Miners at North Dakota’s Freedom Mine unearthed a remarkably complete mammoth fossil in December 2023. Image Credits: North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources It would seem that the links that one can draw between our Stone Age ancestors and us do not spring forth from the scientific world holding paintbrushes and microscopes, but instead come…
ICAR AIEAA PG exam date announced: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has started the registration process for the Indian Council of Agricultural Research All India Entrance Examination for Admission (ICAR AIEEA (PG) 2026 and All India Competitive Examination for Junior Research Fellowship/Senior Research Fellowship (AICE-JRF/SRF). It seeks admission to postgraduate and doctoral programmes in agricultural…
Miners in Bernissart, Belgium, found a massive clay deposit in 1878. This deposit contained numerous Iguanodon skeletons. The discovery provided complete skeletons for the first time. Image Credits: Aimé Rutot (museum curator in 1882, geologist), via Wikimedia Commons Deep below the Belgian village of Bernissart, a team of coal miners working at depths greater than…
In a fresh regulatory challenge for French liquor major Pernod Ricard in India, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a detailed antitrust investigation into allegations that the company entered into exclusive arrangements with retailers in New Delhi to promote its brands at the expense of rival firms, according to a Reuters report.The Competition…
The tropical storm zone where lightning keeps returning after dark. Image credit – Gemini Not all parts of the Earth’s surface are equally exposed to storms. Some areas of the planet have developed such high levels of activity that they are called lightning hotspots. These are places where storms are constantly formed under the same…
Mumbai: Niva Bupa Health Insurance reported an 89.3% rise in Q4FY26 net profit under IFRS accounting standards, Rs 157.8 crore from Rs 83.4 crore a year earlier, while gross written premium grew 30.4% to Rs 3,123.4 crore.The improvement was aided by lower operating costs, higher investment income, stronger retail health premium growth and improving underwriting…
A remarkable discovery in Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park has unearthed a near-complete juvenile hadrosaur, complete with mummified skin. This rare find, believed to be 75 million years old, offers unprecedented insights into dinosaur growth. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons It is said that the Alberta Badlands can be considered an extremely dusty and silent place wherein…
In 1861, a Bavarian quarry yielded a fossilised feather, soon followed by the Archaeopteryx skeleton, a creature with bird and dinosaur traits. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Imagine yourself in an open-air quarry in Bavaria, breaking open a slab of finely grained limestone, and seeing a beautifully preserved feather inside. This very thing happened at Solnhofen…
Punjab Kings’ Yuzvendra Chahal (ANI Photo) Punjab Kings spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has landed in controversy after a video circulating on social media allegedly showed him vaping during a team flight. The clip, which has spread widely online, appears to show Chahal attempting to conceal the act while seated alongside teammate Shashank Singh. The footage was…
Skoda Auto India unveiled the 2026 Skoda Kodiaq. The model now comes with new safety and convenience features while the overall design and mechanical package remain unchanged. As part of this update, it gets an ADAS suite along with a few feature additions across select variants. 2026 Skoda Kodiaq: Key details and changes The updated…
