Old woman fought the novel virus and emerged victorious.

People all around the world have been affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak. Amid this time of panic, news of people, especially the elderly beating Covid-19 has been popping up on the internet.We recently came across the story of a 104-year-old woman from Minnesota, USA who fought the novel virus and emerged victorious.

Vera Muller has been staying in Sauer Health Care Home in Winona, Minnesota for 13 years. She was diagnosed with Covid-19 on March 25 after showing symptoms including cough, fever and nausea two days after her birthday.Vera’s family used to visit her regularly. They used to gather around her window at the health care home to keep her in good spirits and her morale up while she recovered. They even used to speak to Vera on the phone, her son Bob Muller told the Winona Daily News.

Even for her birthday, Vera’s family was not able to celebrate in person but everyone including her friends from the church gathered around her window and rang in her birthday on March 23.Across the globe, 20,63,161 novel coronavirus-positive cases have been recorded. In the USA, 6,41,919 people have been tested positive and over 28,000 deaths have been recorded. In India, the number of Covid-19 positive cases has crossed the 12,000 mark with over 400 fatalities.

coronavirus outbreak hasn’t affected Nikhil Kumar’s wedding plans

The nationwide lockdown, imposed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, hasn’t affected Nikhil Kumar’s wedding plans. The actor-politician is all set to tie the knot with his fiancee, Revathi on April 17 in the presence of his family members.At the time when celebrities and commoners are postponing their wedding dates due to the crisis, the couple has decided to host the wedding at their Ramanagara farmhouse in Bengaluru.

Initially, both families had plans to host a grand ceremony by inviting popular personalities. However, due to the lockdown, they have restricted the guest-list and it will be an intimate affair.Reports suggest that the wedding will happen at 10 am and the celebrations have already begun. Their family is also planning to host a gala reception in Bengaluru once the lockdown ends.

Nikhil, who is the son of former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and grandson of former Prime Minister HD Devegowda, got engaged to Revathi in February at a plush hotel in Bengaluru. The couple was blessed by their families, friends and various leaders from political parties.

Revathi is said to be the niece of former minister N Krishnappa and its an arranged marriage. In one of Nikhil’s earlier interviews, he had said he is marrying the girl chosen by his parents and does not know much about her at this stage.On the professional front, Nikhil Kumar is currently working on a new project directed by S Krishna. The trailer is expected to release in May.

Chiranjeevi About His Upcoming Film

After scoring a super success with the epic-action film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Megastar Chiranjeevi has joined hands with talented director Koratala Siva for his next project titled as Acharya. Due to coronavirus outbreak and the prevailing lockdown in the country, the shooting of the film has been temporarily put on hold and Chiranjeevi is busy overseeing the formalities of Corona Crisis Charity, a special committee formed to offer financial assistance to daily wage workers and other lower-income groups in the Telugu film industry.

Meanwhile, during a recent interaction with a leading daily, the 64-year-old actor spilled the beans regarding his characterisation in Acharya. Terming the film as a socio-political entertainer, the senior hero said “It is a socio-political entertainer that depicts a man’s fight to conserve natural resources. My role is an intense one, both physically and intellectually. Like Koratala Siva’s earlier films, Acharya too drives across a strong message without sounding too preachy.”

Confirming the presence of Ram Charan in the film, Chiranjeevi thanked SS Rajamouli for allowing the ‘Magadheera’ actor to play the extended cameo amid the hectic schedule of RRR (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram).

Starring Kajal Aggarwal as the leading lady, Acharya will feature the senior actor as a Naxalite-turned-social reformer. While Mani Sharma is roped in to compose the music, Regina Cassandra has recently sizzled for a special number opposite Chiranjeevi.

Salman Khan Shared A Beautiful Message to Everyone

Bollywood’s Bhaijaan Salman Khan may be miles away in his Panvel farmhouse, under lockdown with family and friends, but the actor has been keeping an eye for messages of hope and joy from around the country.

The actor, who recently made headlines when he shared a photo of a deserted Muhamad Ali road in and a closed kabristan, shared another photo on his handle that is bound to bring you joy.

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Kamal Haasan is about the pressing issues of the country

Actor-cum-politician Kamal Haasan is quite vocal on his social media about the pressing issues of the country.

Urging the government to address the issue of migrant workers before it’s too late, the Indian 2 star penned a note. Referring to the incidents in New Delhi and the same in Mumbai over basic rations, the actor criticised the ruling government over their campaigns.

He wrote, “All the balcony people take a long and hard look at the ground. First, it was Delhi, now Mumbai. The migrant crisis is a time bomb that must be defused before it becomes a crisis bigger than Corona. Balcony government must keep their eyes on what’s happening on the ground too.”

All the balcony people take a long and hard look at the ground. First it was Delhi, now Mumbai. The migrant crisis…

Rumours On Allu Arjun New Movie

It’s well known that Tamil star Vijay Sethupathi will be playing a negative role in Allu Arjun and Sukumar’s highly-anticipated hat-trick film, Pushpa. However, a shocking rumor that has been doing the rounds since yesterday is leaving all the excited fans worried.

The rumour has it that Vijay Sethupathi has walked out of Pushpa citing dates availability. Apparently, Vijay was supposed to shoot for the film throughout April. But the ongoing lockdown due to the Coronavirus has disrupted Vijay’s dates dairy and he is left with no other choice but to leave Pushpa to cater his dates to his Tamil projects.

Furthermore, Sukumar is planning to rope in the national award-winning Tamil actor Bobby Simha as Vijay’s replacement. However, these are mere speculations and we will have to wait for an official announcement by the makers.

“You don’t need to be a super-hero to wear a mask! Namrata Shirdhakar

Namrata Shirdhakar, the star wife of Mahesh Babu is doing her bit to make sure the good message of social distancing reaches everywhere.

She keeps on sharing good images of her family during the lockdown. Today, she shared two images of Mahesh where he is using a handkerchief as a mask during the shoot of his films.

Namrata quoted these images and said “You don’t need to be a super-hero to wear a mask! Protect your loved ones with an MYOM – make your own mask!

Sandeep Reddy Vanga has been trying to rope in a big star for his next film

Arjun Reddy fame Sandeep Reddy Vanga has been trying to rope in a big star for his next film, a suspense thriller, titled Factory. Bollywood superstar Ranbir Kapoor has shown interest to play the lead role, but has backed out of it due to some unknown reasons.

Later Sandeep Reddy approached Prabhas and there was a lot of buzz about the project in media circles. Things didn’t work out for Sandeep as Prabhas chose to do Nag Ashwin’s film as his next project. His attempts to impress Mahesh Babu also were in vain as the Superstar is in no mood to do experiments at this point of his career.

Buzz has it that Sandeep Vanga is currently trying to get an approval from Allu Arjun. The Stylish Star of Telugu Cinema is keen on setting foot in North Indian markets with his upcoming Pushpa. Given the popularity of Sandeep Vanga in Hindi markets as Kabir Singh director, Allu Arjun might give it a shot if he sees the potential in Sandeep’s script.

COVID-19 test will be free only for poor people

While the Supreme Court has earlier (Apr 8th) passed an order that the coronavirus test will be free for all the citizens of the country as the country is facing the worst pandemic. But with few petitions challenging its order, on Monday the SC has issued a fresh order saying that COVID-19 test will be free only for poor people while others have to pay.

Earlier SC has fumed against collecting Rs 4500 for Coronavirus determination tests by private labs and hospitals and asked the government to look into passing an order that makes the test free. But with challengers of the order claiming that the test is being charged Rs 32,000 in the United Kingdom, and private labs will be unnecessarily burdened if tests are done for free, SC agreed with them. Now, only those who have governments Ayush ID cards will get the test done for free.

One wonders why India could not implement a South Korean model where testing is done for free for everyone, and the country successfully stopped the spread of the virus.

Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Remake in Tamil

Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, which released in January this year is still making headlines. In the recent times, the Hindi remake of the film was in news with Akshay Kumar and Shahid Kapoor’s names doing rounds to play lead roles in the film.

Now, the Tamil remake of Trivikram Srinivas directorial is in news, and none other than Sivakarthikeyan is going to step into Allu Arjun’s shoes. This is definitely an exciting news to all the Tamil audiences out there, who have been waiting for a confirmation. Also, an official confirmation from the makers is awaited.

Sivakarthikeyan currently has two films in his kitty, which are waiting for release. Doctor and Ayalaan are the films and they are production phase now. So once he completes both these films, the actor might begin shooting for this most-awaited project. It is said that Sivakarthikeyan has showed interest in buying the Tamil rights of the film and so, he might turn the producer for this film.

There are a lot of speculations on who would be playing the leading lady of the film. Also, it would be nice if Pooja Hegde herself would do the same role again and mark her Tamil debut.

ICICI Group commits Rs. 100 crore to fight COVID-19 pandemic

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ICICI Group today announced that it has committed Rs. 100 crore to support the nation in its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. Of this, the Group pledges to contribute Rs. 80 crore to the ‘PM Cares Fund’ and Rs. 20 crores to state governments and local authorities in their efforts to battle the pandemic. The sum of Rs. 100 crore is being contributed by ICICI Bank and all its subsidiaries.

Speaking on the initiative, Mr. Sandeep Batra, President, ICICI Bank said, “ICICI Group has always partnered the nation—at the times of progress as well as in times of need. The outbreak of COVID-19 has thrown an unprecedented challenge to the nation and its citizens. It demands us to stand together and fight the challenge. 

Our pledge to the ‘PM Cares Fund’ as well as state governments and local authorities is part of our commitment to join the Central Government and the local authorities in their fight against the pandemic. This is our humble way to salute the heroic efforts of the people, who are at the forefront of this challenge. We are confident that the country will win this battle and emerge victoriously.”

As part of the contribution to state governments and other authorities, ICICI Group including the ICICI Foundation, the CSR arm of ICICI Group, is working actively to assist them in their tireless efforts to safeguard citizens of the country.

So far, the ICICI Group has provided over 2.13 lakh surgical masks, over 40,000 N95 masks, 20,000 liters of sanitizers, 16,000 gloves, 5,300 personal protection equipment (PPE) suits, 2,600 protective eye gear and equipment like 50 thermal scanners and 3 non-invasive category ventilators to various state departments and hospitals. The Group will continue to serve the people who are at the forefront of the fight against the COVID -19 pandemic.

ICICI Bank is also assisting the central government, state governments, and municipal corporations in their efforts to collect donations digitally. The Bank has received the mandate of collections for the ‘PM CARES Fund’. Further, several state governments and local bodies have provided similar mandates to the Bank to receive donations/ contributions.

Vijay Deverakonda shown his appreciation for the work the police personnel

Tollywood star Vijay Deverakonda was recently seen interacting with police personnel. Now, he has shown his appreciation for the work the police personnel have been tirelessly putting in during the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.

In a video conference from the Commissioner of Police’s office, the Arjun Reddy star that every police officer, from a home guard to IPS officers are the real frontliners in the battle against the novel coronavirus pandemic.

During his interaction with Anjani Kumar, CP he also appealed to these brave personnels to not just take care of themselves but also to ensure their family’s safety. The police personnel thanked him for his support. They also appreciated him for his appeal to the public to stay indoors as his plea had many reconsidering before stepping out.

Nayanatara About Her Relationships

The tag of a ‘Superstar’ is pretty rare for an actress in Indian cinema and Nayanthara has achieved it after 17 years of commitment, hard work and dedication in the Southern film industry. Considered as one among the few actors who can carry the entire film on their shoulders, Nayan’s trademark quality is to extract massive footfalls into the theatre without depending on a bankable male lead. Be it a period drama or a suspense-thriller or a romantic comedy, the gorgeous gal has proved her mettle time and time again.

During a recent interaction with a leading daily, Nayanthara opened up about her past relationships and revealed why she parted ways with men she was once romantically involved with. The ‘Darbar’ actress said “Love doesn’t exist where there is no trust. I ended my past relationships when I realised that it was better to live alone than with someone who she could not be trusted.”

Admitting that it wasn’t easy to cope up with a break up, the ravishing beauty mentioned that her professional life and fans helped her big-time to surpass the hard period.
The love life of the 35-year-old actress has always been amid the headlines. During the initial phase of her career, the ‘Bigil’ actress was rumoured to be dating Kollywood actor Simbu and though the affair lasted for a few months, it garnered huge attention among media circles.

After being in a relationship with Prabhu Deva for close to four years, Nayanthara parted ways with the choreographer-turned-director. Finally, after two failed relationships, she has eventually found her true love in the form of Vignesh Shivan. What began as a director-heroine association for ‘Naanum Rowdy Dhaan’ gradually turned into a thick friendship and within no time, cupid’s arrow

NTR and Ram Charan play equal roles : Rajamouli

RRR is a film that many are looking forward to as it is one of the biggest films in the country as of now. NTR and Ram Charan play lead roles in this film and many want to know will their roles be balanced or not.

In one of his interviews, Rajamouli said that both the heroes have equal roles and fans need not worry at all about the screen time. He also added that both the stare heroes have given their lives to live in their respective roles.

DVV Danayya produces this film that has Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgan in key roles. Already Charan’s video is out and the wait is for NTR’s special teaser to be out.

Is Rashmika Mandanna Unlucky?

Spunky actress Rashmika Mandanna is currently one of the most happening heroines right now. She is getting chances alongside star heroes in Tollywood and industry people think that she is going to give a tough competition to Pooja Hegde. But Rashmika is unlucky in one aspect i.e pan-Indian movies.

She earlier did ‘Dear Comrade’ which was released in multiple languages. The film failed badly in all the regions and got a lot of negativity in Rashmika’s home state Karnataka. Gossip is that Rashmika is the reason behind that negativity in Karnataka. Due to agreement with Mythri Movie Makers during ‘Dear Comrade’, Rashmika was selected as the heroine in ‘Pushpa. As she is the happening heroine, both Sukumar and Allu Arjun did object her selection. But Bunny fans are reportedly not happy with this choice.

Her action in ‘Sarileru Neekevvaru’ irritated the audience and with Kannada people hating her as they believe she left Sandalwood to get offers from Tollywood is worrying both fans and team of ‘Pushpa’. Let us wait and see what happens now.

Pawan Kalyan taking a Corona Quarntine break from the shoots

Power Star Pawan Kalyan who is currently in the filming of two films at a time is taking a Corona Quarntine break from the shoots. Rumours have surfaced online saying that mkers of Director Krish-Pawan film have asked Krish to turn down his plans of making ‘Virupakshi’ in Morocco.

‘Virupakshi’ is the rumoured title of Krish-Pawan first collaboration and is produced by ace producer AM Ratnam who has given many youthful entertainers to both Tamil and Telugu audience. It is evident that the plans of Pawan and Krish were big earlier and the plot line of their film is also said to be a universal subject and has more scope for a pan India film with huge schedule in Morocco which is famous for great Architecture. Now, the makers of the film have come to a conclusion to erect huge sets in Hyderabad itself as situation is worse due to Corona outbreak.

The planned Morocco schedule is to film the climax of the film in a big way which now is going to happen locally in Hyderabad. It is a caution by the makers to value time and money of the Power Star-AM Ratnam combination and thus release the film as soon as possible!

Mahesh Babu been advising about the social distancing

In recent days, we have seen superstar Mahesh Babu been advising about the social distancing, and now he even following it in his home.

In most of the pictures that came out so far during this lockdown period, Mahesh was seen maintaining social distancing from his family members.

In the latest picture, Mahesh is seen talking with his son Gautham after a workout session. Both the father and son was chilling with the boy talk. Mahesh was seen relaxing on a sofa while Gautham was gulping down water.

Looks like the father and son having a good conversation between them. Well, that’s what a teen son needs the most, a friend in his father.

Meanwhile, the suspense continues on the next project of Mahesh as he haven’t made any official announcement on his next with Parasuram.

Every One Should Follow The 7 Rules Of MODI

“There is only one lab in January for COVID-19 testing (NIV, Pune) and now, testing is being done in more than 220 labs” says Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding that India’s battle against Covid-19 is strong and on the winning side.

Adding that more discipline and lockdown will eventually help us win the battle, Modi stated that the lockdown will be extended till May 3, while some relaxations in few areas will be implemented with lots of conditions from April 20.

Asking the citizens of the country, to follow seven principles, Modi says, “You have to be with me on these seven points”. And the points include,

1) Take care of elderly people at home who already have ailments.

2) Use homemade masks and follow strict social distancing.

3) Increase your immunity, by following the guidelines given by Ayush Ministry.

4) Download the Arogya Setu mobile app to check if you have crossed paths.

5) Help the poor with their needs, give them food and essentials.

6) Don’t remove employees from jobs and show compassion towards colleagues.

7) Respect and pray for Healthcare workers, Doctors and Sanitation workers

Asking every to stay home and stay safe, Modi gave an assurance that centre and states are working together such that supply chain will not get hit, and ensured that there is no shortage of food grains or any other commodities in India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Extended The Lock Down Period

Almost all the media reports and almost all the state governments had information that the lockdown would be extended till April 30th which was fair and all were prepared for this sort of lockdown extension since the situation is only worsening.

However, no one had predicted before Modi‘s address to nation that he had different plan. Instead of extending upto April 30th, Prime Minister went a step further and stated that the lockdown would be in force until May 3rd. This has come as a shocker to many including media houses who didn’t expect this.

It is learnt that this information has been kept highly confidential and no one leaked to media or any state governments as it could leak to media. This has been kept confidential at the top brass of Union Government. Until Modi himself announced, this was kept as secret.

The main reasons for this May 3rd deadlineis, May 1st is naturally a holiday being Labour Day. May 2nd and May 3rd are Saturday and Sunday respectively where most private jobs have holidays.

Since lifting lockdown on April 30th could lead public to come out free in large numbers on May 1st, 2nd and May 3rd had the lockdown is lifted on April 30th and this could defeat the purpose of lockdown as there could be further spread of Corona positive cases, Prime Minister and Home Ministry have extended the lockdown to 3 more days and kept May 3rd as the deadline.

If the relief would come on May 4th or not would purely depend on then circumstances. But given the stern measures being taken up by Union Government and respective state governments across the nation, it is expected that the Corona could come into absolute control as all the positive cases could come to standstill if lockdown is strictly implemented. But this is just an idea. One has to wait and watch as no one could predict what is going to happen in coming days.

Anu Emmanuel Accepted the Role Of Villain’s wife

In quick time, dusky siren Anu Emmanuel, a Malayalam NRI from the USA whose father happens to be a producer in Malayalam Film Industry has made her Telugu debut with Nani’s Majnu and went on sharing the screen with Pawan Kalyan and Allu Arjun very soon. Though mega hand turned out very lucky for many folks, it turned out to be disastrous for Anu, as those films flopped big time.

Latest reports are coming out that in her next Anu Emmanuel will be seen in the role of faded out villain Sonu Sood’s wife in the film ‘Alludu Adhurs’, which features Bellamkonda Sai and Nabha Natesh in the leads. Some say that she’s actually playing second heroine role in the movie, and there will be a sequence where she will appear as his wife. One wonders if Anu knows the consequences of her decision to play this role, or she got convinced by a director like that.

Actually Kandireega Srinivas is the director of this film, and even in Kandireega we have Sonu Sood playing the villain and will be obsessed by heroine Hansika. But then, hero Ram uses his might to set up Aksha as Sonu’s lover towards the end of the film. Looks like the director is rehashing a similar storyline for ‘Alludu Adhurs’ too, and with Anu Emmanuel playing the role of what Aksha did then.

After Kandireega, Aksha’s future in Tollywood got washed out, while Nargis Fakhri who did the same role in Hindi remake Main Tera Hero also got vanished. We have to see what happens to Anu Emmanuel now.