On being asked whether he has any friends in the film industry, actor Johny Lever mourns that in this industry, there is dosti but no dosts. He feels people make all kinds of promises when they are at work, but none of these amount to much once a film is done and dusted. Lever may be speaking the truth of his own experience, but his life is not the mirror of every life in Bollywood.

The presidential address to Parliament on June 9, 2014 had focussed nearly exclusively on projects and schemes, eschewing policy. Therefore, many had eagerly awaited the budget speech for a policy vision of the new government. Unfortunately, it too left observers guessing on whether the government would tackle tough reforms or rely principally on better implementation.

After having raised the issue of whether the clubby and secretive collegiums system actually preserves the independence of the judiciary former Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju, has now trained his guns on India’s antiquated contempt of court law. He has made the valid point, in this newspaper, that judicial supremacy cannot be based on the law of kings in a democracy.

The cancer of corruption eating into India’s medical sector is no secret. Reports of patients being prescribed unnecessary tests by unscrupulous doctors in league with labs abound.

Many Indians still go “awww” when a US secretary of state endorses — in Hindi — PM Narendra Modi’s alliterative catchphrases, in this case, “sabka saath, sabka vikas”.

Remembering Tagore on his 159th birth anniversary today, here we list down some of his timeless poems that continue to resonate his creative charm and are still as relevant.

Indian economy has stopped, govt should de-centralise the system: Rahul Gandhi

Covid-19: Coronavirus cases cross 56000 in India

50% virus strains in India have ‘Spike mutation’ that’s scaring the world

Mandatory quarantine for Air India evacuation crew in Noida

Covid-19 lockdown: Sitaram Yechury writes to President Kovind on labour laws

Operation Samudra Setu: INS Jalashwa sets sail from Male with 698 stranded Indian nationals

Vande Bharat Mission: India’s evacuation operation picks up pace via air and sea

Vande Bharat mission: Second phase to begin from May 16 to bring 25000 Indians

भारत और पाकिस्तान (India vs Pakistan) के बीच इस महीने के अंत में डेविस कप (Daivs Cup) का मुकाबला खेला जाना है

Valmiki Rampersad had pleaded guilty to 26 offences including four counts of causing/inciting a girl, aged 13 to 15, to engage in sexual activity; 21 counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child; and, one count of making indecent photographs of a child.

As many as 7,720 Indian-origin people including 272 women and 591 minors were apprehended in 2019 for trying to enter the US illegally. A total of 851,508 people were apprehended in fiscal 2019 (Oct 2018-Sept 2019), a 115 per cent increase from the previous fiscal year and the highest total in 12 years, NAPA said.

The incident took place when Meera Solanka (29) from England's Solihull town was out with her friends, including her Chinese friend Mandy Huang (28) from London, celebrating her 29th birthday in Midlands region. Solanka was knocked unconscious and hospitalised after she stepped in when Mandy was told: "Take your f****** coronavirus back home!", Birmingham Mail newspaper reported.

An Indian-origin Singaporean, Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh (52) was sentenced to two months' jail on Thursday for shouting "corona, corona" and spitting on a hotel floor at the Changi Airport, the first conviction of its kind in the country related to the coronavirus outbreak. Singh breached a remission order after his early release from prison in February.

An Indian-American physician in Kansas City has begun a study to find if something called “remote intercessory prayer” might initiate God to heal those infected with the coronavirus.

Indian-American Niraj Antani has won the Republican primary for the US state of Ohio's sixth Senate district. Antani, 29, is currently serving in the Ohio General Assembly as a state representative.

Indian-origin and other ethnic minority healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic within the UK's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) should be risk-assessed for greater susceptibility to the deadly virus, according to new guidance issued to employers on Thursday.

Seema Nanda, 48, became the first Indian-American to be appointed as the CEO of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in June, 2018. She, however, did not give reasons for leaving the top position in the party. The Washington Post reported that Nanda's sudden exit from the DNC was part of the effort of the former US Vice President Joe Biden who is the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.

US President Donald Trump on Monday nominated an Indian-American attorney to a federal court in New York.

An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 52 weeks' imprisonment after pleading guilty to writing offensive graffiti at a number of locations across Leicester in central England, some of which was deemed to be racially or religiously aggravated. Amit Divecha admitted to being responsible for the graffiti, which was found outside a Hindu temple.

Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has advised Indian students stranded in the US due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions to use the occasion to think how they could be a productive and positive addition to the society. During a virtual interaction, she compared the Indian students' experience to her being in space in a spacecraft “where you don't get to go, see your family and friends and give them a real hug.”

भारतीय टीम (Indian Team) ने दौरे का अंत ब्रिटेन (Britain) जैसी मजबूत टीम के खिलाफ ड्रॉ के साथ किया. भारत (India) ने पांच मैचों में से एक जीता, एक हारा और तीन ड्रॉ खेले.

NRIs can now acquire up to 100% stake in Air India

Covid-19: Moody's cuts India's growth forecast to 5.3% for 2020

COVID-19: Sensex plunges 3,935 points in biggest intraday fall as India goes into lockdown

Indian banking system is safe and sound: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Moody's slashes India's GDP growth in 2020 to 2.5 %

Equity indices in the green, Vedanta gains by 7.5 pc

Indian markets closed on account of Mahavir Jayanti, Asian shares rise

Core industries' growth contracts 6.5% in March

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नागरिक उड्डयन मंत्री हरदीप सिंह पुरी (Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri) ने घोषणा की है कि विदेश में फंसे भारतीयों (Indian Flight Service) को लाने जाने वाली विशेष उड़ानों में भारत से जाते समय यात्री टिकट बुक करा सकेंगे.

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