Off the coast of southwest England, the small island of Lundy was once a textbook case of how invasive rats can devastate seabird colonies. By the late 1990s, puffin numbers had crashed to just 13 breeding pairs, and many other seabirds had abandoned the island altogether. In 2002, conservationists launched an ambitious rat-eradication project to…
Brian Lara and Imran Khan Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has become the latest prominent cricket figure to voice support for imprisoned former Pakistan captain Imran Khan, calling for proper medical care and humane treatment for the 1992 World Cup-winning skipper.Lara took to Instagram to express his concern over Khan’s situation, saying he was…
Sanjay Gupta has revisited the making of his 2002 crime thriller ‘Kaante’ and revealed a lesser-known detail about Amitabh Bachchan‘s approach to his character. The filmmaker recalled that the original script featured several abusive dialogues, but Bachchan had one clear condition — his character would not use foul language.Speaking to Hussain Zaidi, Gupta recalled how…
The fire left at least 22 dead At least 22 people were killed and several others injured after a fire broke out at a wedding party in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional mayor said on Saturday.The fire started late Friday night and continued into the early hours of Saturday…
At a mandatory training, US judges were told to reduce time given to people awaiting visas or green cards before being deported. A Guardian report claimed that immigration judges across the US have been asked to be strict and deny people time as they wait for their Green Cards so that they can be deported….
File Pic: Mohammed Shami and Sourav Ganguly (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Mohammed Shami is set to enter an elite club on Sunday when he makes his 100th first-class appearance in the Duleep Trophy final, and former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes the milestone is a fitting reward for the veteran pacer’s remarkable longevity and contribution…
The box office is currently throwing up some unexpected trends, and filmmaker Anubhav Sinha believes there is a larger story behind the success of two very different films. While ‘Mirzapur The Movie’ has registered a strong opening and is showing further growth on Saturday, the tiny-budget ‘Hanuman Ansh’ has emerged as a surprise hit, even…
Centre advances census 2027 enumeration in four poll-bound states NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to advance the population enumeration phase of Census 2027 in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab and non-snow-bound areas of Uttarakhand — given that all four states are due for assembly polls early next year — to the time period December 1,…
This city in New York rejects the renaming of Lake Ontario. In a rare display of intra-party pushback, Robert Corradino, the Republican mayor of Oswego, New York, a city situated along the southern shore of Lake Ontario, has publicly rejected recent political proposals to rename the Great Lake as “Lake America.” Robert Corradino, the mayor…
Ben Shelton and Trinity Rodman. Image via: Getty Images Trinity Rodman was sitting in Ben Shelton’s player box at the US Open on Tuesday when the cameras found her.The ESPN commentary that followed introduced her as “Trinity Rodman, also known as Ben Shelton’s girlfriend, and also known as a member of the US women’s national…
