COVID-19

Tamannaah Bhatia’s parents test positive for COVID-19

4:45 pm August 26, 2020

Mumbai: Actor Tamannaah Bhatia on Wednesday said her parents have tested positive for COVID-19. The “Baahubali” actor shared the news on social media, saying that her father Santosh and mother Rajani were showing “mild COVID-19 symptoms” last week after which everyone at their residence got tested for the virus. “The results have just come in, […]

Nobody expected a tsunami: Khattar on rising COVID-19 cases

Haryana CM Khattar tests positive for COVID-19

10:54 pm August 24, 2020

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday tested positive for COVID-19, six days after he had attended a meeting with Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who was later found infected with the virus. “I was tested for novel coronavirus today. My test report has returned positive,” Khattar tweeted. He appealed to […]

‘The Masked Singer’ Australia shoot halted after crew members test COVID-19 positive

2:48 pm August 24, 2020

Los Angeles: “The Masked Singer” Australia has suspended shooting and the entire team has gone into isolation after several crew members tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement shared on the Twitter page of the show, the makers said the shoot has been halted with immediate effect as the health and safety of the community […]

Australian newspaper cartoon of US candidates Kamala Harris and Joe Biden criticized as racist

Australian newspaper cartoon of U.S. candidates Harris and Biden criticized as racist

1:10 pm August 24, 2020

Sydney: A cartoon in Australia’s biggest national newspaper was denounced as racist by some top government figures on Friday for a portrayal of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris that critics said was racist. The cartoon by Johannes Leak in The Australian newspaper, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

Bihar assembly polls on time: EC sources

5:37 pm August 23, 2020

New Delhi: The assembly elections in Bihar, due later this year, would be held on time, highly placed sources in the Election Commission said on Sunday amid demands by some political parties for postponing the polls in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The term of the 243-member Bihar legislative assembly comes to an end on […]