A 2,000 foot-long floating pipe nicknamed Wilson is about to start its mission to collect all the plastic in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Last month, the Ocean Cleanup foundation launched the world’s first ocean cleanup system out of San Francisco to take on the notorious “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” a giant floating trash pile between San Francisco and Hawaii that is twice the size of Texas. It’s the […]
Directed by debutante Aditya Dhar, ‘Uri’ is a promising military drama and based on the 2016 Indian Army’s surgical strikes on Pakistan as a retaliation for the Uri attack. The film is a tribute to the Indian Armed force. The trailer, which was unveiled today, features Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam and Paresh Rawal. It opens with a backgrounder that says, “On 18 September 2016, 19 unarmed Indian soldiers were martyred […]
A woman in Brazil who received a womb transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a baby girl in the first successful case of its kind, doctors reported. The case, published in The Lancet medical journal, involved connecting veins from the donor uterus with the recipient’s veins, as well as linking arteries, ligaments and vaginal canals. It comes after 10 previously known cases of uterus transplants from deceased […]
The much-awaited and highly anticipated trailer of Hollywood flick ‘Captain Marvel’ is out. The film is produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film is written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, with Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Jac Schaeffer also contributing to the screenplay. Brie Larson plays Danvers, alongside Samuel L Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette […]
The first trailer for Simmba released at an event in Mumbai on Monday. The upcoming action masala film, starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan along with director Rohit Shetty and producer Karan Johar. Ranveer’s first release after his marriage. Watch trailer here: Please follow and like us:
Nigeria’s President Buhari on Sunday denied claims that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumour that has circulated on social media for months. Buhari, who is running for re-election in February, spent five months in Britain last year being treated for an undisclosed illness. One theory widely aired on social media – and by some political opponents – was that he […]
According to the findings of a recent study, women who snore have a greater cardiac risk. The research was presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Researchers stated that Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and snoring may lead to earlier impairment of cardiac function in women than in men. A common but dangerous sleep disorder, OSA causes an increased risk for left ventricular and, more […]
The music video of Ariana Grande’s newest single ‘thank u, next’, which pays ode to some of the most iconic romantic comedies from the early 2000s like Mean Girls, Legally Blonde and 13 Going on 30 has broken the record for most views across YouTube in 24 hours. With 70 million views and counting, it was the most-viewed video used YouTube’s Premiere scheduling feature, reports Variety. The episodes are being […]
Book: Around the World in 80 TreesAuthor: Jonathan DroriPublisher: Laurence King PublishingPages: 240 Price: Rs 1,600 Parents can go to the wildest lengths to involve their children in their interests, hoping it’ll tickle them enough to take it up as adults. Like Jonathan Drori’s dad taught him about tree species by making him taste them. That meant licking the latex off an opium poppy, or chewing the leaves of Dieffenbachia […]
The religious people always go on showing humbleness: “I am nothing, I am nobody.” And if you look into their eyes, their eyes are saying just the opposite. If you watch their behaviour, it is always a projection of holier-than-thou. They go on saying, “We are nothing,” and they go on in a subtle way, in a diplomatic way, proclaiming, “We are saints.” The King asked, “Which is higher, a […]
