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In this file photo taken April 13, 2018, then San Francisco mayoral candidate and Board of Supervisors President London Breed poses for a photo at Alamo Square in San Francisco.(Photo: AP)

First black woman to become mayor of San Francisco

Breed has pledged to address the city's most pressing problems, including homeless tent camps and open drug use.

11 July 2018 12:31 PM

Bone marrow was an important diet element in prehistoric times. (Photo: ANI)

What did prehistoric humans consume?

Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago: Study.

15 Oct 2019 6:30 AM

Egypt boasts of quite some marvels. (Photo: Representational/ Pexels)

New archaeological developments in Egypt

Egypt discovers archaeological industrial zone in Luxor's 'Valley of the Monkeys'.

14 Oct 2019 8:42 AM

Thousands of Google employees in recent months have urged the company to make corporate governance changes after it acknowledged mistakes in its handling of sexual misconduct allegations and other employee grievances. (Photo: AP)

Google to add auto delete for location, web history

The feature will be rolled out to the masses in the coming weeks.

4 May 2019 5:26 AM

Users can already use your Google Account to access simple on/off controls for Location History and Web & App Activity, and if they chooseto delete all or part of that data manually. In addition to these options, Google has also announced auto-delete controls that make it even easier to manage the data.

Google puts auto-delete controls for your Location History and...

When you turn on settings like Location History or Web & App Activity, the data can make Google products more useful for...

3 May 2019 10:05 AM

Horse domestication is central to human history, and in 2019, we still dont understand where it started. (Photo: AFP)

Horse domestication: Tracing the history

Modern breeding reduced horse diversity within centuries: Study.

3 May 2019 7:03 AM

There are pieces of evidence that Hindu Mahasabha at its Gandhinagar conference first gave the two-nation theory. Three years later, the Muslim League at its Lahore conference also advocated for the same. Veer Savarkar was the biggest advocate of the two-nation theory, Khera said. (Photo: ANI)

Will they teach us history? Congress spokesperson Khera retorts to...

The statement came after Amit Shah's remark that partition of the country on basis of religion was a mistake.

29 Jun 2019 1:44 PM

. The femur is comparable to modern ostriches as well as smaller species of moa and terror birds. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

3X larger birds than an Ostrich existed in Taurida Cave

It was previously thought that such gigantism in birds only existed on the islands of Madagascar and New Zealand as well...

7 July 2019 6:45 AM

In the copper market, Ahmad Zuhdi Ghazoul used his hammer to gently tap an embossed decoration into a copper piece. (Photo: AP)

Restoration of Syria's ancient capital of Aleppo

Centuries-old bazaar in Syria's Aleppo making slow recovery.

6 Aug 2019 5:54 AM

A Sri Lankan Telugu man Masannage Raja bathes his monkey Raju in Kalawewa, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Sri Lanka Telugu community fears decline of traditional ways

The pause in livelihoods due to COVID-19 has only accelerated the decline of their traditional arts, say community...

27 Jun 2020 5:25 AM

Shashi Warrier | Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the most civilized...

A neighbour, an amateur historian, happens to believe that all good things come from India

6 March 2021 10:54 PM

Royal Seat of the Kingdom of Dahomey from the early 19th century is pictured, on June 18, 2018 at the Quai Branly Museum-Jacques Chirac in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

Troubled exhibits: 5 disputed museum treasures

Some historic artefacts have caused bitter ownership spats between nations.

27 May 2018 6:36 AM