A severe pollution incident in Knockando Burn has led to the death of numerous fish, eels, and birds, impacting nearly a mile of the watercourse. Experts suspect a chemical compound, possibly with industrial origins, contaminated the burn, causing significant ecological and economic damage during the peak fishing season. In an environmental disaster, there has been…
Mumbai: Residents of nearly 7 slum settlements in Sector 6, Dharavi, have been issued a notice to vacate before the monsoon or before the next academic year begins. Sector 6 is on Matunga railway land, where rehabilitation buildings under the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) are to be constructed.Officials from DRP, which is part of the…
Director Vignesh Shivan’s film ‘Love Insurance Kompany’ is performing well at the box office. He shared insights into his relationship with Nayanthara, describing her anger as ‘terror’ and her involvement in his creative process. Shivan also revealed his ambitious financial goal of accumulating Rs 300-350 crore for fixed deposits, aiming for substantial annual returns. Director…
Bengaluru: A 45-year-old man who did not smoke noticed a small, painless lump on the right side of his neck while shaving. Assuming it was a swollen lymph node from a recent mild cold, he ignored it for three months. When the mass gradually grew and his wife urged him to seek medical attention, an…
Kate Hudson has always known how to hold her own in a room full of men. As the only girl in the Hawn-Russell family, growing up alongside brothers Oliver Hudson, Wyatt Russell, and Boston Russell, she learned early how to navigate male-dominated spaces. Add to that an iconic mother in Goldie Hawn who raised her…
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to end their legal battle over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film ‘It Ends With Us’.The two sides settled their legal dispute Monday ahead of a planned trial over Lively’s claims that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately accused him of…
A groundbreaking study in Science Advances reveals that Earth’s tectonic plates are breaking apart under the Cascadia subduction zone. Geologists from Louisiana State University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory used high-resolution seismic imaging, similar to an ‘ultrasound’ of the Earth. They noticed the Juan de Fuca plate is fracturing into smaller pieces as it sinks…
The United States has warned shipping companies that they could face sanctions if they make payments to Iran for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.The alert, issued Friday by the US office of foreign assets control, comes amid rising tensions over control of the strategic waterway. Watch Iran Defies US Warships? Satellite Images Show…
Bengaluru: Karnataka incurs a staggering Rs 51,000 crore annually in social costs due to heavy consumption of its alcohol drinkers, the state’s excise reforms report prepared by the Resource Mobilisation Committee reveals. Citing data from National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2021, the report released by the govt late Wednesday states Karnataka ranks seventh among the…
Shah Rukh Khan’s fandom cannot be described in words. It’s pure love and emotion. Thus, one often sees a huge crowd in front of Mannat, where his every fan waits for hours in the scorching sun just to get one glimpse of their beloved King Khan. Now imagine, in a world where every fan worships…
