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Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan leaves hospital after recovering from coronavirus

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Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has left hospital after recovering from coronavirus.The 77-year-old had been treated in a Mumbai hospital for three weeks, but has now tested negative and will rest at home. His actor son, Abhishek Bachchan, is still in Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital with the virus. Image: Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, 77, (3rd right) and his son The younger Bachchan wrote on Twitter: "My father, thankfully, has tested negative on his latest COVID-19 test and has been discharged from the hospital. He will now be at home and rest."Thank you all for all your prayers and wishes for him." ...

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Indian actress taken to hospital with Covid-19

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been taken to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week.The Indian actress, a former Miss World and one of Bollywood's most famous faces, is being treated at Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital, ANI agency reports.Her daughter Aaradhya has also been taken to hospital, PTI agency reports.Aishwarya's husband Abhishek and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, both also famous actors, have been in hospital since Saturday with the virus. On Sunday, 77-year-old Amitabh Bachchan - a Bollywood superstar who has achieved global fame during his long and illustrious career so far - tweeted that he had tested positive for the virus. Another series o...

Advertisement featuring Bachchan, daughter raises hackles of bank union

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A one-and-a-half minute long advertisement for a Kerala-based jewellery chain featuring Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter has come under attack from a bank union which termed it "disgusting" and aimed at creating distrust in the banking system. All India Bank Officers' Confederation, an organisation claiming to have membership of around 3,20,000 officers, today threatened to sue Kalyan Jewellers accusing it of "casting aspersion and hurting the sentiments of millions of personnel" through the advertisement. AIBOC general secretary Soumya Datta alleged that the theme, tone and tenor of the Ad were "disgusting, derogatory, to say the least and is aimed to create distrust in the banking system, for pure commercial gain." Kalyan Jewellers rejected the allegation, saying it was "pure fiction." ...