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New Delhi: Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna has said that his elder sister, Kamal Kapoor, has died due to lung congestion. The 62-year-old actor shared the news in a post on Facebook on Wednesday, a day after he dismissed the fake news that he had passed away. Mukesh Khanna said that his sister had recently recovered…

French Open 2021: Tournament director Guy Forget believes Andy Murray can beat half of the guys in the main draw and deserves a wildcard. Murray has already entered the qualifying rounds for the clay-court Grand Slam later this month. Andy Murray has entered the qualifying rounds for French Open later this month (Reuters Photo) HIGHLIGHTS…

The request came after the World Health Organisation’s proposal to reclassify the B.1.617.2 variant of Covid-19 found in India as a “variant of concern”, raising the alert from a “variant of interest”. People wearing protective face masks wait to receive vaccine outside a centre in Kolkata. (Photo:Reuters) The European Union’s executive on Wednesday called on…

Washington: Researchers at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center have created an open-source online suite of computational models that will help scientists rapidly screen small molecules for their potential COVID-19 fighting properties. A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, mass vaccinations have begun to raise the tantalizing prospect of herd immunity that eventually curtails…

Vaio has launched two new laptops in India: Vaio SE14 and Vaio SX14. The two new laptops will exclusively retail on Amazon starting May 16. Both the laptops offer a lot of promising features and are targeted more towards professionals who can loosen their purse strings for impressive performance.  Features of Vaio SE14  SE14 is…

New Delhi: A host of trains run by the Indian Railways will stand cancelled. These trains will remained cancelled amid the surge in the cases of Covid across the country and also due to poor patronisation. The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to cancel 31 pairs of Intercity Special, Passenger special and Express special trains….

Chennai: At a time when Tamil Nadu is witnessing all-time-high COVID-19 cases and vaccine hesitancy, megastar Rajinikanth has taken the jab. The septuagenarian actor just returned to his Chennai home after completing the filming of his upcoming flick Annatthe in Hyderabad.  Rajinikanth’s daughter had shared a picture of the veteran actor and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee…

Opener Jos Buttler believes that leading Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was a great learning experience for skipper Sanju Samson who grew into the role as the tournament progressed. Samson had replaced Australia’s Steve Smith as skipper of Rajasthan Royals in January. “It was a great learning experience for him. And…

After the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) was released on Wednesday, which rose by 4.2 per cent as compared to last year, the US stock market witnessed a slide but the UK stocks remained fairly unaffected by the inflation data. The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4.2 per cent this April, which is…

Washington: A multi-institutional study suggests that prioritizing vaccine delivery to older age groups and the medically vulnerable has the greatest impact in minimizing loss of life. Strategic vaccine delivery is critical to reducing COVID-19 transmission, mortality and long-term health impacts affirm a study published in PLOS Computational Biology by Sam Moore, Matt Keeling and colleagues…