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13 Jul

Actress Divvya Chouksey Dies After Battling Cancer

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Actor-singer Divvya Chouksey died on Sunday after a year-and-a-half long battle with cancer. She was 28.Divvya Chouksey wrote in last message to fans,”S**t Happens, I’m Strong”. According to director Monjoy Mukerji, who worked with the actor in her debut Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara in 2016, Divvya died in her hometown Bhopal. “She was suffering from cancer for about one-and-a-half years now. She got cured, but it relapsed after a few months. This time she could not come out of it. She passed today morning in her hometown Bhopal,” Monjoy told PTI. “She was such a chirpy enthusiastic, fiery girl. She was…

13 Jul

Bipasha Basu says that “Actors Are Most Vulnerable”

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Bipasha Basu says that “Actors Are Most Vulnerable,” after Kasautii Zindagii Kay’s Parth Samthaan Tests COVID-19 Positive. The actress commented on a paparazzo’s post about Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2 actor Parth Samthaan testing positive for the coronavirus over the weekend. Bipasha says that though the unit members are equipped with Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits and face shields while actors have to shoot without protective gear. Bipasha Basu wrote, “All shoots should stop till the situation is little better. Actors are the most vulnerable… most of the unit is protected with all the PPE, gloves, masks and shields. But actors have to shoot without any protection. It’s…

13 Jul

Siddhant Kapoor opens up about nepotism in Bollywood

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The fire of nepotism continues to rage in Bollywood. While people in the industry are divided on the matter, Shakti Kapoor’s son Siddhant Kapoor recently opened up about the same. The actor, who has done a few but substantial films in Bollywood, says if nepotism was a reality then he would have been a superstar by now.In an interview with a news portal, Siddhant reportedly said that it is not about nepotism. It should be about respecting somebody’s work, whether one is a star kid or not. According to him, if nepotism was a reality, he would have been a superstar by now. He also added…

13 Jul

BSF Apprehended 05 smugglers

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of Guwahati Frontier of Border Security Force apprehended 05 smugglers. One of them apprehended alongwith 3200 Nos of Yaba tablets and others were apprehended alongwith cattle heads from bordering areas of village Fekamari, PS– Kharuabandha, Distt –South Salamara (Assam) and Vill- Sarkar Para, PS- Sukhchar, Distt- Dhubri (Assam) on 11-12 July 2020. Acting on tip-off, on specific information of Field G Team Dhubri, BSF troops of Border Out Post (BOP) Ashmeralga of 06 Bn BSF carried out a special joint operation with Kharuabandha Police rep in general area of village Fekamari, PS Kharuabandha under South Salamara district (Assam). At about…

13 Jul

3 corona patient died today,discharge Kajol Ghosh

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Today 3 patient of corona is dead at siliguri. isolated 5. tmc leader kajol ghosh dicharge from the private hospital who admited from seven days.today he is release.

13 Jul

India lockdown cut smog

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India’s nationwide lockdown from 24 March to 17 May to contain the spread of COVID-19 has had unexpected spin-offs — it reduced smog over the national capital of New Delhi by 50 per cent and helped increase generation of solar power, says a new study. Ian Marius Peters, research scientist at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy*, US, and lead author of the study published 19 June in Joule, says: “If you improve the air quality you actually make the renewable energy sources, especially solar, work better. So, there's a positive feedback loop there.”

13 Jul

Russia’s Sechenov University successfully completes trials of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine

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The clinical trials of the world's first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University have been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told Sputnik, adding that the first group of volunteers would be discharged on Wednesday and the second on July 20. The university began clinical trials of the vaccine produced by Russia's Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology on June 18."Sechenov University has successfully completed tests on volunteers of the world's first vaccine against coronavirus," Tarasov said. According to Alexander Lukashev, the director of the Institute of…

13 Jul

Vivek Oberoi prays for the good health of the Bachchan family

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From millenials to Gen X, celebs to regular people, scores of netizens from all walks of life have been sending Amitabh Bachchan and his family prayers and get well soon wishes after he, along with son Abhishek, Aishwarya Rai and grandaughter Aaradhya tested positive for the novel coronavirus hours apart from each other. Now, wishing the family a speedy recovery, actor Vivek Oberoi took to his social media handle and wrote a note for them. It read, 'Our prayers for the well being and quick recovery of the family.' Abhishek Bachchan, on Sunday, informed all that while he and his…

13 Jul

Bollywood actress Divvya Chouksey passed away

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Bollywood actress Divvya Chouksey passed away today, reportedly after battling cancer. Just hours before her demise, the actress had posted a heart-breaking note in her Instagram story. “Words cannot suffice what I want to convey, the more the less, since it's been months am absconded and bombarded with plethora of messages. It's time I tell you guys, I am on my death bed. S**t happens. I am strong. Be there another life of non suffering. No questions please. Only god knows how much you mean to me. DC Bye."

12 Jul

Yogi govt. forms Commission to probe Kanpur ambush, Vikas Dubey’s encounter.

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The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday constituted a one-member commission to probe the Kanpur ambush and police encounter with gangster Vikas Dubey. UP Governor Anandiben Patel appointed retired Allahabad High Court judge Shashi Kant Agarwal to probe the incidents and submit a report within two months, according to a government notification. According to the statement, the panel will also probe the gangster's "relationship" with police and people from various departments. It will suggest ways to prevent such a repetition in future, it said.A government spokesperson said in the statement that the killing of eight policemen in the ambush on the…