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our states in the US are all set for a semi-lockdown this weekend over coronavirus. This means more than a quarter of the America’s population will have to stay indoors. Singer Sonu Nigam has decided to extend his stay in Dubai as he believes travelling amid the coronavirus outbreak can put people around him at risk.

As many as four states in the US will be under a state of semi-lockdown in the weekend, all thanks to coronavirus pandemic 

United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump said that he had a 'great time' in India and said he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed several issues.

We track the footsteps of US President Donald Trump on day 2 of his visit to India that saw him sign major defence deals, a joint statement with PM Modi

Donald Trump held delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. Trump expanded defence cooperation with agreements for India to purchase more than $3 billion of advanced American military equipment, including Apache & MH-60 Romeo Helicopters. We list out the major takeaways of the joint statement issued.

Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs came to India as a teenager in search of enlightenment. He returned disappointed, following a brush with dysentery and a near mob thrashing after he protested at being sold watered-down buffalo milk. But the trip did mark a turning point in his life. In his own words, Steve Jobs says, "Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a cultural shock than going to India. The people in the Indian countryside don't use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far more developed than in the rest of the world. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work."

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has questioned the need for spending so much of money welcoming US President Donald Trump. He added that Donald is not Lord Rama 

A 12-year old Mumbai student, Kaamya Karthikeyan recently set a record of becoming the youngest in the world to summit Mt. Aconcagua, the highest peak of the Andes Mountains in Argentina, South America. Kaamya, a Class VII student of Navy Children School, achieved the feat atop the 6962 metres tall mountain on February 1 where she unfurled the Indian Tricolour. No stranger to tall mountains, Kaamya had summited Ladakh's 6,260 metres Mt. Mentok Kangri II, under extreme cold weather conditions on August 24, 2019. Let’s find out more about this young mountaineer and her journey in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

Ahead of the India-New Zealand first ODI in Hamilton, captain Virat Kohli spoke about how life can be 'fickle' and emphasised on the importance of enjoying every moment. He was reacting to American basketball legend Kobe Bryant's death

The Lautenberg Amendment (United States) allows positive discrimination by excluding majority Muslims from the former Soviet Union and Iran. It allows Jews, Christians and Baha’is to jump the queue to gain American Citizenship. 

American basketball legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. India captain Virat Kohli led cricketers' tributes

Athletes, fans mourned the tragic death of American basketball superstar Kobe Bryant. He was killed in a helicopter crash

Homi Jehangir Bhabha, often referred to as the Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme, was the founding director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. On the 24th January, 1966, he met a tragic end when Air India Flight 101 crashed near Mont Blanc while he was travelling to Vienna for a conference. Many believe that the crash wasn’t an accident but premeditated assassination carried out by American intelligence agencies to thwart India’s nuclear programme.

During an event in Edison of New Jersey on Kashmiri Pandit Genocide, Bollywood actor Anupam Kher remembered the day of January 19, thirty years ago and called the tragedy a "shameful" chapter of history

January 16 onwards, free Hindi classes would begin. It is imparted by Moxraj, a teacher of Indian Culture at the embassy.