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Yogi Adityanath Flags "Political Islam", Adds A Halal Certification Warning
Stressing that "political Islam" is a major threat that aims to change India's "demography", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said our ancestors fought against this threat, but it is hardly discussed now
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Choddo Shaak For Diwali 2025: Why Bengal's 14-Greens Ritual Is Unmissable
On the eve of Bhoot Chaturdashi, a day before Kali Pujo, often coinciding with Choti Diwali, Bengali families prepare this ritualistic dish. Read on.
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Why An Indonesian Tribe Doesn't Bury Or Cremate Its Dead But Preserves Their Bodies
An Indonesian tribe has a unique ritual of preserving dead ancestors and living with their bodies until the funeral, which could take years
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Assam's Tea Garden Workers March To Demand Scheduled Tribes Status
Thousands of people from the tea garden community hit the streets of eastern Assam's Tinsukia district today, demanding Scheduled Tribe status. The demand has been a long-standing one.
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"My Matrubhumi": Ex-Pakistan Star's Post Amid Indian Citizenship Rumours
Only the second Hindu to play for Pakistan, Danish Kaneria featured in 61 Tests and 18 ODIs, taking 276 wickets in a career that stretched for over a decade.
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Million-Year-Old Skull Could Change Human Evolution Timeline: Study
A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than previously thought and in Asia not Africa, a new study said Friday.
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"When Woman Marries, Her Gotra Also Changes": Top Court In Inheritance Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that when a woman marries under the Hindu Law, her "gotra" also changes.
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Shubho Mahalaya 2025: Date, Significance And Wishes To Share On This Auspicious Occasion
Shubho Mahalaya 2025: Mahalaya marks the end of Pitru Paksha, a period dedicated to honouring ancestors, and the beginning of Devi Paksha, which celebrates Goddess Durga's descent to Earth.
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Ostrich, Emu Ancestors Could Fly, Scientists Discover
It may sound like a joke, but scientists have long been puzzled by how the family of birds that includes African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, New Zealand kiwis and South American rheas spread across the world -- given that none of them
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Volcanoes Help Untangle Evolution Of Humans, Here's How
How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution.
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Bihar's 'Pind Daan' Politics: Why A Hindu Ritual Is Making Poll Headlines
As political barbs fly in the build-up to a high-voltage Bihar election, a Hindu ritual of ancestor worship has become the talking point. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch and son Tejashwi Yadav visited the holy city of Gaya yesterday
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Lucy, The Human Ancestor, To Tour Europe With First Showing In Prague
The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time on Monday at the Czech National Museum in Prague.
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Ethiopian Fossils Reveal New Species In Human Evolutionary Tree
Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place.
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Ancient Humans Ate Children 850,000 Years Ago, New Discovery Reveals
The body parts of the child belong to Homo antecessor, believed to be the last common ancestor of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.
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House Under Demolition Has No Link With Satyajit Ray, Never Did: Bangladesh
The dilapidated one-storey house in Bangladesh's Mymensingh, which several reports had identified as Satyajit Ray's ancestral home, has no connection with the legendary filmmaker, the Bangladesh government has said
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Yogi Adityanath Flags "Political Islam", Adds A Halal Certification Warning
Stressing that "political Islam" is a major threat that aims to change India's "demography", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said our ancestors fought against this threat, but it is hardly discussed now
-
Choddo Shaak For Diwali 2025: Why Bengal's 14-Greens Ritual Is Unmissable
On the eve of Bhoot Chaturdashi, a day before Kali Pujo, often coinciding with Choti Diwali, Bengali families prepare this ritualistic dish. Read on.
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Why An Indonesian Tribe Doesn't Bury Or Cremate Its Dead But Preserves Their Bodies
An Indonesian tribe has a unique ritual of preserving dead ancestors and living with their bodies until the funeral, which could take years
-
Assam's Tea Garden Workers March To Demand Scheduled Tribes Status
Thousands of people from the tea garden community hit the streets of eastern Assam's Tinsukia district today, demanding Scheduled Tribe status. The demand has been a long-standing one.
-
"My Matrubhumi": Ex-Pakistan Star's Post Amid Indian Citizenship Rumours
Only the second Hindu to play for Pakistan, Danish Kaneria featured in 61 Tests and 18 ODIs, taking 276 wickets in a career that stretched for over a decade.
-
Million-Year-Old Skull Could Change Human Evolution Timeline: Study
A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than previously thought and in Asia not Africa, a new study said Friday.
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"When Woman Marries, Her Gotra Also Changes": Top Court In Inheritance Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that when a woman marries under the Hindu Law, her "gotra" also changes.
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Shubho Mahalaya 2025: Date, Significance And Wishes To Share On This Auspicious Occasion
Shubho Mahalaya 2025: Mahalaya marks the end of Pitru Paksha, a period dedicated to honouring ancestors, and the beginning of Devi Paksha, which celebrates Goddess Durga's descent to Earth.
-
Ostrich, Emu Ancestors Could Fly, Scientists Discover
It may sound like a joke, but scientists have long been puzzled by how the family of birds that includes African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, New Zealand kiwis and South American rheas spread across the world -- given that none of them
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Volcanoes Help Untangle Evolution Of Humans, Here's How
How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution.
-
Bihar's 'Pind Daan' Politics: Why A Hindu Ritual Is Making Poll Headlines
As political barbs fly in the build-up to a high-voltage Bihar election, a Hindu ritual of ancestor worship has become the talking point. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch and son Tejashwi Yadav visited the holy city of Gaya yesterday
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Lucy, The Human Ancestor, To Tour Europe With First Showing In Prague
The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time on Monday at the Czech National Museum in Prague.
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Ethiopian Fossils Reveal New Species In Human Evolutionary Tree
Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place.
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Ancient Humans Ate Children 850,000 Years Ago, New Discovery Reveals
The body parts of the child belong to Homo antecessor, believed to be the last common ancestor of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.
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House Under Demolition Has No Link With Satyajit Ray, Never Did: Bangladesh
The dilapidated one-storey house in Bangladesh's Mymensingh, which several reports had identified as Satyajit Ray's ancestral home, has no connection with the legendary filmmaker, the Bangladesh government has said
