Today, Puri’s famous Rath Yatra began as a large number of priests and temple attendants gathered at the Jagannath Temple without devotees for the first time in history. This came in after the Supreme Court allowed the state of Odisha to hold the seven day chariot festival in a restricted manner amid the coronavirus pandemic. …
A strong earthquake of 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Mizoram in the early hours of Monday. It has caused damage to houses and cracks on highway roads at several places. Good news, no casualties have been reported as of yet. At 4:10am, the earthquake hit the epicenter, Zokhawthar in Champhai district on the India-Myanmar …
Fondly known as Thalapathy, Tamil actor Vijay is celebrating his 46 birthday, today! One of the highest paid actors of Kollywood, Vijay stepped into the filmy world in 1992 in his Father SA Chandrasekhar’s 1992 directorial ‘Naalaiya Theerpu’. Slowly, from there he rose to stardom but tasted success in 2003 with action film, ‘Thirumalai’. Known …
England women’s cricket team is set to return to training from 22 June to get into competitive mode before the end of the season. The players will train in a bio-secure environment, first individual training across six venues and then, moving towards small groups training. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced 24 selected …
Our tech-savvy genes live on new developments and introduction of more and more comfort by each passing day. As our life is getting busier, social media platforms are injecting new updates to share our thoughts more easily with our acquaintance. Twitter, the micro-blogging site, is on an escapade to introduce new features every new day. …
Receiving overwhelming support from the UN Member States, India has been elected as the non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC). India garnered 184 votes out of the 192 ballots cast in the General Assembly to win the election for the non-permanent seat in the powerful UNSC. In a tweet, India’s Permanent Representative to …
One of the prestigious tournaments of tennis, the US Open gets a nod and clear signal from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to hold the championship from 31 August to 13 September but behind closed doors due to COVID-19. The US Open will take care of safety and protection of the players by including robust …
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has launched Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 as a part of the state government’s ‘Mission Begin Again’, to revive the economy in post-COVID-19 times. This is the first major government event that promotes the industrial development in the state, since the global outbreak of coronavirus. https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1272557523405422592 In this action plan, the Maharashtra …
In the National Capital, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Delhi’s health minister Satyendra Jain to discuss about curbing the spread of coronavirus in the metro city. On Twitter, Amit Shah stated that a comprehensive health survey of every person would be …
If a final can be as exciting as it gets, one has to mention the Clutch Chess International finals! World chess champion, Magnus Carlsen seized the game and won the Clutch Chess International in a dramatic virtual final match. With smart moves made across the board, he defeated Fabiano Caruana in a neck to neck …
