Новости за 29.06.2020

The government has paused the "unlocking" process with fresh guidelines issued to state that the lockdown shall continue to be strictly implemented in all containment zones till July 31. The opening of schools & colleges, international passenger flights, Metro rail services, cinema halls, gymnasiums as well as social, political and religious congregations remain barred.

Jasprit Bumrah has been one of the most lethal pacers in recent times. The Indian fast bowler's pace, variation and ability to bowl yorkers have troubled the batsmen and he has gone on to pick up wickets in all conditions.

South India has seen a sharp rise in cases over the past few days. The five southern states, along with UT Puducherry, together accounted for 6,985 new cases on Monday, 37% of the day’s total. On Sunday, the number was 7,150, 36.2% of the total (19,741). By contrast, the share of the south in India’s daily Covid-19 count on the first two days of June was below 22%.

Veteran actor Shekhar Suman visited Sushant Singh Rajput's family at the late actors ancestral home in Patna on Monday. Shekhar Suman took to Twitter to inform everyone about his visit.

The government on Monday “blocked” as many as 59 Chinese Apps, including TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat, Shareit and CamScanner, for “engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”. The move against the “malicious Apps", announced by IT ministry, came after several complaints of stealing of user data.

Barcelona have reached an agreement to sell Brazil midfielder Arthur Melo to Italian champions Juventus for a fee of 72 million euros ($80.98 million), the La Liga side said on Monday.

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe says no athlete should "minimise the importance of the whereabouts rule" after 100m world champion Christian Coleman missed three doping tests in a 12-month period.

A day after president Narinder Batra called for truce among the warring factions of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), secretary general Rajeev Mehta also spoke in the same vein wanting to end the acrimony which he feels is hurting Indian sports.

The delayed 2020 county cricket season will finally begin on August 1, announced the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday. The format of the County Championship will be decided by the 18 First-Class Counties in early July and subsequently, the new schedule will be announced.

The Kapil Sharma Show fame Krushna Abhishek and Kashmera Shah are celebrating 14 years of meeting each other for the first time. Kashmera cooked up a storm in the kitchen and created a delicious Italian meal.

A US Golf Association deal for American media rights worth a reported $1 billion has been transfered from Fox Sports to NBCUniversal effective immediately, USGA officials said Monday.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Monday labelled the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the biggest domestic competition, saying the standard of cricket is pretty high throughout the tournament.

Viewers got to witness a different side of Sidharth Shukla in Bigg Boss 13 and they fell in love with him. The actor emerged as the winner of the show. Sidharth has one of the most epic comebacks and his fans got to witness it during his stay in the reality show. The actor recently shut a Shehnaz Gill fan with his epic reply.

S Sreesanth's ban will end in September this year and the former medium-pacer is likely to play for Kerala --- his state team --- in the domestic season. Even Sreesanth makes his entry into the Kerala team, Sandeep Warrier --- one of the regular members in the side --- is moving to Tamil Nadu. However, Warrier wants Sreesanth to have a memorable comeback.

The Boxing Federation of India's plan to resume the national camp for Olympic-bound pugilists in Patiala is expected to materialise in the next couple of days as the "requisite permissions" are "finally coming through".

From being an entertainment journalist to an entertainer himself, Dheeraj Juneja’s journey is an interesting one. He shares, “For six years, I worked as an entertainment journalist with a highly reputed news channel. In a way, my grooming happened there, and my boss encouraged me to take that leap of faith and explore the other side of the fence. I followed his advice and soon, landed a project with Shilpa Shetty. After that, I hosted ‘IPL’ and ‘Lagao Boli’ last October.”

England skipper Joe Root is set to miss the opening Test against West Indies next week to attend the birth of his second child. Star all-rounder Ben Stokes will lead the team for the first time in Root's absence. The first game of the three-Test series begins at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from July 8 and Root's wife is due around the same time.

Sasural Simar Ka actor Shoaib Ibrahim celebrated his 33rd birthday on June 20. His actor-wife Dipika Kakar left no stone unturned to make it a special one for him. The actress couldn't give anything to her husband back then but she has now gifted him a guitar.

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The government of India on Monday banned about 59 mobile apps including Tik Tok, UC Browser and some other apps terming them to be prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity, security of state and public order.

Former India batsman Aakash Chopra has picked decorated former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to lead his all-time Indian Premier League XI.