Superstar Salman Khan on Monday said the coronavirus pandemic has terrified him and it has been nearly three weeks since he last met his father, writer Salim Khan. Salman, who is currently at his Panvel farmhouse, shared a video on Twitter along with his actor-brother Sohail Khan’s son, Nirvan, and said they had gone to the farmhouse for a few days, but had to stay there because of the nationwide lockdown. “Hum toh darr gaye (we got scared). I have not seen my father since three weeks. We are here and he is alone at home (Galaxy Apartments) he said…
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“People have this perennial habit of writing me off now and then but it does not affect me,” says veteran wrestler Sushil Kumar, who has not only quashed his retirement talks but is rather bullish about his qualification for next year’s Tokyo Olympics. Already on the wrong side of 30s, Sushil was struggling to qualify for the Tokyo Games but the postponement of the quadrennial event has re-ignited his Olympic hopes. The Summer Games, originally scheduled for July-August this year, were expected to be a swansong for many athletes including Sushil and veteran tennis star Leander Paes but the one-year…
The latest figures from the Union Health Ministry take the takes the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country past the 4,000-mark, to 4,067 cases. On Sunday night, millions switched off lights and lit diyas (earthen lamps) and candles, burst firecrackers, chanted slogans and shouted and cheered from their balconies, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to “challenge the darkness spread by the coronavirus crisis”. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1247050602405863425?s=20 On Sunday the PM Modi spoke to two former Presidents and Prime Ministers and all senior opposition leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The phone calls came…
The COVID-19 related lockdown has substantially improved the air quality of Bengaluru, taking it from satisfactory level to good, a senior state pollution control board official said here on Sunday. “During the course of the lockdown 19 problem, we reached good position from satisfactory. It is between zero to 50 AQI (Air Quality Index) now. We have good quality air,” the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board member secretary Basavaraj Patil told PTI. He said the indicator for knowing the air quality in “If the AQI is zero to 50 then it is good. If it is 50 to 100 then…
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has wished the people on the eve of Mahavir Jayanti. In a message, he called Bhagwan Mahavir as one of the most charismatic spiritual leaders to have walked the earth and asked people to draw inspiration from his life in this time of crisis caused by COVID-19. Following is the full text of the message – “I extend my warm greetings and good wishes to the people of our country on the auspicious occasion of ‘Mahavir Jayanti’. Lord Mahavir was one of the most charismatic and influential spiritual leaders to have…
The total number of coronavirus positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) breached the 100 mark on Sunday, recording a jump of 54 patients in the last five days. From 52 reported cases by the end of March, J&K reached a cumulative tally of 106 cases on April 5, officials said. “The total number of positive cases in J&K [is] now 106,” Principal Secretary Planning, Information, and Government Spokesperson, Rohit Kansal tweeted. The Kashmir Valley had reported its first case on March 18 when a 67-year-old woman from Khaniyar Srinagar tested positive for coronavirus, two days after her arrival from…
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia – and six other tigers and lions that have also fallen ill – are believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who wasn’t yet showing symptoms, the zoo said. The first animal started showing symptoms March 27, and all are doing well and expected to recover, said the zoo, which has been…
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan today visited All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jhajjar to take stock of preparedness to overcome COVID-19. Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that the AIIMS Jhajjar will function as dedicated COVID-19 hospital consisting of 300 bed isolation wards which would ensure prompt care for patients in isolation requiring advanced medical support. During his review visit, he visited various facilities housed in the state-of-the-art building having isolation facility for COVID-19 patients, along with Vishram Sadan, the residential quarters of doctors and other health personnel. During his visit he spoke to some…
The Gujarat Police on Sunday registered a case against an unknown person for placing an online advertisement to “sell” the Statue of Unity. The advertisement was placed for Rs 30,000 crore on OLX. The Statue of Unity, the ad said, was being sold to meet the Gujarat government’s expenses for hospitals and medical infrastructure to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the state. The memorial to Sardar Patel, at 182 metres, is the world’s tallest such structure and has attracted several lakh people since it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. “Some unknown person placed an advertisement on…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami to participate in the coming meeting of Parliamentary party leaders on the Covid-19 issues on behalf of the AIADMK. In a statement issued here, the government said Modi on Sunday contacted Palaniswami over phone and invited him to participate on behalf of AIADMK in the meeting to be held on April 8 through video-conferencing.