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The Khurranas buy a plush house in Chandigarh

08 Jul 2020 05:48 AM IST

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana has got a new family home. The Khurrana family — parents P. Khurrana and Poonam, Ayushmann and his wife Tahira, and Aparshakti and his wife Akriti — has bought a family house in Panchkula, a satellite town of Chandigarh. “The Khurrana’s have got a family home! The

Taapsee is back at work amid Covid-19

08 Jul 2020 05:47 AM IST

Mumbai: After almost three months of lockdown, actress Taapsee Pannu is back in action. On Tuesday, the actress took to Instagram Stories and gave a glimpse of her make-up vanity room, sharing that she has started shooting amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Let’s do this. #BackToWork,” Taapsee captioned the image.

CBSE reduces Class 9-12 syllabus by 30%: HRD minister

08 Jul 2020 04:30 AM IST

Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Tuesday announced that the CBSE has revised the syllabi for classes IX-XII for the academic session 2020-21. He said that the changes made in the syllabi have been finalised by the respective Course Committees with the approval of the Curriculum

Amid rising Covid cases, India to start human trial of second vaccine

08 Jul 2020 04:23 AM IST

After receiving approval from Drug Controller General of India (DGCI), the Zydus Cadila group is all set to start its human trial of India’s second possible vaccine against Covid-19 — ZyCoV-D. The trials will be conducted on 1,000 volunteers across multiple sites in the country to initiate phase 1 and

India’s multi-pronged strategy forces China to make a retreat

08 Jul 2020 04:17 AM IST

The Modi government combines hard military prowess with swift diplomatic moves to leave the Xi Jinping-led Chinese dispensation both stunned and isolated.

We will expedite road works at LAC & LoC, says Rajnath Singh

08 Jul 2020 04:16 AM IST

Attempts to reduce tensions between India and China may be gaining momentum, but India is not going to back down as far as road construction at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is concerned. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a review meeting on Tuesday regarding the ongoing road construction and

AAI tells Air India to pay first and then fly

08 Jul 2020 04:15 AM IST

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked Air India to fly only on cashand-carry mode in four airports for now, which includes Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Chennai and Kolkata airports due to nonpayment of dues for a long period. This means that now Air India will have to make the payment

India’s Covid cases’ tally crosses 7-lakh mark

07 Jul 2020 05:57 AM IST

As India surpassed Russia to become the third worst-hit country by coronavirus after the total number of cases crossed the seven-lakh mark, the rising number of cases and deaths pushed the tally in the entire country to a figure of 7,00,150 and the death count to 19,795. The number of

US airline to start flights on the lines of Vande Bharat Mission

07 Jul 2020 05:57 AM IST

United Airlines of the United States has got the permission to operate three special flights on the Delhi-Newark route starting 10 July to fly those people who want to travel to America along the lines of India’s Vande Bharat Mission. The airline will operate flights from Delhi on 10, 12

Maharashtra to open hotel and lodges from 8 July

07 Jul 2020 05:56 AM IST

After almost three months of being out of business, the Maharashtra government’s latest notification allowing hotels, lodges, etc, to open with 33% capacity has brought some relief to their owners. The notification stated that hotels and other entities providing accommodation services including lodges, guest houses, etc, outside containment zones will

Telangana CM out of sight as state fights Covid-19

07 Jul 2020 05:56 AM IST

As the city of Hyderabad fights a rising Covid-19 graph, state CM K. Chandrashekhar Rao is facing flak for “confining himself to his farmhouse away from the state capital.” The Telangana CM is allegedly confined to his farmhouse for a week and despite announcing a cabinet meeting on 28 June,

‘Insulted’ Manjhi all set to part ways with Mahagathbandhan

07 Jul 2020 05:55 AM IST

HAM party chief Jeetan Ram Manjhi has made up his mind to part ways with the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan. Manjhi has finally called a meeting of his party’s core committee on 10 July. Highly-placed sources in the party indicate that Manjhi is exploring the possibility of joining hands with the JDU.