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Karthi is set to return to the world of ‘Sardar,’ but one moment from the 2022 spy thriller continues to stay with him. Ahead of ‘Sardar 2,’ the actor recently looked back at the first film and recalled a powerful dialogue that left a lasting impact on him. The scene addressed the consequences of commercialising water, one of the key themes explored in the original film.Karthi recalls the ‘haunting’ ‘Sardar’ dialogue about bottled waterDuring a recent conversation with Sony Music South, Karthi, director PS Mithran and actor SJ Suryah discussed ‘Sardar 2’ and revisited the first film. Recalling the scene…

There’s something almost instinctive about wanting to bottle a bit of that perfect white sand before leaving a stunning beach behind, a tiny, tangible souvenir of the holiday. What a lot of travellers don’t realise, though, is that this seemingly harmless habit is actually a punishable offence in several parts of the world, carrying fines that can run into thousands of dollars, and in some cases, genuine prison time. It isn’t bureaucratic overreach either, the reasoning behind these laws comes down to some fairly serious environmental consequences that most tourists never stop to consider. Here’s exactly why taking sand off…

Novak Djokovic, right, embraces Mariano Navone after Navone won their match. (AP Photo) NEW YORK CITY: A champion’s challenge faded into the night as his body caved in on Arthur Ashe, while a younger pro kept his head and superbly pieced his game together to find a way. There was heroism on both sides of the net on the US Open’s opening Sunday.For Mariano Navone, the 25-year-old ranked No. 49 in the world, it was more than staring down a legend who had a 37-0 career record in first and second rounds of the US Open. The compactly built Argentine…

Children and teens in Ladera Ranch, California, are getting a rare bone cancer at a higher rate than the national average. (Photo: LA Times) Ladera Ranch is a 4,000-acre planned community in southern Orange County, California. As per the 2020 census, this ranch had a population of 26,170. The residents of the ranch have now raised a cancer concern with the California Department of Public Health that children or young adults of the ranch are suffering from Ewing sarcoma, a very rare cancer that starts in bone or soft tissue. About 2.9 out of every 1 million kids get Ewing…

Meet John Eng: The hospital doctor whose Gila monster discovery helped open the door to Ozempic. (Photo: X post) Long before Ozempic became one of the world’s most talked-about medicines, a doctor working at a Veterans Affairs hospital in the Bronx was studying something far less glamorous: the venom of a desert lizard.His name was Dr John Eng. In 1992, his research helped identify exendin-4, a molecule found in the venom of the Gila monster. That discovery eventually led to exenatide, sold as Byetta, the first GLP-1 receptor agonist approved for treating type 2 diabetes. The science behind that breakthrough…

Annu Kapoor says he doesn’t know who Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh or Sidharth Malhotra are: ‘Naa shakal se jaanta hu, naa personally jaanta hu’ Veteran actor Annu Kapoor has once again spoken candidly about the Hindi film industry, revealing that he is not familiar with the work of several contemporary Bollywood stars, including Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh and Sidharth Malhotra.In a recent interview, Kapoor said he does not know the actors personally and admitted that he would not recognise them if they were to meet him. While he said he knows Ranbir because he is the son of late actor…

What happened to the ‘Green House’ family (PC: Instagram) We all saw that one ‘Mint green house’ that stood like a rock and protected its people. The world saw with baited heart as the flood water swept everything other houses surrounding that one miracle home while residents stood on the balcony, helpless but praying for their safety. For a few terrifying minutes, the world stopped around one small green house in Nepal. A wall of muddy water, rocks, uprooted trees and debris tore through it, carrying away buildings as though they were made of cardboard.The video of those moments went…

Namibia vs Zimbabwe Live Score: The Namibia-Zimbabwe contest is set to be played on an evenly balanced surface, with 65m boundaries on both the square and straight sides. The pitch has a fair amount of live grass, which could assist the seamers, while pronounced cracks closer to the batting crease may offer encouragement to the spinners as the game progresses. According to the pitch report, seamers could get true bounce and carry if they hit lengths around 7-8 metres, and even six metres. Spinners, meanwhile, could find grip and turn, continuing a pattern from the series in which batters have…

Long Lost Bronze Age Settlement revealed at Erskine. Image Credit: GUARD Archaeology More than 3,000 years ago, a community lived, worked and raised families on land that is now being transformed into a modern Scottish suburb. Archaeologists excavating at Northbar, on the south-eastern outskirts of Erskine in Renfrewshire, discovered the remains of 12 Bronze Age roundhouses dating between 1500 and 1100 BC. The settlement contained evidence of farming, animal keeping, pottery production and weaving, and nearby graves revealed that the site had been used for burial centuries before the houses appeared. The excavation also uncovered charred crops, animal bones and…

A re-examination conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for recruitment to Group B and Group C non-academic posts was disrupted by technical problems at an examination centre in Jaipur on Monday, August 31. The disruption forced candidates to walk out of the venue and stage a protest, highlighting renewed concerns over the reliability of computer-based examinations.The affected centre was the iON Digital Zone examination facility in Sitapura, where the Common Recruitment Examination-5 (CRE-5) re-examination was being held.According to Sanganer Sadar police, AIIMS has cancelled the examination at the centre and will conduct a fresh test for…