Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) New-age singer-composer Ved Sharma is elated because his latest song, Shikayat, has crossed 10 million views on YouTube within two weeks. Ved shot to fame earlier this year composing and singing the title song of Mohit Suri’s “Malang”, starring Disha Patani and Aditya Roy Kapur. His[Read More…]
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Israeli, US air forces hold joint exercise
Jerusalem, Aug 4 (IANS) Israel said its air force held a joint military exercise with the United States Air Forces Central Command for the second time in 2020. The so-called “Enduring Lightning 2” exercise took place in southern Israel on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The army said[Read More…]
Israeli PM says West Bank annexation “isn’t off the table”
Jerusalem, Aug 4 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his plan to annex portions of the Israeli-occupied West Bank “isn’t off the table” yet. “The issue of West Bank annexation resides with Washington,” he told a meeting of his right-wing Likud faction. “It is not yet off the[Read More…]
US, Poland agree on enhanced defence cooperation
Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) The Pentagon said that the United States and Poland had completed negotiations on the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), which would enable increased US military presence in the central European country. “The EDCA will enable an increased enduring US rotational presence of about 1,000 personnel, to[Read More…]
Netanyahu warns Israel will hit back any attacks
Jerusalem, Aug 4 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that his country will attack “anyone who tries to attack us,” a day after Israel said it killed “terrorists” near the Syrian border. Speaking at the Knesset (parliament) on Monday, Netanyahu said that on Sunday night, Israeli troops “thwarted an[Read More…]
Wildfire in US Northern California 40% contained
San Francisco, Aug 4 (IANS) Firefighters have contained a wildfire in Colusa County of US Northern California, officials said. The Sites Fire reportedly had reached 1,000 acres (about four square km) by Sunday night, but the acreage is estimated at 540 as of Monday morning, according to the California Department[Read More…]
UK govt launches discount scheme to boost local restaurants
London, Aug 4 (IANS) The British government launched a discount scheme to boost the hospitality sector which has been hit hard by coronavirus. The so-called Eat Out to Help Out Scheme offers customers a 50 per cent discount when they eat in at registered restaurants every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday[Read More…]
Bandish Bandits review: Amazon Prime’s web series struggles to hit the right note
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COVID-19 pandemic “once in a century”, but still “in our hands”: WHO
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a virtual press conference on Monday that the world has never seen anything like this pandemic for decades.
Senior CPI-M leader Md Salim tested positive for Covid-19
Senior Congress leader from West Bengal Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wished a speedy recovery to Md Salim. “Get well soon,” Adhir tweeted.
Spain’s embattled ex-King Juan Carlos to leave country
Madrid, Aug 4 (IANS) Spain’s former king Juan Carlos will leave the country, the royal palace has announced, weeks after he was linked to an inquiry into alleged corruption. Juan Carlos, 82, made the announcement in a letter to his son, Felipe, to whom he handed power six years ago,[Read More…]
Draft defence policy aims to achieve Rs 1.75 lakh cr turnover by 2025
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) India has set a target to achieve a turnover of Rs 1.75 lakh crore ($25 billion) including export of Rs 35,000 Crore ($ 5 billion) in aerospace and defence goods and services by 2025. This is part of the draft Defence Production and Export Promotion[Read More…]
Delhi govt bans use of Hookah in public to contain COVID spread
Apart from being more infectious, the doctors said that health-wise, the impact of COVID-19 could be more fatal for the smokers.
Andhra Pradesh ties up with three FMCG majors to empower women
Under the YSR Cheyutha scheme, around 25 lakh women belonging to SC, ST, BC and minority communities will be benefitted. They will receive Rs 75,000 in four instalments of Rs 18,750 per year.
Andhra’s daily count dips for third day, tally 1,66,586
Amaravati, Aug 4 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh reported 7,822 new Covid-19 cases and 63 deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. on Monday, state health officials said. With the latest update, the overall Covid tally in the stood at 1,66,586. A relatively lower number of 45,516 tests, including 18,088 rapid[Read More…]
B’desh underwater tunnel project ‘cruises’ amid Corona crisis
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Aug 3 (IANS) The work on the ambitious $1.2 bn underwater tunnel project in Bangladesh’s Chattogram, aimed at boosting connectivity, seemed to be moving in the right direction with the completion of the left line of the section, amid the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis,[Read More…]
IndiGo pilot killed in car crash in Hyderabad
According to police, Singh was going to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in an office cab from his house in Nallagandla.
1,009 new cases take Gujarat’s Covid tally to 63,675
Gandhinagar, Aug 3 (IANS) Gujarat on Monday reported 1,009 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 64,684, while 22 people succumbed to the dreaded virus in the last 24 hours, mounting the state’s death toll to 2,509. On the positive side, 974 people were discharged from different hospitals on[Read More…]
Aayush Sharma pens a birthday note for wife Arpita
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Actor Aayush Sharma has conveyed birthday wishes to his wife Arpita with a special note on Instagram. “Here’s wishing the strongest woman, I know a very Happy Birthday. From standing backstage while cheering my performance with tears in your eyes to standing by my side unconditionally[Read More…]
Assam situation limps towards normalcy, 4 lakh still affected
Guwahati, Aug 3 (IANS) Around four lakh people in 17 districts are still in distress even as the situation in Assam, which faced an over month long spell of devastating floods, has improved in the past 11 days due to a break in the monsoon, officials said on Monday. According[Read More…]
Kerala: Suspected ‘mentally deranged’ man stabs relatives to death
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (IANS) A suspected “mentally deranged” man allegedly stabbed four of his relatives to death in Kerala’s Kasargode district on Monday night, a police official said. The incident took place at the Paivalike village council at Manjeswaram in the district. According to the police, the 35-year-old man is[Read More…]
Yediyurappa doing well, clinically stable, says hospital (Lead)
Bengaluru, Aug 3 (IANS) Karnataka’s septuagenarian Chief Minister B.S. Yedyiyurappa is doing well at a private hospital where he was admitted on Sunday after testing Covid positive, an official said on Monday. “At present, Yediyurappa is doing well and is clinically stable. Appropriate treatment has been initiated as per protocols,”[Read More…]
Ayushmann Khurrana champions women’s empowerment on Raksha Bandhan
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Actor Ayushmann Khurrana wishes for equality and inclusivity for women on Raksha Bandhan. Ayushmann, who prefers leaving an important social message through every role he does, has wished for real change in society and called for everyone to champion women’s empowerment through a new poem he[Read More…]
‘Conspirators behind Mujib killing, Hasina rally attack still active’
Dhaka, Aug 3 (IANS) Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged every Bangladeshi to remain alert against the conspirators behind the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975 and grenade attack at Sheikh Hasina’s rally here on August 21, 2004. “Plotters of August 15 and 21 are[Read More…]
Jiten Lalwani: This year has been one of the biggest teachers in my life
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) TV actor Jiten Lalwani celebrated a lockdown birthday on Monday. In retrospect, he says this year has been one of the biggest teachers in his life. “Birthdays have never been about the size of invitees who partake in the celebration. For me, it has always been[Read More…]