New research on three archaeological sites of the famed Indus Valley civilization (3000-1500 BC) in north-west India has revealed that domesticated rice...
A fossilized biting midge found in India preserved in amber dates back some 54 million years, says an international team of paleontologists.
Camptopterohelea...
An international team of scientists has described a previously unknown species of wasp from South Africa and has named it Conobregma bradpitti, after the...
A new species of snake, named the Khaire’s black shieldtail (Melanophidium khairei), has been discovered in India.
The Khaire’s black shieldtail (Melanophidium...
A new genus of tree hole breeding frogs has been described and named by a group of scientists led by University of Delhi researcher S. D. Biju.
An adult...
A group of scientists led by Dr. Per Alström of Uppsala University has described a new species of bird from the northeastern India and adjacent parts...
Scientists at the Wildlife Conservation Society have released their favorite camera-trap pictures of 2014. They use camera traps as a non-invasive tool...
A massive volcanic eruption in what is now India about 250,000 years before the cataclysmic Chicxulub asteroid impact may have played a role in the extinction...
An international group of paleontologists has discovered a horse-like animal that lived in what is now India during Eocene epoch, about 55 million years...
Botanists from the University of Calicut in Kerala, India, have described a new species in the genus Musa.
Musa arunachalensis. Image credit: Sreejith...
While political apathy to many pressing problems of India is glaring, one key area of national concern, generates some hope. Looking at the successive...
Bharat Ratna, the India’s equivalent of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, has historically been awarded to social and political leaders, artists and...
Obaid Siddiqi (January 7th, 1932 – July 26th, 2013) recently passed away after battling injuries from a road accident.
Obaid Siddiqi
At 81 and still...
German geneticists have found evidence of substantial gene flow between Indian populations and Australia about 4,230 years ago.
4,000 years ago, Australia...
An analysis of genome-wide data from 13 Romani groups collected across Europe shows that the Romani people originated in northwestern India some 1,500...
A new study has suggested that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the Harappan civilization.
Archaeological ruins of Mohenjo-daro:...
An international team of researchers has identified why some curry dishes, made with spices humans have used for thousands of years, might be good for...
