Former Asian Games champion Seema Punia faces 16-month suspension over doping breachAsian Games discus throw champion Seema Punia has been suspended for 16 months by NADA after failing a dope test. This marks her third dopi...
06 Dec, 2025, 11.57 AM IST
Buried for 2,100 years in the Bulgarian mountains, the Thracian Warrior ‘Lord of Sakar’ emerges with glittering gold treasuresBulgarian Academy of Sciences unveils an exhibition of Thracian treasures. The find includes the grave of a warrior, Lord of Sakar. The war...
30 Aug, 2025, 11.40 AM IST
Polo? People still play hockey on horses?Polo faces scrutiny as a dangerous, elitist sport with a history of high-profile casualties, including Jaipur's maharaja and industrialist ...
28 Jun, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
From Alexander to Napoleon, Gaza's cycles of death, destruction and revivalGaza, currently facing an Israeli invasion, has a long and tumultuous history. It has been a constant battleground for centuries due to its...
22 Oct, 2023, 12.07 PM IST
Lucy Bronze's frustration evident after costly mistake in Women's World Cup Final, igniting fan criticismEngland's Lucy Bronze expressed her frustration after her defensive error which granted Spain the lead in the Women's World Cup final leadi...
20 Aug, 2023, 07.48 PM IST
4,000-yr-old sanctuary found in NetherlandsLike the famous stone circle in southern England, the sanctuary - which was as big as at least three soccer fields and built with soil and ...
23 Jun, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
Germany: Archaeologists discover ‘rare’ octagonal sword from 3,000 years ago at burial site in BavariaAccording to the researchers, the sword was a real weapon. The statement revealed that the center of gravity in the front part of the blade...
19 Jun, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
PM Modi teams up with Indian-origin Grammy winner Falu for special single on nutritional value of milletsFalguni Shah, more popularly known as Falu, has teamed up with her husband and fellow singer Gaurav for this song. The single was released ...
16 Jun, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
Not a novelty: Humans were enjoying blue cheese & beer over 2,700 years agoScientists made the discovery by analyzing samples of human excrement found at the heart of the Hallstatt mine in the Austrian Alps.
18 Oct, 2021, 08.06 PM IST
Steppe migration to India was between 3500-4000 years ago: David ReichHarvard geneticist David Reich breaks down the findings of two recent papers on the genetics of ancient Indians.
12 Oct, 2019, 09.09 PM IST
Indus Valley Civilisation is largest source of ancestry for South Asians: David ReichFor the first time, we have a genetic model that fits statistically for most present-day South Asians: mixture of IVC-like people, and othe...
09 Sep, 2019, 09.21 AM IST
Meet Armand Duplantis — the teenage who is vaulting ahead of his timeMondo Duplantis is the only teenage vaulter in the world to have cleared 19 feet, and he has done it twice this year
25 Apr, 2017, 01.44 AM IST
Oil gains after big US crude stock draw; gold claws upUS crude stocks fell by 12.1million barrels last week, data from the American Petroleum Institute showed.
09 Sep, 2016, 10.08 AM IST
Chandigarh exception: The only city in India where the streets have no (political) nameAs impossible as this may sound in the midst of the naming row that Rishi Kapoor sparked on Twitter, there is in fact such a city in India ...
09 Jun, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
Bengaluru is a city where music can surprise you in many ways: Jerome Chazeix, Berlin-based artistJerome's world is made of installations where photos, videos, music, live performances, objects, and elements of decoration, all come toget...
29 Jul, 2015, 12.36 PM IST
- New Zealand’s Mount Cook: A whiff of the South pole
Arriving at Christchurch via New Zealand’s Mount Cook, Bidisha Bagchi got the closest whiff of the South Pole without actually going there!
17 Jun, 2010, 12.07 AM IST
- At 40, Abby goes for the young in mega rejig
Abby, the Ad Club of Bombay’s (ACB) creative award, is in for a major rejig. The 40th edition of the awards, virtually the ‘Oscar’ of India...
19 Dec, 2006, 01.29 AM IST