Scientists have found three viruses in bats in Laos that are more similar to SARS-CoV-2 than any other known virus, media reports said. The study, posted on the preprint server Research Square and not peer-reviewed yet, showed that the similarity of parts of the new viruses' genetic code with SARS-CoV-2 reinforces claims that Covid-19 has a natural origin.
Nortje, who recorded the top eight fastest deliveries of the IPL 2021 season in his first appearance in the tournament with the fastest being 151.71 km/h, disclosed that he doesn't search for high speeds when bowling. Delhi, the runners-up of IPL 2020, are seated at the top of points table with 14 points from nine matches.
Global smartphone brand realme on Friday refreshed its narzo series with the launch of new smartphones -- Narzo 50A and Narzo 50i -- along with a new smart band and an entry-level smart TV for the Indian consumers.
Continuing with the protest against the fuel and daily commodities' price hike, the Karnataka Congress on Friday staged a 'tonga' protest in Bengaluru. The Congress leaders of both the Houses of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, reached the Vidhana Soudha on tongas.
The Sushmita Sen-starrer Aarya has been nominated at the 49th International Emmy Awards in the Drama Series category.
Actor Pankaj Tripathi has a packed schedule as he has been shuffling between Ladakh and Mumbai to shoot for two projects - a yet-untitled series with Raj and DK and the second instalment of the film OMG: Oh My God!.
Iyer has been a revelation in Dubai with even his skipper Eoin Morgan singling him out for praise and Iyer says that the opportunity he got was all because of a positive attitude he kept during lockdown. In a post-match show, Iyer said that he always had the desire to play for KKR only because Sourav Ganguly was its "captain initially".
Six persons, five belonging to Nagpur in Maharashtra and one Rajasthan, were arrested on Friday for allegedly running an IPL betting racket in the port town of Vasco, Goa police said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has finalised its alliance with the Nishad Party for the upcoming Assembly elections.
Ex-Bigg Boss contestants Devoleena Bhattacharjee and Arti Singh hosted the launch. Television actress and model Donal Bisht, ex-Bigg Boss contestant Asim Riaz's brother Umar Riaz are the confirmed contestants and Shamita Shetty and Nishant Bhat from Bigg Boss OTT house will also be locked in BB15 house. Salman Khan joined the press conference via video conferencing.
Legendary rock band Nirvana's 1991 classic album Nevermind is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Friday, reports Billboard.com.
A bag found in the room of Akhara Parishad chief Mahant Narendra Giri's room has added yet another angle to his mysterious death.
The latest defeat, a seven-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday, saw MI slump to sixth place on the points table with eight points. KKR notched up the required runs with nearly five overs to spare, with Rahul Chahar (34 runs in 3 overs) and Jasprit Bumrah (43 in 4 overs) bearing the brunt of the batsmen, though the latter took three wickets.
After a series of cases where poor villagers have received crores of rupees in their bank accounts, a daily wager learnt that he was having Rs 9.99 crore in the Union Bank of India, Supaul branch.
In the match against the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians, Rahul Tripathi and Venkatesh Iyer dazzled with the bat as the Kolkata franchise won by seven wickets. While Iyer scored his maiden IPL fifty, Tripathi slammed an unbeaten 74 off 42 balls as KKR chased down the target with 4.5 overs to spare.
The Indian cricket board has been cautious about increasing Pandya's workload ever since he returned from a back surgery last year. He has hardly been given the ball even though chief selector Chetan Sharma had asserted at the time of announcing the ICC T20 World Cup squad that the all-rounder was perfectly fit to bowl in the shortest format.
India's benchmark equity index S&P BSE Sensex crossed the 60,000-mark milestone during Friday's early morning trade session.
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 230.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.72 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.02 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison met in Washington ahead of the Quad Summit to discuss their countries' bilateral relations, especially defence partnerships given their importance as bulwarks of democracy in the Indo-Pacific region.
Judi Dench and her partner David Mills considered marriage amid the Covid-19 lockdown after 11 years together but they have decided against it and are happy to continue to live in separate homes.
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