Virat Kohli posted a photo with Sachin Tendulkar on his 47th birthday

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli posted a photo with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on his 47th birthday on Friday.

“Happy birthday to the man whose passion for the game of cricket has inspired many. Wishing you an amazing year ahead paaji,” Kohli posted on Twitter.

Tendulkar will not be celebrating his birthday this year as a mark of respect for frontline workers, who are leading the fight against the pandemic, a news agency reported.

Earlier in the day, the cricketer had posted a picture on Twitter saying he started his birthday by seeking blessings from his mother who gifted him an idol of Lord Ganpati.

“Sachin has decided that this is not the time for celebrations. He feels that this is the best tribute he can pay to all the doctors, nurses, paramedics, policemen, defence personnel, who are at the frontline,” a source close to the player told a news agency on Wednesday.

Tendulkar has already contributed a total of Rs 50 lakh to the CM Relief fund for COVID-19 and is also involved with several other relief work initiatives. “He has always been very uncomfortable talking about this aspect,” the source said.

Other cricketers have also poured in their wishes for the batsman. Virendra Sehwag posted two pictures with the message, “Much needed to remember especially in these difficult times that after every adversity comes victory.”

Blockbuster movies in Rajamouli’s film career

One of the most phenomenal director and talented film maker in Telugu industry, SS Rajamouli has delivered number of blockbuster movies in his film career. His movie, ‘Bahubali and it’s sequel’ minted mind blowing numbers worldwide. And now, he is bringing two top stars of Tollywood- Jr NTR and Ram Charan together for big budget drama RRR, which is being produced by Mega power Star Ram Charan under the banner of DVV production.

In one recent media interview, Rajamouli commented on his retirement plans and future life. He said, “ There is no retirement for the next 10 years and would settle in Eduloor farm house once I see my children get settled in their lives.”

It is a known news that SS Rajamouli has purchased few acres in Eduloor village in Nalgonda District and visit there every Sunday to spend quality time in the farm houses.

Commenting on his post retirement plans, Rajamouli said, is planning to live in a green and pollution free area away from metro cities.

Currently, his upcoming project, RRR’s shooting has been halted due to global pandemic. If everything falls in place, then the movie will be released in January 2021.

Rumours On Prabhas’s marriage

Handsome hunk Prabhas is the most eligible bachelor in Tollywood. The marriage news of Prabhas is always a matter of interest and everyone is eagerly waiting to know the good news. Keeping good news aside, very often the rumours of Prabhas’s marriage will do rounds in the social media.

A few days ago, rumours came as the ‘Saaho’ star is going to marry mega daughter, Niharika Konidela. However, the rumour about Niharika’s marriage with Prabhas is just a hoax.

Niharika Konidela interacted with fans through online and revealed some interesting facts. She told that she is ready to do glamorous roles. To a netizen’s question about her marriage with Prabhas, Niharika reacted that she doesn’t know how these rumours come into the picture. She clarified that she is not going to marry Prabhas and is not loving him. The ‘Oka Manasu’ actress told me how can people believe such baseless and false news.

Earlier, Many rumors broke about Niharika’s marriage in social media. She was linked up with Sai Dharam Tej, Naga Shourya, and Vijay Deverakonda. However, the actress denied all this news as false.

Niharika Konidela made her acting debut in 2016 with the movie, ‘Oka Manasu’ and she also forayed into Kollywood with the film, ‘Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren’. She is the odd one out of the mega family to enter into films as the female star. She won the appreciation of audiences for her acting skills and wants to create a niche for herself in the film industry.

Sitara was giving a head massage to Mahesh Babu

Due to the coronavirus lockdown, all the celebrities are staying at home. The Tollywood film stars have got some time to spend with their families. Superstar Mahesh Babu is no exception.

We have found Mahesh as one of the few celebs who is utilising the lockdown period in the most productive manner. He is having lots of fun time with his children, especially Sitara. Mahesh is cherishing every moment with Sitara and Gautam.

Namrata Shirodkar, wife of Mahesh Babu took to her Instagram and posted a photo in which Sitara was giving a head massage to Mahesh Babu.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched a Good Scheme

Proving his ‘walk-the-talk’ reputation for the umpteenth time, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday formally launched the ‘YSR Zero Interest Loan’ scheme, conceptualized to benefit close to one crore women of the self-help groups in the state.

At a simple event held at his camp office cum residence, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister kick-started the scheme by formally transferring online Rs 1400 crores of money towards reimbursement of interest amount on loans. Thus, YS Jagan proved yet again that he remains committed to his promises even in the face of unprecedented crises like the current Coronavirus pandemic which dried up the state’s revenues and cash reserves.

As soon as the chief minister pressed the button online, the amounts were electronically transferred into 8,78,874 accounts of the DWCRA groups falling under the jurisdiction of SERP and MEPMA. This will benefit a total of 90,37,254 women members who are part of the self-help DWCRA groups, spread across the state.

After launching the scheme, the AP chief minister had a chit chat with DWCRA group members from across all districts through video-conference. With YS Jagan fulfilling his promise even in the midst of a severe financial crunch due to the Coronavirus lockdown, the women are obviously elated. They feel indebted to the chief minister and the AP government for helping them out with the reimbursement of the interest amount during this current critical time.

Indian batting legend, Sachin Tendulkar turned 47 today

Indian batting legend, Sachin Tendulkar turned 47 today, (24th April). Sachin is treated as the ‘God of Cricket’ by his fans and he is also fondly called as ‘Little Master’ or ‘Master Blaster’.

On this special day, wishes are pouring in from all across the world for the cricket legend. Sachin is regarded as the greatest batsmen and during his 24-year long career, he saw many successes and failures. He made his debut at 16 years of age against Pakistan.

Sachin gave his best and has created numerous records. Master Blaster announced his retirement from One Day Internationals in December 2012 and later in October 2013, he announced retirement from Twenty20 cricket. Finally, Sachin announced retirement from all forms of cricket in 2013 after playing his 200th and final test match. He played 463 One-Day internationals for India and scored 15,921 runs in 200 Tests and 18426 in 463 ODIs.

On March 16 in 2012, he became the first and only batsman in the history of cricket to score 100 international centuries. He made a record six World Cup appearances and in 2011, he was on winning side; The tenth World Cup took place at the Wankhede stadium when India defeated Sri Lanka in the final.

In 1994, he received the Arjuna Award and in 1997, he received India’s highest sporting honour, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Sachin was also awarded with Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008 respectively.

Cricket fraternity and the fans took to their social media to wish Sachin Tendulkar on his birthday. Just have a look at the tweets below.

Harbhajan Singh About MS Dhoni

Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday expressed his feeling that MS Dhoni doesn’t want to play for India anymore. Harbhajan in an Instagram Live session along with India opener Rohit Sharma revealed that the World Cup 2019 semifinal match against New Zealand was Dhoni’s last match. He added that Dhoni is still keen on playing the Indian Premier League (IPL) but not for India anymore.

Harbhajan further added that when he was asked about whether MS Dhoni will play for India again and get selected for the T20 World Cup at the Chennai Super Kings camp, he told that he doesn’t know what Dhoni wants to do, that’s is completely Dhoni’s decision. Harbhajan told that Dhoni wants to play IPL 100 percent but he thinks that Dhoni doesn’t want to wear a blue jersey again.

When an Instagram user asked whether Dhoni will return to the field or not, Rohit Sharma told that he has no idea about MS Dhoni’s international future. He also told that, “When MS Dhoni is not playing cricket, he goes out of radar. He goes underground. Whoever wants to know, you can directly go to him, you know he stays in Ranchi.”

This crisis has taught us to be self-sufficient : Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conducted a video conference with all Village Sarpanchs, in order to come up with a better plan to help the farmers and all villagers during this crisis.

Speaking in the conference, Modi said that this crisis has taught us to be self-sufficient, to make sure that our villages are equipped with everything they need and are self-sustaining.

The number of coronavirus cases is increasing by the day in the country, and every measure and step is being taken by both the central and state governments, to ensure that the virus is controlled, and that there is no further spread of the virus.

Pawan Kalyan has given some key suggestions to Janasena supporters

The respective state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are performing to the best of their capabilities in the fight against Coronavirus. While there are 813 cases in Andhra Pradesh, there are 945 in Telangana.

Coming to the topic, Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan has given some key suggestions to Janasena supporters.

“This is not the right time for us to focus on politics. Let us play our part in the fight against Coronavirus and stay responsible. Let us stay away from cheap politics in these tough times,” he said.

Pawan Kalyan further added that the welfare of the common public in Andhra Pradesh is of top priority and he asked his supporters to concentrate on the same.

Well, YSRCP and BJP have been indulging in a heated verbal exchange of late. It appears to be that Pawan Kalyan is ordering his party troops not to get involved in the same.

The number of Coronavirus cases in India

The number of Coronavirus cases in India is increasing by the day, and the severity of the virus along with it. Despite all the lockdown efforts, India is continuing to see a steady increase in the number of cases.

The total cases have now crossed the mark of 23,000, and the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat are the most affected, with the most number of cases in the country.

The nationwide lockdown has been extended till May 3rd, and there are chances that it will be further extended, if the intensity of the virus increases in the country. The state of Telangana has already extended the lockdown beyond May 3rd, to May 7th.

Nearly 149 containment zones have been identified in Hyderabad, and the residents of these zones are not even allowed to step out of their houses until the lockdown is lifted.

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Mega Lockdown ladies! Sushmita Konidela, Sreeja, Kalyan Vidskay, Deepthikay, Allu Snehareddy Namratha Raju and Niharika Konidela

Chiranjeevi’s recent announcement about his upcoming projects

It is known that star director Trivikram Srinivas has been trying to do a project with Megastar Chiranjeevi for quite some time now. He has also reportedly narrated some scripts to the actor.

But Chiranjeevi’s recent announcement about his upcoming projects with young directors Sujeeth Reddy, Meher Ramesh and KS Bobby have made it clear that the actor has no plans to work with Trivikram any soon.

Some close sources also stated that Chiru is only signing films with young directors and he has a big reason behind this strategy.

Sai Pallavi rejected Mahesh Babu’s Movie

Malayali beauty Sai Pallavi is one of the most talented heroines of this generation. She rose to fame with her role as Malar in the Malayalam movie Premam, and then went on to do several films in Tamil and Telugu as well.

However, Sai Pallavi has been selective about her films right from the beginning of her career. She has rejected many films in which she thought she did not have much importance.

Sai Pallavi was reportedly approached first for Superstar Mahesh Babu’s Sarileru Neekevvaru, but she rejected the film because the heroine’s character does not have much importance in the film, and the role, later on, went to Rashmika Mandanna

Natural star Nani next project

Natural star Nani has several projects under his belt right now. His next movie ‘V’ with director Mohana Krishna Indraganti’s release is postponed due to the lockdown.

The latest we hear is that the actor has signed another project with BRochevarevaro director Vivek Athreya after liking his script. The actor is already has Siva Nirvana’s ‘Tuck Jagadish’ and Rahul Sankrityan’s ‘Syam Singaray’ in line.

But he reportedly liked HIT director Sailesh Kolanu’s script as well and has promised to work for the project after he wraps up the rest.

Vicky Kaushal scary Moment

Amid lockdown, Bollywood stars are quite active on social media and frequently interacting with their fans. Many of them are also conducting ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on Instagram and Twitter.

Actor, Vicky Kaushal conducted the same on Instagram on Tuesday, April 21 to promote the launch of his film Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship on Amazon Prime Video. During the session, the ‘URI’ actor revealed that he has sleep paralysis a couple of times and it’s ‘damn scary’.

In the session, a fan asked Vicky, “Did you ever experience bhoot in real life?.” The actor replied, “I have experienced sleep paralysis a couple of times… It’s damn scary.

Sachin Tendulkar in Lock Down Period

The lockdown due to global coronavirus pandemic has brought the entire world to a standstill. All the shops, malls, theatres, schools and other commercial complexes have been shut down to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Amid the lockdown, former Indian legendary cricket Sachin Tendulkar took things into his own hands as he decided to give himself a new haircut with the barbershops being shut temporarily. Despite retiring from international cricket in 2013, he continues to charm his fans through social media

Sachin took to his Instagram on Sunday and shared the pictures of his new haircut. He wrote, “From playing square cuts to doing my own hair cuts have always enjoyed doing new things.”

Recently, Sachin Tendulkar had pledged to feed 5000 people for a month. In March this year, the 46-year-old Indian batting great had donated Rs 25 lakh each to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra”s Relief Fund to aid the battle against COVID-19.

All other Indian cricketers, including Sachin are being quite active on social media to interact witb their fans and followers amid coronavirus lockdown.

government has ordered that all employees follow social distancing norms

The state government has issued orders instructing organizations to issues passes only to employees and no one else, including senior citizens, pregnant women, and people having underlying medical conditions. It was also instructed that exact dates and timings should be mentioned on the COVID-19 duty passes.

Additionally, if employees live in containment clusters, passes will not be issued to them. Also, as per norms, if the house of the person falls within a three km radius of containment zone, duty pass should not be issued.

The passes are issued by organizations to employees to provide to police personnel if commuters are stopped. The pass proforma includes the name of the employee, address of the office, date, working hours, and routes. The pass is signed by the head of the department of the organization and with the official stamp of the organization.

The government has also ordered organizations to sanitize their premises and ensure that all employees follow social distancing norms. The norms rolled out by the general administration department also mandates that meetings shall only be done via video conference. Ensuring at least six feet distance from employee to employee and ensuring there are no gatherings in the cafeteria were also part of rules that need to be followed.

The number of Covid-19 cases in India

The number of Covid-19 cases in India continues to rise every day. Thirty-three of the country’s 36 states and Union Territories have reported Covid-19 cases so far. While the central government maintains that community transmission has yet not taken place in India so far, the number of Covid-19 cases in India has crossed the 20,000 mark. More than 600 people have died due to novel coronavirus, while close to 4,000 have recovered.

The past few weeks have seen a significant spike in Covid-19 cases in India, with Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh emerging as hotspots. On April 19, Gujarat overtook Madhya Pradesh to become the state with the third highest tally of Covid-19 cases. And on April 22, it became the state with the second highest number of Covid-19 cases, only next to Maharashtra.

India undoubtedly is battling its worst health emergency in the form of the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading across the country with tens of new cases being reported every day.

The scale of this health emergency is such that the central government has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown till May 3. India has been under lockdown since March 25.

The spread of novel coronavirus in India can be better understood from the fact that on March 10 India had just 50 Covid-19 cases. On March 20, this increased to 196 cases; by March 25 to 606 cases and by the end of the month (March 31) India had 1,397 confirmed Covid-19 cases.

As on April 18, government figures show a total of 14,792 people had tested positive for Covid-19 in India.

Michael Hussey About MS Dhoni

Former Australia and Chennai Super Kings batsman Michael Hussey said that he feels MS Dhoni is still fit to play international cricket but CSK skipper is the best person to answer the speculations regarding his future.

The postponement of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) has cast new shadows of the international career of former Indian cricket team skipper MS Dhoni.

Hussey would have been in the CSK camp as its batting coach had it not been for the postponement of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Of course he is still fit to play international cricket. But Dhoni is the best person to answer what is in his mind,” Hussey said during a live session with CSK’s Instagram page on Thursday.

CSK batting coach Hussey also revealed MS Dhoni and Murali Vijay are the two batsmen that he always likes to bat with while praising former India skipper’s ability to muscle the ball at any point of the innings.

“MS is always very calculative. I would want to finish the match as early as possible but MS would say no because there is this bowler who is coming up to bowl or someone else that we need to see out,” he said.

“Don’t think I’ve met anyone like MS in that respect. Yes he has got a calculating brain but he has also got that unbelievable power. He knows when he wants to hit a six he can, which is something I didn’t have,’ he said.

Reliance Jio has now partnered with Facebook

A few years ago, when Mukesh Ambani launched Jio, he started a revolution in the telecommunication industry, by introducing India to the 4G network and providing one of the best talk-time and internet plans for this generation.

Reliance Jio has now partnered with Facebook, wherein Facebook bought a total of 9.99% worth shares of Jio, in an attempt to launch another revolutionizing initiative.

Facebook and Reliance Jio will be launching a digital platform for all small businesses in India, which will help with online payments, which in turn will help shoot up India’s economy. This comes as a direct competition to Google Pay.Mark Zuckerberg and Mukesh Ambani have given an official statement about their partnership.