Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s nephew and body builder Abdullah Khan passed away at a hospital here, a source close to the family said. He was 38. Abdullah died on Monday at city-based Lilavati Hospital, the insider added. Reportedly, the cause of death is lung infection. Asked to confirm the reports, the source told PTI, “It seems so but final reports are not out yet.” Salman took to Twitter to remember his nephew. The “Dabangg 3” actor shared a picture of him posing with Abdullah and captioned it as, “Will always love you…” Actor Rahul Dev offered his condolences and tweeted,…
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Indian Air Force continues to provide full support in Nation’s efforts to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus and the management of COVID-19. IAF has airlifted nearly 25 Tons of essential medical supplies in last three days from Delhi, Surat, Chandigarh to Manipur, Nagaland and the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. The medical supplies include Personal Protective Equipment, Hand sanitizers, surgical gloves, thermal scanners and medical personnel. Regular airlift of COVID test samples from the Union Territory of Ladakh to Delhi is also being carried. Towards this, C-17, C-130, An-32. AVRO & Dornier aircraft of IAF are being…
Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday advised officials to deploy firefighters to disinfect vulnerable neighbourhoods, especially the hot spots, quarantine centres, among others to check the spread of novel coronavirus. Baijal had a daily videoconference meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Secretary, Police Commissioner and other senior officers. “Reviewed medical preparedness, procurement of medical essentials, discharge guidelines, non-hospital isolation/quarantine, measures to enforce lockdown,” the LG tweeted. “Directed district disaster management authorities to take concerted preventive actions.” He said the district authorities will continue to take measures for effective enforcement of the lockdown, social distancing and home quarantine. “District…
A large religious gathering in New Delhi has sparked a manhunt across India for suspected coronavirus cases after being linked to dozens of infections and several deaths. The gathering emerged as one of India’s major virus hotspots after thousands flocked to an Islamic religious centre in the Nizamuddin West neighbourhood of Delhi. Some returned home to other states after the gathering, but many remained in the vicinity, saying they were trapped because public transport had been shut down due to the virus. A case has been registered against the preacher who led the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi and others…
Researchers are working on a new paper-based device that can be used to detect SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) within the wastewater of communities infected with the virus. According to the study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, rapid testing kits using paper-based devices could be used on-site at wastewater treatment plants to trace sources and determine whether there are potential COVID-19 carriers in local areas. The wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) approach could provide an effective and rapid way to predict the potential spread of COVID-19 by picking up on biomarkers in faeces and urine from disease carriers that enter the sewer…
Working out isn’t the only way Mark Wahlberg keeps himself looking good. The notoriously buff star posted a video on his Instagram page Monday night capturing daughter Grace giving him a manicure while their family is quarantined. The Oscar-nominated actor didn’t caption the video, electing instead to simply use the hashtag #quarantine. “You’re painting my hand,” an exasperated Wahlberg said while Grace, 10, applied nail polish on his fingernails. “OK, so, 15 days into quarantine now. I’m getting pedicures and manicures and apparently a full makeup. She’s got her whole kit there. Um, and yeah, this is what’s happening now.”…
The Late Late Show host – who has son Max, nine, and daughters Carey, five, and Charlotte, two, with wife Julia – admitted having to teach his own kids during the coronavirus pandemic has given him even more ‘respect for teachers’. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, he said: ‘The homeschooling thing is a nightmare. My respect for teachers is through the roof. ‘I mean, look, it’s here now. Honestly, I know nothing in [this textbook]. I know nothing.’? Meanwhile, the 41-year-old star has also been working on making his late night talk show work from home, as he’s had the likes…
Actor Randeep Hooda is all set to make his Hollywood debut in the Netflix film “Extraction”, starring Chris Hemsworth, and the actor is naturally super excited. “20 years after I thought I’ll make a showreel to work over there. It finally happened. So grateful to most amazing crew and cast. It is a dose of Extra Action and emotion,” he tweeted. “Extraction” was initially titled “Dhaka”. It also stars Indian actors Manoj Bajpayee and Pankaj Tripathi. The movie revolves around Tyler Rake (essayed by Hemsworth), a fearless, black market mercenary, who embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career…
So far 1,203 Tabligh Jamaat workers. who were part of a global religious congregation, Nizammudin Markaz, in New Delhi, have been screened, after Telangana reported Covid-19 infection among workers who returned to the State on March 21, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated on Tuesday. The Ministry said that 303 of them had symptoms of Covid-19 and were referred to different hospitals in Delhi. The Ministry is yet to clarify how many of these have tested positive. “Rest of them have been moved to different quarantine centres at Narela, Bakkarwala and Sultanpuri. This process will continue to move every Tabligh…
As part of COVID-19 preparedness, it has been decided by Indian Railways that it would be prepared to modify 20000 coaches into quarantine/ isolation coaches to augment the quarantine facilities being created in the country. In this connection consultations were held with Armed Forces Medical Services, Medical Department of various Zonal Railways, and Ayushman Bharat, Ministry of Health, Government of India. Five Zonal Railways have already prepared prototypes for the quarantine/ isolation coaches. These modified 20000 coaches can accommodate upto 3.2 lac possible beds for isolation needs. Work on modification of 5000 coaches, which are to be converted initially into…