television journalist in Kerala’s Kasaragod tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, the health authorities here advised the district collector...
The Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry (SJEM) on Wednesday asked the states and the union territories to ensure availability of basic physical...
As a sign of respect for healthcare professionals, the Delhi Police on Wednesday undertook a ‘parikarma’ of the All-India Institute of Medical Science...
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated it will be impossible to host the Olympics even next year if the ongoing coronavirus pandemic cannot be contained till...
After weathering the coronavirus pandemic in the first quarter, Google”s parent company Alphabet is almost certain about really tough times ahead as...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said three out of 529 media persons, who gave their swab samples recently, have tested positive for COVID-19...
Irrfan Khan, the versatile bollywood actor who passed away on Wednesday was born and brought up in Jaipur. Since his childhood, he had a craving for acting...
International business bodies, whose members include global giants like Walmart, Amazon, Google, Netflix etc, have approached Finance Minister Nirmala...
Three eminent Indian-Americans, including Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, will be part of an advisory board formed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to help guide...
The number of coronavirus cases aboard the USS Kidd rose to 64 as the Navy destroyer pulled into port at San Diego on Tuesday to get medical care for the crew...
Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical firm Hester Biosciences on Wednesday said it has collaborated with Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) to develop a...
Bollywood actor “Irrfan Khan” (7 January 1966 – 29 April 2020) died on April 29. He was admitted to the ICU of a city hospital based in...
Anti-CAA protesters, who were served recovery notices to the tune of over Rs 1.41 crore for allegedly damaging government properties here, can breathe easy for...
The Reserve Bank of India”s liquidity support for mutual funds may struggle to be effective, as its success will hang on banks” appetite to take up...
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country climbed to 31,332 on Wednesday morning, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the total cases, 22,629 are...
Pakistan”s coronavirus cases have climbed to 14,885 while the death toll from the pandemic has reached 327 with 26 more fatalities, the health ministry...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will allow only films streamed online for the forthcoming Oscars in the wake of the industry-wide shutdown...
The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn”t brought under control by next year, the organising...
The number of internet connections in China reached a whopping 904 million by March this year, up by 75.08 million from 2018, according to an official report...
People who experience loss of smell as one of the COVID-19 symptoms are likely to have a mild to moderate clinical course of the disease, according to a study...
The University Grants Commission on Monday held a meeting to discuss a report submitted by a seven-member committee which has, among other things, recommended...
The Supreme Court Monday issued a notice to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on a petition seeking airlines, both domestic and international, to refund the...