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  • UN seals historic deal to avoid wasting oceans

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Wrapping up virtually twenty years of negotiations, some 200 UN member nations, together with India, on Sunday reached a historic settlement to guard the world’s oceans and the species that dwell in them from exploitation. It is the primary worldwide settlement to guard the excessive seas, which cowl 60% of the earth’s floor, regulate the local weather and generate half of the oxygen we breathe. 

    The excessive seas start on the border of nations’ unique financial zones and fall below the jurisdiction of no nation. The treaty goals to make 30% of the excessive seas “protected waters” by 2030 and assist set up a convention of events for additional negotiations. Protected waters imply there can be restrictions on fishing, what routes ships can use, and exploration actions like deep-sea mining.

    The talks that started in 2007 have been hampered by disagreements even until the final minute. A serious stumbling block was how one can share marine genetic assets out there vastly within the deep sea, like sponges, krill, corals, seaweeds, micro organism and minerals.

    Industrialised nations goal these assets to be used in medicines, cosmetics, making electrical car batteries, and different industrial functions. The treaty will give all nations equitable rights over fishing, transport and analysis. 

    “The first UN convention on the law of the sea was signed some 40 years back, which didn’t address the emerging scenario where every country is eyeing resources to tackle climate change,” mentioned G A Ramadass, director, the National Institute of Ocean Technology.

    Indian delegation 
    India was represented on the talks by a delegation from the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, its director Dr G V M Gupta informed this paper. The delegates are anticipated to succeed in again on Monday

    NEW DELHI: Wrapping up virtually twenty years of negotiations, some 200 UN member nations, together with India, on Sunday reached a historic settlement to guard the world’s oceans and the species that dwell in them from exploitation. It is the primary worldwide settlement to guard the excessive seas, which cowl 60% of the earth’s floor, regulate the local weather and generate half of the oxygen we breathe. 

    The excessive seas start on the border of nations’ unique financial zones and fall below the jurisdiction of no nation. The treaty goals to make 30% of the excessive seas “protected waters” by 2030 and assist set up a convention of events for additional negotiations. Protected waters imply there can be restrictions on fishing, what routes ships can use, and exploration actions like deep-sea mining.

    The talks that started in 2007 have been hampered by disagreements even until the final minute. A serious stumbling block was how one can share marine genetic assets out there vastly within the deep sea, like sponges, krill, corals, seaweeds, micro organism and minerals.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Industrialised nations goal these assets to be used in medicines, cosmetics, making electrical car batteries, and different industrial functions. The treaty will give all nations equitable rights over fishing, transport and analysis. 

    “The first UN convention on the law of the sea was signed some 40 years back, which didn’t address the emerging scenario where every country is eyeing resources to tackle climate change,” mentioned G A Ramadass, director, the National Institute of Ocean Technology.

    Indian delegation 
    India was represented on the talks by a delegation from the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, its director Dr G V M Gupta informed this paper. The delegates are anticipated to succeed in again on Monday

  • ‘There’s no Hogwarts with out you Hagrid’: Remembering actor Robbie Coltrane

    By Online Desk

    Late veteran Scottish actor, Robbie Coltrane who performed Rubeus Hagrid within the Harry Potter sequence handed away on Friday. He was 72.

    Talking about his dearly-loved character within the Harry Potter reunion particular Harry Potter’s twentieth Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts through which he was final seen, Robbie stated, “The legacy of the [Harry Potter] movies is that my children’s generation will show them to their children, so you can be watching it in 50 years time, easy.” He continued, “I’ll not be here, sadly, but Hagrid will.”

    Daniel Radcliffe, who performed the protagonist ‘Harry Potter’ throughout all eight movies, described the late actor as “a lovely man and an incredible actor.”

    Tom Felton who performed Draco Malfoy within the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise, recounted one in every of his fondest recollections with the late actor on Twitter.

    One of my fondest recollections of filming Harry Potter was an evening shoot on the primary movie within the forbidden forest. I used to be 12. Robbie cared & sorted everybody round of him. Effortlessly. And made them snicker. Effortlessly. pic.twitter.com/eQA5v1YCm8

    — Tom Felton (@TomFelton) October 14, 2022

    Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian captures Robbie’s unforgettable affect as Hagrid in these traces: “Hagrid was played with enormous richness and warmth by Robbie Coltrane, then 51, part of that supergroup generation of character actors who attained global recognition by appearing in the Harry Potter movies. Coltrane’s piercing yet kindly stare, mighty physical frame and richly imperious voice were etched in the minds of young audiences all over the world.”

    Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who performed Hagrid within the Harry Potter movies, has died aged 72. (File picture | AFP)

    Robbie was born Anthony Robert McMillan on 30 March 1950 in Rutherglen, Scotland. He moved into performing in his early twenties, taking the stage identify Coltrane (in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane), and labored in theatre and comedy.

    He made his debut in performing with the 1980 film Flash Gordon. 

    Besides his enchanting efficiency in Harry Potter, he additionally starred because the BAFTA award-winning character of legal psychologist Dr Fitz within the critically acclaimed drama sequence Cracker (1993). 

    Robbie has additionally acted in a number of different movies equivalent to Ocean’s Twelve (2004), National Treasure (2017) and Brave (2012) the place he lent his voice to the character Lord Dingwall.

    He additionally co-starred in GoldenEye and was recognized for his function as the enduring Bond villain Valentin Zukovsky in The World Is Not Enough. Other memorable performances embrace Nuns on the Run, The Adventures Of Huck Finn, and The Pope Must Die.

    Rest in peace expensive Robbie Coltrane who has handed away on the age of 72.

    Pictured right here with @EricIdle in Nuns on the Run.#RobbieColtrane pic.twitter.com/sBNATlGpG7

    — Sandford Reed (@Smegheadreed) October 14, 2022

    In the ’80s, he appeared in a short-lived sketch sequence known as Alfresco alongside powerhouses Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson.

    Robbie reunited with Thompson on the six-part drama sequence Tutti Frutti, for which he earned his first finest actor British Academy Television Award nomination. 

    He breathed his final in a hospital close to his dwelling in Larbert, Scotland. The actor had been affected by sickness for the previous two years. He additionally reportedly suffered from osteoarthritis.

    He was additionally appointed as an OBE (Order of the British Empire) within the 2006 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for his companies to drama.

    J Okay Rowling, the creator of the “Harry Potter” books on which the movies are primarily based, stated the Scottish actor was “an incredible talent and a complete one-off.”

    Robbie is survived by his ex-wife Rhona Gemmell and two youngsters, son Spencer and daughter Alice.

    Late veteran Scottish actor, Robbie Coltrane who performed Rubeus Hagrid within the Harry Potter sequence handed away on Friday. He was 72.

    Talking about his dearly-loved character within the Harry Potter reunion particular Harry Potter’s twentieth Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts through which he was final seen, Robbie stated, “The legacy of the [Harry Potter] movies is that my children’s generation will show them to their children, so you can be watching it in 50 years time, easy.” He continued, “I’ll not be here, sadly, but Hagrid will.”

    Daniel Radcliffe, who performed the protagonist ‘Harry Potter’ throughout all eight movies, described the late actor as “a lovely man and an incredible actor.”

    Tom Felton who performed Draco Malfoy within the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise, recounted one in every of his fondest recollections with the late actor on Twitter.

    One of my fondest recollections of filming Harry Potter was an evening shoot on the primary movie within the forbidden forest. I used to be 12. Robbie cared & sorted everybody round of him. Effortlessly. And made them snicker. Effortlessly. pic.twitter.com/eQA5v1YCm8
    — Tom Felton (@TomFelton) October 14, 2022
    Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian captures Robbie’s unforgettable affect as Hagrid in these traces: “Hagrid was played with enormous richness and warmth by Robbie Coltrane, then 51, part of that supergroup generation of character actors who attained global recognition by appearing in the Harry Potter movies. Coltrane’s piercing yet kindly stare, mighty physical frame and richly imperious voice were etched in the minds of young audiences all over the world.”

    Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who performed Hagrid within the Harry Potter movies, has died aged 72. (File picture | AFP)

    Robbie was born Anthony Robert McMillan on 30 March 1950 in Rutherglen, Scotland. He moved into performing in his early twenties, taking the stage identify Coltrane (in tribute to jazz saxophonist John Coltrane), and labored in theatre and comedy.

    He made his debut in performing with the 1980 film Flash Gordon. 

    Besides his enchanting efficiency in Harry Potter, he additionally starred because the BAFTA award-winning character of legal psychologist Dr Fitz within the critically acclaimed drama sequence Cracker (1993). 

    Robbie has additionally acted in a number of different movies equivalent to Ocean’s Twelve (2004), National Treasure (2017) and Brave (2012) the place he lent his voice to the character Lord Dingwall.

    He additionally co-starred in GoldenEye and was recognized for his function as the enduring Bond villain Valentin Zukovsky in The World Is Not Enough. Other memorable performances embrace Nuns on the Run, The Adventures Of Huck Finn, and The Pope Must Die.

    Rest in peace expensive Robbie Coltrane who has handed away on the age of 72.
    Pictured right here with @EricIdle in Nuns on the Run.#RobbieColtrane pic.twitter.com/sBNATlGpG7
    — Sandford Reed (@Smegheadreed) October 14, 2022
    In the ’80s, he appeared in a short-lived sketch sequence known as Alfresco alongside powerhouses Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson.

    Robbie reunited with Thompson on the six-part drama sequence Tutti Frutti, for which he earned his first finest actor British Academy Television Award nomination. 

    He breathed his final in a hospital close to his dwelling in Larbert, Scotland. The actor had been affected by sickness for the previous two years. He additionally reportedly suffered from osteoarthritis.

    He was additionally appointed as an OBE (Order of the British Empire) within the 2006 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II for his companies to drama.

    J Okay Rowling, the creator of the “Harry Potter” books on which the movies are primarily based, stated the Scottish actor was “an incredible talent and a complete one-off.”

    Robbie is survived by his ex-wife Rhona Gemmell and two youngsters, son Spencer and daughter Alice.

  • Margot Robbie to star in ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ prequel film 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Margot Robbie has been tapped to play the lead position within the “Ocean’s Eleven” prequel movie set at Warner Bros.

    According to Variety, the film is billed as a heist comedy and follows con artists who rob lots of of thousands and thousands from a Las Vegas on line casino.

    Robbie’s “Bombshell” director Jay Roach is connected to helm the movie from a screenplay penned by Carrie Solomon. The story is predicted to be set far-off from Sin City, in Nineteen Sixties Europe.

    Robbie and Tom Ackerly will produce for LuckyChap together with Roach and Michelle Graham for Everyman Pictures.

    Gary Ross, Olivia Milch and LuckyChap’s Josey McNamara will government produce alongside Village Roadshow Warner Bros. is planning to begin the manufacturing someday early subsequent yr.

    The “Ocean’s” heist franchise, based mostly on the 1960 Rat Pack movie, was launched by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh again in 2001 with “Ocean’s Eleven”.

    The movie starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts minted over $450M worldwide, and was adopted by “Ocean’s Twelve” (2004), “Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007) and 2018’s female-centric “Ocean’s 8”.