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13 Aug

Sanjay Dutt not being available, KGF 2 cannot be eyeing at Pongal release

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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…

13 Aug

Celebrities announcing there good news

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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…

13 Aug

Narendra Modi becomes longest-serving non-Congress PM of India.

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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…

13 Aug

Ram Temple trust head Nritya Gopal Das, who shared stage with PM Modi, tests positive for Covid-19.

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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…

13 Aug

Glenmark increases the strength of FabiFlu

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A 400 mg version of oral antiviral FabiFlu is going to be introduced by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 cases. The higher strength will reduce the number of tablets that patients require per day. The 200 mg dosage of FabiFlu required patients to take 18 tablets on Day 1, followed by 8 tablets each day thereafter for a maximum of 14 days. With the new 400 mg version, patients will now have a more relaxed dosage regimen, with 9 tablets required on Day 1 and thereafter 2 tablets twice a day from Day 2 till…

12 Aug

West Bengal government on Wednesday issued a fresh list for the biweekly lockdown in the state

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West Bengal government on Wednesday issued a fresh list for the biweekly lockdown in the state. The state government earlier announced complete lockdown in the state for two days every week till the end of August. To prevent the spread of coronavirus spread in the eastern state, Mamata Banerjee-led government implemented partial lockdown since July. "Several requests and appeals have been received from different quarters to relax complete lockdown on certain dates which are coinciding with some festivals and local community based customs," the state government said in a statement on Wednesday.

12 Aug

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have finally put all speculations to rest by officially announcing that they are expecting a second baby.

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Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have finally put all speculations to rest by officially announcing that they are expecting a second baby. The couple shared in a statement, “We are very pleased to announce that we are expecting an addition to our family !! Thank you to all our well wishers for all their love and support.”Earlier, when ETimes spoke to Bebo’s father Randhir Kapoor, he had expressed, “I hope it's true and if so, I would be very happy. Doh bachche toh hone chahiye to give each other company." As lockdown norms were eased, Kareena Kapoor Khan was…

12 Aug

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar beats Will Smith, Jackie Chan to clinch spot on world’s highest-paid male actors of 2020

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Bollywood star Akshay Kumar beats Will Smith, Jackie Chan to clinch spot on world's highest-paid male actors of 2020Akshay Kumar has beaten his Bollywood contemporaries to become the only Bollywood actor to feature among the top-10 of Forbes’ highest-paid male actors of 2020.Although the star has had no film releases this year, Akki landed the sixth spot with earnings of $48.5 million. According to the report, most of his income came from product endorsements.The actor’s cop-flick ‘Sooryavanshi’ was slated for an April release, but got postponed due to the COVID-induced lockdown. Besides the Rohit Shetty directorial, the actor has films like…

11 Aug

A 22-year-old medical student ended his life by jumping off the roof of a hostel in All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday

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A 22-year-old medical student ended his life by jumping off the roof of a hostel in All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday evening here, police said. The 2018 batch MBBS student, who hailed from Bangalore, was admitted in the psychiatry ward of the hospital and was undergoing treatment for some mental health problem. He had taken an hours' break from the ward. He then apparently reached the hostel 19 roof from where he jumped, AIIMS sources said. The incident was reported to the police at around 6 pm.He jumped from the hostel roof and was moved to the…

11 Aug

“If these 10 states beat Covid, India can win,’ PM Modi tells chief ministers.

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A view has emerged that India will win against coronavirus if 10 states defeat it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chief Ministers today during a virtual meeting to review the coronavirus situation, adding that 10 states account for over 80 per cent of the active COVID-19 cases in the country. This is the seventh such interaction with Chief Ministers on the coronavirus crisis."A view has emerged that if we defeat coronavirus in 10 states, the nation will also win," the Prime Minister said during the virtual meet with Chief Ministers of 10 states. "We need to follow a new mantra…