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'Gone in 60 Seconds': Beetroot Kebabs by Daughter Sara are Sachin Tendulkar Approved

'Gone in 60 seconds! Thanks for the fabulous beetroot kebabs @saratendulkar,' Sachin captioned the post on Instagram.




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No One Touched Bihar Man's Lost Rs 20,000 Thinking it Was Infected with Covid-19

An auto driver in Bihar, Gajendra Shah, was on his way to purchase a tin shed when he discovered that he had lost Rs. 20,000 in his pocket.




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'Your home is the Oasis': Mumbai Police is Now Spreading Corona Awareness With Music

Netizens have given the commendable effort thumbs up and the post has received over 7,000 likes in only an hour since it was shared.




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Gujarat Govt Claims Drinking 'Ayurvedic Kadha' Helped Prevent Covid-19, Twitter Can't Swallow

After her address went viral on social media, netizens pointed out the fallacy of such statements and questioned its 'authenticity'.




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Mostly Common in Asia, These Giant Hornets Are Fast Becoming a Part of the American Palate

Mostly found in Asia and parts of Russia, the hornets are common in Japan. But in the country’s central Chubu region, the dangerous beings are eaten as a delicacy.




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Fact Check: Did Nurses in Jhalawar Hospital Resign Because of Misconduct by Jamaatis?

There is absolutely no mention of Jamaatis in the resignation letter.




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Steve Smith is Giving Batting Tutorials from Home and Cricket Fans Couldn't Have Asked for More

In the video, the former Australian skipper spoke about the importance of pointing the front foot in the direction where a batsman wants to hit the ball.




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Boy's Locker Room 2.0: 'Open Secret' of a Google Drive Full of Women's Nudes in Kolkata College

A 'Bois locker room' row in the capital city finally broke the silence of women in Kolkata who claimed that their photographs were shared with their classmates.




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A 38-Year-Old Brazilian Man Has Just Discovered He Has Three Kidneys

This person too did not need any special care for his extra kidney and was only given painkiller medicine for his backache.




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Woman in Burqa Hailed as Corona Warrior for Disinfecting Temples and Gurudwaras in Delhi

Imrana Saifi, a resident of North Delhi, has been visiting religious places of worship in the area every day along with a sanitiser tank to disinfect the buildings.




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This is What Indians Have Googled the Most Since the First Day of Coronavirus Lockdown

Citizens of India haven't turned a blind eye to important personnel during the coronavirus lockdown.




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Black Mirror Creator Won't Come up With Another Season Because the World is Living in One

2020 is too hard even for Charlie Brooker.




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'Shut Up, Kevin Spacey': Actor Compares Covid-19 Job Loss to His Life Post #MeToo

Spacey said that he could relate to the impact coronavirus had on people's lives thanks to his own experience of sudden unemployment after sexual harassment allegations.




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Oreo Ice Cream with Samosa? Bizarre Food Combination Leaves Twitter in Two Minds

As soon as the post went viral, people couldn't keep their calm and Twitter wanted the person to be 'banned from the kitchen'.




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Elderly Couple Separated by Covid-19 Reunites after 56 Days in a Heartwarming Tale

Lois, whose illness has taken away her ability to speak, smiled several times and made faint noises. It is her way of communicating joy, Howard said.




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MDH Chacha's Parody Account Knows Why Elon Musk Gave His Son a Bizarre Name: Marijuana Masala

Taking to his parody account on Facebook, <em>Chachaji</em> narrated a fictional incident, trying to justify why Elon had come up with such a name. Or what is the unavoidable future consequence of this.




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Govt Requests Twitter to Block Tejasvi Surya's Communal 2015 Tweet Linking Terrorism to Islam

Surya's tweet is one of 121 tweets that have been asked to be removed from Twitter.




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Æ b 8 Home: 'Mumbai Police Puts Covid-19 Spin on Elon Musk's Son's Name X Æ A-12

The cryptic tweet has since gone viral with many commenting on Mumbai Police's determination to turn every single popular meme into a public safety advisory.




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Human Urine Could Be Used to Make 'Lunar Concrete' to Lay Foundations on the Moon

The main ingredient in “lunar concrete” would be a powdery soil found on the moon’s surface known as lunar regolith.




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'It's a Hoax': Twitter Mocks Donald Trump after Ivanka's Assistant Tests Positive for Covid-19

Ivanka Trump's secretary became the third White House employee to test negative for coronavirus on Friday following Donald Trump's valet and Mike Pence's aide.




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The Secret to Becoming a Desi TikTok Star During Coronavirus Lockdown

On average, a TikTok star spends 5 hours on a video, and thinks of new concepts for the videos, while doing everyday activities.




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Airbus Sensor Cameras Used to Detect Explosives Can Prove Vital in 'Sniffing' Coronavirus

These camera sensors use microprocessors, which are made of biological cells. These processors help in identifying different chemicals and microbes floating in the air but invisible to human eyes.




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While We Showered Flowers, Canada Increased Salaries of Health Workers Fighting Covid-19

Canada has decided to increase wages of health workers and has set aside a $3 billion budget for the same.




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Punjab Lost Rs 1,200-1,700 Crore of GDP Due to Covid-19 Lockdown, Says State Task force

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh set up the task force to find ways for the state to gradually get out of the unprecedented lockdown that is still in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic.




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BP Announces $4.4 Billion Quarterly Loss as Oil Prices Crash Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

BP said it planned to reduce cash costs by $2.5 billion by the end of 2021 relative to 2019. "Some of these cost savings may have associated restructuring charges," the company added.




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Citing Economic Cost of Covid-19 Shutdown, Moody's Slashes India Growth Forecast to 0.2% for 2020

In its report titled Global Macro Outlook 2020-21 (April 2020 update), Moody's lowered G-20 advanced economies as a group to contract by 5.8 per cent in 2020.




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With an Oil Barrel Costing Less Than a New York Pizza, Will the Industry Ever Recover?

Oil prices were declining even before the pandemic hit as producers flooded the market with more oil than the world could use.




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India's Serum Institute to Make Millions of Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Doses

Serum, the world’s largest maker of vaccines by volume, is mass-producing the vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford.




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RBI Extends Curbs on Mumbai-based Co-operative Bank For 6 More Months

The Reserve Bank in October 2018 had barred the bank from granting or renewing any loan for six months and later extended the curbs twice. The bank was allowed to continue to undertake banking business with restrictions till "its financial position improves".




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Partial Relief for Vodafone Idea as SC Asks Income Tax Department to Refund Rs 733 Crore

Vodafone Idea, formerly known as Vodafone Mobile Services Ltd, had however sought Rs 4,759.07 crore in tax refund from for AYs - 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18.




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Don't Need Budget 2.0, Post-Covid Reforms Can Be Through Stimulus: CEA K Subramanian

Chief Economic Adviser K Subramanian said policy making in India happens throughout the year, coming up with a separate budget may only be a legal way to go about it.




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ILO Estimates 305 Million Full-time Jobs Could be Lost Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

The ILO also projects that 1.6 billion workers in the 'informal economy,' stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed.




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Coronavirus Crisis: With Rock-bottom Prices, Will The Oil Industry Recover?

The Energy Information Administration expects jet fuel use to fall 34% in the second quarter. In addition, the agency expects gasoline use to drop by 25% from April to June.




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Asian Stocks Set to Track US Gains as Virus Treatment Hopes Lift Confidence

A top US health official said Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug remdesivir is likely to become the standard of care for Covid-19 after early results from a clinical trial showed it helped certain patients recover more quickly.




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Oil Prices Extend Rally as Coronavirus Worries Ease

Oil prices have plunged to historic lows in recent weeks as collapsing demand due to worldwide lockdowns prompted a massive glut and led to storage capacity filling up.




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Nifty, Sensex Soar on Covid-19 Drug Hopes, Set for Best Month Since 2009

The NSE Nifty 50 index advanced 3.11 per cent to 9,850.3 by 0455 GMT, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was up 3.1 per cent at 33,734.26. Both indexes were on course for their fourth straight session of gains in a holiday shortened week.




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India's Scrap Gold Supplies Seen at Record High on Price Rally, Coronavirus, Says WGC

Rising scrap supplies amid a fall in demand could dent the world's second-biggest bullion consumer's imports and cap a rally in global prices, which hit a more than seven-year high earlier this month.




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Glenmark to Conduct Trials for Potential Covid-19 Drug, Shares Jump

On Wednesday, another Indian pharmaceutical company, Strides Pharma Science Ltd, said it had developed and commercialised favipiravir antiviral tablets, and had applied to Indian drug authorities to start trials.




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Tamil Nadu Sets Up Crack Team to Net Companies Fleeing China, Other Covid-Hit Nations

A committee headed by the state’s chief secretary that also includes representatives from South Korea and Japan will submit a report within one month.




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Mukesh Ambani to Forego Salary, RIL Board Members to Take Pay Cut amid Coronavirus Pandemic

In a letter to employees dated April 29, Reliance Industries' executive director Hital R. Meswani stated that Ambani will forego his entire compensation.




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Don't Let Telcos Charge Offices, Businesses for Unused Internet during Lockdown: PIL in Delhi HC

The petitioner contended that telephone operators and ISPs ought not to charge citizens for services not used by them while following the government's directions.




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Infrastructure Development Critical for Achieving $5 Trillion Economy by 2025: Report

The report further said that the supply additions through infrastructure development boost short-term as well as the potential rate of GDP growth.




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Lockdown Impact: India's March Infrastructure Output Contracts 6.5% Compared to Last Year

The infrastructure output growth for February was upwardly revised to 7.1% from an earlier estimate of 5.5%, the data showed.




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Allow E-commerce Entities to Operate Without Passes in Green Zones: IAMAI

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has submitted a blueprint suggesting a road map for opening up e-commerce based on the current containment model of zoning.




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Reckitt Benckiser's Sales Hit Record On Coronavirus Disinfectant Boom

Reckitt Benckiser recorded a 13.3% rise in first quarter like-for-like sales, that was its best performance since the company was formed in 1999.




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Asian Oil Sellers Add New 'Zero Price' Clause in Contracts: Report

The new clause comes as sellers in Asia seek to protect their interests, as prices of some physical crude grades sold in the region have fallen to close to $10 a barrel due to heavy discounts.




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Reliance to Hive off $75 Billion O2C Business into Separate Unit for Sale to Aramco

O2C undertaking of the company comprises entire oil-to-chemicals business of the company consisting of refining, petrochemicals, fuel retail and aviation fuel (majority interest only) and bulk wholesale marketing businesses together with its assets and liabilities.




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March GST Collection Sinks to Rs 28,309 Crore, Down From Rs 1.13 Lakh Crore Last Year

Government officials said that collection numbers present a worrying trend, given that normal business activities were underway till March 24 when a nationwide lockdown was announced.




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Covid-19: Fitch Downgrades Viability Ratings of SBI, BoB, ICICI and Axis Bank

The agency affirmed the long-term issuer default ratings (IDR) of SBI and BOB at 'BBB-' and those of ICICI Bank and Axis Bank at 'BB+'.




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Amazon Sees Possible Second-quarter Loss as it Forecasts $4 Billion in Covid-19-Related Costs

The coronavirus has infected workers at dozens of locations, igniting small protests and prompting labour organisers to demand site closures