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SHWETA TIWARI REVEALED THAT HERDAUGHTER PALAK SPLURGED RS 1,80,000 ONMAKE-UP FOR HER 16TH BIRTHDAY, WITH EACH

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SHWETA TIWARI REVEALSDAUGHTER PALAK BOUGHT

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Deepika Padukone tripped on her dress atMet Gala while sipping wine in hotel lobby

WASIM AKRAM HAS AN IMPORTANTADVICE FOR JASPRIT BUMRAH

DEEPIKA PADUKONE POSES FOR THE PHOTOGRAPH AT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA DURING METGALA CAMP: NOTES ON FASHION IN NEW YORK CITY, U.S. ON MONDAY. (ANI)BOLLYWOOD ACTOR DEEPIKA PADUKONE, WHO MADE A GRAND APPEARANCE AT THE MET GALA ON MONDAY, TRIPPED ON HERDRESS WHILE SHE SIPPED ON SOME WINE IN A HOTEL LOBBY. A VIDEO FROM THE GALA, SHARED ONLINE, SHOWS HER TURNINGAROUND IN A HOTEL LOBBY AS FEW PEOPLE HELP HER WITH HER DRESS’ TRAIN AS SHE ALMOST TRIPS. HOWEVER, SHE REGAINSCONTROL AND AVOIDS A FALL.

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PEOPLE AND SEND OUT POSITIVEMESSAGES, IF WE REALLY WANT TO DO

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NEHA KAKKAR AND TONY KAKKARARE BACK WITH BHEEGI BHEEGI!

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India’s reign at the top of the ICC Test Rankings came to an end after 42 months earlier this month, after the ICC announced their latestrankings, in which they removed the points accumulated by the teams in the 2016-17 season. Tim Paine-led Australia climbed overIndia to claim the top spot, while the Virat Kohli-led side slipped to the 3rd position with New Zealand taking the 2nd spot. But formerIndia batsman Gautam Gambhir is not convinced by the ICC Rankings.

Shraddha Kapoor is one of Bollywood's most versatile actresses. She has adaptedto various characters in very distinctive movies and does not only restrict her talentto acting but also sings and dances stunningly well. The audience can observefrom her filmography that she has performed varied roles elegantly.In the musical romantic drama film Aashique 2, she astounded the viewers withher enticing voice and proved that she can sing as well. In ABCD 2, Shraddhaliterally moved the audience of the Indian film industry with her groovy moves,proving that she is an awe-striking dancer as well.We take a look at Shraddha's role in Stree as a ghost which had an essentialmysterious vibe to it. She had an enchanting aura about herself in the movie whichgrabbed hold of the audience fairly well. Shraddha's empowering role in the action-fueled movie 'Saaho' set the screens on fire. Her role was of an agent in a manhunttask force. As for Chhichhore, the actress played two roles: one of a student and oneof a mother which she did exceedingly well, giving out an important message ofhaving the right spirit of competitiveness.Shraddha is always on the rise and withher recently released film Baaghi 3,she gave the viewers quite thekick of awesome enter tainment.We can see that her sagas don'tjust restrict themselves to oneparticular genre. She has time andagain proven to the audienceher versati l i ty! ShraddhaKapoor has set quite an ex-ample of being a multi-facetedpackage of entertainment andperpetuating the quality of herawe-inspiring acting at thesame time.

The terrific brother-sister duo are back. This time with a romantic, rain song afterthe gigantic success of 'Oh Humsafar' that had gathered over 800+ million viewsacross YouTube. Yes, we are talking about Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar who areall set to astound you with Bhushan Kumar's 'Bheegi Bheegi', which promises to beanother chartbuster from the hit machine siblings.Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar have delivered some of their biggest hits under theT-Series umbrella including Coca Cola, which received over 512.5 million viewsand Dheeme Dheeme, which crossed 89.2 million views across YouTube.'Bheegi Bheegi' is a love ballad, composed by the multi-talented Tony Kakkar. Thecomposer has also penned the catchy lyrics along with Prince Dubey for thissoulful melody. Making 'Bheegi Bheegi' was an exciting challenge for Tony, whocoordinated with his flautist Naveen, music arranger Aditya Dev and co-writerPrince Dubey over a series of video calls and messages. Says composer-singerTony Kakkar, `Thankfully, I have a home studio so it was not a big problem but it'sdefinitely not the same as working under normal circumstances.̀

Legendary Wasim Akram believes the someone like Jasprit Bumrah shouldn’texhaust himself by playing in the English county as he is already playing threeformats of international cricket.It must be noted that Bumrah till date has not played county cricket as he is one ofthe biggest draws of Indian Premier League, which has a gruelling schedule.“Cricket has become too much today. A guy like Bumrah being a top bowler, Indiano.1, I would have suggested him to relax and not run after county cricket. Youngplayers need to play more first class cricket from there they will learn bowling,”Akram said.However Test cricket remains the ultimate format for the ‘Sultan of Swing’. “T20 isamazing, good entertainment; there’s plenty of money involved and I’m all in for theimpor tance of money in a sport and the players,” Akram, regarded as one of thegreatest left-arm pacers the game has ever produced told Aakash Chopra on hisYouTube channel.“They won’t learn bowling from T20. I don’t judge a player by T20 performance, Ijudge them from their performances in longer version of cricket.”Akram alsorecalled his initial days as a Pakistan cricketer and said he absolutely had no clueabout his talent.”When I came in the team as a youngster I used to listen to Imran(Khan) bhai, Javed (Miandad) bhai, Mudassar Nazar that this kid has talent but thattime I didn’t understand what they were trying to say.”Then I asked Imran Khan andhe said your pace is deceptive and swing the ball and then I started to work onthose areas. “Nothing comes easy was one advise which I learnt from all this threeplayers all though their ways were different. As a bowler our job is to create doubtsin the minds of the batsmen. I enjoyed the tag that I am talented,” said Akram.

‘THEY HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC AWAY FROM HOME’: GAUTAMGAMBHIR QUESTIONS AUSTRALIA’S NO. 1 TEST RANKING

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'FELT OUR CHILDREN WOULD BE SAFERTHERE': SUNNY LEONE FLIES TO LOS ANGELES

AMID CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN

Mira Rajput gets smothered by 'questionably dressed'Shahid Kapoor in this cute throwback photo

Here's what Iulia Vantur has to say about marrying Salman Khan

Bollywood actress Sunny Leone revealed on Instagram on Mother'sDay that she has flown to Los Angeles with her husband Daniel Weberand their three kids. Sunny said that they "felt they would be safer"amid the coronavirus pandemic. The actor revealed the news by shar-ing a picture of herself sitting on a staircase in their secret gardenwith her kids, daughter Nisha, and sons Noah and Asher.Opening about their decision to fly to the US, she wrote, "Happy Mother’sDay to all mothers out there. In life when you have children your ownpriorities and well being take the back seat. Both @dirr ty99 and I hadthe oppor tunity to take our children where we felt they would be saferagainst this invisible killer 'coronavirus' Our home away from homeand secret garden in Los Angeles. I know this is what my motherwould have wanted me to do. Miss you mom. Happy Mother’s Day!"

The news was fur ther also confirmed by Daniel with a picture takenoutside, "Quarantine Par t 2. Not so bad now!!! Getting better with thenew vibes !!!" Just a day before Sunny went to Los Angeles, she hadshared a glimpse of her workout amid lockdown in Mumbai. She hadcaptioned it, "Weighted workout shir t 10kgs of extra weight while I’mrunning and pushing a stroller. Lol, lockdown life!"In a recent interview, talking about how she was coping with lockdown,the actor had told Mumbai Mirror in an interview, "I don’t have do-mestic help. I just have one nanny and the household chores aredivided between Daniel, me, and her. The children have a routine. We do thesame things every single day. Nisha has her school work (online school due tothe lockdown) and they paint and do a craft. We also engage in differ-ent physical activities like Zumba and exercise with them."

Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput have been married for almost fiveyears now. The couple is blessed with two kids - daughter Misha bornin 2016 and son Zain born in 2018. They are a much-in-love coupleand show glimpses of it on their social media pages and media inter-actions. Now due to the ongoing lockdown, Shahid and Mira are stay-ing indoors with their children, thus they are reliving throwback mo-ments on Instagram.A while back, Mira took to her Instagram page and shared a throw-back photo clicked on her bir thday in 2018, celebrated just acouple of days after Zain was born. In the photo, Shahid is seengiving a peck on Mira's cheek with a cake just in front of her. Mirais wearing a yellow outfit while Shahid donned a green T-Shir t.

Mira captioned the photo in a funny way stating, "#throwback tothe coolest bir thday par ty with a day old Zainu and being smoth-ered by a quest ionab ly dressed Huz #cal l the fash ionpol ice#bringbackthosedays #gocoronago".Earlier on her Instagram story, when Mira was asked about howshe prepared Misha for a sibling, she had written, "We spoke toher about it a lot. Read a lot of storybooks to her (Topsy and Timand the New Baby became a favourite of hers), and let her feel apar t of the process even till now! Help around, bring mom a glassof water or sing wheels on the bus to Zain if he’s crying. We lether feel the baby is hers to take care of so she felt like a grown-uplittle helper."

Model-cum-actress Poonam Pandey was on Sundaybooked by Mumbai Police for violating the coronavirus-induced lockdown norms, an official said.An FIR was registered against Pandey and a person ac-companying her by the Marine Drive Police.She was found roaming in her high-end car at MarineDrive without any reason, he said."A case has been registered against Pandey and SamAhmad Bombay (46) under sections 269 (Negligent actlikely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life)and 188 (Disobedience of order duly promulgated by publicservant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under provi-sions of the National Disaster Act," senior police inspec-tor Mrityunjay Hiremath told PTI.

Poonam Pandey bookedfor roaming in a car at

Marine Drive for no reason

Anurag Basu's upcoming directorial is Ludo which is ananthology with several leading Bollywood actors being apar t of it. Yes, the ensemble cast includes AbhishekBachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Aditya Roy Kapur, PankajTripathi, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Asha Negiand Rohit Saraf. The film was all set to hit the screens onApril 24, 2020, however, due to the ongoing coronaviruslockdown, it has been postponed indefinitely. There werehints that among other films, Ludo is likely to get a digitalrelease. Now as per repor ts in Pinkvilla, the producer ofthe film, Bhushan Kumar, the head honcho of T Series isin talks with two digital platforms. Talking about it, asource told the enter tainment por tal, "Bhushan Kumar iscurrently in talks with two digital giants to release a fewof his films online. Once the monies are agreed upon,Ludo will be one of the first films from the banner that willbe released on the web. Currently, it's all in the discus-sion stage and the modalities are being worked out."While another source shared to the por tal, "It's a goodmove by the makers. Big films can't release online be-cause they won't get the money they need to generate therevenue they have invested. For smaller films, it's easierand more profitable given the scenario."

'Ludo': Abhishek Bachchan,Rajkummar, Aditya Roy Kapur,

Sanya, Fatima Sana Shaikhstarrer to get digital release?

Fans of Salman Khan have been waiting for decades for him to get married, espe-cially more since he has been linked to Romanian beauty Iulia Vantur. Fans havebeen hoping for long that Salman would settle down with her.Now, during a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama, Iulia was asked about hergetting married to Salman to which she laughed and said, "Oh God! This questiongoes on and on and on. I think it is more about how people feel about each other.Spending time together is more important than any other stuff. At one point, I wasasked the same question on and on and on. Even my parents were asking me,'When you are going to get married?' I said, ‘Mom, do you want me to be happy orjust get married?’ Because to get married just like that… I can get married to someone tomorrow,you know. That was the last time she ever asked me about this. I think it is more important to behappy with someone, spend quality time, and have a connection... Spending your life withsomeone, more than papers and all those things."Currently, Iulia is spending the lockdown with Salman at his farmhouse in Panvel.Jacqueline Fernandez, Waluscha De Sousa, and Niketan Madhok, among others,are also quarantining with them. Recently, Iulia shared a video in which they wereall seen loading sacks of ration onto bullock car ts, lor ries, and mini trucks. "All thepeople u see in the video were isolated together for the last 7 weeks, so there wasno need for social distancing or masks, on the proper ty. Spread positive energy andlove," she wrote in her caption. Iulia will soon make her Bollywood debut with PremSoni’s much-delayed film Radha Kyun Gori Main Kyun Kaala.

Af ter showing a shor t stint on Bigg Boss 13, Jassie Gilland Shehnaaz Gill are set to collaborate for a single titled'Keh Gayi Sorry'. For the initiated, during the promotionsof Panga, Jassie had visited the sets of the reality showalong with Kangana Ranaut. During the promotions, Jassiesang 'Hauli Hauli' which had featured Shehnaaz and shebroke into tears too. They hug it out and now set to col-laborate professionally.Jassie took to his social media pages and shared a posterfrom the song featuring both Jassie and Shehnaaz. He is show-ing his side profile and looks handsome as ever, while Shehnaazlooks pretty too. The singer captioned the poster stating, "So guyshere is the poster of my next single #KehGayiSorry ft. one and only@shehnaazgill. Teaser releasing tomorrow 3 pm Lyr ics@nirmaan01 Music @avvysra @eypcreat ions@arvindrkhaira @satnam.36" While Shehnaaz wrote, "Soguys here is the poster of new upcoming song#kehgayisorry HOPE u will love it with @jassie.gill".

'Keh Gayi Sorry': Here's thenew poster of Jassie Gill's

single featuring Shehnaaz Gill

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BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS! IRRFAN KHAN'SSON BABIL KHAN WISHES 'EXTENDED

MOTHERS DAY' TO SUTAPA SIKDAR

'KINDA MAD THAT I DON’T LOOK LIKE YOU': SUHANAKHAN'S SWEET MOTHER'S DAY WISH FOR GAURI KHAN

'I CHOOSE YOU OVER UFC': VARUN DHAWAN WISHES LADYLOVENATASHA DALAL ON HER BIRTHDAY WITH UNSEEN PHOTO

SHWETA TIWARI REVEALS DAUGHTERPALAK BOUGHT MAKE-UP WORTH RS

1.8 LAKH ON 16TH BIRTHDAYTelevision actor Shweta Tiwari revealed that her daughterPalak Tiwari racked up a bill of Rs 1.8 lakh while shoppingfor her 16th bir thday. Shweta, who was pregnant with sonReyansh at the time, wanted another daughter initially butchanged her mind after this.“When she turned 16, I was pregnant with Reyansh. At thattime, I kept saying, ‘I want another girl.’ On her 16th bir th-day, she shopped for make-up wor th Rs 1,80,000. Such ex-pensive products. Each eyeshadow was wor th Rs 7,000-8,000,” Shweta said about Palak in an interview withPinkvilla. “I came out, I called my family and I said, ‘Thistime, I want a son. I can’t afford so much. I cannot haveanother daughter,’” she added.Palak called herself Shweta’s ‘trial and error kid’ and saidthat her mother had ‘phases’. “Growing up, I would have tolearn and sor t of detect where she is at currently and askher things accordingly. There was a phase where she waslike, ‘Oh, you want this? Buy it. You want that? Let me getyou five of that.’ And in another year or so, she was like, ‘Areyou serious? Do you think money grows on trees?’” shesaid. Shweta became a household name with KasautiiZindagii Kay, which aired from 2001 to 2008, and has alsoacted in shows such as Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee KuchhMeethi, Jaane Kya Baat Hui and Begusarai. In 2011, shewon the four th season of the popular reality show Bigg Boss.She was last seen in the show Mere Dad Ki Dulhan, theshoot of which has been stalled due to the coronavirus pan-demic. Meanwhile, Palak wants to follow in the footsteps ofher mother and become an actor. However, she has turneddown a number of offers as she wants to groom herselfproperly before taking the plunge.Ir rfan Khan's elder son Babil Khan is leaving no stone unturned in

sharing unseen moments with the family on his Instagram page. Afterthe actor passed away, Babil has been posting many photos and vid-eos much to the excitement of the fans who are missing the actorimmensely. Even on Sunday, he shared an amazing photo of Ir rfanwhile being at home and it's captured beautifully. Now, he postedsomething for his mother on extended Mother's Day.Babil took to his Instagram page and shared a photo with his mom asthey looked at each other. While in another photo, the mother-son duois seen posing with Irr fan during one of their holidays. He captionedhis post stating, "Long live the queen. Extended Mother’s Day."

Earlier Babil had penned a note thanking people for pouring in condo-lences for Irr fan. He wrote on his Instagram story, "I’m deeply grate-ful for all the condolences you beautiful friends are pouring in for me.Although I hope you understand that right now I’m not being able toreply because my vocabulary is dizzy. I will get back to each one ofyou but just not right now. Thank you so much. I love you."Meanwhile, before his passing away, Irr fan was last seen in the filmAngrezi Medium directed by Homi Adajania. In the film, he was seenalongside Radhika Madan and Deepak Dobriyal. The film also hadKareena Kapoor in a pivotal role.Ir rfan passed away on April 29, 2020.

On Mother's Day today, Shah Rukh Khan's daughter Suhana Khanshared a post on her official social media account for her mother andinterior designer Gauri Khan. She shared a picture of Gauri on herInstagram story, a black and white photo of Gauri looking fit andglamorous. She also wrote a message along with the picture, "HappyMother’s Day Ma. Honestly kinda mad that I don’t look like you."Gauri too had shared a collage of pictures on her Instagram in themorning featuring Aryan, Suhana, and AbRam and a picture withher mother. "Mater nal bonds .. happy Mother ’s Day," she cap-tioned her post. For the uninformed, the family is in lockdowntogether at their Mumbai home.In addition to this, Shah Rukh and Gauri recently offered theiroffice space a quarantine facility for coronavirus patients. Gaurirevealed that the four-story building has been refurbished by hereponymous interior design studio. "GauriKhanDesign‘s refur-

bished this office... A quarantine zone providing essentials andservices to those in need. We must stand together and stand strongin th i s f i gh t aga ins t #Cov id19 . @meer founda t iono f f i c i a l@iamsrk," she captioned the video giving a glimpse into the fa-cil i ty.Apar t from these, the actor along with Gauri and business par t-ners -- Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta -- had contributed to the PM-CARES Fund through IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)and also donated to the Maharashtra CM’s Relief Fund throughhis film banner Red Chillies En ter tainment.The actor has also announced various initiatives to help the countryduring the coronavirus crisis. The actor has taken the help of hiscompanies -- Kolkata Knight Riders, Red Chillies Enter tainment, MeerFoundation and Red Chillies VFX -- to provide suppor t to the centraland state governments.

The day dedicated to our mothers is here! This Mother'sDay, Kangana Ranaut penned a rather beautiful note dedi-cated to her mother, explaining the true relation betweena child and a mother.Sharing a rather pretty image with her mother, Kanganapenned down the letter which narrated how a mothertakes care of her child. More so the letter talks abouthow special the bond between a child and a mother is,how they reside in each other's hear ts.Kangana, describing a mother's longing for life in a child,wrote, "MOTHER , I'm your longing for life When I firstarose in your young hear t ... Your eyes gleamed withhope When I came to your womb as a single cell Youbreathed to give me life You ate to give me blood Andthen you cut me off from you And gave me to the world Apiece of you Outside of you Lost and looking for you Itraveled the world, But nowhere I found the love andwarmth of your womb And then I went to my own hear t ...I found you mother I found you there ... You arise in myhear t As a desire As a longing ... for life I'm your longingfor life - Kangana Ranaut"Kangana was last seen in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's film'Panga' earlier this year, a story which was also dedi-cated to mothers. Currently Kangana has Jayalalithaabiopic titled 'Thalaivi' and 'Dhakkad' in her kitty. Both themovies are currently on hold owing to the coronaviruslockdown situation.

'I'm your longing for life':Kangana Ranaut pens downbeautiful note for mother

It's Natasha Dalal's bir thday today and VarunDhawan wished his ladylove in the sweetestway. The actor took to his Instagram page andshared an unseen photo posing with her. In thephoto, VD looks handsome as ever while pos-ing shirtless with neon orange shor ts. Whilebirthday girl Natasha looks pretty in a blacksheer bikini with a matching sarong tied aroundthe waist. The photo is clicked during one oftheir vacations.In another photo, Natasha is seen posing cutelywith her pet canine. Varun posted the photoswith the sweetest message where he told herthat she is more impor tant than his favouriteUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Theactor wrote, "Happy bir thday nata. I chooseyou over the ufc."

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HERE'S HOW NEHA DHUPIA, ANGAD BEDI PLANTO CELEBRATE SECOND MARRIAGE

ANNIVERSARY AMID COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

Mother's Day is just like any other day forKareena Kapoor Khan, courtesy Taimur Ali Khan

THIS CORONA CRISIS HAS MADE SOCIALMEDIA A KINDER PLACE, THERE ARE LESS

HATERS: MALLIKA SHERAWATSocial media has become the go-to place, the respite forpeople to stay connected with the world amid the lockdownsituation at most places around the world. Actor MallikaSherawat, like many others, is spending a lot of time onsocial media, but has seen a sea change.She tells us, “I see a lot of positives on social media thesedays. People are not pulling each other down anymore. Thereare way less haters. This crisis has made social media akinder place and made us more compassionate.”Sherawat, 43, feels that social media can really be used touplift people and send out positive messages “if we reallywant to do that, especially in these times”.The actor may be spending time on social media platformsway more now than before, she says she’s not overdoing itby sharing every aspect of her life. Her posts are mainlyabout health and fitness.On how to achieve a balance on social media, she adds,“By having a sense of responsibility. I feel responsible aboutwhat I post. I will engage with my fans on social media fora limited time but it does not define my life. I don’t want myprivate life to be on display for the whole world to see.”Sherawat fur ther agrees that the situation is not very pleas-ant with the whole ‘house arrest’ situation, but she urgeseveryone to keep a positive outlook towards things.“There’s a lot of rumour-mongering going on. You must notlose your common sense and critical thinking at such times.That’s how we can avoid a panic situation,” she continues,“Countries have seen worst of times, there have been wars.This is a virus and we will beat it.”Sherawat, meanwhile, is making the most of this lockdownperiod by focusing on her body and mind. “I am doing yogatwice daily and have also been polishing my paranayamtechniques, while doing my meditation. Besides that, ofcourse I am spending a lot of time with my little nephew,who recently turned three,” she ends.

It's been two years since Bollywood actor Angad Bedi and anchorNeha Dhupia took everyone by surprise and tied the knot in a close-knit ceremony in Delhi. To celebrate their anniversary, the actors aregoing to go live on their social media channels."We’ll raise the toast to two years of our marriage with our fans, bygoing live on social media. I’ll be interviewing Angad on marriage,and the questions are going to be a complete surprise to him. He’ll beon the hot seat facing all the questions and we’ll also be taking fansqueries," Neha said in a recent interview.Speaking about the same, Angad said, "I never do live sessions, butthis time, I’m going to do this only for her and it’s going to be fun. Idon’t know what questions will come my way, but I’ll speak from myhear t, be honest and not diplomatic." Neha fur ther spoke about how

lockdown is an "ultimate test for marriage". She said, "If the one youlove the most is willing to tolerate everything and make a happypeaceful environment, then you know you have made the right choice.Angad and I might not be a per fect couple and we do have minor fightsonce in a while, but we have great understanding. The best par t is hehas a good sense of humour and gets romantic in the most unex-pected way."Angad also said that no matter how angry he gets with his wife, hesays nothing can affect the love he has for her. "We fight but never infront of Mehr. We want to create a happy environment for her to grow.Whatever ups and downs we go through, the foundation of our rela-tionship holds us strong and we never shy away from showing mir-rors to each other and give each other strength and love."

Kareena Kapoor Khan is under lockdown with her baby boy Taimur AliKhan. She went on to share an image about how crazy her day getsaround her little one, making Mother's Day no different than any other day. Inthe image shared by Kareena, she was seen on the couch with Taimur. WhileKareena had her tongue out in the photo, Taimur almost held his head and flasheda playful smile. "This pretty much sums up mother's day and well... every otherday with Tim," wrote Kareena alongside the image.While Kareena posted an image with Taimur, her sister KarismaKapoor shared an image of herself, Bebo and their mother Babita. Theimage taken on London streets saw Kareena dress in all white, while

Babita picked up an all-black outfit. Karisma was dressed in a blacktee with denims.On the work front, Kareena was last seen in late actor Ir rfan Khan'scomeback movie 'Angrezi Medium'. Meanwhile, Karisma Kapoormade her web show debut with 'Motherhood', a show in whichshe deals with turning a parent. In real life, Karisma is blessedwith two kids - Samaira and Kiaan, from her previous wedding withSanjay Kapur. The Kapoor family recently faced a loss, since a dayaf ter Irr fan Khan's demise, their uncle Rishi Kapoor passed away (onApril 30, 2020).

A latest survey has suggested that Indian female celeb-rities are ruling the roost when it comes to being themost searched. Priyanka Chopra Jonas has become themost searched Indian celebrity, even beating Sunny Leone,who was constantly the highest searched celebrity sincea few years. While Priyanka Chopra's search averagewas 39 lakh, Sunny Leone was searched 31 lakh timesbetween January and April 2020, according to SEMrush study.The two went on to beat Salman Khan and Virat Kohli, who were thehighest searched male celebrities at 21 and 20 lakhs re-spectively. Katrina Kaif became the third most searchedIndian female with 19 lakh, while Hrithik Roshan gainedthe spot among Indian male celebrities with 13 lakh. Talk-ing about Priyanka being the most searched, FernandoAngulo, Head of Communications, SEMrush, said, "Ourresearch shows that the most searched for Indian celeb-rity isn’t a man but a woman, namely Priyanka Chopra.Over the three months, the study was conducted, shewas sought by almost 20 lakh more people than SalmanKhan — the most searched for male celebrity in India."The other Indian female celebrities who were mostsearched were - Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, DishaPatani, Sara Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, ShraddhaKapoor, and Rashmika Mandanna. On the other hand, themost searched Indian male celebrities in top 10 were -Rohit Sharma, Allu Arjun, Shah Rukh Khan, Tiger Shroff,Vijay Deverakonda, MS Dhoni, and Mahesh Babu.

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Sanjay Dutt is an actor who has appeared in a great many numbersof films spanning across genres, thus time and again proving hisadaptability to wear the mask of different characters. The actorhas been in the industry for a very long time and has even beenpar t of the transformation and evolution of the Indian film industry.Of late, Bollywood has been going through a paradigm shift as theworld of content has been brought to digital platforms.OTT platforms have opened up new avenues and make any genreof series or films available, just a click away, which has beenbenignant for the viewers. In a recent interview, Sanjay opened upabout how he feels about the OTT platform and if they could bebeneficial for ar tists.Sanjay said, "OTT platforms are flourishing and have brought aboutso much variety in terms of content. They also enable ar tists toexperiment with material and characters. If I get a script that ex-cites me, I would love to foray into digital enter tainment."It would surely be thrilling to watch Sanjay making a debut on theOTT platform. The actor shows interest in foraying into the world ofdigital enter tainment so the audience can just keep their fingerscrossed and wait to see what happens. 2020 is an immensely

packed year for Sanjay Dutt as the actor will be seen in five bigbanner films namely, KGF: Chapter 2, Shamshera, Bhuj: The Prideof India, Torbaaz and Sadak 2.

HERE'S WHAT SANJAY DUTT HAS TO SAY ABOUTFORAYING INTO DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT

RAVEENA TANDON SHARES THROWBACKVIDEO OF RISHI KAPOOR BEFORE HE LEFT

FOR US TO UNDERGO TREATMENTIt's only been a week since Bollywood legend Rishi Kapoordied but celebrities seem to still pay tribute to him on theirsocial media. Actress Raveena Tandon recently shared athrowback video of late Rishi Kapoor that he has recordedjust before he left for the US in 2018 to undergo treatment forcancer. Rishi had recorded a bi r thday message forRaveena’s dad and filmmaker Ravi Tandon. He said in thevideo, "HI Ravi ji! Let me wish you a very happy 80th bir th-day. Mai soch raha tha, apki aur humari mulakat 42 saalpurani hai. I think we met in 1973, we worked first in KhelKhel Mein, Neetu, and me, both of us. We worked in a fewfilms - Jhootha Kahin Ka, Rahi Badal Gaye, Aan Aur Shaan.You know we have had a very good synergy in our workrelationship and I have enjoyed working with you. My asso-ciation with Neetu was principal because of you- you workedin two very important films in both our lives."Sharing the video, Raveena wrote on Instagram, "Dearestdearest Chintu uncle.. you are missed everyday. Just be-fore his going to New York for treatment, he recorded this for papa,and then surprised him by being there with us on papas birthday. youwill always be there at home and in our hearts forever Chintuuncle. welove you." Rishi Kapoor breathed his last on Thursday morning afterbattling with leukemia for two years, his brother RandhirKapoor had confirmed the news of his demise.

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'TERE BINA' TEASER: SALMAN KHAN PICKS UPJACQUELINE FERNANDEZ ON HIS SHOULDER

IN HIS PANVEL FARMHOUSE

ASIM RIAZ-HIMANSHI KHURRANA APPROACHEDFOR 'NACH BALIYE', SHE CONFIRMS

BOLLYWOOD ART PROJECT (BAP)'S RANJIT DAHIYA PAYS HEART-TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO IRRFAN WITH MURAL IN MUMBAI

FATIMA SANA SHAIKH ON COVID-19CRISIS: IT’S A VERY TOUGH TIME; A LOT OF

PEOPLE ARE SUFFERINGWhether it’s packing home-cooked food for the needy, feed-ing the strays, or raising awareness about the plight of‘waste warriors’ in the hills — actor Fatima Sana Shaikhis extending support in whatever possible ways she canduring the Covid-19 crisis. She urges that in times likethese, people need to step out and unite for the larger good.Talking about how she’s making sure the help reaches theright people, the actor says, “There’s an NGO I’ve comeacross. You can pack meals (at home) and the NGOpeople come and pick the packets and deliver it to thepeople in need. We’re also feeding the stray animalsaround the area I stay.”The actor is also harnessing the power of social media tospread awareness about raising help for not just daily wageworkers in the film industry, but also for a group calledWaste Warriors, which is an NGO?for people who clean upthe mountains in Dharamsala, Himachal. Shaikh notes how“the lockdown has made their already difficult life veryunbearable”, and that the post garnered a good response,couldn’t have made her happier.“It’s a very tough time and a lot of people are suffering.During such times, we should come together and do ourbit,” adds the actor, who’s spending time with family, be-sides cooking and cleaning. And that’s where she’s draw-ing positivity from amid the lockdown, which recently en-tered its third phase.“As a family, we joke around and laugh a lot together, andthat helps us stay positive. We’re taking precautions andkeeping everything sanitised,” shares Shaikh, who’s alsoreading, watching a lot of films and getting back to her lovefor sketching.Career wise, the 29-year-old has been cautious. After hermuch successful Dangal (2016), she took a two-year-gap to do her second film Thugs of Hindostan, whichdidn’t set the cash registers ringing. It was painful forShaikh, but she’s all set to come back with Ludo andSuraj Pe Mangal Bhari. However, now due to this crisis,things will take time to roll. But, she’s being patient andlooking forward to work.Along and all the way, there have been learnings.Shaikh elaborates, “In Dangal, we weren’t conventional.So I was looking for something different in my next — that wouldreveal a different side of me as performer rather than the audienceseeing me as Geeta (her character in Dangal). At that time, TOH?camein like a perfect set-up. That it didn’t work is a different thing alto-gether. Now, we’re dealing with something like corona.So, from an extreme high to an extreme low, I’ve experi-enced both these aspects closely quite early on, and hon-estly, I feel that they’re equally impor tant.”

Salman Khan, who gave an interview for his upcoming song 'TereBina', shot in his Panvel farmhouse, a day back, has now gone on tounveil the teaser of the song. Khan was seen picking up his co-starJacqueline Fernandez on one shoulder in the teaser.Apar t from the scene, Salman was seen romancing Jacqueline alaround his farmhouse. The whole song has been shot in his farm-house, in some limited locations. Salman had stated that since theplace is his home, he did not want to explore it completely to theaudiences. While talking about the song, Salman had also revealed toWaluscha D'Souza that since no movie was able to accomodate the

song, he thought it is the right time to shoot it. He had also revealedthat the song took four days of shooting.Salman has sung the song and also turned the DOP for it. The actorwas at his farmhouse for a long weekend, but due to coronaviruslockdown, he has been stuck there, away from his parents. Apar tfrom Jacqueline, Salman and Waluscha, Iulia Vantur, Niketan Madhok,Arpita, Aayush and their children, Soha il's son Nirvaan Khan and others arealso stuck in the farmhouse. Salman was awaiting his movie 'Radhe: Your MostWanted Bhai's Eid release, but the movie will now have to search for a newrelease date owing to the lockdown situation.

Himanshi Khurrana spilled some exciting details for AsiManshifans. She went on to reveal that she and her beau Asim Riaz havereceived an offer to par ticipate in the upcoming season of 'NachBal iye ' .While talking to Zoom, Himanshi said that even though they havebeen approached for 'Nach Baliye', the show itself is yet to takeoff due to coronavirus. She did not spill whether Asim and shecould manage their schedule and agree to do the show and wasunable to comment since they both cannot predict anything giventhe current situation.Asim and Himanshi became the talk of the town after they hit it off on

'Bigg Boss 13'. Best friends in a group of three including Asim, Himanshiand Shefali Jariwala, Asim was previously linked to Shefali, who infact star ted teasing him with Himanshi. Things got serious betweenthe couple and Himanshi, who was engaged to Chow at that point,came back to the house single and a woman ready to give her rela-tionship with Asim a try.AsiManshi have been going steady even after the show ended. Moreso, Himanshi was seen flaunting a diamond ring recently and it isbeing rumoured that the lovebirds might have gotten secretly en-gaged. Asim had also gone on to introduce Himanshi to his parents,stating she is the girl he wants to mar ry.

It's been a week since Ir r fan Khan left for heavenly abode andhe is being immensely missed by people across the globe.Several of them have been sharing tribute messages on theirsocial media pages and now urban public ar t project, BollywoodAr t P roject (BAP) decided to do it in their trademark way. Yes,the ar tist Ranjit Dahiya, who paints murals on the walls ofMumbai have made a beautiful creation of Irr fan.Interestingly, the mural is done near the house where the lateactor's character Saajan Fernandes resided in The Lunchbox.Talking about the mural, Ranjit told media, "I liked him a lot...I’ve made murals of Bollywood actors in Mumbai, so I thoughtwhy not give Ir r fan a tribute too."The black-and-white painting has Irr fan suited up in black andhis intense eyes do the talking. Ranjit also shared about theprocedure stating, "I was helped by a friend. We kept a dis-tance while painting and avoided speaking to anyone on theroad."For the un in i t ia ted , Ran j i t has made mura ls o f Ami tabhBachchan, Madhubala, Sridevi among many others. He alsoplans to pay a tribute to Rishi Kapoor next. Sharing about thesame, the ar t ist went on to say, "He too was one of myfavourites. I grew up watching his films. We’re looking for a

wall and people who can help us buy materials as this is afinancially difficult time for us ar tists."Talking about Ranjit, he is graduated from National Institute ofDesign, Ahmedabad.

The office building of music label T-Series has been sealedby the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) afterone caretaker tested positive for the novel coronavirus.According to a spokesperson for T-Series, ever since thelockdown was imposed, some caretakers would work andstay at the office premises in Andheri, which is now sealedto contain the spread of coronavirus.The spokesperson said, "Some of them are migrants whocouldn’t go back. There are rooms, a kitchen and all facili-ties for them at the office building. But one of them testedpositive for COVID-19. Two-three other people are alsogetting tested, but their repor ts are pending. For safetyreasons, the BMC has sealed the office. It was anywayshut for employees since March 15." Meanwhile, T-Serieshead honcho Bhushan Kumar clarified to India TV that theoffices have been turned "into a zone" and not sealed perse. He said, "It’s not sealed. They have just made it into azone to let others know that the patients were there. It is notlike an official seal kind of a thing." He fur ther revealed thattwo people who developed symptoms used to live thereand were going out to buy the essentials. Bhushan said,"Security personnel and caretaker were there. They havebeen going out to take vegetables from the adjacent mar-ket. Because of the lockdown, no one was allowed to travelback to their home towns. They were staying at the build-ing." On Sunday, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to2,109 in India, with cases climbing to 62,939.

BMC seals T-Series officeafter caretaker tests

positive for coronavirus

Salman Khan, who has been exploring his various pas-sions, including sketching has now received a sketch ofhimself from 'Radhe' co-star. Gautam Gulati, who gainedmassive fame through Salman-hosted reality Televisionshow 'Bigg Boss 8', went on to dedicate a sketch to Bhaijaan.Gautam took reference from Salman Khan's recent gymphoto and added various captions to the sketch. Gulatilisted down Salman Khan's movies namely Tere Naam,Bodyguard, Sultan, Tiger, No Entry, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi,Par tner, Saajan, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Hero, Judwaa,Wanted, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Bharat, Kick, Veer, Dabangg,Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Maine Pyar Kiya, Andaz Apna Apnaand Radhe penned down close Bhaijaan's hear t.Apar t from the movie names, Gautam also listed down'Bigg Boss', 'Being Human' and 'Being Strong'. Right fromterming Salman Khan 'Prem' to his dialogues, Gulati addedevery single thing related to Salman Khan. 'Aap Devil Ke Peeche,Devil Aapke Peeche', 'Ek Baar Jo Maine Commitment Kar Di PhirMain Khud Ki Bhi Nahi Sunta', were a few dialogues in the sketch.

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'He was sledging and abusingour batters': Bangladesh’s Rubel

Hossain recounts rivalry withVirat Kohli since U19 days

'He’s a fighter, won us matches in Australia': Suresh Rainatalks about Indian cricketer who was feared by Aussies

Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR), Caribbean Premier League side ownedby Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, on Friday, pledged that theywould distribute one thousand food packets to the needy who arestruggling in Trinidad and Tobago due to the coronavirus lockdown.Shah Rukh took to Twitter yesterday and appreciated the effor ts madeby the team. For the uninformed, the TKR team has involved theirlocal icons Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo , LendlSimmons, and Sunil Narine, who along with the team’s suppor tstaff will be personally distributing the hampers to various areasof the island nation. Shah Rukh who is the co-owner of the teamsaid, "@tkriders collaborated with HADCO Ltd. to ‘Do the Knightthing’ & distribute as many as 1k food hampers to the needy whoare struggling because of the lockdown in Trinidad & Tobago. Proud

of u my boys!" TKR has teamed up with HADCO Ltd. Director ofTKR, Venky Mysore said in a statement, "We all know the chal-lenge this health crisis has posed. The entire TKR family wants tocontribute and play a small role in easing the pain felt by thepeople of Trinidad & Tobago."In India, Shah Rukh had opened his office for treating COVID-19patients. His interior designer-film producer wife Gauri Khan hadhelped transform the superstar’s office into a 22-bed quarantine facil-ity. Apart from these, the actor along with Gauri and business par t-ners -- Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta -- had contributed to the PM-CARES Fund through IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) andalso donated to the Maharashtra CM’s Relief Fund through his filmbanner Red Chillies Enter tainment.

Be it celebrating when the bowler takes a wicket or just excite-ment of winning a match, Indian skipper Virat Kohli is known tobe vocal and over the top.While it may have calmed down over the years, there are memo-ries of him sledging the oppositions to just prove them.Talking about the same is the Indian captain's rival since theirU19 days - Rubel Hossain.Rubel Hossain and Virat Kohli’s rivalry goes back to their U-19days and has continued even in World Cups. Kohli even had aheated discussion with Rubel during the opening match of the2011 ODI World Cup.Rubel, during a Facebook Live session with teammates TamimIqbal and Taskin Ahmed acknowledged the rivalry. He said that itall started in the U-19 tri-nation series in South Africa in 2008.“I have played against Virat Kohli since our U-19 days. So I havehad things going on with him from our U-19 days. During the U-19days, he used to sledge a lot. Now it may not be that much,”Rubel said as quoted by BDCririctime.Rubel also revealed that Kohli had abused hos team's batsmenduring a match in that tri-nation series. “I had an altercation withhim and the umpire had to intervene,” he added.The duo played against each other in the 2008 U-19 World Cup inKuala Lumpur in which Kohli led India to victory.The two met during the 2019 World Cup as well and India hadbeaten Bangladesh by 28 runs. Rubel had taken the catch todismiss Kohli for 26 off Mustafizur Rahman.

With the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, RahulDravid, and more, India was a force to reckon with.The team per formed against every opposition and in almost every condi-tion. They even had that extra spark when they were up against the bestteam of their generation – Australia.Talking about the same, former India all-rounder Ir fan Pathan and bats-man Suresh Raina, narrated how the Australians feared Harbhajan Singh.Irfan Pathan while talking to Suresh Raina in an Instagram live sessionstarted discussing the off -spinner’s impact.“Bhajju paa was one of the legends of the game, name me a betteroffspinner than him in world cricket, communication should’ve been bet-ter with him too. He’s a legend, played 100 test matches,” said Irfan.“He’s (Harbhajan) a fighter, won us matches in Australia. Australiansalways used to say stay away from Harbhajan Singh,” Raina added“They used to hold their ears upon hearing Harbhajan Singh’s name,”

quipped Ir fan. The Turbanator last played for India in a T20I in 2016 and isstill the country’s highest wicket-taker among active cricketers in Testmatches with 417 wickets in 103 Tests.The two-time World Cup winner – 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODIWorld Cup – had a brilliant record against Australia. Af ter playing 18 Testsagainst the Aussies, Harbhajan took 95 wickets at an average of 29.95.He was India's first to claim a Test hat-trick in the second Test againstAustralia in 2001 at the Eden Gardens Kolkata. In that three-match series,which India won 2-1, Harbhajan picked up 32 wickets.The bowler too had spoken on the same lines with Rohit Sharma in anInstagram live session recently.He said, "I think Ricky Ponting used to get out just by looking at my face.I didn’t even need to bowl at him. When he came to play for MumbaiIndians, I thought he would improve after playing me in the nets. But eventhere I got him out 5-6 times”.

'Me and Yuvraj made our names throughfielding': Mohammad Kaif on India

missing a ‘complete package’ fielder

The Indian cricket team has produced many greats when it comesto batter and bowlers, however, when it comes to fielder, thereare very few names that comes to mind. Name like MohammadKaif, Yuvraj Singh and in the cur rent lot namely Ravindra Jadeja,these players have made sure to help India restrict the oppo-nents from getting away with runs. Talking about the fieldingaspect of the Indian team, former India batsman Kaif in an inter-view with Youtube channel Spor ts Screen said that India hasimproved a lot in fielding over the years. He, however, feels thatthe side is missing a “complete package” in fielding at the mo-ment. “A great batsman is a complete package. He can play cut,hook, pull, inswing delivery, a bouncer, hit a six... it is same withfielding. Similarly, a fielder is a complete package when youknow how to slide, when you throw directly at the wickets, whenyou can run fast, when your hands make a proper shape to holdthe ball - if you do all these things right, then you become acomplete fielder,” Kaif said. “Me and Yuvraj made our namesthrough our fielding. You can find several good fielders in theIndian cricket team now. They have improved a lot.

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Indian weightlifters including Mirabai Chanu requestSports Minister Kiren Rijiju to allow training to resume

In the wake of coronavirus as all spor ting events have come to a halt, India’s top weightlifters have requested Spor ts Minister Kiren Rijiju to allow them to resume training.The weightlif ter cited that the practice hall at the National Institute of Spor ts (NIS) in Patiala is big enough to ensure social distancing.Cur rently, nine weightlifters including Mirabai Chanu, Youth Olympics gold-medallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga and two-time Commonwealth Games champion Sathish Sivalingam are at the Patiala camp.With training being suspended at all Spor ts Authority of India (SAI) centres since mid-March, Rijiju has said elite athletes will be allowed to resume once the lockdown is lif ted.“We all requested him to resume training as soon as possible because we need weight training. We have been working out but weight training is necessary for us,” Mirabai told PTI.“The minister has said they will bring out a solution within this week or by May 17,” she added. Rijiji also spoke with the weightlifters regarding their views on resumption of training.

'Don’t judge bowlers on the basis of their T20 performance': Wasim AkramT20 cricket is no criteria to judge a bowler or his performance, says formerPakistan captain Wasim Akram.Akram reckons that even though T20 cricket has its advantages, young bowlersneed to play more of the longer format.“The amount of cricket happening has changed everything. T20 cricket doesnot make bowlers. Back when we used to play, it was six months playing forthe national team and another six months for the country team. Youngstersneed to play more First-Class cricket to learn bowling,” Akram told AakashChopra on his YouTube Channel.“T20 is amazing, good enter tainment; there’s plenty of money involved andI’m all in for the impor tance of money in a spor t and the players. But I don’tjudge bowlers on the basis of their T20 performance. I do on the basis ofseeing how they fare in the longer format.”Akram also recalled his initial days as a Pakistan cricketer. He said he hadabsolutely no clue about the talent he had as a 17-year-old.Akram revealed how he would overhear idols Imran Khan and Javed Miandadtalk about him.“When I was new into the team, I used to listen to Imran Khan, Javed Miandadtalking among themselves that ‘this boy is a special talent’. So when I askedthem what is so special about me? They said things like ‘my pace is decep-tive, and I swing the ball’. So then I began working on those aspects. When Iwent on the first tour and got 10 wickets, I realised how amazing it was -playing with your idols, for the country, getting paid and I thought this shouldgo on for 20 years,” Akram added.Akram explained the impor tance of youngsters to think out of the box.“Very few left-arm pacers used to bowl round the wicket when I star ted. As ayoungster, I thought if I bowl from this side, a different angle will generate andbatsmen will find it tough. Those were the things I learned on my own. Ipicked up the old ball in the nets and tried out things like hiding myself behindthe umpire during my run-up. The point is to create doubt in the mind ofbatsmen and that’s what I wanted to do,” Akram pointed out.“I see so many fast bowlers these days, running in the entire day, bowlingwith the same run-up, same pace, without variations. That won’t make abatsman think. A have to keep them guessing what he’s coming up with next.There are so many little things that a bowler can do to trouble a batsman.”

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'He got into my head': Kesrick Williams recalls ViratKohli's warning and story behind 'notebook celebration'

IPL 2020 IN UAE? EMIRATES CRICKET BOARD OFFERS TO HOST SUSPENDED EDITION

When it comes to India vs West Indies clash, the one thing that wewill remain fresh in the minds of fans is the banter between Indiacaptain Virat Kohli and Windies fast bowler Kesrick Williams duringthe T20I series last year.It all star ted in 2017 when Williams picked Kohli’s wicket and did his'notebook celebration'.Last year, in the T20I series, when Williams came to India, In the firstclash, Kohli hammered him for a six and then imitated the bowler’s'notebook celebration'. The moment became viral on social mediaand grabbed the attention of all.In the 2nd T20I, Williams picked up Kohli’s wicket, and then put hisfingers on his lips to celebrate the wicket. The banter between the twocricketers became the topic of discussion in the series.Now in an interview with International Cricket Network 360, Williamsrecalled the entire episode in detail.“Virat Kohli is the first person I did that notebook celebration on inJamaica. When I did the notebook celebration, I did it because I likedit and I did it for my fans. But Kohli didn’t see it that way.“After the game finished, I went to shake his hands, Kohli said goodbowling but the celebration eeeh and he walked off. He didn’t walk offrudely. But it was the end of our greeting. ‘I felt good playing againstyou’, he’s the best player in the world, whatever, whatever. We wentour separate ways.“Last year in India, as soon as Mr Virat Kohli walked into bat, hewalks straight at me and says, ‘the notebook celebration thing is notgoing to work here tonight. I’m going to make sure it won’t work’.”“And I was like, ‘Seriously! the episode is back from 2017’. Every ballI bowled he said something but, honest to god, the only thing I said tohim was, ‘mate, just bat and shut up. Really, you sound like a child.’That’s all I said to Kohli.“But all he really heard was just, ‘can you just bat and shut up’, thepar t about child and whatever he didn’t hear because I was walkingback. That’s all I said but he kept talking,” he said.“He didn’t say anything rude, he didn’t say anything disrespectful. Allhe said was ‘this celebration will not work here tonight, I’m gonnamake sure it didn’t work’.“In the match, he beat me really bad, I got confused because he got

into my head honestly and I kept thinking its alright, he got into myhead and that’s why he beat me badly.“Next day, I’m all over India newspapers, I’m being honest I felt bad.But I like a challenge, I love a challenge and I love fame. So at thatmoment I told myself, Kohli you’re the best player in the world butyou’ve just met the most determined player of the world. Who doesn’t giveup, who doesn’t say no and who always grind to come up on top. That’s the playeryou’ve met. And when things get bad, that’s when I shine,” “Next day, I’mall over India newspapers, I’m being honest I felt bad. But I like achallenge, I love a challenge and I love fame.“The next game, we are on our way to Thiruvananthapuram. We areon the plane, and he looks at me and goes like (shaking hand ges-

tures). And I am like, man, I am going to own him in the next game.”“In the match, Kohli is getting ready to bat, sitting in the boundary. Iwas fielding at fine-leg, every time I look at him, he’s shaking hishead. In my mind, I kept thinking, I want you to bat, hurry up, andcome.” “What happened next was I tied him down for two overs andthe only six that he could hit in the two overs was because I failed to execute thedelivery (slow delivery wide off the stump). “After hitting one six Kohli celebrated,while I thought one six and he reacted that way, I wish we had a full game.” “At theend of the day, we didn’t have any bad energy, we shook each other ’s hands, we goour separate ways. He is not disrespectful, he is very professional. Whenwe have problems off the field, we don’t carry it off the field. So, meand Kohli are good. But I can’t wait for a full game.”

This is KL Rahul's favourite cricketing memory with MS DhoniWicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul recently revealed his favouritememory with former Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.Rahul on Sunday made sure to answer as many questions from fansas he did an 'Ask Rahul' session over on Twitter.The versatile batsman was asked by a fan to share his favouritememory with Dhoni.Responding to this, KL wrote: "I think our par tnership in the game vsthe West Indies in Miami."As far as cricket is concerned, all spor ting events have been sus-pended due to the coronavirus pandemic.Rahul was in phenomenal form with the bat in the limited-overs se-ries against Australia and New Zealand.He has scored one century and four fifty-plus scores in his last teninnings in ODIs and T20Is combined.Rahul was also made the captain of KXIP and would have to lead theside in the 13th edition of the IPL if it had commenced from March 29.However, the tournament has been suspended indefinitely due to thecoronavirus pandemic.

After Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board has offered to host the Indian Premier League (IPL)2020 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This will not be the first time the UAE is hosting the IPL. They had arranged 20 matches in 2014 to avoid dateclashes with the general elections in India.However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not yet decided on this offer.“The UAE has offered to host the IPL if we want them to. But right now when there is no international travel,there is no question of taking a call on that,” BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal said, Hindustan Times reported.The BCCI hasn’t given up hope of rescheduling the IPL and is keeping an eye on India's fight againstcoronavirus.When asked if BCCI is open to moving the IPL to a foreign land as they had done in 2009 (South Africa) andin 2014? Dhumal said, "The health and security of players and all par ticipants is our priority. At the moment,

the entire world travel has come to a standstill, so there is nothing we can decide at this stage”.Hosting the IPL abroad has been discussed with franchises over informal channels and if the cash-richevent is to be played in India, it will be behind the closed door.Also, with social distancing guidelines, regardless of the venue, maximum leverage for sponsors (likeplayer meet-and-greets) are unlikely.As for IPL being held either in Sri Lanka or UAE, the two countries are geographically close to India, and TVtimings would not be an issue.As for Sri Lanka cricket board, it is struggling financially, with no takers for its media rights tender.The staging fees of the IPL and renewed broadcaster interest could have helped them. “We have discussedamongst our committee members the proposal to host the IPL in Sri Lanka. We are in lockdown till May 11.Any fur ther decision will be taken af ter that,” said SLC secretary Mohan de Silva.

No player makes a debut at the age of 30, BCCI doesn't entertain such players: Irfan PathanFormer Team India cricketer Ir fan Pathan has hit out at Team India selectors for dropping himwhen he was merely 30 years old.Pathan also expressed his frustration over how neither the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) nor the selectors provided him with any information before sidelining him too."Mindset in India is different from England and Australia. I remember Michael Hussey made hisinternational debut at the age of 29, he became one of the greats for Australia when he finishedhis career, he’s remembered as Mr. cricket." Ir fan said."But, in India, no player makes a debut at the age of 30, selectors will not enter tain suchplayers," he added.Pathan's statement came during an Instagram Live session with Suresh Raina.Pathan also expressed his thoughts on how BCCI should also allow its players to par ticipate inforeign T20 leagues."Some BCCI official came to Baroda Cricket Association and said that I am not in top 30 players,why am I being selected for Baroda team. According to me, the players who are above 30 years,who are not in BCCI radar should get a chance to play two overseas leagues," Pathan said.

"Selectors made me ‘buddha’ at the age of 30. There’s no communication from the board and selectors." "Ifthey say ‘Ir fan, you give your best for one year, and you can be available for Team India’, I will obviously givemy best by leaving everything aside, but there’s no one to communicate at all," he added.

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Canada’s priciest housing markets saw sales in free-fall and pricesunder pressure in the first full month of anti-coronavirus lockdownmeasures. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) repor tshome sales in the Greater Toronto Area plunged 67 per cent in April asthe economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic put a chill on thehousing market. TRREB says there were 2,975 residential transac-tions in the GTA in April compared with 9,005 transactions in April2019. The average sales price in the City of Toronto fell fell 2.5 percent, to $881,424 in April 2020 from $904,199 a year earlier. On aseasonally-adjusted basis, TRREB said April home prices in the GTAfell 11.8 per cent from March.Meanwhile, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) re-ported sales dropped nearly 40 per cent in April, compared to thesame month a year earlier ? already a weak month for sales.The 1,109 proper ties that changed hands marked the lowest Aprilsales number for Greater Vancouver since 1982.Despite a large drop in newly-listed homes, the ratio of listings tosales suggests Vancouver ’s market is just inside “buyer ’s market”territory. Nonetheless, prices are still u. The benchmark price of adetached home was up 2.7 per cent from a year earlier, at $1.46million. The benchmark condo price was up 2.7 per cent in a year, to

$685,000. Toronto condo rentals were down on a year-over-year ba-sis in April, falling 57.9 per cent for one-bedroom units and 54.4 percent for two-bedroom units, TRREB repor ted.Prices for renters were also down for the month, with the averageone-bedroom rent falling 2.7 per cent to $2,107, and the average two-bedroom rent falling 4.1 per cent to $2,705.

Unifor has painted a very vivid picture of GM Canada’s safety mea-sures and production plan for its CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont. It in-cludes costly ventilation and a slow return to capacity.General Motors is scheduled to resume Nor th American vehicle as-sembly May 18 — a day later in Canada because of the Victoria Dayholiday. CAMI, which builds the popular Chevrolet Equinox, will beginwith a skeleton crew on the day shift, consisting of workers in thefactory’s paint, stamping and welding depar tments, according to theunion. Week 2 will feature full production, but only during one shift.Two shifts will work during the third week of ramp-up. It’s not clearwhen the factory will return to three shifts.One-hour gaps will be scheduled between shif ts in an effor t to limitemployee interaction.“This is absolutely necessary to keep our people safe when theycome in and out of the plant,” Van Boekel says in the video.Unifor said GM will modify all general ventilation air houses at CAMIto run with 100-per-cent fresh-air intake “effectively quadrupling ourfresh-air intake running with zero recirculation.”

LONDON: Men's blood has higher levels than women's of a key en-zyme used by the new coronavirus to infect cells, the results of a bigEuropean study showed on Monday — a finding which may helpexplain why men are more vulnerable to infection with COVID-19.Angiotensin-conver ting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is found in the hear t, kid-neys and other organs. In COVID-19, the respiratory disease causedby the novel coronavirus, it is thought to play a role in how the infec-tion progresses into the lungs.The study, published in the European Heart Journal, also found thatwidely-prescribed drugs called ACE inhibitors or angiotensin recep-tor blockers (ARBs) did not lead to higher ACE2 concentrations andshould therefore not increase the COVID-19 risk for people takingthem. ACE inhibitors and ARBs are widely prescribed to patients withcongestive hear t failure, diabetes or kidney disease. The drugs ac-count for billions of dollars in prescription sales worldwide."Our findings do not suppor t the discontinuation of these drugs in COVID-19patients," said Adriaan Voors, a professor of cardiology at the University MedicalCenter (UMC) Groningen in The Netherlands, who co-led the study.

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DOES RISK OF OSTEOPOROSIS INCREASEWITH AGE IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN?

Osteoporosis is a condition in which the bones weaken, increasing the risk of sudden and unexpected fractures. The term‘osteoporosis’ means porous bones and the condition results in significant loss of bone mass and strength. There is a directcorrelation between the development of osteoporosis and the lack of estrogen during menopause. Estrogen is the hormonewhich plays a crucial role in overall health, and it declines following menopause. The post-menopausal period is character-ized by the resorption or breakdown of existing bones and formation of new ones. Therefore, low levels of estrogen duringmenopause can cause loss of bone mass. “Since menopausal women above the age of 50 years are more prone toosteoporosis, it is important for them to understand the onset, warning signs, diagnosis and management of the disease,”says Dr Vineesh Mathur, director – division of spine, Institute of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Orthopaedics, Medanta, TheMedicity, Gurgaon.WHAT CAUSES OSTEOPOROSIS?The exact cause of osteoporosis is unknown. Our bones are made of living and growing issues with an outer shell of densebones wrapping a sponge-like bone. When osteoporosis strikes, the holes inside the sponge par t of the tissue increase in sizeand number, weakening the interiors of the bone. “Till the age of 30 years, our body builds more bones than it loses but thisprocess starts reversing post the age of 35 years leading to a loss in bone mass. When the bone loss aggravates it causesosteoporosis,” he adds.Warning signsOsteoporosis is commonly known as the ‘silent disease’ because the symptoms cannot be easily detected. A person maybe aware of the disease only when a sudden bump or fall causes a fracture due to weak bones. The symptoms include:1. A collapsed vertebrae2. Sloping shoulders3. Back pain4. Spinal deformities such as hunched posture5. Curve in the backRISK FACTORS:1. Age: This is a significant risk factor as the bone strength and density naturally declines as one grows older.2. Gender: Women above the age of 50 years are more prone to risk as compared to men. Factors such as having lighter andthinner bones and menopause increase risk.3. Body weight and structure of bones: Women who are thin and petite are at a greater risk of developing osteoporosis because

they have lesser bones as compared to women with more body weight.4. Family history: A family history of osteoporosis among parents or grandparents increases the riskPREVENTIVE MEASURES:1. Exercise and engage in physical activities regularly. This helps make the bones and muscles stronger, thereby preventingbone loss apart from helping you stay active. The best method of preventing osteoporosis to do weight-bearing exercises likewalking, jogging, dancing and playing tennis three to four times a week. Strength and balance exercises are also recom-mended. 2. Consuming calcium-rich foods such as milk and dairy products, seafood, canned fish like salmon and sardines,dark green leafy vegetables, such as kale, collards and broccoli and breads made with calcium-fortified flour is recom-mended as calcium helps in increasing bone strength3. For those who are lactose-intolerant, consuming lactose-free foods that are high in calcium, such as leafy green vegetables,salmon, and broccoli and lactose-free dairy products is recommended4. Our body uses vitamin D to absorb calcium and increasing access to the same is beneficial. Exposure to the sun by beingoutdoor for 20 minutes daily and consuming vitamin D rich foods such as eggs, fatty fish like salmon, cereal and milk for tifiedwith vitamin D can help.

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Feeling dizzy? This could be the reason

Dizziness is one of the most common symptoms physiciansget queries for in clinical practice, and probably the most diffi-cult one to treat as well, says Dr Kavita Barhate, consultantneurologist, For tis Hospital, Kalyan. “It is the chief presentingsymptom in about 3 per cent of primary care visits for patients25 years and older, and in nearly 3 per cent of all emergencyadmissions. It is said that most astute clinicians can also feela bit dizzy trying to solve the problem of dizziness in theirpatients,” she adds.The confusion, she says, stems from the fact that patients areoften not clear by what they mean when they say they are‘feeling dizzy’, as it could mean different things to differentpeople, or even to the same person in different situations. It isfur ther complicated as the causes of dizziness ranges frombenign to life-threatening disorders, and features that distin-guish these, may be very subtle.A detailed history can usually classify dizziness into one offour categories:1. Vertigo (usually described as false sense of motion or spin-ning sensation)2. Disequilibrium (usually results in off-balance or wobbly feeling)3. Presyncope (generally described as blackouts or feeling oflosing consciousness)4. Light-headedness (consists of vague feelings of being dis-connected with the environment)All these types of dizziness can be a sign of several underlyingillnesses. That’s why detailed history and examination withappropriate investigations are mandatory before suggesting that thesymptom of dizziness is functional or psychosomatic in origin.Successful treatment of dizziness is totally dependent on theexact diagnosis of the cause and there is no ‘one size fits all’solution available. That’s why recurrent or persistent dizzi-ness should never be ignored.

GITA ACHARAN

HOW TO CONTROL THE MIND

BY K. SIVA PRASAD

Arjuna compares the mind to the wind and wants to know as to how to control it, so that itmaintains balance. Krishna says that it's cer tainly difficult, but it can be achieved through thepractice of _Vairagya_ .The mind is evolved to judge inputs brought in by the senses into safe and unsafe and usesmemory while doing so. This ability helped us survive and prosper during evolution.The same ability of the mind can be used for internal judging, which is called awareness. We can feedour own thoughts and feelings back to the judging mind to improve the quality of judging. Similarfeedback mechanisms are used to enhance machine learning as well as to stabilize electronic sys-tems. Lord Krishna is hinting at developing this faculty through practice as this doesn't come naturally.In terms of neuroscience, it's like building new neural networks.It's easier to understand _Vairagya_ by understanding its polar opposite _Raag_ . _Raag_ is broadlya chase for pleasures in the manifested world like physical beauty, careers and material possessions.As per the principle of polarity, every _raag_ ends in _vairagya_ but our attention is always on _raag_and we tend to overlook _vairaagya_ .Some philosophies like Stoicism advocate the use of death, which is the peak of _Vairagya_ . It'scalled 'Memento Mori', i.e. constantly revisiting death. In this they keep something(memento) asa reminder of death at a prominent location in the work place or at home so that they constantlyrevisit it. Indian philosophy refers to this as _Shamshan_ _Vairagya_ .Krishna says that if you put _Vairagya_ into practice, it will stabilize the mind at the centre. These lockdown periods gave us glimpses of_vairagya_ moments. A small steak of _vairagya_ generated can help us to attain a balanced mind for peace and joy.

Children face greater risk from COVID-19 than previously thought: StudyNEW YORK: Children, teens, and young adults are at greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 than previously thought,according to a study which says those with underlying health conditions are at even greater risk.“The idea that COVID-19 is sparing of young people is just false,” said study co-author Lawrence Kleinman from Rutgers University inthe US. According to the study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, children are more likely to get very sick if they have other chronicconditions like obesity. “It is also impor tant to note that children without chronic illness are also at risk. Parents need to continue to takethe virus seriously,” Kleinman cautioned. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the first to describe the characteristics of seriouslyill paediatric COVID-19 patients in Nor th America. In the research, the scientists assessed 48 children and young adults—from new-borns to 21 years old—who were admitted to paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the US and Canada for COVID-19 in March andApril. The study noted that more than 80 per cent of the children had chronic underlying conditions, such as immune suppression,obesity, diabetes, seizures, or chronic lung disease.Of these children, 40 per cent depended on technological suppor t due to developmental delays or genetic anomalies, the researcherssaid. More than 20 per cent experienced failure of two or more organ systems due to COVID-19, they said, adding that nearly 40 per centrequired a breathing tube and ventilator.At the end of the follow-up period, about 33 percent of the children were still hospitalised due to COVID-19, the scientists repor ted in thestudy. Three of the children still required ventilator suppor t and one of them was still on life suppor t.The study also noted that two of the children admitted during the three-week study period died.“This study provides a baseline understanding of the early disease burden of COVID-19 in paediatric patients,” said Hariprem Rajasekhar,a paediatric intensivist involved in conducting the study at Rober t Wood Johnson Medical School’s Depar tment of Pediatrics.

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