Bigg Boss 10 contestant Swami Om passed away on Wednesday morning. The self-proclaimed godman breathed his last at his residence in Ghaziabad. He was 63. Swami Om battled Covid three months ago, following which he reportedly had some ailments and was undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital. Covid made him extremely weak and the 63-year-old reportedly […]
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have identified that the Covid-19 virus may prompt the body to make weapons to attack its own tissues. According to the researchers, including Saborni Chakraborty from Stanford University in the US, the finding could unlock a number of Covid-19’s clinical mysteries. “It suggests that the virus might be directly causing […]
Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav believes it will not be easy for the likes of Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes to perform in the upcoming four-Test series between India and England which gets underway from Friday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. England are coming on the back of a thumping 2-0 Test series win […]
After Apple, Amazon became the second US tech company to log its largest quarter by revenue of all time at $125.56 billion, as online shopping broke all records in the holiday quarter (October-December period) amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The company doubled its net income to $7.2 billion for the quarter, compared to $3.3 billion for […]
Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and his actress wife Anushka Sharma have named their daughter Vamika. On Monday, Anushka took to Instagram to share an image of the couple along with their daughter and wrote, “We have lived together with love, presence and gratitude as a way of life but this little one Vamika […]
The Myanmar military staged a coup on Monday and seized control of the country after detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party, following escalated tensions between the government and the army that erupted due to results of the November 2020 polls. The […]
In a significant change amid digitalisation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman this year unveiled a ‘Made in India’ tablet replacing the traditional briefcase before presenting Budget 2021. With the move aimed at a paperless Budget, now ‘bahi khata’ (a ledger wrapped in a red cloth) has been completely removed from this year — a move to […]
Noted theatre actor and director Arvind Joshi has breathed his last. He passed away reportedly at Nanavati Hospital in the city on Friday morning. Arvind Joshi is the father of Bollywood actor Sharman Joshi, and though he is mostly known for his performances on stage, he had also appeared in a few Bollywood films including […]
In the third round of Covid vaccination on Thursday, less than half of the target for vaccination of health workers was recorded. Despite the Uttar Pradesh Health Department’s decision to relax rules and allow out of turn inoculation, this was a steep fall of nine per cent, compared to the last round on January 22. […]
As the new decade begins, India stands at the crossroads of several simultaneous disruptions, writes Gautam Chikermane, an author who tracks the world of money, power and faith, in “India 2030 – The Rise of a Rajasic Nation”, a compendium of 20 scholarly essays by thought leaders from diverse fields ranging from politics, economics and […]