Author: IANS

Los Angeles, Feb 7 (IANS) Director Rian Johnson’s critically acclaimed whodunit murder mystery “Knives Out” will get a sequel. During Lionsgate’s third-quarter earnings call, CEO Jon Feltheimer said that a sequel to “Knives Out” is officially a go, hinting a production start for a follow-up to the money-making film, reports[Read More…]

Tokyo, Feb 7 (IANS) Japan’s Health Ministry on Friday confirmed that the number of people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus on board a quarantined cruise ship off the coast of Yokohama has increased to 61, after the emergence of 41 fresh cases. The new cases on the Diamond[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed high drama as BJP and Congress MPs engaged in a scuffle with Manickam Tagore trying to snatch a paper from Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan as the Minister was reading a note condemning Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘danda’ jibe[Read More…]

Sydney, Feb 7 (IANS) Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Friday did not want to go into comparisons between Virat Kohli and Steve Smith, saying both batters are a joy to watch. Tendulkar also termed Marnus Labuschagne as special on the sidelines of Bushfire Cricket Bash where he will be coaching[Read More…]

By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) It has been a week since the trio of Madan Lal, R.P. Singh and Sulakshana Naik were appointed the new Cricket Advisory Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), but they are yet to get the terms of[Read More…]

Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) After the demand for the inclusion of a Dalit in the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, there is now a demand for an OBC member in the trust. Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, while referring to the inclusion of Kameshwar Chaupal, a Scheduled[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Bollywood actress Sonam K. Ahuja on Friday shared two photographs of her father Anil Kapoor and said that the actor’s timeless appearance, hard work and talent inspires her. One image was from the 1987 film “Mr. India” and the second is from 2020 release “Malang”. She[Read More…]

New York, Feb 7 (IANS) A natural compound found in cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, kale, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts can help control non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), new research has found. The research, published in the journal Hepatology, suggests that this natural compound called indole may lead to new[Read More…]

London, Feb 7 (IANS) Treating the current novel coronavirus with steroids may do patients more harm than good, experts have warned. Steroids are often used by doctors to reduce inflammation, which is present in the lungs of patients with novel coronavirus. Lung inflammation was observed during the Severe Acute Respiratory[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Noting that old ration card will remain valid throughout the country, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday warned against spreading rumours and said that if needed, he would request the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered for the preparation of an inventory of the sacred jewellery that adorns Lord Ayyappa at the Sabarimala temple and appointed retired Kerala High Court judge CN Ramachandran Nair to supervise the work. Justice Nair will also appoint the person[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) The Mumbai Railway Police has arrested a man who is accused of molesting several women on the Matunga Railway bridge, officials said. However, in the absence of a complaint by any of the victims against him, he secured a bail at a city court this week.[Read More…]

Auckland, Feb 7 (IANS) Team India’s fielding coach R. Sridhar has accepted the fact that the team has not been able to live up to the standards when it comes to fielding in the recent months and their performance has been just average. “The West Indies series at home was[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Friday’s list of Business in the Rajya Sabha includes papers to be tabled by Parshottam Rupala for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and Angadi Suresh Channabasappa for the Ministry of Railways. A number of private members’ Legislative Bills are listed for introduction[Read More…]

Beijing, Feb 7 (IANS) The Chinese government governments highest anti-corruption agency is sending an investigation team to Hubei following public outrage over the death of a doctor who sounded an early alarm about the new virus that has killed 636 people in the Asian country as of Friday. The National[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Petrol and diesel prices recorded the biggest drop so far in this month on Friday. Oil marketing companies reduced the price of petrol by 21 to 22 paise, and that of diesel by 24 to 26 paise per litre. Due to the steep fall in[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 1 p.m. on Friday after the treasury benches raising the issue of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘danda’ jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi had said that the youth of India will “beat him (Modi) up with a stick”[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A massive fire gutted a two-storey building in Delhi’s Bijwasan area early Friday morning, causing the structure to collapse later on, a Delhi Fire Service officer said. However, no one was reported injured. The building in the Ambedkar Colony was used as a factory warehouse.[Read More…]

Tokyo, Feb 7 (IANS) The deadly coronavirus outbreak in China has delayed the production and shipments of Nintendo’s Switch console to its home market in Japan. Due to the outbreak, Japanese preorders have been pushed back from February 8 to an undetermined date. “We can confirm that the manufacturing of[Read More…]