When Shah Rukh Khan recalled his father’s emotional story behind avoiding the valley and how Yash Chopra finally made it happen: ‘I’ve been all over the world, but I never went to Kashmir’ |

An old episode of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ featuring Shah Rukh Khan is once again making the rounds online, drawing attention to a deeply personal story the actor shared about his connection to Kashmir. Speaking with host Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh opened up about his family’s roots in the region and the emotional reason he avoided…

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Alaska used rotenone to eliminate invasive pike from an entire lake; the pike vanished, and 6,836 Arctic char were later stocked to rebuild the native fishery

In a remote corner of Southcentral Alaska, state biologists carried out a dramatic restoration: they treated an entire lake with rotenone, a plant-derived piscicide, to wipe out an invasive population of northern pike. After the treatment, post-surveys confirmed the pike were gone. The next step was rebuilding what had been lost. In June 2013, the…

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Suniel Shetty: ‘Blood and gore are things I don’t like about films today’: Suniel Shetty slams Bollywood’s hypermasculine violence, says no point competing with kids half your age | Hindi Movie News

‘Blood and gore are things I don’t like about films today’: Suniel Shetty slams Bollywood’s hypermasculine violence Suniel Shetty, who turned 65 this month, has offered a candid look at how his mindset around work and identity has shifted over the decades. In a heartfelt LinkedIn note, the actor spoke about moving away from chasing…

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In the early 1990s, fewer than 1,000 threatened chum salmon returned to this Washington watershed; recent returns average 32,600 a year as a $9.7 million river restoration nears completion

chum salmon Representative image In the early 1990s, fewer than 1,000 threatened summer-run chum salmon made it back to the Big Quilcene River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula each year. Decades of logging, road building and habitat degradation had left the river choked with sediment, its gravel spawning beds buried and its side channels disconnected. Today,…

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Naya Rivera’s son Josey to make acting debut; lands first film role six years after ‘Glee’ star’s tragic death by drowning |

Josey Dorsey, is following in his late mother, Naya Rivera‘s footsteps and has landed his first acting job. Naya Rivera’s son lands acting role Josey, who turns 11 on September 17, has reportedly bagged a role in the upcoming film ‘The Burning Valley’, in which he will appears alongside his father, actor Ryan Dorsey. As…

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South Zone 90/5 in 36.0 Overs

Pacer Vidhwath Kaverappa picked a disciplined four-wicket haul to help South Zone bowl out North Zone for a modest 195 on the day one of their Duleep Trophy semi-final clash at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 on Sunday. Opting to bat first after winning the toss, a strategy similar to their quarter-final victory…

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‘Haiwaan’ director Priyadarshan reveals Saif Ali Khan almost starred in ‘Garam Masala’; recalls wanting to meet Tiger Pataudi |

Priyadarshan recalled how Saif Ali Khan nearly became part of ‘Garam Masala’. The filmmaker also shared an interesting story about his first meeting with Saif Ali Khan. Their conversation, however, was not initially about cinema. Priyadarshan was more interested in meeting Saif Ali Khan’s father, legendary cricketer Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. The director recently opened…

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In the 1970s, just 14 giant tortoises remained on Española; now 3,000 are restoring vegetation and bringing albatrosses back to nesting grounds |

On Española, one of the smaller islands in the Galápagos, the landscape is being reshaped by animals that spend much of their time moving slowly through it. Giant tortoises push through grasses, knock down vegetation and leave broad paths behind them as they travel. Their effect is easy to miss if viewed as ordinary grazing….

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‘Worst cricket board’: Ex-Pakistan captain’s furious attack on Mohsin Naqvi-led PCB | Cricket News

Pakistan captain Babar Azam and PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi (Agency Image) Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has launched a furious attack on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and its chairman Mohsin Naqvi after the national side suffered another heavy defeat against England at Lord’s.Pakistan were beaten by 194 runs in the second Test, giving England…

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