Pranab Da is no more, country mourns; ‘End of an Era’

Pranab Da is no more, country mourns; ‘End of an Era’

Former President Pranab Mukherjee died on Monday evening, his son Abhijit Mukherjee said in a tweet. He was admitted at the Army Research and Referral Hospital 21 days ago after his condition deteriorated following a brain surgery. Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted: “With a Heavy Heart, this is to inform you that my father Pranab Mukherjee has […]

South Asian Americans Upbeat Over Biden’s Selection of Kamala Harris as VP running mate

South Asian Americans Upbeat Over Biden’s Selection of Kamala Harris as VP running mate

By Osman Siddique The gravity of the current economic, political, and pandemic situations cannot be sufficiently underscored. Collectively, they set the bar impossibly high for Joe Biden in the selection of his vice presidential running mate. Fortunately, he cleared it with Sen. Kamala Harris, the right choice for this momentous decision. The broad appeal that […]

S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer, passes away after battling Covid-19

S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer, passes away after battling Covid-19

Renowned Indian singer and legendary S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam passed away in Chennai on Friday at 13:04 Hrs, after battling coronavirus for over a month. Balasubramanyam tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai early in August and his condition deteriorated […]

Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha set for Christmas 2021 release, not this year

Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha set for Christmas 2021 release, not this year

Aamir Khan’s much awaited movie Laal Singh Chaddha that was initially headed for a Christmas 2020 release has now been shifted to Christmas 2021 due to delays with the ongoing pandemic and its adverse effects on most anticipated movies. Aamir Khan has a long standing association with Christmas. All his movies released during Christmas have […]

Nani’s next film V to be released direct on Amazon Prime on Sept 5

Nani’s next film V to be released direct on Amazon Prime on Sept 5

Directed and written by Mohana Krishna Indraganti, the Telugu thriller stars Nani in lead, along with Sudheer Babu, Nivetha Thomas and Aditi Rao Hydari in prominent roles. Amazon Prime members in India and in 200 countries and territories can stream the digital premiere of Telugu title V, releasing September 5, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Amazon […]

Virat Kohli’s most admirable person in childhood was Hrithik Roshan

Virat Kohli’s most admirable person in childhood was Hrithik Roshan

It may seem a while ago, but a page was recently shared by Virat’s childhood friend on his social media account, which stated that during his early days as a kid, Virat Kohli’s most admired person was Hrithik. Apparently, the page was a part of the scrapbook that Virat had filled for one of his […]

‘Shakuntala Devi’ shot at real locations to maintain authenticity

‘Shakuntala Devi’ shot at real locations to maintain authenticity

The biopic of Shakuntala Devi has caught the attention of the audience like no other and gave a whole different perspective on the journey. The way the two-hour film has shown the life of Shakuntala Devi is so beautiful with so many raw and real emotions attached to it. Apart from the story line, one […]

What happens when weakening magnetic field creates 3 poles, instead of 2 on Earth?

What happens when weakening magnetic field creates 3 poles, instead of 2 on Earth?

NASA has taken it seriously as this unique phenomenon will finally result in weakening the earth’s magnetic field and eventually affects the protective field that shields us from solar flares, and disrupts satellite communication. Already, over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, this unusually weak spot in the field – called the South Atlantic […]

Google COVID-19 Global Case Map now available throughout world

Google COVID-19 Global Case Map now available throughout world

Google in collaboration with Stanford University has launched a global COVID-19 map to provide media tools to embed up-to-date visualizations of the pandemic in media earlier this year and now extended to throughout the world. The ‘COVID-19 Global Case Mapper’ allows local reporters to embed a map of their area showing cases and analytics with […]

Malaria study targeting enzymes instead of pathogens paves way for faster treatment of COVID-19

Malaria study targeting enzymes instead of pathogens paves way for faster treatment of COVID-19

New research into malaria suggests targeting enzymes from the human host, rather than from the pathogen itself, could offer effective treatment for COVID-19, besides offering faster treatment for a range of many diseases. The international study, led by RMIT University’s Professor Christian Doerig, proposes a strategy that could save years of drug discovery research and […]

WATCH LIVE TODAY: Starlink Mission all set to take off today

WATCH LIVE TODAY: Starlink Mission all set to take off today

US private space agency SpaceX is targeting Friday, August 7 at 1:12 a.m. EDT, 5:12 UTC, for launch of its tenth Starlink mission which will include 57 Starlink satellites and 2 satellites from BlackSky, a Spaceflight customer. The standard vehicle Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in […]

Russia completes Phase III trials, gets ready to first vaccinate doctors in October

Russia completes Phase III trials, gets ready to first vaccinate doctors in October

Despite apprehensions on the sample numbers of human trials, Russia is preparing a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus in October, after a vaccine completed clinical trials including Phase III trial on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said the Gamaleya Institute, a state research facility in Moscow, had completed clinical trials […]