When it comes to wine, two common things you can notice anywhere in the world are that most standard wine bottles contain exactly 750 milliliters of wine and that the bottles are always dark in colour. But have you ever thought why? Well, according to experts the answer is a combination of history, trade practices,…
PM Modi gifts former Australia skipper Steve Waugh two-decade-old photograph during MCG visit Australia’s T20 competition, Big Bash League, will travel thousands of kilometres for its opening match between defending champions Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades, which will take place in Chennai on Dec 12.Australian PM Anthony Albanese made the announcement after a meeting with…
FIFA is marketing pieces of World Cup final turf for USD 450, but the initiative has sparked outrage from both fans and players. The turf’s poor quality has come under fire for its irregular texture.(AP Photo) Football’s global governing body, FIFA, has decided to commercialise the very ground the players will walk on for the…
NEW DELHI: In the Union territory of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 29.7% of electors have been deleted from the draft electoral roll published on Friday, with officials overseeing the SIR (special intensive revision attributing the unique trend to the UT’s large migrant workforce and heavily industrialised economy.The largest share of deletions…
Part of an engine may have broken off and struck the window, causing cabin decompression A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 made an emergency landing in Greece on Friday after a passenger was partially sucked through a dislodged window shortly after take-off, leaving him injured but not in a life-threatening condition.The flight had departed from Thessaloniki and…
NEW DELHI: A “petitioner-in-person”, Prabal Pratap, on Friday caught a Supreme Court bench and advocates by surprise when he “ordered” the judges to register a case against a police officer in Lucknow, threw a bunch of papers in the courtroom and then went on to swear at the CJI.Appearing along with co-petitioner Chandra Bhan before…
A fast-moving wildfire that has killed at least 12 people was tearing through areas in southern Spain Friday after trapping people in burning vehicles and as they tried to flee on foot. The death toll from the wildfire, already one of the highest in Spain’s recent history, could rise as authorities said 23 people remain…
Former PM of Bangladesh Sheikha Hasina DHAKA: Former Bangladesh PM and chief of banned Awami League Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced to death back home, announced Friday she and her party colleagues plan to return to Dhaka “voluntarily” around Dec and surrender.“They may arrest me on my return, they may even kill me,” Sheikh Hasina…
Cristiano Ronaldo gifts IShowSpeed his game-worn World Cup boots after Portugal’s FIFA World Cup exit/ Image: X Cristiano Ronaldo has gifted streamer IShowSpeed one of the most exclusive pieces of memorabilia from the FIFA World Cup 2026, sending him the game-worn Nike Mercurial Superfly 11 “CR7 Gold Scorpion” boots he wore during what is widely…
While known for their painful stings, bees are well protected against most predators due to their defence mechanism. However, some species of animals have evolved methods of hunting and eating bees despite these defences. While some have developed thick fur or scales to provide protection against stings, there are those that have learned to eat…