The municipality of Porto Seguro, Brazil, is paying $10 for each captured lionfish, which has invaded the region’s waters and threatened native species. Nearly 500 of the invasive fish have been removed from the sea far south of Bahia, in about a month after the invasion, and brought to the Fishermen’s Colony in areas outside…
Taapsee Pannu says she has not got big-scale films after ‘Dunk’i: ‘I lag behind in contacts, influence’ Taapsee Pannu, known for backing content-first and socially relevant cinema on modest budgets, saw a major career shift with 2023’s ‘Dunki’. The film stood as the biggest of her career in terms of scale, helmed by ace commercial…
Akshay Kumar was not part of ORIGINAL ‘Haiwaan’ plan, Priyadarshan reveals how one casual chat during ‘Bhoot Bangla’ changed casting Priyadarshan’s upcoming film ‘Haiwaan’ came together differently from what the filmmaker had initially envisioned. While Saif Ali Khan was confirmed for the project from the outset, Akshay Kumar was not originally considered for the film….
Iran women’s football player Fatemeh Pasandideh salutes during the national anthem of Iran. (AP Photo) Iranian footballers Atefeh Ramezanisadeh and Fatemeh Pasandideh have broken their silence over the protest that preceded their decision to seek asylum in Australia, confirming that their refusal to sing Iran’s national anthem at the Women’s Asian Cup was a deliberate…
Wyoming tetons Representative image from Canva Deep in the rock record of Wyoming, a layer of fossil leaves tells a quiet but powerful story about what happens to forests when the planet warms rapidly. About 56 million years ago, during a spike in global temperatures known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a lush…
Exclusive conversation with ‘The Traitors Season 2’ winner Krystal D’Souza ‘The Traitors Season 2’ winner Krystal D’Souza became a household name right after her debut television show ‘Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai.’ She did a few other TV shows following the success of her debut work, and then took a break before trying different…
The multi-storey building collapsed at around 1.30 pm on Sunday NEW DELHI: The death toll in the Satya Niketan building collapse in southwest Delhi rose to 7 on Monday as rescue operations entered their second day, while the Delhi government suspended five Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials over the tragedy.The suspended officials include the…
America’s Levon Aronian and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi BENGALURU: For most of the 20th century, the Chess Olympiad was one of the few arenas where the Cold War actually played out on a board. The Soviet Union treated the biennial team event as a matter of state prestige, fielding lineups stacked with world champions and winning…
Ab de Villiers and Babar Azam (Agency Image) Pakistan’s recent struggles have sparked plenty of criticism of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), but former South Africa captain AB de Villiers believes the players themselves must also take responsibility for the team’s alarming performances.The Babar Azam-led Pakistan side endured a miserable start to its England tour,…
A farmer in southern Oregon transformed 70 acres of his 400-acre barley farm into a wetland in 2021, creating an unexpected refuge for wildlife while helping address agricultural water pollution. Karl Wenner, a co-owner of Lakeside Farms near Klamath Falls, worked with conservation agencies and other partners to convert flood-prone farmland into a managed wetland….