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AR Rahman Biography: AR Rahman is an Indian composer, singer, songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist. As the Mozart of Madras turned 55 today, we take a look at his life.  AR Rahman Biography: Birth, Age, Real Name, Family, and Education AR Rahman was born as AS Dileep Kumar on 6 January 1967 in Madras, Tamil Nadu to musician RK Shekhar, and Kareema Begum (born as Kasturi). Rahman began learning piano at the age of four and assisted his father in the studio.  As Rahman was working hard to make the ends meet, he failed the exams. Mrs. YGP, the then principal of the school summoned his mother and told her to take him to the streets of  Kodambakkam to beg and not to send him to the school anymore. Post this incident, Rahman attended MCN for a year and then Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School. However, Rahman dropped out of school with the permission of his mother to pursue a career in music.  He later earned a schola...

New Delhi: Mumbai saw a decline in Covid-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day while Delhi registered more than 20,000 infections on Tuesday.  Even though the highly transmissible Omicron variant has led to a spurt in cases in the country, hospitalizations and deaths are fewer compared to the peaks driven by Delta last year. Delhi recorded 21,259 cases and 23 Covid-related deaths on Tuesday, which is the highest in the last eight months, taking the death toll to 25,200.  The positivity rate has amounted to 25.65 percent, according to health department data. Delhi has 74,881 active cases, of which 50,796 are in home isolation. As per data, 2,209 Covid patients are in hospitals. Of them, 84 are on ventilator support. With 12,161 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries has gone up to 14,90,074. On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured the people that a lockdown won't be imposed in the national capital. "Rising Covid cases are a m...