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Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela: 'There is nothing more dangerous than a...' Life lessons on human nature, anger and shame by first Black president of South AfricaQuote of the Day by Nelson Mandela highlights the impact of humiliation on human behavior. The quote explains how shame, rejection, and los...- Just 18 years ago, a boy chasing his dog unearthed a lost human ancestor and rewrote the story of evolution; how one of the world’s most intriguing discoveries was made in 2008A remarkable fossil discovery in South Africa has shed light on human evolution. Young Matthew Berger found a bone that led to the identifi...
- How a Child’s Skull Found in a Quarry Changed the Story of Human OriginsA child's skull discovered in a South African quarry in 1924 changed human history. Named the Taung Child, this fossil proved Africa is the...
- Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela: 'It is so easy to destroy. But heroes are those...'Nelson Mandela's call to heroism as building and peace echoes his life. Born Rolihlahla Mandela, his journey shaped by tradition and educat...
- Looking to study abroad? These are the world's best universities in 2025Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University secure top spots in the 2025-2026 Best Global Universiti...
- Economists, health experts urge Modi to reject compromise solution on vaccine waiverLast month, a “compromise outcome” to contain and treat Covid-19 had proposed a waiver for developing countries that exported less than 10%...
- Study suggests past COVID infection may not fend off new variant OmicronThe newest variant was discovered just over a week ago by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, and it's now been found in multiple coun...
- UK considers booster jab to combat South African COVID variantEarlier, Oxford University scientists have confirmed in a separate study that their ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine has shown efficacy ...
- World's oldest hashtag unearthed in South AfricaJohannesburg, Sep 13 (IANS) Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known abstract pencil drawing by human hand -- which looks like a pres...
- Another Indian Dixit Joshi climbs the ladder at Deutsche BankThree years later, with the sensex in kissing distance of closing above the 30,000 mark, Joshi has been named Deutsche Bank's group treasur...
- Traces found of 'lost continent' under MauritiusJohannesburg, Feb 1 (IANS) The presence of minerals that are as old as three billion years in Mauritius points to the existence of a "lost ...
- 'Madala boson' may help unlock dark matter mystery: ScientistsThe experiment was repeated last year and this year, after a two-and-a-half year shut-down of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, said...
- Not a modern lifestyle problem: World's oldest evidence of cancer discoveredThe oldest previously demonstrated possible hominin tumour was found in the rib of a Neanderthal and dated to around 120,000 years old.
- Diamonds used to "probe" how the Earth was shaped 3.5 billion years agoWhile the diamonds of this study were found in 3 billion-year-old sedimentary rocks, diamond formation occurred much deeper.
- Academic calls for Shakespeare's grave to be exhumedFrancis Thackeray, from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, said that he was "very interested in the possibility" of exami...
- Scholars mark 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South AfricaAcademicians from around the world who converged here to mark the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South Africa.
- $5 million to be raised next fiscal: BSE start-up incubatorZone Startups would also invest itself in close to a dozen companies that it incubates, the statement said, adding the ticket size would va...
- Oscar Pistorius not suffering from mental defect: ExpertsParalympian Oscar Pistorius didn’t suffer from a mental defect when he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day.
- Indian American professor receives top US environmental awardAn Indian American professor of biological and agricultural engineering has been recognised for his pioneering work in hydrology.
- Tata Africa provide 40 scholarships to South African studentsTata Africa has provided 40 scholarships worth 50,000 rand each to post-graduate students of four South African universities.
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