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Poetry helps me get in touch with my soul, says Tanushi Singh

31 Jul 2020 06:13 AM IST

In these pandemic times, we all could do with a little soul-searching, won’t we? What better than some free therapy in the form of poetry! Tanushi Singh, a civil engineer, asserts that whenever she gets tired of playing all her roles, she uses her creativity to get in touch with

Books to look out for this week

31 Jul 2020 06:13 AM IST

My Genius Lunch Box Uma Raghuraman Penguin, Rs 299 This book by Uma Raghuraman is every parent’s go-to book for fifty fun, nutritious and simple vegetarian recipes that can be made on a school day. Featuring stunning photographs styled and shot by the author herself, this book is divided into

Meet Sonam’s guiding light

31 Jul 2020 06:08 AM IST

After giving small surprises throughout the week, actor Sonam Kapoor on Thursday has posted a lovely birthday wish for husband Anand Ahuja, who turned 35 on Thursday. The Neerja actor penned an adorable wish on Instagram to mark his day special, and cred- ited him as her “guidi n g

Hina Khan is the new ‘Naagin’

31 Jul 2020 06:08 AM IST

New Delhi: Television actress Hina Khan is all set to essay the title role of Naagin in the upcoming season five of the popular tele-series. With the announcement, Hina becomes the latest actress to join the franchise that has seen the likes of Mouni Roy and Surbhi Jyoti playing shape

Lockdown has had a lot of silver linings: Katie Holmes

31 Jul 2020 06:08 AM IST

Hollywood actress Katie Holmes has learned several lessons amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interaction with etonline.com, Katie spoke about her quarantine life with her 14-year-old daughter, Suri. “This lockdown has had a lot of silver linings. I’ve been taking time to FaceTime and really be there, be present. This

Revealed: Richa Chadha’s ‘stupid hobby’

31 Jul 2020 06:07 AM IST

Mumbai: Actress Richa Chadha confesses that overthinking is her stupid hobby. Richa opened up on the subject while conducting an interactive session with fans on Instagram. When a user asked her what any new hobby she had picked up during the lockdown, the actress spoke about how she has been

Gehlot may have greater role in Cong revival plan

31 Jul 2020 04:15 AM IST

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot seems to have achieved a victory in what many political pundits thought was his battle for political survival. Political observers believe that though the fight has not come to an end yet, it is no less than a political victory for Gehlot that the deadlock

Despite CM’s Covid claims, no sanitisation, clean water in top 5 containment zones

31 Jul 2020 04:15 AM IST

Despite Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s tall claims of bringing Covid situation under control in Delhi, a report has found out that top 5 containment zones in the national Capital have no proper sanitisation and basic civic facilities including clean drinking water. This annual report launched by NGO Praja Foundation also

Ministers gear up for big triple talaq talks with Muslim women

31 Jul 2020 04:08 AM IST

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Smriti Irani and Mukhtar Naqvi will virtually connect with women from across the country on the first anniversary of the law against instant triple talaq.

China says disengagement process almost complete, India doesn’t think so

31 Jul 2020 04:07 AM IST

India said on Thursday that some progress has been made in the disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh but it has not yet been completed and noted that it expected that the Chinese side will sincerely work for complete disengagement and de-escalation and full

Postpone presidential polls till people can safely vote: Trump

31 Jul 2020 04:07 AM IST

US President Donald on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the 3 November presidential elections, asserting that postal voting by all voters being adopted in some states because of the Covid-19 crisis could lead to fraud. He asked in a tweet, “Delay the election until people can properly, securely and

Recovered Covid cases fast approaching 1 million

30 Jul 2020 06:45 AM IST

As guidelines for the third phase of unlocking lockdown restrictions were released, India recorded 48,515 fresh coronavirus infections and 768 deaths linked to the highly contagious virus in the last 24 hours, which takes the country’s tally to 15,58,447 cases. A total of 9,99,318 patients in the country have recovered