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CHENNAI: At the climax of his 2002 flop ‘Baba’, Rajinikanth makes a last minute return from sanyaas to socio-political life. On Tuesday, the actor did a virtual replay of the theme, this time in reverse, returning to his promise to launch a political party. “I regret to announce that I …

NEW DELHI: The new UK variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is 70% more transmissible, has been detected in India with at least seven returnees from the country, including a 2-year-old girl, who tested positive for the mutant variant, the government said Tuesday even as it assured the vaccines under …

SURAT / GANDHINAGAR: BJP senior member and Bharuch Mansukh MP Vasava resigned from the party on Tuesday citing personal and health reasons, just days after he wrote to the prime minister requesting the withdrawal of a notice declaring 121 villages of Narmada District an “eco-sensitive zone”. He had expressed apprehension …

The first reported United States case of the Covid-19 variant seen in the United Kingdom was discovered in Colorado, Governor Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The coronavirus variant was found in a man in his 20s who is isolated southeast of Denver and has no travel history, state health officials said. …

Aislinn Laing, Reuters senior correspondent, gives a blood sample at a medical facility before receiving a dose of vaccine or placebo from Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial in the Colina area, Santiago, Chile, on November 20, 2020. Picture taken on November 20, 2020. REUTERS / Ivan Alvarado The …

Written by Arun Janardhanan, edited by Explained Desk | Chennai | Updated: December 29, 2020 8:30:30 pm Rajinikanth has announced that he will not take the electoral step for health reasons and the pandemic. The Tamil megastar was hospitalized in Hyderabad three days ago for fluctuations in blood pressure. And …

Colorado’s first case of the Covid variant to emerge recently in the UK (Representational) Washington: The US state of Colorado has recorded what is purportedly the first US case of the particularly infectious variant of the coronavirus that emerged recently in Britain, the governor said Tuesday. “Today we discovered Colorado’s …

“My Rajini should be healthy,” said Kamal Haasan. Actor Rajinikanth’s announcement of his political departure has not only disappointed his fans, but also his friend and former co-star, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan. During his campaign in Mayiladuthurai on Tuesday, Makkal Needhi Maiam’s boss, Kamal Haasan, referred to Rajini’s withdrawal from politics, …

The more important question is why the police were in a hurry to evict the couple, since the same day the court suspended the eviction. Rahul (23) seems distant from the outside world, gazes into the distance as he struggles to speak amidst sobs. Sitting in a small room in …

In a day six cases of the new strain of coronavirus were detected in India, the Center said Tuesday that samples from all Covid-19 symptomatic passengers who arrived in the country on Dec. 9-22 would be subjected to genome sequencing. Also, to control the spread of the most contagious strain …