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The 64th Grammy Awards Postponed amidst Omicron Concerns

January 6, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Recording Academy and CBS postponed the 64th annual Grammys award show on Thursday due to the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. The musical award show was scheduled for January 31, 2022, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, with performances and a live audience. A joint statement […]

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Cricket: SA’s AB De Villiers announces retirement

November 19, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Former South African cricket team captain AB de Villiers on Friday announced retirement from all forms of the game with immediate effect, shocking and disappointing fans. The 37-year-old’s career spanned over 18 years. The batsman took to social media to announce the news. He shared a monochromatic photograph with a tweet. “It has […]

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American rapper Young Dolph shot dead

November 18, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: American rapper Young Dolph was shot dead in his hometown, Memphis, USA, on Thursday. Dolph, 36, is survived by a daughter and a son. The incident occurred while he was buying cookies. An armed man shot him through the shop window, killing him instantly. Only last week, he had donated $25,000 to his […]

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James Michael Tyler ‘Gunther’ from Friends Passed Away At 59

October 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: James Michael Tyler succumbed to prostate cancer and passed away in his Los Angeles home on Monday. He was 59 years old. Confirming the news of his demise, Tyler’s manager Toni Benson said in a statement, “The world knew him as Gunther, but Michael’s loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, […]

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Covid-19: Bhutan King, PM patrol borders to check virus spread!

June 15, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Now, this as amazing as it is unprecedented any country has done so far to check the spread of Covid-19 virus: a nation’s king, and the prime minister, patrolling border areas to prevent illegal human crossings lest it spread the killer virus. Media reports on Tuesday said that, amid the spread […]

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India vaccinates close to 8 million beneficiaries against COVID19 in 28 days

February 13, 2021 Vinayak Barot

India has vaccinated close to 80 lakh beneficiaries in its fight against COVID19. As on 13 February, 2021 – around 79,67,647 beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID19 vaccination exercise. Out of these, 5,909,136 are Health Care Workers and 2,058,511 are Front Line Workers. 1,64,781 sessions have been conducted so far. On Day […]