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Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) India wrestler Geeta Phogat expressed her desire to make a comeback and represent the country at the 2021 Olympic Games during paddler Mudit Dani’s online chat show In The Sportlight. The Dangal girl said the postponement of the mega event came as a blessing in disguise[Read More…]

By IANSlife New Delhi, July 21 (IANSlife) The common saying ‘A stitch in time saves nine’ is applicable to almost everything in life, including our health. When it comes to oral health and hygiene, dentists say it is good to start early. According to laser and cosmetic dental surgeon, Dr.[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Former cricketer Irfan Pathan believes the Indian cricket team can become unbeatable if they have a match-winning all-rounder like Ben Stokes in their ranks. “Indian cricket will be unbeatable anywhere in the world if they have a match winning all-rounder like Ben Stokes,” Pathan said[Read More…]

Panaji, July 21 (IANS) Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday condoled the death of Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon. In a condolence message, Malik said that Tandon was one of the senior-most BJP leaders and a “great administrator, polite and very friendly”. “When I[Read More…]

Madrid, July 21 (IANS) Gareth Bale’s status as an outcast in Real Madrid seems to have been sealed with the scarce amount of appearances that coach Zinedine Zidane has given him this season. He also cut an awkward figure as the team celebrated their league title win last week. However,[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) The digital team of Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has taken on filmmaker Anurag Kashyap now. Calling Kashyap “mini Mahesh Bhatt”, Kangana’s digital team, which identifies as Team Kangana Ranaut on an unverified Twitter account, also claimed that “Queen” is the only hit in his career! On[Read More…]

Kiev, July 21 (IANS) An armed man held 20 people hostage inside a bus in Ukraine’s Lutsk city on Tuesday, according to police. The man allegedly has some explosives, and shots were heard at scene, Xinhua news agency quoted the police as saying. The area off the centre of the[Read More…]

Berlin, July 21 (IANS) The trial of a suspect accused of killing two people after an attack on a synagogue in the German city of Halle last year, began on Tuesday. Prosecutors believe 28-year-old Stefan Balliet was motivated by anti-Semitism and xenophobia, and planned to massacre those inside the synagogue,[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) After all the export applications for PPE coveralls for rejected, the Commerce Ministry has issued revised procedure and criteria. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Commerce Ministry in a notice said that export quota for PPE coveralls for Covid-19 was fixed at[Read More…]

By IANSlife New Delhi, July 21 (IANSlife) In an attempt to reskill and resettle Indian defence veterans along with helping in the ongoing nationwide fight against COVID-19, a new initiative aims to connect healthcare institutions with ex-servicemen, to ferry doctors and other healthcare workers to hospitals and back home. The[Read More…]

Auckland, July 21 (IANS) New Zealand pace spearhead Trent Boult has said he will talk to the right people before taking a call on travelling for the Indian Premier League (IPL) amid the COVID-19 scare. The postponement of the T20 World Cup has paved the way for IPL to take[Read More…]

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, July 21 (IANS) As pictures of Rajasthan Congress MLAs from the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot camp are going viral in which they are seen doing yoga, playing football, watching movies in five star property Fairmont Hotel, netizens are venting their anger on social media. They are[Read More…]

Jammu, July 21 (IANS) Two army soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion in J&K’s Rajouri district on Tuesday. Police sources said two army soldiers identified as sepoy S.K. Minjur Rehman and sepoy Upadhya Prasad Rajindra sustained blast injuries while on duty in forward areas of Kalal in Nowshera sector[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Actress Shruti Haasan says it was fun to prepare for her character in the upcoming film “Yaara”, as she was playing an older woman for the first time. Shruti said: “(The story is set) In the seventies and then in the nineties, so it was lovely[Read More…]

Adelaide, July 21 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) is working towards preparing Adelaide Oval in such a way that Australia and India cricketers get the best training facilities during the quarantine period before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy later this year. The four Tests of the much-anticipated series is to be played at[Read More…]

Lucknow, July 21 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government has declared a holiday on Tuesday as a mark of respect to Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon who passed away in the morning. The order was issued by state Chief Secretary R. K. Tiwari when half the day was already over. The[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The downslide in vehicle registration eased in June, but was still deep in the red on a year-on-year basis. Accordingly, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations’ data showed that vehicle registration in June declined by 42 per cent on a YoY basis to 9,84,395 units[Read More…]

Washington, July 21 (IANS) US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that President Donald Trump, “whether he knows it yet or not, he will be leaving” the White House, despite the latter’s refusal to commit to the 2020 election results, the media reported. Speaking to MSNBC News on Monday, the[Read More…]