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Ileana is missing ‘pool days’

17 Jul 2020 05:32 AM IST

Mumbai: Actress and social media sensation Ileana D’Cruz is missing her fun time in the swimming pool and having a sun bath. In a word, she is missing “normalcy”. On Wednesday, Ileana shared a few throwback poolside photographs on her verified Instagram account. “TB to when pool days and getting

Netflix announces 17 films, web series

17 Jul 2020 05:32 AM IST

In an attempt to take on Disney+Hotstar’s impressive line-up of films and Amazon Prime’s amazing offerings, Netflix announces big flicks like ‘Gunjan Saxena’ and ‘Ludo’.

I scored 58% in board exams: Madhavan

17 Jul 2020 05:29 AM IST

Actor R. Madhavan has tweeted that he scored just 58 per cent in his board exam, in a motivational post he shared for students, who are disappointed with their results. “To all those who just got their board results congratulations to those who exceeded their expectations and aced it …

India starts global operations via ‘Air Bubble’ with select countries

17 Jul 2020 04:03 AM IST

International operations will remain suspended in India till month-end but the special flight arrangements or ‘Air Bubble’ with countries like the US, France and Germany got a green signal from the government. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri confirmed The Daily Guardian’s story which we reported on Monday that the

Zydus begins human trials of its potential Covid-19 vaccine

17 Jul 2020 03:59 AM IST

The ZyCoV-D, the plasmid DNA vaccine designed and developed by Zydus and funded by the Department of Biotechnology, has initiated phase I/II clinical trials in healthy subjects, making it the first indigenously developed vaccine for Covid-19 to be administered in humans in India. The adaptive Phase I/II dose escalation, multi-centric

Sachin revolted after fearing sexual misconduct framing

17 Jul 2020 03:58 AM IST

Sources say Sachin Pilot decided to jump the gun to pre-empt any accusations which were likely to be made by a tribal woman at the behest of his adversaries.

Rajasthan HC to decide fate of Pilot, 18 other MLAs today

17 Jul 2020 03:57 AM IST

Rajasthan High Court will on Friday hear a petition filed by former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and 18 Congress rebel MLAs against the notice issued by Assembly Speaker C.P. Joshi to disqualify them as MLAs. The High Court will hear the case at 1 pm, while the Assembly Speaker

With 32k new cases, Covid numbers cross 10 lakh mark

17 Jul 2020 03:56 AM IST

The country recorded a total of 32,695 Covid-19 cases in the last twenty-four hours which is the biggest singleday jump so far, pushing the total tally of confirmed coronavirus cases in India to 10,01,449. The number of deaths stood at 25,582. Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal have reported

Top medical body issues red alert for doctors on Covid-19 duty

16 Jul 2020 05:26 AM IST

Doctors and hospital administrations told to conduct review of all hospital set-ups and update systems.

Another record jump of 29k Covid cases in India

16 Jul 2020 05:25 AM IST

India registered a record single-day jump of 29,429 Covid-19 cases, pushing its tally to 9,36,181, while the death toll climbed to 24,309 with 582 new fatalities. In the last 24 hours, 20,572 patients were declared cured, taking the total number of recoveries to 592,031. This is also the highest ever

Punjab CM tests Covid-negative

16 Jul 2020 05:24 AM IST

A day after his cabinet colleague Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa tested positive for Covid-19, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh too underwent the tests, which came out to be negative. He also urged all ministers, MLAs and senior government officials to get themselves tested for coronavirus. During the Cabinet meeting

Tejashwi targets BJP on Covid-19, says it’s spreading virus

16 Jul 2020 05:24 AM IST

The Opposition has found a way to attack the Bihar government on the Covid-19 issue. Sniffing a political opportunity, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav attacked BJP leaders and accused them of “spreading coronavirus” by not getting tested. He tweeted, “Of the 100 BJP leaders tested, 75 were Covid-19 positive. Who knows