Members of the federation of resident doctors' associations on Saturday said that they will hold a nationwide protest on June 1 against yoga guru Baba Ramdev's statements on allopathy. A controversy had erupted after he was heard questioning some medicines being used to treat the coronavirus infection and saying that "lakhs have died from taking allopathic medicines for Covid-19".

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka on Monday night pulled out of the French Open 2021 in Paris after facing flak from all quarters for boycotting the media at Roland Garros. Osaka said before the French Open that she would not participate in the mandatory media interviews after her matches at Roland Garros, citing mental health concerns