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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete lockdown of the entire country for 21 days in an unprecedented drastic measure to halt the spread of coronavirus.

After rallying 1,481.63 points, the BSE barometer gave up some gains to trade 443.27 points or 1.71 per cent higher at 26,424.51.

36-year-old Katrina Kaif took to Instagram to share the video where she is seen in the comfort of her house, washing utensils

Social media was flooded with videos of people out on the streets celebrating by banging plates, dancing, taking out rallies in huge numbers and even playing 'Corona Garba’ as they thanked the corona warriors on Sunday. Here's how Bollywood celebs reacted.

The RBI has decided to conduct purchase of government securities under open market operations (OMOs) for an aggregate amount of Rs 30,000 crore in two tranches of Rs 15,000 crore each in March, the central bank said in a statement.
 

Singer Sonu Nigam was in the Himalayas earlier and wanted to reach Mumbai for a concert scheduled for March 6 but it stood postponed due to coronavirus pandemic

PK Banerjee is survived by daughters Paula and Purna, who are renowned academicians, and younger brother Prasun Banerjee, who is a sitting Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP

Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, the minister of state for youth affairs and sports Kiren Rijiju said kabaddi is an indigenous sport and that the government would make efforts to take it to the Olympics

 Priyanshu Painyuli said he is looking forward to working on the film Rashmi Rocket to be directed by Akarsh Khurana.

The 39-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the news with his fans and followers.
 

The film, directed by Homi Adajania, released across India on Friday barring Delhi, Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir, where theatres are closed till March 31 to help fight the spread of novel COVID-19 virus.

The 52-year-old actor, Akshay Kumar plays Veer Sooryavanshi, an ATS officer, entrusted with the responsibility to protect Mumbai from terror attacks

While writer-filmmakers such as Sai Paranjype and Kalpana Lajmi in an earlier era changed the testosterone tonality of cinema at the time with films such as "Sparsh" and "Ek Pal", today's writers and filmmakers are using the medium to voice their opinions and aspirations and also to reflect contemporary society.

In a statement on Twitter, Shashank said the team will revisit the script of "Mr Lele" soon as figuring out the dates of the ensemble cast was getting "tough".

At the trailer launch of Sooryavanshi, the director, best known for Singham series and Simmba, was asked whether his films glorified police brutality and encounter killings, but he dismissed the question