A Michelin-starred restaurant in South Korea has found itself at the centre of an unusual legal battle after prosecutors sought a one-year prison sentence for its owner over the use of ants as a dessert garnish. Authorities allege the restaurant served around 49,000 imported ants over four years despite ants not being among the insect…
Rakul Preet Singh in yellow Kanjeevaram saree for Ramayana Pratham Sankalp event (Image Credits Instagram) Rakul Preet Singh joined the star-studded line-up at Pratham Sankalp, the grand pre-launch event held in Delhi ahead of the global trailer premiere of ‘Ramayana: Part 1′. Staying true to the cultural significance of the occasion, the actor chose a…
Feeding astronauts on long-duration missions remains one of the toughest problems in space exploration, since food cannot simply be grown the same way it is on Earth. A team of researchers at Japan’s Okayama University of Science has been investigating whether seafood, one of the oldest and most widely eaten foods on the planet, could…
Bruce Willis was spotted during a rare outing in Studio City as he continues living with frontotemporal dementia.Image credit (Instagram) Bruce Willis is most famous for his role as John McClane in the ‘Die Hard’ series of films and his long career in Hollywood. The 71-year-old actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023, a…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the Opposition’s decision to wear black clothes in Parliament symbolised both “protest and mourning”, alleging that the country was witnessing the “death of democracy”. Speaking to ANI, Tharoor accused the Centre of failing to address the concerns of protesting students and criticised the police action against…
The quote of the day by Priyanka Chopra reads, “Being present and listening to what she is saying, hearing her even at a really small age. It makes such a big difference to a child’s confidence when they feel heard.”(Image credits: Instagram) Priyanka Chopra, one of the revered actress-producers, established her name internationally with poignant…
In 1960, the Aral Sea ranked among the largest lakes on the planet, spreading across the border of what is now Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Within a single human lifetime, most of it was gone. Soviet planners had redirected its two feeder rivers to irrigate cotton fields across Central Asia, and by the 1980s the lake…
An Australian court cleared Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rebel Wilson of a defamation lawsuit brought against her by actress Charlotte MacInnes.The court on Wednesday, dismissed the case and ordered MacInnes to pay Wilson’s legal costs. Justice Elizabeth Raper of the New South Wales Supreme Court delivered the ruling, rejecting claims that Wilson’s Instagram posts had…
Vikrant Massey opened up on fatherhood, crediting his son Vardaan for bringing good fortune, saying, “A lot of things have changed since he came.” This came after he won the National Award for Best Actor for ’12th Fail’, playing IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma. He shares Vardaan with wife Sheetal Thakur. National Award-winning actor Vikrant…
SC issues notice to Om Birla (ANI images) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, the Lok Sabha Secretary and six rebel Shiv Sena MPs on a plea filed by the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) faction challenging the Speaker’s decision to recognise the merger of the six…