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Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex opened on a positive note on Friday, but soon pared initial gains and dropped over 150 points, tracking losses in index majors HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and TCS. The 30-share BSE index was trading 158.99 points or 0.33 per cent lower at 48,531.81. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty fell 59.50 points…

New Delhi: Actor and Bigg Boss 10 contestant Rahul Dev recently opened up about his experience of getting trolled on social media over removing his mask to pose with doctors to a leading daily. According to his interview, after he was inoculated with the first shot of the COVID vaccine, the doctors requested him to…

Sunil Gavaskar said that SRH would have actually welcomed the BCCI’s decision to suspend IPL 2021 mid-way into the 14th season as this will give them the time to reflect on the mistakes they made in the 7 games they played. David Warner lost his captaincy and place in the SRH XI after losing 5…

Scottish police ordered the release on Thursday of two Indian men who had been detained by British immigration officials, after hundreds of protesters in Glasgow blocked the path of a van carrying the detainees. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who wants to wrest immigration powers from the United Kingdom government, welcomed the police force’s actions…

With many states under lockdown to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Covid-19 pandemic has surely turned Akshaya Tritiya 2021’s celebrations sour. Gold buyers are unable to buy physical gold on the day, as jewellery showrooms are shut across the nation.  Since buying gold is considered auspicious on Akshaya Tritiya, investors are now…

India pacer Shardul Thakur stunned everyone with his 115-ball 67 against Australia at the iconic Gabba in January this. Not only did he hit a magnificent cover drive off Mitchell Starc, the 29-year-old partnered with Washington Sundar for 123 runs. The stand pulled India from 186 for 6 to 336 all-out, just 33 shorts of…

Building standards need to undergo a “paradigm shift” to better protect against airborne diseases, a group of experts said Thursday, drawing on hard-won lessons from the Covid pandemic. Future building designs must incorporate increased ventilation and air-cleaning measures, including filtration and disinfection using both filters and ultraviolet devices, they wrote in the journal Science. This…

The Singapore Open cancellation comes as a rude shock for Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth as the Super 500 tournament was the last chance for them to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in July. Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth haven’t been able to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics yet (Premier Badminton League Photo) HIGHLIGHTS…

The UN Security Council will publicly discuss the worsening violence between Israel and Palestinian militants on Sunday, diplomats said, reaching a compromise over US objections to a meeting on Friday. Diplomats said the United States, a close ally of Israel, had initially suggested a virtual public meeting could be held on Tuesday. US Secretary of…

New Delhi: Once again the internet has come to the rescue of people, giving some breather amid tough times.  On a lighter note, a video has gone viral on social media where a man, who’s being interviewed, does a faux pas and calls Remdesivir – a broad-spectrum antiviral medication that is widely being used to…