Dipika Chikhlia: Popularity of 'Ramayan' re-run due to original success
Ramanand Sagar's epic "Ramayan", a show re-telecast almost three decades later, has become the most-watched entertainment show in the world.
Ramanand Sagar's epic "Ramayan", a show re-telecast almost three decades later, has become the most-watched entertainment show in the world.
Calling MS Dhoni his mentor, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant says the World Cup-winning skipper has his own way of helping the younger crop as he never provides a full solution to a problem, encouraging them to look for answers. Pant, was the heir apparent to Dhoni until KL Rahul emerged as a wicket-keeper batsman in the limited-overs format.
In Australia, the use of saliva or sweat to shine the ball will be restricted once cricket training returns in the post coronavirus world. The federal government in Australia has released a framework regarding the staged return of sports amid the pandemic under the title "The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Framework for rebooting sport in a COVID-19 environment" available on the official government website.
International and domestic schedule passenger flights will remain suspended till 11.59 pm of May 17, with the lockdown getting extended by two more weeks.
It was on May 2, 2010, when Suresh Raina became the first Indian to score a century in the shortest format of the game. The left-handed batsman achieved the feat against South Africa at Gros Islet in St Lucia during the ICC World T20. Raina came to the crease in the very first over of the innings as India lost opener Murali Vijay and scored 101 runs off 60 balls.
Expressing deep concern over the long-term economic repercussions of the Covid-19 crisis, Shiv Sena on Saturday said that all political parties should stop playing communal politics and instead work towards bringing the economy back on track. The party said the talks held between Rahul Gandhi and Raghuram Rajan over Covid-19 shows how grave the crisis is for economy.
Indian senior men's cricket team head coach and former India cricketer Ravi Shastri on Saturday took a walk down memory lane and posted a nostalgic post. Shastri took to Twitter and shared photos of himself with West Indies batting legend Sir Vivian Richards and bowling icon Malcolm Marshall. “Brothers in arms. The best I played against..,” Shastri tweeted.
PM Modi on Saturday held a series of meetings with key ministers, including home minister Amit Shah and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to firm up the second stimulus package for sectors impacted by lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, sources said. The PM would have follow-up meetings with ministers of key economic ministries such as MSME, sources said.
Kulfi Kumar Bajewala actor Mohit Malik has finally gathered the courage to overcome numbness after losing two stalwarts and legends of the film industry – Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan.
25-year-old Marnus Labuschagne has been a revelation since stepping up as Steve Smith's concussion substitute at Lord's in last year's Ashes series in England. In the subsequent series against Pakistan and New Zealand, the right-hander smashed four centuries in five Tests, including a maiden double hundred in Sydney earlier this year.
Former West Indies skipper and legendary Caribbean batsman Brian Lara turned 51 on Saturday, making it an opportune moment to re-visit his world record 400-run Test knock.
Amid the lockdown, celebrities have found their own niche to stay happy and positive. Bigg Boss 13’s Himanshi Khurana finds solace in her dance.
India will step up its bid to win the 2032 Olympic Games and other international events when the global coronavirus pandemic eases, Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra said. "We are serious and definitely pitching for the 2026 Youth Olympic and 2032 Olympics," he told AFP on Friday. Batra said India has learnt its lessons from Commonwealth Games.
Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan has set a world record with 77mn (7.7cr) views on April 16 night. Ramayan’s rebroadcast has smashed viewership records worldwide and it has become the most-watched entertainment show all over the world.
A policeman, enforcing a coronavirus lockdown, was dragged for a few kilometres on the bonnet of a car in Jalandhar, whose driver was stopped by Punjab police and asked to show his curfew pass. The policeman, who flagged down the car to inspect curfew pass of the driver, was seen clinging on to the bonnet of the car that drove on dragging the cop with it.
India on Friday registered a strong protest with Pakistan over the killing of an Indian national in unprovoked firing by Pakistani forces along the LoC in Poonch on Thursday. The ceasefire appeal by UN chief Antonio Guterres amid the coronavirus pandemic is global and should be applied everywhere, including along the Line of Control, his spokesperson said.
Karnataka government has issued a show-cause notice to IAS officer Mohammad Mohsin over his social media post about donating of plasma by Tablighi Jamaat members for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Calling MS Dhoni his mentor, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant says the World Cup-winning skipper has his own way of helping the younger crop as he never provides a full solution to a problem, encouraging them to look for answers. Pant, was the heir apparent to Dhoni until KL Rahul emerged as a wicket-keeper batsman in the limited-overs format.
No shaking, no showering, no sharing, no signing. Welcome to what the world of tennis could look like once government restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic have been lifted. On Friday, the ITF issued a set of guidelines for local and national-level competitions. The guidelines include arriving at a venue already dressed and leaving immediately after.
Andy Murray has backed Roger Federer's call to merge the men's and women's tours, saying that many top male players believe it will be a positive step for tennis.
The US food and drug regulatory body has allowed the emergency use of an investigational anti-viral vaccine to treat Covid-19 patients after some research, including one led by an Indian-American physician, found that the drug helped recover some of the infected cases faster. The FDA gave emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Remdesivir in the treatment of Covid-19.
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