India

Theatre is my biggest and first love: Actor Suchitra Pillai

05 May 2021 19:36 PM IST

Suchitra Pillai, whose latest show Hello Mini 3 is streaming on MX player recently joined NewsX for an exclusive interview. She talked about her role in Hello Mini 3 and also told our viewers what made her accept the offer for the role. The actor was gregarious in sharing her

Wanted to explore something other than film music: Singer Sunidhi Chauhan

05 May 2021 19:07 PM IST

Singer Sunidhi Chauhan recently joined NewsX for a conversation as part of NewsX India’s special A-List series. She talks about her new single ‘Ye Ranjishein’ and also shared insights from her incredible singing journey. Sunidhi Chauhan began by telling her side of the story, answering why it took 20 years

It is really not easy to get what you want in Bollywood: Meera Chopra

05 May 2021 17:21 PM IST

Actor Meera Chopra recently joined NewsX for a special conversation as part of NewsX India A-List. In the exclusive interview, the actor opened up about not just her latest web series The Tattoo Murders, in which she shares the screen space with Tarun Virwani but also about her experience of

UK RECORDS ANOTHER 1,649 CORONAVIRUS CASES, 1 DEATH

05 May 2021 01:51 AM IST

Britain on Monday reported 1,649 new COVID-19 infections and one new death within 28 days of a positive test. Monday is a public holiday, which has in the past affected the numbers reported. The death toll from the disease in Britain now stands at 127,539. Meanwhile, some 50 million doses

ERDOGAN’S ‘CRAZY’ CANAL PROJECT MAY TURN INTO TURKEY’S WHITE ELEPHANT

05 May 2021 01:48 AM IST

NICOSIA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after trying to change the country’s history through his involvement in numerous conflicts in the Middle East and Nagorno Karabakh, appears to be determined to change the geography also by trying to create a second Bosporus strait. His plan is to dig an artificial

China continues to boost leverage over vulnerable countries as part of its debt-trap diplomacy

05 May 2021 01:44 AM IST

China is boosting its leverage over financially vulnerable countries and ensnaring some in sovereignty-eroding debt traps by extending loans with strings attached. The latest to fall prey to China’s debt-trap diplomacy is Laos, which recently signed a 25-year concession agreement allowing a majority Chinese-owned company to control its national power

A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS IN MYANMAR KILLS 5

05 May 2021 01:39 AM IST

At least five people were killed after a series of explosions went off in the Central Bago region of Myanmar on Monday, as protests against the hostile military continue. Three explosions occurred on Monday, killing three police officers who had joined a civil disobedience movement in opposition to February’s military

‘IMRAN GOVERNMENT’S CLAIM OF PAK PRESS BEING FREE IS A BALD-FACED LIE’

05 May 2021 01:37 AM IST

The Pakistan government’s claim that the country’s press is free is a “bald-faced” lie as journalists continue to face threats from state elements and news editors are coerced into censoring “undesirable” information or giving stories a certain slant, country’s leading newspaper Dawn has said. In an editorial on the World

US EXIT FROM AFG COULD RESULT IN ‘BAD OUTCOMES’

05 May 2021 01:35 AM IST

Amid the ongoing US drawdown from Afghanistan, General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has hinted that all possible outcomes can unfold following the exit of American troops from the war-torn country, including “really dramatic, bad possible” results. “On the one hand you get some really dramatic,

JEE (Main) May 2021 session postponed: Ramesh Pokhriyal

05 May 2021 01:33 AM IST

Joint Entrance Examination (Main)-2021 scheduled for May 2021 has been postponed, said Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank owing to prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country. “Looking at the present situation of COVID-19 and keeping students› safety in mind, JEE (Main) – May 2021 session has been postponed. Students are

OVER 13 LAKH DOSES OF COVISHIELD SENT TO DELHI, BENGALURU AND CHENNAI FROM PUNE

05 May 2021 01:32 AM IST

Over 13 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine were dispatched for Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai by flights from Pune on Tuesday, informed Pune airport. “Pune Airport dispatched 111 boxes containing 13,36,050 doses of the Covishield Vaccine for consignees at Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai on flights,” tweeted the Pune Airport administration. Extending

PRODUCTION OF REMDESIVIR INCREASED TO 1.05 CR A MONTH: MANSUKH MANDAVIYA

05 May 2021 01:31 AM IST

There has been a three-fold increase in the production capacity of anti-viral drug Remdesivir which is used to treat the symptoms of coronavirus disease, informed Union Minister for state chemical and Fertiliser Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday. “The production of Remdesivir is being increased at a rapid pace in the country.