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Netherlands authorities on Tuesday arrested more than 120 people and used bulldozers to remove pro-Palestine encampments at the University of Amsterdam. The demonstration, similar to protests that started on US campuses against Israel’s war in Gaza, created a “very unsafe situation”, police said. The police also used batons against protesters after they blocked off some roads to the university. “The protest in this form created a very unsafe situation, partly due to the barricades that prevented emergency services from entering the site. In the event of a disaster, the activists themselves could possibly become stuck on the site,” the police…
Alia Bhatt, who made her Met Gala debut last year, has returned to the iconic fashion event for a second time. For the prestigious occasion, she rested her faith in celebrity favourite Sabyasachi Mukherjee, who dressed her in a floral saree with a dramatic pallu that doubled as a train. The saree was tailored to match this year’s Met Gala theme – “Sleeping Beauty: Reawakening Fashion:” and the dress code “The Garden of Time.” The saree moment turned heads as Alia Bhatt glided down the red carpet like the superstar that she is. Now, a video, shared on a fan page…
The IPL 2024 match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals on Tuesday saw a massive controversy over Shai Hope’s catch to dismiss Sanju Samson. Samson, who was batting on 86, looked in fine form as he slammed DC pacer Mukesh Kumar straight down the ground. However, Hope was positioned at long-on and although he completed the catch, it looked like he was too close to the boundary ropes. The third umpire ruled in DC’s favour prompting disbelief from the RR camp and Sanju ended up having a heated discussion with the umpires. Former India batter Navjot Singh Sidhu claimed that…
Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee checked into fashion’s biggest event – Met Gala 2024 and how. While Sabyasachi’s creations have been worn at the gala before (Alia Bhatt’s 2024 Met Gala look and Natasha Poonawalla’s 2022 gold saree), this time the designer made his red carpet debut at the Met Gala. For the big moment, the ace designer picked an embroidered cotton duster coat from the Sabyasachi Resort 2024 collection. All that glittered on the red carpet was actually a bejeweled Sabyasachi – layered with tourmalines, pearls, emeralds and diamonds from Sabyasachi High Jewellery. Phew!See Sabyasachi’s red carpet debut at the Met…
Pfizer Inc. paused a study of an experimental gene therapy for muscular dystrophy after a child who received it died suddenly. The patient, a young boy, suffered a cardiac arrest after receiving Pfizer’s one-time treatment last year, the company said in an email. The boy was part of a mid-stage study, now concluded, that enrolled children between the ages of 2 and 4, the company said. Pfizer has paused administering the same gene therapy in a separate, final-stage study while it investigates the boy’s death, the company said. That study is looking at the gene therapy, called fordadistrogene movaparvovec, to…
Singer-songwriter Ananya Birla has announced that she will be stepping away from her music career to focus on her business endeavours. Ananya Birla, who released her debut album – Livin The Life – in 2016, shared that it has become “near impossible” to balance her business and music projects. In a text post, Ananya Birla wrote: “Guys, this has been the hardest decision. I’ve reached a stage where balancing both the businesses I run and am building + music is becoming near impossible and it’s taking a toll on me in ways that I can’t express. Thank you for all…
She may not be the candidate, but senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading from the front when it comes to the party’s campaign in two prestige seats in Uttar Pradesh – Amethi and Raebareli. While her brother Rahul Gandhi is the candidate from Raebareli, Gandhi family loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma is the party’s pick for the Amethi seat. Ms Gandhi Vadra is scheduled to hold as many as nine nukkad sabhas today to mark the beginning of a whirlwind outreach campaign. The 52-year-old leader reached Raebareli on Monday and held marathon meetings with local Congress leaders in the…
A quintessential Met Gala starter kit includes back-to-back red carpet appearances by stars, followed by a meme fest that the Internet hosts. Michelle Yeoh was the biggest contributor to this year’s Met Gala meme fest. The veteran actress made her red carpet appearance in a metallic foil Balenciaga gown along with jewelry by Cindy Chao. While a section of the Internet was enchanted by the actress’ look, other were busy curating memes. The food wrapped in aluminum foil meme template was definitely recurring on X (previously known as Twitter).A user hilariously summed up her look – “My tinfoil before I…
For all the talk of a big-money exodus from New York, the city’s residents still have more wealth – in excess of $3 trillion – than those of any other metro in the world. New York has almost 350,000 millionaires, which is the most of any city and up 48% from a decade ago, according to a global ranking of the wealthiest cities by Henley & Partners, an immigration consultancy. That means about one in every 24 of its 8.26 million residents has a seven-figure net worth, compared with about one in 36 in 2013. New York still has a…
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson was fined 30 per cent of his match fees following a heated argument with the on-field umpires during the IPL 2024 match against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday. Controversy erupted over Samson’s dismissal after he was caught in the deep by Shai Hope but the fielder was too close to the stumps. The third umpire ruled in DC’s favour but Samson was not pleased with the decision and he ended up having an argument with the match officials. The replays showed that the fielder was very close to the ropes and the decision left the fans…