Diego Maradona was football's typical troubled genius, a world-beating player whose life and career mounted the most dazzling heights but also fathomed the darkest depths. Maradona, who died Wednesday at the age of 60, became a global icon after leading Argentina to the 1986 World Cup but he was not a whiny clean idol like Pele, and made little attempt to hide his blistering personality and many vices.

A hormone that can make mice feel full and keep them from overeating has shown similar results in humans, a new study found. The hormone, called Lipocalin-2, could be used as a treatment in people with obesity whose natural signals for feeling full no longer work.

Singing reality show Indian Idol is beginning its 12th season at the moment. While the auditions of a new bunch of talented people have kick started, one contestant who made everyone emotional with his singing journey was a man named Yuvraj Medhe. In a recent promo video released by the makers, Yuvraj can allegedly be seen saying that he made it to the center stage from backstage by brushing on his skills and working on the advice that the judges used to give to the other contestants.

A baby girl, believed to be just a couple of days old, was found deserted on the roadside in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She was stuffed inside three gunny bags, left to die but survived after locals heard her cries and rushed to save her.

India has won its first International Emmy. Delhi Crime — the Netflix police procedural series created by Richie Mehta — was awarded Best Drama Series at the 2020 International Emmy Awards on Monday. Delhi Crime triumphed over UK's Criminal UK, Germany's Charité, and Argentina's The Bronze Garden.

Bigg Boss 14 has already reached half its way, by the end of the recent episode, Salman announced that Jaan is the one to bid adieu to the Bigg Boss house and the housemates. In the latest episode, we also saw Ekta Kapoor who came with a new twist on the show that matches the spirit of the game. It indeed changes the whole scenario of the game and the winner gets it all. The popular TV producer was there to give a special immunity stone to the most deserving contestant.

The fissure and cold war between actor Krushna Abhishek and Govinda are out in the open for long now. But it seems like the fight is only getting fouler with both not wanting to face one another under any circumstances. Krushna had formerly said in a statement to a media house that he did not want to perform in the episode featuring Govinda because he did not want their interpersonal equation to affect the show. "For comedy to be effective you need to work in a warm friendly atmosphere. Laughter can only be generated in the midst of good relations,” he had said.

Apart from hosting people from the industry, Bigg Boss has also housed many controversies. Bigg Boss's latest edition has been falling into trouble ever since and this is not the first time the users have spurred a campaign to ban the show.

The number of new coronavirus infections in India has jumped 18% recorded with 45,576 recorded in the past 24 hours, according to government data. That takes the overall figure to 89,58,483 since the outbreak in January. Up to 585 people died of the disease since yesterday, the overall number till now being 1,31,578. Up to 4.43 lakh active cases remain in the country.

Actor Akshay Kumar has served a denouncement notice to a YouTuber from Bihar, seeking ₹ 500 crore in damages for making "false and baseless allegations" against him in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.