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Cancer cases have risen by about 10% over the last four years in India to reach 13.9 lakh in 2020 and could touch 15.7 lakh by 2025. As per the National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020, cases were estimated at 12.6 lakh in 2016 and 13.6 lakh in 2019. The estimates are based on collation of data for the period between 2012 and 2016 and extrapolations from those trends.

Barcelona will choose a new coach in the coming days, and it may have a new president next year. The club is also promising "wide-ranging" and "profound" structural changes after one of its most humiliating defeats ever - the 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Friday.

One in every four Indians possibly has antibodies to fight the novel coronavirus, according to Covid-19 tests done by a national-level private laboratory. When an individual has antibodies, he/she has immunity to Covid-19, though the jury is still out on whether this is short- or long-term immunity. When many in the community have antibodies, it could lead to herd immunity against the novel coronavirus.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that money in the PM-CARES Fund, a public charitable fund created to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and national emergencies, could not be transferred to the statutory National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and chided the petitioner for making “wholly misconceived and incorrect” allegations that rules were tweaked to favour PMCF over NDRF.

Bigg Boss 13's Asim Riaz and Rashami Desai eventually developed a great bond with each other on the reality show, and have remained friends since then. After the finale episode of the controversial reality show, Asim, his lady love Himanshi Khurana, brother Umar Riaz and Rashami Desai were seen bonding and partying with each other.

The raging COVID-19 pandemic played a role in Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to retire from international, said India's limited over spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who feels the former skipper would have played the T20 World Cup if it wasn't for the dreaded disease.

As Virat Kohli completed 12 years in international cricket, the Indian skipper on Tuesday shared a post depicting different moments from his glittering career.

Spain's Garbine Muguruza is doubtful for the US Open due to an ankle problem which forced her to withdraw from this week's Western and Southern Open, the two-times Grand Slam singles champion said on Tuesday.

India's head coach Ravi Shastri feels that IPL in the United Arab Emirates is the "much needed chaos" that everyone needs in these times when Covid-19 has literally brought the world to a grinding halt during the first half of the year. The BCCI has shifted the IPL to UAE where 60 games will be held in 51 days starting from September 19 to November 10.

As monsoon rains continue to batter parts of India, the Central Water Commission issued a flood advisory for several states on Tuesday, including Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, warning some hill districts of possible flash floods and landslides. It also said heavy rainfall will lead to more inflow of water into reservoirs in several states.

Standing in the first slip and observing Dhoni's match-reading skills convinced Sachin that he was ready for India captaincy, something he told the BCCI when he was asked for his suggestion back in 2007. "I used to interact and understand what MS was thinking. I observed his match reading and I came to a conclusion that he had a good cricketing brain, Sachin said.

Ronald Koeman is in talks to leave his role as Netherlands manager in order to succeed Quique Setien as coach of Barcelona, the Dutchman told reporters on Tuesday outside the national team's headquarters.

Kumkum Bhagya fame Shikha Singh aka Aaliya entered parenthood during the lockdown. She, along with her husband Karan Shah welcomed their baby girl, Alayna Singh Shah at home on June 17, 2020. Revealing her daughter Alayna's face, Shikha wrote alongside, "The way u look at me makes me wonder, what did I do to have you in my life. U are heavenly, angelic, dramatic & somewhat forever hungry.....And I will love every bit of you & will always keep on loving you till my last breath & beyond.....The... Читать дальше...

It is time to move on and think beyond, says Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar when enquired about his view on competitor Narsingh Yadav's return to action. "Well, I don't want to indulge in what happened in the past. My focus is on the Tokyo Olympics and winning a medal for my nation is what matters to me," Sushil said.

MS Dhoni had nothing left to achieve and his international retirement is 'close of an era', said former BCCI president N Srinivasan. "He has captained India to the 2007 T20 World Cup win, he has taken India to 2011 World Cup win, in between there was a Champions Trophy. He was an outstanding leader, a great wicketkeeper, an attacking batsman," Srinivasan said.

India winger Jackichand Singh has put pen to paper for Jamshedpur FC ahead of the Indian Super League (ISL) season, the club said in a statement on Tuesday. The Indian winger has signed a three-year deal which will see him don the clubs colours till 2023.

Lavasa, in the normal course, would have succeeded Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora upon his retirement in April next year and remained in the top post until October 2022. However, in a surprise move, he was picked for the position of one of the vice-presidents of ADB.

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Tuesday wrote to chief minister Mamata Banerjee saying that he hangs his "head in shame" over the vandalism at Visva-Bharati campus and urged her to ensure "exemplary" action against the perpetrators. He said a sense of panic is prevailing at Santiniketan and the officials of the central university are feeling insecure.

Karan Singh Grover and Bipasha Basu, who have been married for four years now, opened up about family planning and their views on adopting a child. When asked if they were planning to take their family forward, Bipasha told Mumbai Mirror that things will happen the way God wants them to.

Tottenham Hotspur have signed Joe Hart on a free transfer, with the former England and Manchester City goalkeeper signing a two-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

Kamala Harris’ Secret Service code name will be “Pioneer.” In a nod to her own path-breaking advance as the first Black/Indian-American vice-presidential nominee, Harris picked Pioneer from a list approved by the White House Communications Agency for Secret Service call sign. Candidates are known to choose code names or call sign that resonate with them personally.

Suresh Raina did "all the difficult things" while playing for India, be it playing down the order or the work he put in while fielding, feels former India skipper Rahul Dravid. "Suresh Raina was one of those young exciting talents coming through the system around 2004 or 2005," Dravid said in a video tweeted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on a plea filed by Rhea Chakraborty who has sought transfer of an FIR, lodged against her at Patna for allegedly abetting the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, to Mumbai. As per the cause list uploaded on the apex court website, a bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy would deliver the judgement.