A controversy has been surrounding actress Jyothika’s upcoming movie

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A controversy has been surrounding actress Jyothika’s upcoming movie

A controversy has been surrounding actress Jyothika’s upcoming movie ‘Pon Magal Vandhal’ as there came reports that the film is gearing up for OTT release on Amazon Prime. This is said to have not gone down well with Tamil Nadu theatres management and expressed their disapproval with producer of the film Suriya.

Reacting on this, media claimed that Suriya fumed over theatres managements and made it clear that he would go ahead with the release of ‘Pon Magal Vandhal’ on OTT.

However, the team of Suriya has issued a clarification on the statements that are doing rounds in the media circles. They added that Suriya never commented in harsh way but accepted the issue of OTT release of the film is going on. Further the team said, the discussions are on between producer Suriya and theatres management.

Suriya himself is personally looking into the issue and very soon the talks will come to a logical conclusion so that none will get affected by this. Hope this will settle things for now as unmade comments by Suriya are going viral on the social media.

Delhi gets over 4 lakh requests from stranded persons

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Delhi gets over 4 lakh requests from stranded persons

More than four lakh people have registered at the Delhi government’s website for going home, with the city government arranging transport for about 65,000 migrants, the official data said.

Speaking to IANS, an official said a fresh order has been issued by the Delhi government directing for publicizing the weblink https://epass.jantasamavad.org among stranded persons and also counselling the migrants against travelling on foot and walking on railway tracks.

“More than four lakh people have registered at the website for going home. About 65,000 have been sent to their home states since the travel was allowed,” the official told IANS on Tuesday.

The official said transport is being arranged for more and more people as more requests are coming each day.

“This is an ongoing process. After we receive a request, we forward it to their home state and after their approval, the demand for a train is forwarded to the Ministry of Railways,” the official said.

The order, signed by the Delhi Chief Secretary, said District Magistrates should check around railway stations and ISBTs to ensure that migrants are shifted to the nearest shelter homes in the district by buses arranged by the administration.

“The Delhi Chief Secretary has directed that it has to be ensured that the movement of stranded migrant workers who are willing to go their home states is facilitated and the stranded migrant workers appropriately persuaded and counselled that they should not be walking on road and railway tracks when they can travel in buses, trains,” the official said.

The order, according to the official, also said that the information on the arrangements for travel in special buses and Shramik specials should be widely disseminated among migrant workers.

The Chief Secretary, in the order, a copy of which is with IANS, also said that the provision of food and lodging should be made for the migrants and finally district Nodal Officers or additional District Magistrates concerned should make their travel plan state-wise and integrate them with the scheduled trains leaving Delhi.

“Special buses from railway stations, to ferry the passengers arriving by trains to their home, shall be engaged wherever public/personal transport is not available, subject to maintaining proper social distancing norms.”

The order said necessary security arrangements should be made by the police at all places in order to facilitate smooth movement of stranded persons.

“State Nodal Officers in coordination with the State/UT specific Nodal Officers and District Nodal Officers shall assess the requirement of additional trains for migrant persons and convey the same to the Ministry of Railways,” the order said.

The order came days after the Chief Secretary ordered the officials concerned to ensure that the migrant workers do not walk on roads or railway tracks and should be taken to the nearest shelter facilities, if found doing so.

As per the official data, over 18,000 people were housed in about 340 shelters across the city.

The government has also arranged about 1,900 Food Centres catering to over million beneficiaries daily twice.

Thousands of migrants are stuck at different places away from home due to sudden announcement of the lockdown from March 25.

The workers have started returning to their native villages and hometowns on foot or in overcrowded vehicles, resulting in deaths and fatal accidents.

Atrial fibrillation risk not linked to the amount of body fat: Study

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Atrial fibrillation risk not linked to the amount of body fat: Study

Researchers have revealed that that the risk of atrial fibrillation is not linked to the amount of body fat, but instead to large muscle mass, or more precisely, a high fat-free weight.

Atrial fibrillation affects as many as one in three persons in the industrialized/Western world during a lifespan. And when it comes to preventing the condition, the medical doctor’s best advice is often weight loss. However, a new study, published in the journal Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, shows that the risk of atrial fibrillation is not linked to the amount of fat, but rather to the fat-free weight.

“It appears that people with high fat-free weight do have a high risk, regardless of whether they have a lot of fat on their body or not,” said study researcher from Fenger-Gron Aarhus University in Denmark.

In many people’s eyes, large muscle mass is likely seen as the opposite of high body fat, but it turns out that to some extent, the same people have a lot of both.”And when these people have a high risk of atrial fibrillation, we tend to interpret it as proof that too much fat is harmful,” Grom added.

The study, which is based on a review of the literature on the importance of body fat and fat-free mass for the risk of atrial fibrillation, also contains a meta-analysis which summarises the results of all relevant studies in the field.

The starting point for the work was, among other things, the research group’s own study, in which they analyzed the body mass of 56,000 participants in the Danish ‘Diet, Cancer, and Health’ project.

“Our results point to the importance of remembering to also look for this condition in people who are muscular and without overwhelming body fat – even though they appear to be very healthy and robust,” he said

However, the researcher emphasizes that the results encompass only the risk of atrial fibrillation and do not gainsay that too much body fat increases the incidence of infarctions, diabetes, and many other health problems.

Ponting gets nostalgic sharing photo of longest used bat

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Ponting gets nostalgic sharing photo of longest used bat

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday shared pictures of his favorite cricket bat that he used most in his illustrious career.

“Five international hundreds with this baby, four of them against South Africa. The 120 and 143* were made in my 100th Test at the SCG.

“And the 164 was made in the famous 434 v 438 ODI at the Wanderers. Used it for as long as I could and as you can see it’s pretty worn out,” Ponting said in a tweet.

Rated as one of the best batters of all time, Ponting played 168 Tests, 375 ODIs and 17 T20Is for Australia scoring 27,483 runs across formats.

Ponting, who is currently the head coach of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals, also led Australia to two World Cup victories in 2003 and 2007.

The 45-year old recently said it will be difficult for batsman Usman Khawaja to make a return into the national team after being omitted from Cricket Australia’s central contract list for 2020-21.

Ponting feels Khawaja’s inconsistency is a big problem and so far in his career, the southpaw has only shown glimpses of the brilliance which he is capable of.

“I honestly think now he’s going to find it difficult (to get back into the Australian team) and I feel for him,” Ponting told ABC Grandstand as per ESPNCricinfo.

“I love Usman Khawaja, I got really close to him over the last 10 years since he made his debut and I talk to him quite regularly.

“I’ve always felt he’s a very good player and we probably never saw the absolute best of him at international cricket. We saw glimpses of it, and dribs and drabs, but not the consistently good player I thought he could have been for Australia.”

‘The sweet king’s here’: CSK shares video of MS Dhoni

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‘The sweet king’s here’: CSK shares video of MS Dhoni

Indian Premier League (IPL) side Chennai Super Kings (CSK) shared a video of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on their social media handle on Tuesday, much to the delight of former India skipper’s followers.

In normal circumstances, Dhoni would have been leading the side in 13th edition of the cash-rich league but due to coronavirus pandemic, the tournament was postponed by BCCI.

In the video, ‘Thala’ Dhoni is seen coming out of a door followed by ‘Chinna Thala’ Suresh Raina amid loud cheers from the fans present outside.

Dhoni first acknowledges a salute from the security guard present at the gate and then hilariously points grapes towards his supporters. He then waves at the crowd before boarding the bus.

CSK’s tweet read: “The sweet king’s here, simply rock on! #Thala #MSDhoni.”

Earlier, CSK had also shared a video of Dhoni’s daughter Ziva trying to ride a motorcycle. In the video, Ziva is seen sitting on a bike and revving it profusely, much to the delight of mom Sakshi.

The video went viral as Dhoni fans couldn’t stop themselves from saying ‘like father, like daughter’.

Dhoni and Ziva have also been spotted going a bike ride together inside their farmhouse in Ranchi as the former India captain continues to spend quality time with his family amid the nationwide lockdown.

Amy Jackson ‘honours’ Cannes film festival in new post

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Amy Jackson ‘honours’ Cannes film festival in new post

To honour Cannes Film Festival, which has been postponed in the wake of COVID-19, actress Amy Jackson plans to get dolled up and watch a couple of the films that premiered last year at the annual gala.

Amy, who attended the festival in 2017, took to Instagram, where she shared a photograph of herself from the prestigious festival’s red carpet event.

Alongside the image, she wrote: “Cannes you not!’ Like everything else, the film festival is cancelled this year. From East to West, film productions are on hold for the foreseeable future but we’re lucky enough to have so many incredible films and series to keep us going all from the comfort of our own home!!”

“So in honour of the festival, I’m going to get dolled up and throw on a couple of the films that premiered last year, starting with ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Any other mega movie suggestions?! #cannesfilmfestival rewind,” she added.

The 2020 Cannes Film Festival will not take place in June due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The organisers are busy exploring different options to conduct the festival later this year.

The organisers also mention that the festival can’t go ahead “in its original form” due to the coronavirus crisis, reports variety.com.

On the acting front, Amy’s last big release was the Rajinikanth-starrer “2.0” in 2018, which was released in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu versions.

Telangana CM KCR has gone all out in attacking Prime Minister

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Telangana CM KCR has gone all out in attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attacked Centre’s financial package for Corona pandemic as “Bogus”. Briefing the media over lockdown extension in Telangana last night, KCR told media persons on what Telangana cabinet has discussed on various prevailing issues including Centre’s package.

KCR has dubbed Union Government’s Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package as “cheating” and “bogus”. He went onto state that it is against the spirit and interest of federal system. KCR alleged that the Modi-led Union Government is trying to rule over the states by taking advantage of the financial crisis that was caused due to lockdown and Covid-19 pandemic.

Stating that the Centre’s package is “hollow” and mere “manipulation of numbers”, KCR said Telangana is rejecting Centre’s package. KCR went onto accuse Modi-led government of having “Feudal Attitude”. “Strictly speaking, the Central government has not doled out even Rs one lakh crore, out of the entire package,” KCR stated. He went onto blast Centre and alleged that it is treating states as “beggars”

“States did not expect these bogus schemes from Centre in this hour of crisis. We wanted financial assistance from the Centre. States never expected to be treated as beggars. This is not the way reforms should be implemented,” KCR said.

Responding to the increased borrowing limits from 3 to 5 percent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) where states could borrow more for the current fiscal year which is part of the Centre’s financial package and that allows Telangana could now borrow an additional Rs 20,000 crore loan, Telangana CM KCR said it is not a favour, but facility and the states need to repay anyway.

“The Centre will not give a single rupee from its pocket. Even for this, the Centre imposed several conditions for borrowing every Rs 2,500 crore, linking it to implementation of reforms like in power sector, municipal administration, one-nation-one-ration card, etc. How can the Centre impose restrictions even for borrowing loans?” he asked.

AP CM YS Jagan held a meeting with officials

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AP CM YS Jagan held a meeting with officials

In a good news to all the students, the Andhra Pradesh government has announced the opening of schools from August 3rd. Generally the academic year begins from June second week but due to the Corona virus, there occurred an inevitable delay.

AP CM YS Jagan held a meeting with officials on Tuesday and instructed them to consider this date for beginning the academic year. In this gap, Jagan directed the officials to make necessary arrangements in the schools. As we know Jagan government is introducing English Medium in all schools from first to sixth standard, accordingly officials are summoned.

In the first phase about 15,715 schools would undergo infrastructural changes and for this the government allotted time till July last week. The government has sanctioned Rs 456 crore fund while district collectors were asked to monitor the day-to-day works of schools.

coronavirus cases in India is more than 1 lakh now

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coronavirus cases in India is more than 1 lakh now

Officially, the number of coronavirus cases in India is more than 1 lakh now. On Monday morning, the number was 96,180, and with a big spike in cases by the evening it crossed one lakh.

On Monday alone, there are 5242 coronaviruses positive tested in the country. More than 3000 people have died so far due to the coronavirus in India.

The number of cases recorded in states Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat is higher than that of other states. Maharashtra has recorded more than 35,000 coronavirus cases, the highest in a state, and is slowly starting to open in green zones while the easing of restrictions in other zones is not possible. Mumbai has recorded more than 20,000 cases.

Though the lockdown is extended until the end of the month of May, several states have decided to ease the restrictions and reopen the businesses with relaxations. Most of the states are opening the markers, local transport, and salons except red zone containment areas.

However, movie theaters, amusement parks, and educational institutions are to remain closed until further updates.

Telangana CM reacted for the first time on rumors

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Telangana CM reacted for the first time on rumors

Telangana CM KCR is not mincing with words in any of his media meets. During his media meet to brief on lockdown, relaxations, and coronavirus cases, KCR also spoke about the water-sharing conflict between two Telugu states.

The Telangana CM reacted for the first time on rumors about his friendship with Jagan on rocks. There were several reports in media that all is not well between KCR and Jagan due to the ongoing exchange of allegations and complaints with water-sharing. KCR now rubbished all of them, actually pretty clearly.

Stating that he will be straight forward and won’t be sparing any obstacles that could trouble the benefit of Telangana people, KCR also said that everything is fine with YS Jagan. When asked about the cracks in his friendship with Jagan, due to water-war, KCR underlined that they are very much friends, and are still together. KCR also asked of ‘somebody’ is not happy with their friendship and bonding.

KCR clarified that he has complete knowledge on projects in Telangana and the government is constructing the projects within the boundaries and abiding by the law. KCR said he mentioned earlier too about Rayalaseema needs water and that should be diverted from Godavari’s surplus waters.

KCR said he always wanted to share water between the two states and recalled how Chandrababu went on war with challenges during his regime in AP and could not win over even with 1 TMC. KCR explained that he went seven times to convince Maharashtra CM and managed to get 100 TMCs water through Kaleswaram.

The Telangana CM concluded that there is no scope for cheap politics and talks here. He reiterated that everything is fine between him and Jagan, before saying that it will be a fight for a fight unless both sides go by the law.

Tenth exams in Telangana might be held from June first or second week

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Tenth exams in Telangana might be held from June first or second week

Due to the Corona virus pandemic, many exams got postponed. In Telangana the tenth standard exams were postponed by the Telangana High Court following a petition. Based on the court’s directions, the Telangana government has filed an affidavit and taking this into consideration, the High Court has formally nodded to conduction the exams.

In all likely the tenth exams in Telangana might be held from June first or second week. But before this, the High Court has asked Telangana government to file one more affidavit on the current situation in the state due to the virus threat.

The Court also made key suggestions that there should be two days gap between exams, transportation should be made to students, invigilators and usage of sanitisers and masks for attending the exam.

As soon as the High Court has sent directives, the Telangana education department has started the ground work for this. The schedule and others details will be finalized in the coming days.

Kohli said his father always taught him to have faith in hard work

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Kohli said his father always taught him to have faith in hard work

Virat Kohli, during an Instagram Live chat with Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri, recalled an incident when his father refused to bribe a cricket official, which led to Virat not getting selected in the team despite fulfilling all the merit criteria. “I have mentioned this before also. There was a time when in state cricket, a lot of things happen, you know  many factors which are not fair,” Virat Kohli told Sunil Chhetri during their over an hour-long interaction on Instagram.

“There was an opportunity, where a certain someone chose to step out of the rules and say, ‘here’s the situation you’d need a bit more than just merit to get selected’,” Kohli added.He said his father Prem was someone who worked really hard and made a living for himself by studying “under the streetlights”.

“He is the guy who studied under the streetlights, those were the circumstances at his home. From there he worked hard to become a lawyer, worked in the merchant navy as well before that. One who has worked hard doesn’t understand that language. He didn’t understand what was going on,” Kohli said, explaining his father’s hardships.

The Indian skipper said his father never believed in taking shortcuts to attain success and always taught him to have faith in hard work.”He said to my coach, ‘if he (Virat) can play on his merit, then fine else we do not want to play him. I won’t do all this’.

“And I was not selected and I cried a lot, I was broken,” Kohli explained what his father told his coach after he was asked to pay bribe for his selection.

Explaining what he learnt from this experience, Kohli said: “But that taught me something that this is how the world is run. If you want to progress do something that no one else is doing. That lesson he gave me because you can only rely on your hard work and that I saw from my father who made a living, made a life for himself, and gave me the right teachings by actions.”

The Indian skipper lost his father in the middle of a Ranji Trophy match when he was playing for Delhi against Karnataka, at the age of 18.However, the young Kohli, who saw his father breath his last in the night, went to the ground the next morning and played a val

Washington suspended payments to the WHO

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Washington suspended payments to the WHO

President Donald Trump threatened to permanently freeze US funding to the World Health Organization unless “substantive improvements” were made within the next 30 days. Washington suspended payments to the WHO in mid-April, accusing it of being too close to Beijing and covering up and mismanaging the coronavirus pandemic.

On Monday, Trump tweeted images of a letter he sent to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, saying the letter was “self-explanatory.”

In the letter, Trump lists what he says are examples of the WHO’s shortcomings in managing the pandemic, including ignoring early reports of the emergence of the virus, and being too close to China.

“It is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world. The only way forward for the World Health Organization is if it can actually demonstrate independence from China,” Trump said in the letter.

Cyclone Amphan: Odisha starts evacuating people

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Cyclone Amphan: Odisha starts evacuating people

The District Collectors of cyclone Amphan vulnerable areas had started evacuating people as the cyclone was likely to make landfall between West Bengal and Bangladesh on May 20, said the Odisha government, here on Monday.

“As per the latest report from the Collectors, evacuation of people from vulnerable areas has started. We are targeting to complete all evacuation work by tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon,” said Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena.

About 600 multi-purpose cyclone shelters and 7,092 other permanent buildings with the cumulative capacity to accommodate nearly 12 lakh people have been identified in 12 districts.

It has also been directed to arrange adequate food, drinking water, lighting, sanitation and health facility at each shelter and keep the tower light and chainsaw and other emergency equipment ready to meet any eventuality.

Odisha Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said the government was taking all the measures even though cyclone Ampan might not make landfall in the state. “Given our past experiences, we are not taking it lightly. Preparations are in full swing to meet any eventuality,” he said.

The government has deputed four senior IAS officers and equal number of IPS officers to four coastal districts to provide guidance and support to the district administrations in the cyclone Amphan management.

Transport Secretary Madhu Sudan Padhi, Chief Electoral Officer Sushil Kumar Lohani, Industries Secretary Hemant Sharma and Higher Education Secretary Saswat Mishra have been deputed to Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts, respectively.

Similarly, IPS officers Diptesh Kumar Pattanayak, Ghanashyam Upadhyay, Asish Kumar Singh and Jai Narayan Pankaj have been deputed to Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts, respectively.

Jena said 20 teams of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), 19 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and 335 units of the Fire and Disaster Management had been kept in readiness to be pressed into the service.

He said 13 NDRF, 15 ODRAF and 217 Fire Service teams had been positioned in 6 coastal and 5 nearby districts. The rest 11 (6 NDRF and 5 ODRAF) teams had been kept in standby to be pressed into the service, as per the requirement. 10 Fire Service Units with 100 people had also been kept in standby, he added.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), squally wind speed reaching 45-55 km/h gusting to 65 km/h is likely to hit the south Odisha coast from May 18 evening and increase to 55-65 km/h, gusting to 75 km/h and extend to along and off north Odisha coast from May 19 morning.

The wind speed will increase and would turn into gale reaching 75-85 km/h gusting to 95 km/h from May 20 morning along and off north Odisha coast (Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj.

It would gradually increase to 110-120 km/h, gusting to 135 km/h along and off the districts of north Odisha, said the IMD.

Here’s how Sushmita Sen defeated Addison’s disease

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Here’s how Sushmita Sen defeated Addison’s disease

Actress Sushmita Sen revealed that she was diagnosed with Addison’s in 2014, and it was ‘meditating with Nunchaku’ that helped her overcome the disease.

For the uninitiated, Addison’s is a disorder in which the adrenal glands don’t produce enough hormones.

Sharing her battle with Addison’s, Sushmita took to her YouTube channel and wrote: ” After I was diagnosed with an Auto immune condition called Addison’s disease in September 2014, it left me feeling like, I had no fight left in me…A fatigued body filled with immense frustration & aggression. The dark circles under my eyes can’t even begin to explain the dark times I endured for 4 long years.

“To have steroids substitute cortisol and to live with its innumerable side effects took its toll. There is nothing more tiring than to live with a chronic illness. Enough was enough, I had to find a way of strengthening my mind, allowing my body to follow suit.”

Explaining how meditation with Nunchaku helped her, the “Main Hoon Na” actress added: “Meditated with #Nunchaku …Aggression out, fight back in and pain turned into an art form. I healed in time, my adrenal glands woke up, no more steroids, no withdrawals and no auto immune condition as of 2019.”

She also shared about the lessons she learnt from the hard phase.

“No one knows your body better than you, listen to it. There is a warrior in all of us, never give up. Thank you to my Teacher Nupur Shikhare for being my rock through this journey.I love you guys,” Sushmita said.

Along with it, Sushmita posted a video that shows her performing various steps with Nunchaku, which is a martial arts weapon, traditionally used in Okinawan style.

Preity Zinta shares her ‘life aaj kal’

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Preity Zinta shares her ‘life aaj kal’

Actress Preity Zinta shared her “life aaj kal” amid the lockdown.

Preity shared a picture of herself along with her husband Gene Goodenough and mother wearing masks.

“Life Aaj Kal (life nowadays). hope everyone is wearing masks? It’s the only way we can fight this virus and lockdown together and make a difference A#patiparmeshwar#Beresponsible A#Ma #Ting,” she captioned the image.

Preity had shared another image of herself along with Gene. In the image, the actress is seen making a funny face at the camera while Gene is just seen smiling.

“When every day feels like the weekend #photobomb#patiparmeshwar #day66 #stayhheome#staysafe A#ting,” she wrote.

Preity married Gene Goodenough in February 2016 in a private ceremony in Los Angeles. Goodenough is Senior Vice-President for Finance at NLine Energy, a US-based hydroelectric power company.

On the acting front, Preity was last seen on screen in the 2018 film “Bhaiaji Superhit”. The film marked her comeback after a seven-year break and also stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Arshad Warsi, and Shreyas Talpade.

1 in 3 SMBs in US shuts down amid COVID-19: Facebook

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1 in 3 SMBs in US shuts down amid COVID-19: Facebook

Nearly one-third of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the US have stopped operating as of April, a Facebook survey amid COVID-19 pandemic revealed on Monday.

For the smallest businesses — those run by the self-employed or for personal income — the situation is worse.

More than half of them are no longer operating, according to the “State of Small Business Report”.

“The situation is worse for personal business (52 percent of which report shutting down), hotels, cafes and restaurants (43 percent) and services like wellness, grooming, fitness or other professional services (41 percent),” said the report.

Of the businesses that report being closed, 71 percent report having closed since March 1, 2020, 18 percent closed in February and 4 percent closed in January.

Many that remain in operation face two big challenges: cash and customers.

They are worried about where the money is going to come from, and whether there is still demand their goods and services

And even when looking to when things are better, less than half of owners and managers said they would rehire their former employees, showed the findings.

The findings are based on a survey of 86,000 owners, managers, and workers in companies across the US with fewer than 500 employees.

“Still, business owners and managers are optimistic about their future. They’re resilient, finding new ways to reach their customers online, making adjustments to how and when they do business and working hard to meet their family obligations at the same time,” said the report.

The survey was conducted in partnership with Small Business Roundtable, a coalition of leading small business and entrepreneurship organizations.

Maruti Suzuki resumes operations at Gurugram plant

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Maruti Suzuki resumes operations at Gurugram plant

Maruti Suzuki India on Monday resumed its operations at its Gurugram plant, although with around one-third strength.

Speaking to IANS, Kuldeep Jhangu, General Secretary of Maruti Suzuki Kamgaar Union (MSKU) said that around 4,000 workers were working on Monday out of the total strength of 12,000-13,000 employees at the unit.

“Currently, workers are being trained to operate while maintaining social distancing norms with safety in line with the government’s guidelines,” he said.

The unit largely manufactures the models, Alto, Ignis, Vitara Brezza, Eeco and Super Carry.

In a regulatory filing on Sunday, the company said: “Maruti Suzuki India Limited would re-start production of vehicles at its Gurgaon plant from the 18th of May 2020. All activities would be carried out strictly in accordance with the government regulations and guidelines and observing the company’s own concern for the highest standards of safety.”

The Manesar plant resumed operations on May 12, with around 2,000 workers working on a single shift basis, after around 40 days of closure in the wake of the nationwide lockdown. The company received the approval of the local administration on April 22 to start production at the Manesar unit with a limited number of employees.

Further, on Monday, the company said that it has delivered over 5,000 cars in the past few days. The company has put in place comprehensive standard operating procedures (SoPs) for its dealerships across the country and these SoPs ensure highest level of hygiene and sanitization across all its showrooms for the safety of its customers and employees.

With the SoPs in place, over 1,350 Maruti Suzuki showrooms and over 300 True Value outlets are operational in lockdown 4.0.

Speaking on the start of showroom activities for customers, Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director and CEO, Maruti Suzuki India said, “We are happy to serve the customers, who were waiting to drive home their favourite car. The company has put in place comprehensive norms to ensure that their car buying experience is completely safe.”

Uber resumes normal ride services in 31 Indian cities

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Uber resumes normal ride services in 31 Indian cities

Uber India on Monday said it has resumed normal ride services in 31 cities after the new Lockdown 4.0 guidelines came into practice with more relaxations.

The company said that riders will constantly be notified with further information and the status of specific cities through its app.

Among the cities when Uber has resumed operations are Gurugram, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Guwahati, Kochi, Udaipur, Vapi and Visakhapatnam.

“If you are in any of the following cities, open the Uber app to choose from available products in your area.,” Uber said in a statement.

Not more than two riders would be allowed, besides the driver and no one should be seated right next to the driver.

Uber also announced a range of COVID-19 specific safety features and policies.

The announcements include an interactive Go Online Checklist for both riders and drivers, a mandatory mask policy for riders and drivers, pre-trip mask verification selfies for drivers, and updated post-trip feedback mechanism and a cancellation policy.

“These new features and policies have been rolled out globally, and we will keep enhancing and revising them as needed to ensure a safer product experience for all,” said Sachin Kansal, Global Senior Director of Product Management at Uber.

Uber Essential is currently available to riders in Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Indore, Mumbai, and Nashik.

Arjun Rampal bids adieu to his lockdown beard

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Arjun Rampal bids adieu to his lockdown beard

Actor Arjun Rampal got fed up with his lockdown beard and decided to shave it off with help from his girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades.

On Monday, Arjun took to social media to share videos and photographs, capturing the moment when he got rid of his beard. In the first video, he could be seen standing in front of a mirror, shirtless, with Gabriella filming the process next to him.

“So quarantine has been extended till 31st of May, and I can’t grow this beard any further. So Gabrielle is going to help me cut it, and if I don’t post in another 2 hours… you know exactly how it went,” he said in the video.

“The extended quarantine has got the better of my beard. Time to let it go!!!! Hopefully it grows back before filming commences….#hairtodaygonetomorrow,” he captioned his post.

The second video was a time lapse capturing the process. It shows Gabriella first using scissors on his beard then an electric trimmer.

“It’s started,” he captioned the second video.

Finally, he shared a photograph of himself in his new look without the beard. “All done, back to being civilised. Yay or Nay? #iseeme,” he wrote.

Arjun and Gabriella are spending their lockdown period in Karjat with their son Arik.

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