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India announced a $500 million package to fund a project in the Maldives on Thursday to help it connect the capital Male to three nearby islands, stepping up New Delhi's diplomatic efforts in a region China has also been focusing recently. The Indian Ocean island nation, popular with tourists for its beaches and turquoise waters, has become a focal point in China's Belt and Road Initiative aimed at building trade and transport links across the region. Jaishankar said the plan linking Male to the islands of Villingili, Gulhifahu and Thilafushi will be the largest civilian infrastructure project in the Maldives,…

Veteran Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been diagnosed with lung cancer that is in the third stage. He needs urgent medical attention and hence he is flying to the USA for getting treated. He wouldn’t be back to shootings for many months.This has left the high budgeted and most anticipated sequel to KGF in a mess. Sanjay Dutt plays the main villain in the film and there is still a large chunk of portion that needs to be shot on him. Makers of KGF 2 were hopeful of resuming the shoot shortly so that they could aim for Sankranthi release.With…

Nicki Minaj sent the internet into a meltdown when she announced that she is expecting her first child with husband Kenneth Petty. The rapper took to Instagram late July to announce her pregnancy with a couple of photos that she captioned "#Preggers." She also wrote on another post, "Love. Marriage. Baby carriage. Overflowing with excitement and gratitude. Thank you all for the well wishes." Minaj married Petty last year. They first dated as teenagers and reunited in 2018.Just as surprising as their engagement announcement on New Year's day, Natasa Stankovic and Hardik Pandya in May announced that they were expecting…

In yet another career milestone, Narendra Modi on Thursday became the longest-serving Prime Minister in Indian history of non-Congress origin, surpassing Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure of 2268 days, all his terms combined. Currently, he is also fourth longest-serving Prime Minister of India, after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh. Narendra Modi took oath as the 14th Prime Minister of the country on May 26, 2014. He started with his second innings as the PM again on May 30, 2019. Modi is also the first ever Prime Minister to be born after Independence.Jawaharlal Nehru tops of list of longest…

The head of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust or the Ram Temple trust in Ayodhya, who shared stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other VIPs during the groundbreaking ceremony for a Ram Temple last week, has tested positive for coronavirus.Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, 82, was among the five people on the stage at the grand ceremony at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on August 5. The others on the stage were Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Governor Anandiben Patel and Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's ideological mentor. Das, who is also…