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Humans have hunted Sulawesi warty pigs for tens of thousands of years, and they are a key feature of the regions prehistoric artwork, particularly during the Ice Age. (Photo:AFP)

Science

World's oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia

The painting is a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago

14 Jan 2021 1:00 AM IST

Opinion

AA Edit | Policy not court's brief

The SC's job is to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of a legislation, not whether it is in the public...

14 Jan 2021 12:28 AM IST

Opinion

AA Edit | Election fever grips TN as early hustings begin

The battle lines have been drawn between the two traditional rivals, who have been ruling the state alternately since...

14 Jan 2021 12:22 AM IST

Brian Acton said Signal was working to improve its video and group chat functions, allowing it to compete better with WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, and other conferencing apps that have become vital to day-to-day life over the past year. (Representational Photo: twitter @signalapp)

Technology

Signal to ramp up hiring after WhatsApp controversy drives download...

Signal was downloaded by 17.8 million users over the past 7 days, a 62-fold rise from the prior week, according to data...

14 Jan 2021 12:21 AM IST

Opinion

Dilip Cherian | Karnataka home secy shunted out for calling Safe City...

Public spats are rarely pretty and the one between these two senior IPS officers has brought out the intense rivalries...

14 Jan 2021 12:11 AM IST

A health worker shows the Covishield vaccine, after arrival of the first batch of the vaccines from the Serum Institute of India. (PTI)

Opinion

Patralekha Chatterjee | Is new normal' really a return to the old...

For a fleeting while, optimists wondered if the Covid-19 pandemic had sledgehammered some fundamental lessons into us

14 Jan 2021 12:03 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump delivers an update on \Operation Warp Speed\ in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)$ World

US lawmakers seek to hold Trump accountable for January 6 storming of...

McGovern brought to the House Floor H. Res. 24, the article of impeachment against Trump

13 Jan 2021 11:40 PM IST

Opinion

Devi Kar | Educational activism of a different kind is needed

Educators have observed to their satisfaction that many examination reforms were necessitated by the current Covid-19...

13 Jan 2021 11:22 AM IST

A view of the Rajpath during a cold and foggy winter morning, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (PTI)

Metros

Cold wave grips Delhi, mercury dips to 3.2 deg C

'Dense' fog blanketed parts of the city, lowering visibility to 50 metres and affecting traffic movement

13 Jan 2021 11:07 AM IST

India

Supreme Court stays implementation of 3 controversial farm laws

The farmer unions, however, were not pleased and reiterated that they will not participate in the court-ordered...

13 Jan 2021 1:49 AM IST

Opinion

Aakar Patel | On Republic Day, time to reclaim our basic rights

None of the rights and liberties that the Constitution saw initially as being fundamental are present in the original...

12 Jan 2021 10:50 AM IST

Opinion

Asad Durrani | The Three Ks: Some old ideas revisited

The concept was heavy on strategy and avoided concrete steps unless they were required to illustrate an argument

12 Jan 2021 10:44 AM IST