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Bheeshma Actor Nithiin to Reportedly Tie the Knot in April 2020

Telugu actor Nithiin is said to be getting married in April this year. There has been no official confirmation, but preparations have begun already.




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Shylock Movie Review: Mammootty Opens His 2020 Innings as Ruthless Moneylender in Mass Entertainer

Shylock is a bi-lingual drama laced with whatever a diehard Mammukka fan could expect him of. The film hit the theatres in Tamil Nadu as Kuberan.




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Telugu Actor Nithiin to Have a Destination Wedding with Shalini on April 10

It is being reported that the actor will tie the knot with Shalini in Dubai, and possibly host a reception in Hyderabad later.




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Bigg Boss Tamil Contestant Mahat Raghavendra Marries Girlfriend Prachi Mishra, See Pics

The traditional Tamil wedding of Mahat and Prachi was attended by their close friends and family members.




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Samantha Akkineni Shows Love for Naga Chaitanya-Sai Pallavi Starrer Love Story’s Song

The makers released the musical preview of a romantic track from the film titled Ay Pilla and it has become an instant hit on social media.




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Stepson Mahesh Babu Unveils Statue of Telugu Actress Vijaya Nirmala on Her Birth Anniversary

Veteran actress Vijaya Nirmala had starred in over 200 films, besides directing 44 in over three decades. She passed away in June 2019.




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Boney Kapoor Shares First Look of Pawan Kalyan from Pink's Telugu Remake Vakeel Saab, Female Actors Missing

The title and first look of the Telugu remake, featuring only Pawan Kalyan sans the female actors of the film, was shared by Boney Kapoor.




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Dhanush's Next Not Based On Kodiyankulam Caste Riots, Says Mari Selvaraj

Controversy erupted since it was speculated that Karnan is about the 1995 Kodiyankulam Maniyachi communal clash.




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Allu Arjun Is Setting Couple Goals with His Endearing Wish for Wife Sneha Reddy

Seeing Arjun’s love for his spouse on the special day, fans poured their hearts out in the comments section.




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Sanjay Dutt and Yash Starrer KGF Chapter 2 to Release on October 23

The poster of the film was shared by the actors and makers on social media, which announced that the movie will hit the screens on October 23, 2020.




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Karan Johar to Remake Telugu Film Bheeshma in Hindi with Ranbir Kapoor?

Bheeshma released this month and received a good response. Reports suggest the Telugu rom-com might be remade in Hindi and Karan Johar might buy its rights.




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Prakash Raj Pays His Staff and Film Crew Salaries Till May Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

The actor posted on Twitter that he has taken money out of his reserve funds to pay the people working for him so that they do not suffer because of the lockdown.




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Anupama Parameswaran's Facebook Account Hacked, She Lashes Out at Trolls for Morphed Images

Posting the morphed images on Facebook, Premam actress Anupama Parameswaran slammed trolls for committing the cybercrime.




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'Heartfelt Gratitude, Immense Respect, Endless Love' for Sanitation Workers, Says Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu took to Instagram to express 'heartfelt gratitude, immense respect, endless love' for sanitation workers who are working during the coronavirus outbreak.




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Vijay Deverakonda's Fight Against Fake News Supported by Mahesh Babu, Chiranjeevi

Vijay Deverakonda's video against fake news has been supported by many South actors, including Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu.




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Tamil Serials Want to Resume Shooting, Cinema Industry in No Hurry to Invite 'Disaster'

A group of Tamil film producers met Information and Publicity Minister Kadambur Raju to seek permission to start editing, dubbing, VFX/CGI and background music works with an upper limit of five people.




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Maharashtra: Massive fire breaks out in Bhiwandi chemical godown




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Liquor shop looted in Ulhasnagar amid lockdown




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Marshals deployed in Thane slums to enforce lockdown

The civic body in Thane city has deployed marshals in slums and congested localities to ensure proper enforcement of the Covid-19 lockdown, an official said on Thursday.




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Over 44,000 factories to restart in Maharashtra but where are the workers?

The state government’s decision to ease the lockdown restrictions for industries has received a huge response with 44,474 manufacturing units self-certifying online to resume operations. However, there is a hitch. Of the total requirement of 9.6 lakh workers, only 5.3 lakh workers have reported to work so far. This, even as the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy pegged unemployment rate for Maharashtra in April at 20.9%.




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How Lax Rules, Missed Warnings Led to Japan's Second Coronavirus Cruise-ship Hotspot

The Costa Atlantica now hosts one of Japan's biggest clusters of the coronavirus, which infected one-fourth of the more than 600 people then on board.




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Vaccine Worked in Monkeys, Claim Researchers from China as Study Shows Covid-19 Adapting to Humans

They found almost 200 recurrent genetic mutations of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - that show how it may be evolving as it spreads in people.




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'Stop Shifting Blame' - China Slams USA after Donald Trump Coronavirus 'Attack' Claim

Tension between USA and China has reached fever pitch in recent days as they have exchanged barbed comments on each other's handling of the coronavvirus.




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Trump's Admin Shelves CDC's Guide to Reopening Country After Coronavirus Lockdown

The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers and other institutions.




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US to Grant Iraq Gas Waiver in Show of Support For New PM

The exemption would be the longest period of time in months granted to Iraq to prove it is making progress in becoming less reliant on Iranian imports, a key condition of receiving the waiver.




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Bangladesh Lifts Curbs on Mosque Prayers as Lockdown Eases

The mosques and devotees have been asked to comply with a set of safety protocols to hold prayer congregations, the Religious Affairs Ministry said.




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Indian-origin MP in UK Says, Was 'Sacked' as Covid-19 Care Worker for Speaking Out Against PPE Shortage

Nadia Whittome, the youngest Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing her birthplace of Nottingham in central England since her win in the December 2019 General Election, is now running a drive to encourage care workers to speak out if they have safety concerns.




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Moderna Expects Mid-stage Trials for Covid-19 Vaccine to Begin Shortly

The drug developer had previously said it expected mid-stage trials to begin in the current quarter, with the aim to start late-stage studies in the fall.




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Coronavirus Detected in Semen of Infected Men, Shows Chinese Study

COVID-19 is spread through respiratory droplets or contact and the virus has also been detected in feces, saliva and urine.




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'We are Prisoners': Coronavirus Crisis Leaves Thousands of Cruise Ship Crew Stuck at Sea

The major cruise lines are accused of failing to do enough to get their staff home, ostensibly to save money on pricey charter flights – a claim the companies deny.




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Post Nat'l Outrage Over Black Man Getting Shot to Death While Jogging, Arrests Made After 2 Months

Gregory McMichael, 64, previously told police that he and his son chased after Ahmaud Arbery because they suspected him of being a burglar. Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, has said she believes her son, a former football player, was just jogging in the Satilla Shores neighborhood before he was killed on a Sunday afternoon.




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'Enemies Remain Enemies': North Korea Lashes South as Kim Jong Un Praises China's Xi Jinping

Kim sent Chinese leader Xi Jinping a diplomatic communication congratulating him for China's "success" in controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic.




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Croatian Air Force Plane Crashes Killing Two Crew Members

Croatia's Defense Ministry says an air force training plane crashed in the southwest of the country, killing two crew members.




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Georgia Police Arrest Two for Shooting Death of Unarmed Black Man

The two white men were identified by police as Travis McMichael, 34, and his father Gregory McMichael, 64, who both live in Brunswick.




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US Companies Got Emergency Govt Loans Despite Having Months of Cash

Some of the companies that took loans said publicly they were financially secure, with some seeing increased demand for their products around the time they asked for the aid.




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Pakistani Man Shoots Wife Dead for Not Serving Him Hot Meal for Sehri, Arrested

The father of the deceased filed a complaint with the police alleging that his 19-year-old daughter was killed by her husband for failing to serve him a hot meal for Sehri in the ongoing month of Ramzan.




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COVID-19: Indian-American Senator Appointed Member Of Committee to Address Washington's Economic Recovery

Senator Manka Dhingra is an Indian-American attorney and the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States.




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Wuhan Market Where Covid-19 Virus May Have Started Shouldn't be Closed: WHO

WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek said live animal markets are critical to providing food and livelihoods for millions of people globally and authorities should focus on improving them rather than outlawing them.




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Spanish Cat Who Died of Pre-existing Respiratory Condition Tests Positive for Coronavirus

The cat, named Negrito, was the sixth feline to be detected with the disease globally. It belonged to a household in the Barcelona area where several family members had caught the virus.




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Shortages of Coronavirus Test Materials 'Critical': UN Lab Chief

The tests the lab sends out use the nuclear-derived RT-PCR technology, which is now common for new coronavirus detection and can give results within hours.




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UK Coronavirus Death Toll Crosses 31,000, Confirms British Govt

The number of fatalities in hospitals, care homes and the wider community rose by 626 on the previous day to reach 31,241.




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Live Animal Markets Shouldn't be Shut Despite Virus as They Provide Food, Livelihoods for Millions: WHO

The WHO said reducing the risk of disease transmission from animals to humans in these often overcrowded markets could be addressed in many cases by improving hygiene and food safety standards, including separating live animals from humans.




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Anti-viral Drug Trio Found to Shorten Covid-19 Illness in Patients with Mild Symptoms: Study

Scientists are racing to identify effective medicines to use against the new coronavirus, but there is currently no treatment, cure or vaccine.




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China Continues to Hide and Obfuscate Covid-19 Data from World, Says Mike Pompeo in Fresh Attack

Mike Pompeo said he has seen a significant amount of evidence that suggests that the lab was underperforming, that there were security risks at the lab and that the virus could well have emanated from there.




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'We Don't Want this Anymore': Stuck on Cruise Ships During Pandemic, Crews Beg to Go Home

Both national and local governments have stopped crews from disembarking in order to prevent new cases of Covid-19 in their territories, stranding thousands of crew members.




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Emergency Coffin Shipments Arrive in Brazil's Manaus City for Covid-19 Victims

A Johns Hopkins University count says there have been more than 10,000 Covid-19 deaths so far in Latin America's largest and most populous country.




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No 'V'-shape Return from Devastating US Job Loss, Fed Policymakers Say

The virus has continued to spread across the nation, with nearly 1.3 million people infected so far and more than 77,000 dead.




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Docs Show Top White House Officials Buried Reports of Top Disease Control Experts on Reopening US

The trove of emails show the nation's top public health experts at the CDC spending weeks working on guidance to help the country deal with a public health emergency, only to see their work quashed by political appointees with little explanation.




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'Countries Know we Have Tremendous Amounts': Trump Says US Planning to Ship 8,000 Ventilators Abroad

In recent weeks, Trump has been recounting other countries' calls for help. He said he'd offered Russia's Vladimir Putin ventilators during a call on Thursday.




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Stranded in Nepal Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, Chinese Protesters Clash with Nepal Cops; 6 Injured

Over 400 Chinese nationals are stranded in Nepal and most of them are students who had gone to the country for vacation.