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Elephant encounters: Scientists tracked elephants for 19 years in Botswana and found that year-long droughts pushed them toward human settlements, raising the risk of dangerous encountersAfrican elephants are increasingly venturing closer to human settlements as prolonged droughts persist, a new study reveals. Research from ...- On This Day in History, June 22: Fast & Furious release, France surrenders, Germany invades Soviet Union, Napoleon abdicates, Galileo recants, Maradona's Hand of God, G.I. Bill signed and other eventsOn This Day in History, June 22 witnessed Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, Napoleon's second abdication, Galileo's recantation befor...
- Quote of the day by Denzel Washington: 'Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you...' Life lessons on success, hard work, human nature, determination, consistency, chance and innovation by Academy Award winning American actor known for playing lead role in The Equalizer film seriesQuote of the Day by Denzel Washington highlights the importance of taking risks, learning from failure, and continuing to move forward. The...
- Hidden beneath the Sahara, satellite scans uncovered 260 circular mass graves filled with cattle and human remains of a 6,000-year-old nomadic eliteNew discoveries in Eastern Sudan reveal a lost nomadic civilization. Archaeologists found 260 ancient cemeteries, showcasing large grave mo...
- A vanished branch of the Nile once ran beside the Great Pyramid and helped build it, a new study revealsAncient pollen grains trapped in desert sediment reveal a lost arm of the Nile, the Khufu branch, flowed near the Giza plateau during pyram...
- Elon Musk tears into Oscars 2025 authority with 'messed up' remark. Here's whyOscars 2025 didn't have major controversy but Elon Musk has criticized the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Russia’s top Foreign Policy forum 'Primakov Readings' in Nov to have special focus on India & Global SouthThe upcoming ninth edition of the International Forum "Primakov Readings" is scheduled to take place on November 27-28, 2023, in Moscow. Th...
- Oscars 2024 nominations: Race for best International Feature Film award begins. Check country-wise listThe 96th Academy Awards or the Oscars ceremony will take place on March 10, 2024. All the nominations are to be sent to the Academy of Moti...
- PM Modi meets prominent scientists in South Africa, exchange views on disease screening and future of energyPrime Minister Narendra Modi met a noted geneticist and a rocket scientist in South Africa and exchanged views with them on disease screeni...
- French animation on 1960s Paris Algerian massacre among student Oscars winnersThe Student Academy Awards are a key program of the Hollywood film industry's top body, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Monkeypox spreads in West, baffling African scientistsCases of the smallpox-related disease haven't previously been seen among people with no links to central and West Africa. But in the past w...
- Indian-origin author Mahmood Mamdani shortlisted for British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingThe 75-year-old is in the running for the GBP 25,000 non-fiction prize for 'Neither Settler nor Native'.
- India, China play different roles for Africa's development: Chinese analystsChinese analysts dismissed media reports that New Delhi is trying to challenge Beijing's dominance in Africa as groundless.
- China's Tianjin CanSino Biotechnology to mass produce Ebola vaccineInvestment into the base totals 2 billion yuan (about USD 317 million) and construction will be complete in September, 2018.
- China-Brazil earth observation satellite operationalisedThe China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite-04 (CBERS-04) was sent into orbit on December 7 last year.
- China to test its Ebola vaccine on humansScientists are racing to develop Ebola vaccines after the world's worst outbreak of the virus, which has killed more than 7,000 people in W...
- Indian-origin mathematician elected new president of ICSUReddy has been voted by representatives of ICSU's 120 national members and scientific unions attending the organisation's General Assembly ...
- Indian physicist Dr Katepalli Sreenivasan made Innovation Chair at New York UniversityDr Katepalli Sreenivasan, has been appointed to the Kleiner Chair for Innovation in Mechanical Engineering at the New York University (NYU).
- India launches 4th C V Raman international fellowshipIndia on Tuesday launched the fourth edition of the C V Raman International Fellowship for African countries.
- India offers doctoral fellowships for African studentsVayalar Ravi made a strong pitch for collaborative excellence in science, technology and innovation sector among developing countries.
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