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Germany question on ‘quality, safety and efficiency’ over Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

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Neha Kumari
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Germany questions the quality and safety of the coronavirus vaccine launched by Russia.

“There is no known data on the quality, efficacy, and safety of the Russian vaccine.” a health ministry spokeswoman told German newspaper network RND.

“Patient safety is of the highest priority,” he added.

However, Russia had yesterday announced they made COVID-19 vaccine, this release has raised alarms in the all over scientific community. As health experts are finding it difficult to trust the Russia claims.

“If Russia`s vaccine is successful, then we will have to see critically whether it is safe and effective. There should not be any side effects of the vaccine and it should provide good immunity and protection. India has the capacity for mass production of vaccine,” Dr Guleria told ANI.

Meanwhile the vaccine has been registered as ‘Sputnik V’ and even Putin’s daughters has already been given a shot of the COVID-19 vaccination, reports from state media said. 

According to a report by Reuters, immunologists and infectious disease experts say the step by Russia to claim the first spot in the global race to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 could be a “reckless” step.

An expert at University College London`s Genetics Institute, who called it “a reckless and foolish decision”, report quoted Francois Balloux.

IT dept raids Chinese firms in Rs 1,000 crore money laundering case

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Neha Kumari
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Income Tax Department has raids against some Chinese individuals for allegedly running an estimated ₹ 1,000 crore worth money laundering racket which were using shell or dubious firms, the Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT) said today.

IT dept raided at least two dozen premises in Delhi, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad as part of the operation under which it covered the Chinese, some of their Indian associates and bank officials, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said in a statement.

The CBDT said that “subsidiary of Chinese company and its related concerns have taken over ₹ 100 crore bogus advances from shell entities for opening businesses of retail showrooms in India”. It is the policy-making body for the tax department.

The CBDT said “credible inputs that a few Chinese individuals and their Indian associates were involved in money laundering and hawala transactions through a series of shell entities.”

They informed that, Chinese man had made the fake Indian passport from Manipur and has been detained by the department as searches are continuing.

While sharing the information of alleged possession of fake Indian passport with police authorities, they said they will book him for violation of the Passport Act.

The police will arrest him and even the Enforcement Directorate is supposed to take over the case for investigation under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said.

“Search action revealed that at the behest of Chinese individuals, more than 40 bank accounts were created in various dummy entities, entering into credits of more than ₹ 1,000 crore over the period,” the CBDT said.

“Incriminating documents of hawala transactions and money laundering with active involvement of bank employees and Chartered Accountants have been found as a result of the search action.Evidences of foreign hawala transactions involving Hong Kong and US dollars have also been unearthed”, the CBDT added.

Around 10 lakh Indians have returned from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission

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Neha Kumari
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India- Over one million Indians are back from abroad as government launched the “Vande Bharat” evacuation mission on May 7 in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava tweeted, “Vande Bharat Mission crosses the 1 million mark!”

“We continue our efforts with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to bring our nationals home,” he tweeted.

“Driven by the aspirations of our people, the mission continues to facilitate repatriation and outbound travel of stranded and distressed citizens,” he had said.

Currently phase 5 of the mission is under way.

This phase is expected to repatriate more than 1,30,000 Indians stranded abroad. — PTI

Virat Kohli’s WROGN takes motivation from minions to bring exclusive fashion collection

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Shivani Negi
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The youth fashion brand WROGN by Virat Kohli announced the launch of a new fashion collection, MINIONS x WROGN on Tuesday. The collaboration will supposedly appeal to masses as it draws together the charm and silly demeanor of minions with a youth fashion collection.


Developed in partnership with Universal Brand Development and licensing agent, Black White Orange, and designed by team Wrogn, the brand-new collection offers 10 quirky designs in various colors and styles and will be available transversely on offline and online stores in India from August 2020.


The “Despicable ME” franchise is amongst the most celebrated and iconic in animation industry. And the highlights of the same are the little dazzling devils, minions along with their master Gru. The entire series is a journey of self reflection and understanding for Gru accompanied by his mischievous minions, from bad to good. These quirks compelled the audiences worldwide to instantly establish a never forgetting bond in their heart and mind, which is evident even after 10 years from the inception of the first movie, adding to the brand value of WROGN.

Asserting on the collaboration, Virat Kholi said, “At Wrogn, we always try and work on something innovative and I’m excited that the brand, this time, has collaborated with the universal favourite – Illumination’s Minions! I believe this fashionable & fun collection will be loved by my fans. I’m eager to wear one and I’m sure these will bring a big smile on the consumers’ faces.”


Stating her thoughts on the collaboration, Anjana Reddy, CEO Universal Sportsbiz Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are very excited about collaborating with the Minions franchise. We have thoroughly enjoyed designing this collection and we are confident that it well do really well as Minions is a rage, not only with kids but also adults across the globe and we are proud to bring this collection to our Wrogn customers through 250 points of sale offline and online as well. I’m sure we will see a lot of people sporting their favourite MINIONS X WROGN t-shirts soon.

Corona virus update- India’s Covid-19 recovery rate is 70% now

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Neha Kumari
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India’s Covid-19- India has set a new record by gaining over 61,000 cases in just 24 hours, now taking its tally way past the 2.3-million mark.

India have now 835 fatalities in a single day, the country’s death toll has risen to 46,216. Maharashtra (535,601), Tamil Nadu (308,649), Andhra Pradesh (244,549;), Karnataka (182,354), and Delhi (147,391) are five most affected state of India. 

Meanwhile Coronavirus tally in West Bengal has crossed the 100,000-mark with 2,931 new infections.

After eight months into the coronavirus outbreak, Russia has win the race as they become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a corona vaccine, dubbed “Sputnik V” for civilian use, says Russian President Vladimir Putin.

India’s Covid-19 recovery rate soared past 70% with 16,39,599 people having recovered from the disease so far in the country. While active cases comprise 27.64 pc of the total caseload . The case fatality rate has further declined to 1.98 per cent,as per Union Health Ministry.

Coronavirus in Maharashtra,  12,712 new COVID-19 cases reported in Maharashtra taking the total number of cases in the State to 5,48,313 There are 1,47,513 active cases and the death toll is at 18,650. 13,408 people discharged today, total recoveries stand at 3,81,843- State Health Dept.

Delhi- The AAP government has decided to invite ‘corona warriors’, including a doctor, nurse and a plasma donor, for its Independence Day event to be held at the Delhi Secretariat instead of Chhatrasal Stadium due to COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the ICMR, a total of 2,60,15,297 samples have been tested up to August 11 with 7,33,449 samples being tested on Tuesday.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities, comorbidity refers to the presence of more than one disorder in the same person.

“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

Sara Ali Khan turns 25: Check out adorable pictures from her intimate celebration

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Shivani Negi
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Bollywood actor Sara Ali Khan has turned a year older today. The young diva is celebrating her special day with her family in Goa. She took to Instagram to post some pictures from her intimate midnight celebration.

In the photos shared by the Sara herself, she can be seen surrounded by balloons, champagne and cakes. In one of the pictures, she can be seen dressed in pyjamas posing with many balloons put of for decoration.

In another picture, she is all dolled up in pinstripe romper as she pose for the picture.

Sara also shared a picture of birthday cakes one of which was prepared by her brother Ibrahim Ali Khan as it had “Happy Birthday Aapa Jaan” written on it.

As Sara turned a quarter-century-old today, friends and family have poured in wishes for the young actress on social media.

Kareena Kapoor Khan took to her Instagram handle to share a sweet birthday wish for Sara. She shared an adorable childhood picture of her, in the arms of her father Saif Ali Khan, as he held a plate with pizza. Sharing the picture, she wrote, “Happy birthday beautiful @saraalikhan95 Eat loads of pizza. Big hug.”

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Varun Dhawan, who will co-star Sara in upcoming film ‘Coolie No 1’, shared a boomerang to wish the beautiful actress. ” Happy birthday @saraalikhan95.You light 💡 up all our lives.stay pg-13 but number 1 in Raju’s heart,” he wrote.

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Lately, the actress has been having a gala time with her brother and mother in Goa. She also keeps posting some beautiful pictures and videos from the picturesque location.

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Sara Ali Khan made her Bollywood debut with Kedarnath in 2018 opposite Sushant Singh Rajput. She was then seen in Rohit Shetty’s Simmba along with Ranveer Singh. She then shared screen with Kartik Aaryan in Imtiyaz Along directorial Love Aaj Kal. Up next, she will be seen Coolie No 1 with Varun Dhawan and will also co-star Dhanush in Anand L Rai’s Atrangi Re.

DGCA suspends two AirAsia executives over safety violations

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Jyoti B
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Aviation regulator DGCA has placed two senior executives of AirAsia India under suspension for three months over alleged safety violations. The action was taken on a complaint by an AirAsia India’s former pilot, who runs a YouTube channel called Flying Beast, for alleged violations of safety norms by the low-cost airline.

Mr Taneja alleged in the video that the airline has asked its pilots to do 98 per cent of landings in “Flap 3” mode, which allows it to save fuel. He said if a pilot does not do 98 per cent of landings in “Flap 3” mode, the airline considers it a violation of its standard operating procedure (SOP).

Mr. Taneja gave the example of the Imphal airport, where the plane descends more steeply as compared to other airports when approaching for landing. He said when an aircraft is coming down steeply, it needs to have a drag so that it remains slow, and in these circumstances a pilot has to do a “Flap full” landing.

Advocate Yeshwant Shenoy, one of Capt Taneja’s lawyers said: “Pilots are always afraid to raise issues, especially in these times of job insecurities due to the pandemic’s impact on the airline industry. Had pilots stood up for safety issues, Calicut crash could certainly have been avoided.” Capt Taneja’s spokesperson said: “It’s a clear win for a whistleblower against a a big organisation.’’

“We had issued a show cause notice to two AirAsia India executives — Head of Operations Manish Uppal and Head of Flight Safety Mukesh Nema — in June only. It has been decided now to suspend them for a period of three months,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official said.

On June 15, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Twitter that it had taken note of the concerns raised by some stakeholders “against a particular airline and its approach to safety”. “DGCA has already started an investigation into the issues flagged and shall take appropriate action based on the outcome of the said investigation,” it added.

Senior DGCA officials had confirmed on June 15 itself that AirAsia India was under investigation after Taneja’s allegations.

US to kabke “Made in China” on goods prepared in Hong Kong

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Jyoti B
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Goods prepared in Hong Kong for export to the United States will have to be labelled “Made in China” after September 25, according to a US government notice.

The latest step will see Hong Kong companies subject to the same trade war tariffs levied on mainland Chinese exporters, should they make products subject to these duties, said the U.S. Customs and Border Protection notice.

Last month, President Donald Trump retaliated to Beijing’s imposition of tough new security law in Hong Kong by removing special trading privileges for the financial hub, which in 2018 sold goods worth US$6.3 billion to the United States.

Some US media say the impact of the modified labelling will be limited because most goods imported from the territory are from mainland China, with few items actually produced in Hong Kong.

US imports include electronic devices and precious metals.

Hong Kong’s government protested the announcement, which it said ignored Hong Kong’s “unique role” as a member of the World Trade Organization. The city’s government will discuss the decision with the U.S. via its office in Washington D.C., according to its statement, and didn’t rule out taking action against the U.S. decision.

UP scholar studying in US dies in a road accident, family alleges harassment

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Shivani Negi
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A 20-year-old woman, Sudeeksha Bhati, who was going to meet her relatives ahead of returning to her college in the United States died in a road accident in Bulandshahr after alleged harassment.

Sudeeksha Bhati, a bright young woman, had secured 98 percent in her class 12 Board exam and was pursuing her higher studies in the United States after receiving a scholarship from a prestigious college.

A FIR was filed on Tuesday night after extensive anger and widepsread outrage over Sudeeskha’s death. Bhaujan Samajwadi Party Chief Mayawati has called her demise “extremely sad, embarrassing and very condemnable.”

Sudeeksha was visiting her relatives with her uncle Manoj Bhati and was chased by two men on a bike, the family said. However, the case has now taken political turn as Bulandshahr’s district magistrate and police chief said the officials probing the case have found no proof of harassment. A CCTV footage that shows the two men is being investigated by the district police for the time being.

“There were two men on the other bike. They were passing comments on her and were driving recklessly,” said Omkar Bhati, a family member.

The officials, on the other hand, said Sudeeksha was riding pillion with her young brother, who is reported to be a minor, when his motorcycle crashed into another bike that had stopped ahead of them “due to traffic”.

Ravindra Kumar, the district magistrate, today told the reporters: “The motorcycle was being driven by her brother, a minor, and not Sudeeksha’s uncle. So far, there is no evidence of harassment.”

The police also tweeted a clip from her younger brothers wherein he recounted the moments before the accident but no harassment was mentioned. The case is currently being investigated.

The Bulandshahr Police earlier this morning said they spoke to the eyewitnesses. “The police team that went to the spot had questioned eyewitnesses who said a Royal Enfield Bullet was coming from the front and it suddenly stopped (near their bike) because of the traffic, which led to the accident. The body of the woman was sent for the postmortem. At that time when the accident happened, the relative or any eyewitness had not spoken about any harassment,” said Atul Shrivastava, a senior police officer in Bulandshahr.

Sudeekhsa, a daughter of tea seller, from a small village of UP, was one of the very few girls who have been able to complete their school education.

Plasma banks a ‘key element’ in treatment of severely ill covid patients in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

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Shivani Negi
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The plasma banks inaugurated by CM Kejriwal in Delhi have turned out to be a key element in treatment of criticially ill covid patients in the state. According to a official statement released by Delhi Government, over 700 covid-19 patients have received plasma from designated banks leading to their recovery from infection.

“Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s initiative to launch a plasma bank in Delhi is proving to be a boon for COVID-19 patients. Along with the various steps taken by the Delhi government to combat the virus, plasma therapy has streamlined the recovery of critically ill COVID-19 patients across Delhi/NCR,” the statement said.

According to the statement, the first plasma bank in the country was started at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) by the Delhi government on July 2, and later in the LNJP hospital, with the aim to provide free of cost convalescent plasma to patients and central, state, private and MCD hospitals in the city.

CM Kejriwal has said that the system of plasma bank has been a “crucial element” in the ”Delhi Model” of COVID response.

“388 units of convalescent plasma have been issued to patients below 60 years of age, and 322 units have been issued to patients above 60 years of age, who are gradually at a high risk of getting critically ill due to Corona,” the statement further said.

“A total of 921 COVID-19 recovered patients have donated plasma at the ILBS plasma bank, including 86 healthcare workers, 209 entrepreneurs, 8 media personnel, 28 police officials, 50 students, 32 government officials, and 508 recovered people including servicemen, self-employed professionals, non-residents of Delhi, etc. Around 14 recovered patients have donated plasma more than once,” it added.

Meanwhile, Delhi, on Tuesday, reported 1,357 fresh coronavirus cases taking the total toll to 1,47,391. Out of these 10,868 are active patients in the city while 1,32,38 have recovered. The state has recorded 4139 deaths including eight fatalities on Tuesday.

New Zealand announced its first locally transmitted Coronavirus after 102 days

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Jyoti B
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After reaching 100 day milestone without coronavirus transmission, New Zealand announced its first locally transmitted Coronavirus after 102 days and issued a stay-at-home lockdown order for the country’s largest city.

Traveling into Auckland will be banned unless people live there and are traveling home, according to the source.

“After 102 days, we have our first cases of COVID-19 outside of managed isolation or quarantine facilities… we have all worked incredibly hard to prevent this scenario,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the country in a televised. address.

The patient – in their 60s – tested positive for COVID-19, he returned from Iran. The person is being treated in Auckland City Hospital, the chances of a community outbreak remains low and their condition is improving, a Health Ministry statement said.

The person travelled on an Emirates Airline flight that originated in Tehran, stopped in Bali, Indonesia, and ended in Auckland on Feb 26.

New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres.

The country will be raised to Level 2 through Friday i.e. mass gatherings will be limited to 100 attendees and people would need to socially distance themselves from each other.

Apple, Amazon, Facebook stand united against President Trump’s visa restrictions

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Shivani Negi
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The United States’s most prominent tech giants, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon among others have joined hands to lend support to a lawsuit challenging President Donald’s Trump suspension of new visas for guest workers in the country. In an amicus brief filed on Monday by 50 organisation, it have been argued that new restrictions will affect the development in country’s economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In June, President Donald Trump had blocked temporary worker’s entry into the state including highly skilled talent sought by tech firms. The proclamation suspended a group of non-immigrant visa programs, including H-1B visas that enables many technology firms to hire engineers.

The purported justification of the suspension was said to be the protection of unemployed Americans from the threat of competition amid the scarcity of jobs in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

“The president’s suspension of non-immigrant visa programs, supposedly to ‘protect’ American workers, actually harms those workers, their employers, and the economy,” the brief supported by more than 50 tech firms and organisations said.

“Beyond the overwhelming data undermining the proclamation’s purported rationale, the administration’s actions send a fundamentally un-American message to those abroad who might otherwise have brought their skills and ingenuity to the United States.”

“Suspension of visa programs will stifle innovation, hinder growth, and ultimately harm US workers, businesses, and the economy more broadly in irreparable ways,” the filing argued.

Many tech leaders including Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai have also voiced against the suspension.

“Immigration has contributed immensely to America’s economic success, making it a global leader in tech, and also Google the company it is today. Disappointed by today’s proclamation – we’ll continue to stand with immigrants and work to expand opportunity for all,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai had said in a tweet.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said he was “deeply disappointed” by the new proclamation. “Like Apple, this nation of immigrants has always found strength in our diversity, and hope in the enduring promise of the American Dream. There is no new prosperity without both. Deeply disappointed by this proclamation,” he had said.

Derogatory social media post on Prophet Muhammad sparks communal violence in Bengaluru

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Shivani Negi
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A social media post on Prophet Muhammad created havoc in Karnataka’s Bengaluru on Tuesday night. The post which was alleged to be derogatory was uploaded on Facebook by a relative of Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy leading to major violence in DJ Halli area.

Following this, an angry mob gathered outside the MLA’s house and burnt down the vehicles parked outside his residence in Kaval Byrasandra. Fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot but the mob did not let the vehicles pass through.

The post is said to have incited communal hatred in East Bengaluru.

A group of around 1,000 people gathered outside the KG Halli police stations, demanding the police to take immediate action against MLA’s kin, P Naveen, resposnsible for the social media post.

The police then had to had to lathi-charge the mob, lob the tear gas and finally open fire to control them which left 2 people killed and 60 police personnel injured.

“Two people died and around 60 police personnel sustained injuries in the violence in Bengaluru,” ANI reported Police Commissioner Kamal Pant as saying. He also said the accused Naveen has been arrested for sharing derogatory post on social media.

“110 people have also been arrested in connection with the violence that broke out in Bengaluru over an alleged inciting social media post,” Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Bengaluru said.

Later, MLA Murthy appealed to the community members to not resort to violence. “I am appealing to my Muslim brethren that we should not resort to violence for the fault committed by some miscreants. There is no need to fight. We all are brothers. We will get the person punished as per law. We will also be with you. I appeal to the Muslim friends to be calm,” he said in a video message.

After the major disruption in the city, section 144 has been imposed in Bengaluru while curfew will be observed in DJ Halli and KG Halli police stations. State home minister B Bommai said that nobody will be allowed to take the law into their own hands, He also mentioned that additional police forces have also been deployed to spark further violence.

Meanwhile, people familiar with matter have said that Naveen has denied posting any demeaning content saying his social media account was hacked.

Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris 1st black women, as his running mate

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Jyoti B
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate – the first black woman and Asian American in the role.

welcoming a former rival who sharply criticized him in the Democratic primaries but arose after ending her campaign as a vocal supporter of Mr Biden’s and a prominent advocate of racial-justice legislation after the killing of George Floyd in late May.

The senator from California and former state attorney general had also made a run at the Democratic presidential nomination. It is only the fourth time a woman has been on a major-party presidential ticket, and Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants.

Only two other women have been major-party vice-presidential nominees, Geraldine Ferraro for the Democrats in 1984 and Sarah Palin for the Republicans in 2008, and neither won.

In a tweet, Harris said she was “honoured” to join Biden on the Democratic ticket and pledged to “do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief”.

Trump told reporters after news of Harris’ selection broke that she was “my number one draft pick” as a potential Biden running mate. Trump pointed to her criticism of Biden’s past positions on busing to desegregate schools in a June 2019 Democratic debate.

“She was very disrespectful to Joe Biden and it’s hard to pick somebody that’s that disrespectful,” Trump said.

Veteran Actor Sanjay Dutt diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer

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Jyoti B
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Late Tuesday night brought about a piece of upsetting news as veteran Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer.

It has also been reported that the 61-year-old actor will soon be flying to the US for medical treatment. 

Dutt got discharged from the hospital on Monday and returned home after he was hospitalized at Lilavati hospital as he complained of breathing discomfort and chest pain. He suffered from low oxygen saturation levels, leading to discomfort in the chest

A close friend of the actor told a website that the actor is devastated. He added that the actor is worried about his little children who are currently in Dubai with mom Maanayata Dutt. 

Earlier, he took to social media to announce that he is taking a sabbatical from work for ‘some medical treatment’ and will be back soon. His post reads, “Hi friends, I am taking a short break from work for medical treatment. My family and friends are with me and I urge my well-wishers not to worry or unnecessarily speculate. With your love and good wishes, I will be back soon! (sic)”.

“You are, have and always will be a fighter @duttsanjay. I know the pain it causes but I also know you are strong and will see this tough phase through. My prayers and best wishes for your speedy recovery” wrote Yuvraj.

Among those who tweeted about Sanjay was actor Adhyayan Suman who tweeted, “Sanju sir diagnosed with lung cancer 🙁 #sanjaydutt get well soon sir Folded hands this year why u doing this?”

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