Новости за 06.05.2020

Lopinavir/ritonavir — a fixed-dose combination of drugs used for treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS — has been approved for use in Covid-19 patients. ICMR has issued guidelines stating that the drug combination can be used to treat hospitalised patients with a moderate degree of severity. Till now, ICMR says, no effective treatment has been recommended for coronavirus.

India suffered a double blow, losing its third and fourth round matches to Europe and top-seeded China by similar 1.5-2.5 margins, on the second day of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup on Wednesday.

The number of active Covid-19 cases are growing faster at 6.6% now, leading to a shorter doubling time of 11 days, as compared to 15 days on May 2 when the growth rate for such cases was 4.8%, data analysis by economist Shamika Ravi, earlier part of the PM’s Economic Advisory Council, shows. "If containment and contact-tracing is poor, active cases will keep rising," she said.

Bigg Boss 13 contestant Shehnaz Gill's father Santokh Singh Sukh, who likes to keep his daughter's fans updated about her life, has shared the news on his Instagram account. He shared a post on his Instagram and shared with them that his mother and actress's paternal grandmother has been hospitalised as she is having a problem with her liver.

Actress Sambhavna Seth ended up spending more than a day in acute pain, as she ran from pillar to post to consult a doctor.

The last couple of months have been most challenging for Viswanathan Anand and his family here. While the five-time former world champion has been stranded in Germany since the end of February, when he went to feature in the Bundesliga chess tournament, his wife and son have had to deal with his absence.

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Mitchell Starc all found a place in Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner's all-time Indian Premier League (IPL) XI. However, Warner left out the likes of Yuvraj Singh, his former Australia teammate Shane Watson and Mumbai Indians duo Kieron Pollard and Lasith Malinga from the squad.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld a trial court's decision to grant bail to Sanjeev Chawla, an alleged bookie and key accused in one of the cricket's biggest match-fixing scandals that involved former South African captain Hansie Cronje.

With the 17th season of Roadies auditions going online, it has attracted many youngsters to showcase their talents from the comfort of their home. Mahaguru Rannvijay Singha spoke to ETimes TV exclusively about conducting virtual auditions, the Roadies rage and more.

The International Cricket Council and Cricket Australia (CA) will get into a teleconference on May 8 to discuss the prospect of the latter hosting the T20 World Cup this year as scheduled or moving towards a rearrangement. The CA had maintained that they were “working closely” with the parent body and the govt to have a comprehensive understanding of the situation.

Sourabh Raaj Jain, who was last seen in Patiala Babes, keeps sharing his thoughts on social media. Through his latest Instagram post, the actor talks about the importance of asking questions and also speaks about tradition and evolution.

Opening batsman David Warner became the first current Australian player to come out openly in support of a five-match Test series between India and Australia later this year.

Spinner Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday said that MS Dhoni was a very shy person when he first came to the team and said that the wicket-keeper finally started opening up after the 2008 Sydney Test against Australia.

One of Kashmir's most-wanted terrorists, Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo, was on Wednesday killed along with an aide in a five-hour gun battle with security forces at his native Baighpora in Pulwama district. The killing brought the curtain down on an eight-year run that saw him go from a mathematics teacher to a terror mastermind with a Rs 12-lakh bounty on his head.

The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) is likely to see funds crunch soon as the Indian cricket board (BCCI) is in no mood to release funds to the state association. The BCCI is wary of giving the controversy-ridden association the hefty amount from its share of revenue.

Owing to lockdown, all of us have been managing our work, without any help for more than a month now.

Former Australia cricketer Brad Hogg came up with a radical suggestion to catch the imagination of fans when cricket finally returns to the field in the post lockdown era. Hogg suggested that the ongoing World Test Championship be replaced with an Ashes series and a high-voltage clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan.

Real Kashmir's Scottish contingent will finally be on its way home after being stuck in the pandemic lockdown in Srinagar for over a month.

India saved Rs 89,122 crore through energy efficiency initiatives in 2018-19 and reduced energy intensity by 20% in the fiscal compared to the 2005 level, according to a report. India has set a target to reduce the energy intensity by 33-35% by 2030 compared to 2005 level. Energy intensity is calculated by the unit of energy required per unit output or GDP.

Several Bollywood and television actors tweeted and shared their heartfelt posts in their remembrance and even recalled their fond memories with the legendry actors. In light of this, television actor, Mohit Mallik shared with us a precious memory of Rishi Kapoor that’s extremely close to his heart, as Rishi Kapoor has always been his all-time favourite actor and the one from whom Mohit has learnt a lot, professionally as well as personally

Path-breaking tennis ace Sania Mirza takes pride in the fact that many of India's sporting stars, outside cricket, are women even though she believes that it will take a few more generations before being a sportswoman is seen as a natural career choice. At a webinar, the winner of six Grand Slam titles spoke about role of parents and attitudes of coaches towards women.

Air India has opened bookings to fly out of India to the US, UK and Singapore on the special flights it will operate in the first week of the massive repatriation exercise to bring back Indians stranded abroad. In all, 17 flights are scheduled to operate from Delhi and Mumbai to New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, London, Singapore during May 7-14 period.