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Century Bog was previously a working cranberry bog. (Photo: Cape and islands) Massachusetts is restoring a former cranberry bog in Plymouth and Wareham to complete protection of Red Brook from its headwaters to salt water. The Century Bog project will turn the retired cranberry farm into a functioning wetland and stream channel, creating a more connected habitat for native species, including a rare variant of eastern brook trout known as ‘salters’ or ‘sea run brook trout’.According to Cape, Coast & Islands, the restoration is part of the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration’s Cranberry Bog Restoration Program. The programme works with…

Divya Sathyaraj files Rs 1 crore defamation suit against Bayilvan Ranganathan; seeks 12% interest. Tamil actor Sathyaraj’s daughter Divya Sathyaraj has filed a Rs 1 crore defamation suit against actor Bayilvan Ranganathan before the Madras High Court. The case follows remarks allegedly made about her after she spoke about marriage and relationships in a YouTube interview.The daughter of actor Sathyaraj has alleged that Bayilvan Ranganathan made false and defamatory statements. Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavathi heard the matter on Thursday, September 24, as reported by ANI.The Madras High Court granted interim protection to Divya Sathyaraj. The court restrained Bayilvan Ranganathan from…

Vrishvardhan Sharma is a nine-year-old currently based in Bengaluru, with family roots tracing back to Patna on his mother’s side and Jaipur on his father’s side. What sets him apart is the sheer scale of what he has committed to memory at such a young age, not simply as recitation, but paired with grammatical understanding and meaning. At the age of five, Vrishvardhan memorised the entire Bhagavad Gita and was given the opportunity to recite it in full at Shringeri before Shankaracharya Vidhushekhar Bharati. A year later, at six, he won the National Gita Medal. Since then, he has reportedly…

Aishwary Pratap Singh, Niraj Kumar and Rudrankksh Patil (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India’s Niraj Kumar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won the silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event at the Asian Games 2026.The Indian trio finished with a total score of 1762-94x to finish second behind China.India scored 294 in the first kneeling series and 587 after the second kneeling series. They then added 297 points in the first prone series to reach 884, before moving to 1180 after the second prone series.In the standing position, India scored 291 in the first…

Musk activated Starlink over Ukraine shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Finnish President Alexander Stubb has urged SpaceX owner Elon Musk to expand Starlink coverage into parts of Russia, saying it could help Ukraine locate and strike Russian ballistic missile launchers.Stubb said he had appealed directly to Musk to allow Starlink to work in areas where Russian missile launchers are based, including occupied Ukrainian territory and parts of Russia. He argued that such access could help Ukraine hit the launchers before they fire missiles at Ukrainian targets.”That’s why … I plead that Elon Musk would give the…

When Vijay recalled Alphonse Puthren’s story for Jason Sanjay; says ‘I thought it was for me’. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and actor C Joseph Vijay’s son, Jason Sanjay, is set to make his directorial debut in Kollywood. His first film, ‘Sigma’, stars Sundeep Kishan in the lead role.Long before Jason Sanjay announced his filmmaking plans, C Joseph Vijay had spoken about his son’s career choices. During a 2022 interaction, Tamil Nadu CM revealed that filmmaker Alphonse Puthren had once narrated a story with Jason Sanjay in mind. C Joseph Vijay initially believed that the filmmaker had brought the script for…

The United States has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting people and businesses involved in what it calls commercial “birth tourism” networks.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the policy on September 23, saying it will be used against people who knowingly engage in, have engaged in, or facilitate birth tourism to the US. The policy comes under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.But what exactly is birth tourism, who could be affected and does the new move mean pregnant travellers can no longer enter the US? Here’s what the policy says.What is birth tourism?Birth tourism generally…

Diya Chitale and Manush Shah (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: India’s Manush Shah and Diya Chitale secured a medal in the mixed doubles event at the Asian Games after pulling off a big win over Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-Ting and Doo Hoi Kem in the quarterfinals on Friday.The Indian pair beat the world No. 4 combination 3-1 (11-6, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5) to enter the semifinals and assure India of a table tennis medal.Manush and Diya will now face China’s world No. 2 pair Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the semifinals later on Friday. A win would take the Indians…

US President Donald Trump hosts state dinner for China’s President Xi Jinping at the White House in Washington US President Donald Trump on Thursday alleged that American news outlets CNN and MSNBC refused to cover Chinese President Xi Jinping’s White House visit to avoid giving him credit.In a post on Truth social, Trump said that the two outlets did not cover the arrival of Xi Jinping and his wife, Madam Peng, at the White House, despite calling it a major event.”CNN and MSDNC’s Ratings have dropped considerably. The primary reason is NO CREDIBILITY! They only write badly about a man…

Superstar Rajinikanth 1995 film, ‘Baashha’ remains one of the most iconic films in Tamil cinema. Directed by Suresh Krissna, the film turned the legendary star into a memorable gangster character upon its Pongal release. Let’s take a look back at the time when the idea of the film ‘Baashha’ was born several years earlier on the sets of the Hindi film ‘Hum’.‘Hum’, directed by Mukul S Anand, starred Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth and Govinda in the lead roles. The film was shot in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, and it was during the shoot that the three actors discussed a scene that later…