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CBI finds Walmart violation of FEMA

Mumbai: Wal-Mart Stores Inc violated Indian rules governing foreign investment, the country’s top police agency...

20 July 2013 9:20 AM IST

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Sketch of Mary Queen of Scots discovered

Find out why experts believe it may have been abandoned.

27 Oct 2017 12:23 PM IST

From winners who are famous to those who have been forgotten and western domination in Nobel, a list of the must knows of the Nobel prize (Representational Image)

Here's a look at the past winners of Nobel Peace Prize

Whoever is awarded this year's prize on Friday will join a list of 130 memorable victors since 1901.

6 Oct 2017 11:12 AM IST

Researchers say the technology allows them to study whats inside the mummy while leaving the 5-year-old girls remains and wrappings intact. (AP Photo)

Researchers use advanced X-Ray technology to study child mummy

Scientists are using high-energy X-ray beams to study molecular information.

29 Nov 2017 8:02 AM IST

Research in the US revealed that hopeful mothers who regularly drank red wine had better ovarian reserve. (Photo: Pixabay)

Georgians were the first to make grape-wine: Research

The world's very first wine is thought to have been made from rice in China around 9,000 years ago.

14 Nov 2017 9:07 AM IST

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Tomb of 'China's Shakespeare' Tang Xianzu discovered

Find out more about Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu.

3 Sept 2017 1:49 PM IST

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Scientists discover Egyptian dinosaur with ties to Europe

The new specimen sheds new light on Afro-European dinosaur ties.

30 Jan 2018 11:11 AM IST

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Oldest human fossil outside Africa is dug up in Israel

Other archaeological evidence in the cave showed that the inhabitants hunted big game and used fire.

26 Jan 2018 1:15 PM IST

The first Americans were descended from Asians, and they reached the New World by way of Beringia, a now-submerged land bridge that used to connect Asia to Alaska. (AP Photo)

Ancient DNA gives glimpse of ancestors of Native Americans

The infant girl was buried about 50 miles southeast of Fairbanks, and her remains are the earliest known in the far...

4 Jan 2018 9:07 AM IST

French author of a book on the Seznec case and coordinator of the searches Bernard Vilain, shows a hole in the wall of the cellar of the house where the Seznec family used to live in Morlaix, western France during an excavation operation in February 24, 2018 with the hope of finding the body of Pierre Quemeneur, who disappeared in 1923. (Photo: AFP)

Bone discovery revives century-old French murder mystery

Guillaume Seznec was accused of killing his business partner despite there being no evidence of a body or weapon.

27 Feb 2018 11:21 AM IST

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Egypt uncovers ancient necropolis south of Cairo

Egypt's relics are a draw for foreign visitors.

25 Feb 2018 2:24 PM IST

The image provided by Joao Zilhao in February 2018 shows perforated shells found in sediments in the Cueva de los Aviones near Cartagena, Spain. The artifacts date to between 115,000 and 120,000 years ago.

European art scene began with Neanderthals

New discoveries in some Spanish caves give the strongest evidence yet that Neanderthals created art.

25 Feb 2018 12:12 PM IST