More than 3,946,130 cases were registered in 195 countries and territories. Of these, at least 1,293,700 are now considered recovered.

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The new restriction, which means travellers including Britons arriving in the UK would have to self-isolate at a private residence or be fined up to £1,000 or be deported for flouting the rules, is expected to take effect at the end of this month

The pending board exams will be held from July 1 to 15.

Harsh Vardhan flagged the large prevalence of non-smoking tobacco usage in some of the States and the problem of spitting in public places.

Officer bearers say they are ready to adhere to protocols if permission is granted.

Enraged over further extension of curfew, hundreds of men and women, violating social distancing norms, stormed out of their houses in the Walled City late on Thursday night and protested against the district administration.

Panic prevailed at the railway hospital in Ganpati Nagar when a 13-year-old daughter of a railway employee was found positive.

The WTO has found the world's two largest planemakers received billions of dollars of unfair subsidies in a pair of cases dating back to 2004

Two of its top health officials, Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Deborah Birx, would continue to be members of the task force, Trump told reporters

The incoming premier said he would make the fight against the coronavirus pandemic one of his priorities while in office

It's already May, and parts of the country hit 40 degrees Celsius a few days ago, making situations worse for people living in cramped quarters to stay indoors

The reports support many economists' belief that the economic slump could persist for a while

The BoE said Britain's economy might be on course to shrink by 25% in the three months to June and unemployment could more than double to 9% of the workforce

Economists had forecast that exports would shrink by 11% while imports would contract by 10%.

From WHO planning mission to find virus source in China, to Europe's richest man losing $30 billion, and the impact of coronavirus on indigenous people - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Four states that have reported their highest single-day jump in cases are Assam, Delhi, Odisha and Tripura

Last week, Kim Jong-un has made his 'first public appearance' after 20 days of absence.

Brent crude was up 47 cents, or 1.5 per cent, at $29.33 a barrel by 0121 GMT, having fallen nearly 1 per cent on Thursday

The spread of the novel coronavirus - and lockdown measures introduced to contain it - has ravaged the British economy, with many non-essential businesses told to close

The Labor Department's closely watched monthly employment report on Friday also showed the unemployment rate surging to 14.7% last month, shattering the post-World War Two record of 10.8%

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Pooja Bhatt's irrepressible cuteness, Rekha's amusing cartoon, Asha Bhosle's super songstress power, Akshay Kumar's sparkling white sneakers and shaved chest find a mention in Sukanya Verma's weekly column.

The beauty Mirzya is that it has no story. There is only poetry. Through the film one can feel the pulse of Gulzar's brilliant poetry coursing through it, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

From Feroz Khan-Danny Denzongpa's bare skin to Ranbir Kapoor-Ranveer Singh bare soul, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week saw it all!

Why you don't admire SRK in Raees

Kamal Haasan's unrivalled make up skills, Jack Nicholson's haunting imagery, Asha Parekh's life as a Hit Girl and the surprise package of Beauty and the Beast, it's all there in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.

Although famously reclusive and fitful in his creative output, Daniel Day-Lewis's decision to hang up his boots feels both untimely and unexpected.

'To me,' says Aseem Chhabra, 'the Golden Globes hold the most meaning as one gets to see stars celebrating, getting emotional, letting their guard down and showing us their regular human side.'

'The way the winners react and the speeches they deliver.''That is where the fun happens, when the actors and other winners let down their guard, challenge the system, talk about issues that should matter to us,' says Aseem Chhabra.

The problem is not that more people are not watching more TV, but that they are not finding anything of interest on Hindi television, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

Guess which superstar is writing his autobiography? Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.

'Aaradhya is constantly singing and dancing at home, sometimes to my songs, sometimes to her father's and her grandfather's songs.''It's a normal household.''We're trying to keep the atmosphere around Aaradhya as normal as possible,' Ms Gorgeous tells Subhash K Jha.

Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan, reveals Subhash K Jha, are looking at other directors for their daughter's debut.

'Khaitan's film will continue to invite comparisons with Manjule's, but the fact that it is out there for viewers to see is perhaps a greater tribute to the original than is conveyed by the cautious desire to remake it,' says Vikram Johri.

Politics, favouritism and poor taste in cinema have contributed to embarrassing choices for the Oscar race in the past.This little gem from India needs the love, emotional and financial support from the government as well as the Indian film industry, argues Aseem Chhabra.

Why do Hindi cinema superstars flounder in their fifties, asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

'Deeply flawed, Sacred Games and Mirzapur come nowhere close to representing the diversity of stories from this country,' says Vikram Johri.

'This film is a product of a dangerous trend to take just a sprinkling of truth, mix it with free-flowing speculation and present it as historical facts,' says Manavi Kapur.

'By ruffling dignified feathers, and by polarising its audience, Kabir Singh has put movies and art back into our public discourse,' says Sreehari Nair.

'The Telugu original with its brilliant rendering of the hero by Vijay Deverakonda works better than Kabir Singh.''It also has a sharper play of caste politics and raw authenticity of characters rooted in a local universe that gets lost in translation when it is remade for a pan-India audience,' argues Ritwik Sharma.

The long-awaited book is frank, funny, self-lacerating and full of gossip worthy anecdotes. What else could we ask of the Rocketman?

Indian films, and Raj Kapoor in particular, have a special place in Iranian cinephilia or cinemadoosti, Ranjita Ganesan discovers on a visit to Iran.

'Irrfan transcended celluloid and gave us a taste of his humility and humanity,' observes Sukanya Verma.

Most of us have a memory like that with our fathers, tucked away in the back of our minds or hidden away in family albums. Irrfan's passing took us right back. It's also what made it so personal to so many of us, points out Abhishek Mande Bhot.