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Scientists from the UK and China have synthesised a porous material that has the capacity to shrink our carbon footprint. The material, described as “cage of cages” by researchers, can absorb common greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide with strong affinity and hold it. Describing the material, Science Alert said it is made in two steps with reactions assembling triangular prism building blocks into larger, more symmetrical tetrahedral cages. It is the first molecular structure of its kind, the outlet further said. The material shows excellent stability in water, which makes it useful to be used in capturing carbon in industrial…
Kartik Aaryan, who will next be seen in Kabir Khan’s sports drama Chandu Champion, recently took a metro ride to beat the Mumbai traffic and needless to say the video is viral. The video curated by several fan pages dedicated to the star, feature Kartik happily posing for fans as they approach him for selfies. Earlier this year, Kartik Aaryan posted a video of himself cycling and he jokingly wrote, “Ab soch raha hu set pe bhi cycle se hi jau (thinking of going to sets via cycle only).” Check out the viral video here:Inspirational Journey he gave us @TheAaryanKartik…
A new relationship trend called “friendship marriage” is gaining popularity among young people in Japan. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), under this new type of marital relationship, people are becoming platonic partners without falling in love or having sex. Thousands of people, precisely around one per cent of Japan’s population of 124 million, are choosing this kind of relationship that is based on shared values and interests. They include asexual individuals, homosexuals, and heterosexuals who are disillusioned with traditional marriage. An agency called Colorus, which specialises in friendship marriage, shared the data related to this new trend.…
Ram Charan is on cloud nine. After all, his father, megastar Chiranjeevi, was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan – the second-highest civilian award in India. The ceremony took place on May 9, Thursday, at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. The awards were presented by President Droupadi Murmu. On the special occasion, Chiranjeevi was accompanied by his wife Surekha, their children — Ram Charan and Sushmita — and Ram Charan’s wife, Upasana. To celebrate his father’s big day, Ram Charan has shared pictures and a video on Instagram. In the first photo, the entire family is seen posing for the…
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi took on the Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday after she accused the Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP of “working directly with the Bharatiya Janata Party” and helping the ruling outfit by splitting votes in key constituencies. Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s shock 2019 defeat – he lost the Congress bastion of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to senior BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani – Mr Owaisi pointed out neither his party nor he had been involved in that fight. He also attacked the Congress over “non-secular alliances” – with ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s (then undivided) Shiv…
The exclusion of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the list of centrally-contracted players was a decision that was solely taken by chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar, BCCI secretary Jay Shah has revealed, asserting that “nobody is indispensable”. Kishan and Iyer were left out after failing to show up for domestic engagements despite a directive from the BCCI. While Kishan went on a long break after the end of the ODI World Cup last year and remained unavailable until the IPL, Iyer eventually did feature in a few matches for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy including the semifinal and the…
Manisha Koirala is currently basking in the success of her latest offering Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. In a recent conversation with NDTV, she opened up about her battle with depression and shared how it “consumed” her during the shoot of Heeramandi. Manisha said, “Being impacted by cancer, I know how important your body, mind and health are. How intertwined they are. How dependable they are. So sometimes when I’m in deep depression…Even now sometimes I go into depression. When I was doing Heeramandi, it consumed me so much. My mood swings were constantly fluctuating. And I just knew, ‘Sail through…
A late-night party turned ugly for three women after they were arrested, allegedly in an inebriated state, for attacking and abusing police personnel. The drama unfolded in Virar’s Gokul Township, a prominent residential area on the outskirts of Mumbai, when the police were called to reports of some women creating a “ruckus” outside a restaurant bar. They allegedly had an argument with some other customers at the bar and were told to leave. In a video going viral on social media platforms, they can be seen getting into an altercation with the police officers and abusing them. They also bit…
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar marked director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s OTT debut. The Netflix show premiered on May 1. Recently, Jason Shah, who portrays the role of British officer Cartwright in the series, opened up about a scene where he slaps Manisha Koirala’s character Mallikajaan. During a chat with Filmibeat OTT, the actor was asked if he felt awkward during that scene. Jason responded, “There was. I even told the fight master. Because he was like, ‘Aise maro [Hit her like this]’. And I was like, ‘Main agar aise maara aur laga usko [If I hit her like this and she gets hurt then what] so…
Days after the October 7 attack, Joe Biden walked onto the tarmac in Tel Aviv and offered a warm bear hug to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign both of solid support for Israel and the US president’s long, if not uncomplicated, relationship with the prime minister. Seven months into the devastating conflict, the gentle approach is over. Biden, who memorably once wrote to Netanyahu “I love you,” has for the first time raised the ultimate leverage the United States has on Israel — military aid, which totals $3 billion a year. Biden — whose backing for Israel in the face of…