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Nawazuddin Siddiqui starts filming 'Jogira Sara Ra Ra'
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui on Saturday commenced shooting for his next film "Jogira Sara Ra Ra". The romantic-comedy is written by Ghalib Asad Bhopali and directed by Kushan Nandy. The film marks the second collaboration between Siddiqui and Nandy after their 2017 action-thriller "Babumoshai Bandookbaaz". "Kickstarting a new journey with a bang! Shoot begins...
Vidyut Jammwal dedicates 'Teri mitti' song to mothers of stuntmen
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As the pandemic brought the world economies to a halt/slowdown, different industries are leading their way through the crisis and changing the core strategy. Disha...
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Mandu's geographical location is what made it such an important city. It prospered greatly under the Sultans of Malwa for nearly 200 years, writes Smita...
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The Backfire in Nepal: How India Lost Plot to China Author: Sanjay Upadhya Publisher: Vitasta, Rs 495 The Backfire in Nepal: How India Lost Plot to China...
moreWastewater surveillance for detecting early spread of Covid
Sewers or sewage treatment plants can provide near real-time outbreak data as they constantly collect human fluids shed by infected population. Real-time community sewage detection...
moreAstroturf | Attaining the state of Yoga
There are two working tools of the Dhyana process — an imagery to focus upon and a mantra related to the image — as has...
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Experiencing the wild can have a surprisingly calming effect, realises Saimi Sattar This was damaged by a tusker which had taken affront to a tiger having...
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Increased levels of a protein, which humans have inherited from neanderthals, are associated with reduced disease severity in COVID-19 patients, according to a study that...
moreA summer retreat in Dehradun
Having a kulfi outside my office on a hot summer day refreshed my mind with memories from the past. The wave of nostalgia took me...
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Not a patch on the book or original movie The Girl On The Train Netflix *ing: Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kirti Kulhari, Avinash Tiwary Rated: 5/10 Let’s...
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From a 15-year-old who has designed a model that uses photographs to identify children afflicted with Down Syndrome to a 16-year-old who has been working...
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Cong getting weak, rues G-23
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Centre caps Covid shot at Rs 250 in pvt hospitals
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DMK-Cong seat sharing hitch in TN
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Centre: Enforce Covid appropriate behaviour
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Biden won’t sanction MBS over murder of Khashoggi
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Battle for 5 States from Mar 27, results on May 2
City’s law & order situation deplorable: CM
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday questioned the law and order situation in the national Capital and urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to take action citing two crimes in the last 36 hours. Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal tweeted, “Deeply concerned by the murder of...
Women, children not safe under Delhi Police: Atishi
Delhi Cong president visits family of victim
AAP spent just 1.6% of green cess to tackle pollution: BJP
On duty ASI shoots self
Fire breaks out at factory in Pratap Nagar area, 1 dead
Woman, son stabbed by 4 boys for raising objection at noise
Two held for planning to kill pro-Kashmir activist
465 EVs registered since launch of EV policy
Man kills wife after scuffle in Rohini’s Budh Vihar
CM pays tributes to Shaheed Azad, Nanaji
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today paid tribute to Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad and great social worker Nanaji Deshmukh on their death anniversary. Chouhan garlanded the portraits of the two great personalities at his residence and paid homage. Chouhan said that Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad had laid down his life for the freedom...
Suburban Diagnostics launches lab in Jabalpur
Traditional Natakala performed at MPSTM
Collection of 30 Hindi books to be put on display at SVL today
Army officer’s wife crowned Mrs India 2nd runner up
‘Men don’t tease me anymore’
‘Children should be taught literature to explore world of stories’
3-day National Research seminar on ‘Declassified Castes of Madhya Pradesh’ held at Tribal Museum
Play ‘Mast Maula’ staged at Shaheed Bhavan
Police nab miscreant, recover jewellery worth Rs 50K
Opp attacks Govt over law and order situation
The State Government on Saturday came under attack from Opposition BJP and Congress over the deteriorating law and order situation across the State. The opposition members raised issues like missing of children, rape cases and political killings and alleged involvement of Ministers in several crimes. However, Minister of State for Home Dibya...
World Philosophy Day celebrated at IIT BBS
CM blesses newly wed HIV+ couple
Failing to sell paddy, farmer takes poison
Odia wonder kid Ishan tops IGKO
9,665 junior teachers regularised
Odisha Women’s Football League from today
Transgenders’ battery-run vehicles in B’ngir
Huge cache of explosives seized by BSF
State modifies home isolation order
Road crashes killed 3X more lives than Covid
Road accidents claimed almost three times more lives than Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand in 2020 despite several months of lockdown causing a drop in traffic movement in cities as well as highways, figures compiled by Government agencies reveal. The latest report from the Road Safety Authority states that as many as...
Villager injured in IED blast in Gumla
Congress holds sit-in against rising inflation
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BJP targets coalition Govt on rising crime
Temp likely to reach 35 degrees in 5 days
Self dependence in toy industry will have far reaching impact: Singh
Over 55% of State’s fresh Covid cases from Ranchi in February
Founder’s Day to spread message of ‘Sustainable Tomorrow’
City’s first cycle track to come up near airport road
Akhilesh assails use of intemperate language in House
| Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that the frequent use of intemperate language in UP assembly was a cause of concern for all those who respected the constitutional democratic political order. He said trading of charges and counter-charges in unparliamentary language could never have place in a democratic...
Athawale for tie-up with BJP in poll-bound states
Self-printing of e-stamps allowed for panchayat polls
Flower petals showered on devotees during Magh Purnima in Prayagraj
Financial assistance to MSMEs created 65L private jobs in UP
Man accidentally shoots nephew dead in Muzaffarnagar
Cong to blame for ordeal of Nishad community: Govt Assures action in Baswar incident
Maya remembers Sant Ravidas on his jayanti
Yogi for action plan to cherish Sant Ravidas memories
Home department joint secretary suspended
Haryana CM launches 4 schemes to mark
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday launched four welfare schemes at a state-level programme organised here to mark the 644th birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas. The district-level virtual programmes were also organised in all 22 districts. Khattar launched Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana under which selection of one lakh poor...
PSPCL has recruited 10378 employees in the past 4 years, says CMD Venu Prasad
Ambala Jail in Haryana now has ‘Jail-Radio’
Himachal CM lays foundation stone of Shiv Dham at Mandi
After Guv heckling by Cong MLAs, Dy Speaker calls on Dattatraya
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Punjab records 11 more Covid-19 deaths, 595 fresh cases
AAP to raise issues of MSP, post-matric scholarship, farm loan waiver and electricity in Budget Session
Large scale raids to check power theft in Haryana, says Power Minister
Khap Panchayat in Haryana urges dairy farmers to hike milk rates
81 new patients reported in U’khand on Saturday
The number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients in Uttarakhand increased to 96,949 on Saturday with the State health department reporting 81 new cases of the disease. The department also reported the death of one patient from the disease which increased the death toll to 1,692 in the State. The authorities...
Some hopeful, others skeptical about resolution of Jogiwala mess
Appointment of position holders: AAP attacks Govt
Training programme to enhance value of Bamboo products begins
Pradhan’s statement on petrol price irresponsible : Joshi
Nainital resident avails more than five lakhs in the Ayushman Bharat scheme
Kedarnath MLA Manoj Rawat bereaved
The first step towards regulation of social media
17 persons get State Minister level positions
NSUI members stage protest march over rising unemployment
‘Power sector in C’garh not to be privatized’
The Chhattisgarh government is not considering any proposal to privatize power companies, Ankit Anand, Chairman of the Chhattisgarh State Power Companies, said here on Saturday. “All the work related to power system of Chhattisgarh is executed by Chhattisgarh power companies. These are committed to protecting the interests of consumers," Anand told...
No greater virtue than Kanyadaan, says Baghel
Medical institutions must have bio waste authorization
Sachin, Pathan, Jayasuriya to feature in Road Safety World Series
Covid vaccination above 60 yrs to begin from Mar 1
Anib, Reenu win Abujhmad Peace Half Marathon 2021
Baghel targets Centre as he defends C'garh policies
‘Covid exists, people should take vaccine’
Centre to reimburse food subsidies worth Rs 4,832 cr
Rajim Maghi Punni Mela begins today
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‘Improved economic environment to boost FY21 credit growth’
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One Dist One Focus Product list finalised
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Google AI helping India boost maternal health
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French law forces Apple to add iPhone, Mac repairability scores
India Abroad
US lawmaker welcomes India-Pak ceasefire agreement
COVID-19: 243 new cases, three more fatalities recorded in Delhi
Delhi recorded 243 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, while three more fatalities pushed the death toll to 10,909, according to the data shared by the city health department. This is the fourth successive day when the count of daily cases have stood at 200-mark or beyond. On Friday, 256 COVID-19 cases were registered, the highest number of single-day incidences in February, while on Thursday and Wednesday the count stood at 220 and 200, respectively. On all preceding days,...
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India records 16,488 new COVID-19 cases, 113 deaths
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8,333 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, 48 fatalities
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Delhi records 256 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily count in Feb
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220 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Delhi; no fresh death
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Covid cases slightly up in Delhi with Feb's first 200+ tally
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Active cases in India at 1,51,708, over 89 per cent of new cases from seven states
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COVID-19: India records 16,738 new cases, 138 fresh fatalities
Exotica

By the time we are in February, most of us figure out which of the New Year Resolutions would become an integral part of our lives and the ones which were made under the influence of impulsive emotions spiked by copious quantities of liquor. With the previous year having proved that life can be unpredictable, a semblance of bringing about some order can be found in following a pre-decided path by way of bringing about small yet positive changes in your life. So, working on improving your health, eating clean, exercising regularly or even living in the moment can make for long-lasting transformations that would impact your existence profoundly.
The issue this time around is reflective of the evolution that we have witnessed in the past 12 months. The rise of the OTT platforms during the pandemic has coincided with the dominance of talent over star power. And if there is one name — that leads the pack under the onslaught of this trend — it has to be Pankaj Tripathi, our celebrity interview for this edition. Moving on to our other pieces, three travellers decided to explore the hill State of Uttarakhand and found that the more you wander, the more likely you are to find yourself. One cycled across scenic stretches, the other tested her endurance to go on a challenging high-altitude trek, and the third alternated her workation with tapping into the wild side. All of the travellers essentially ended up doing what the heart desired rather than following the oft-beaten path. So, dear readers, do just that in the year....
All this and more in the February issue of the Exotica