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Tumuli illustration and photographs. Credit: D’Olivera et al. A hydroelectric dam under construction in Angola has led archaeologists to one of the country’s most important historical discoveries. Before the area disappears beneath the dam’s reservoir, researchers uncovered Angola’s oldest radiocarbon-dated burials. These burials are the earliest known stone structures in central Angola and the country’s only known ancient urn cremation. The discoveries offer a rare glimpse into how people in the region lived and buried their dead more than 600 years ago. The findings were published in the Journal of Field Archaeology.According to Science X, the discoveries were made at…

MUMBAI: Maharashtra has rolled out one of the most comprehensive overhauls of cooperative housing society governance in recent years, with amendments to the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Rules, 1961 introducing a host of member-centric reforms that are set to affect lakhs of apartment owners across Mumbai, the MMR and the state. While the changes relating to self-redevelopment and lower penal interest on maintenance dues have received attention, several equally significant governance reforms have largely gone unnoticed.The amended Rules, which came into force on June 18, reduce the minimum number of members required to form a cooperative housing society from 10 to…

Devotees walk on a road carrying Kanwars weighing 101 and 151 kg during the commencement of the annual ‘Kanwar Yatra’, in Haridwar on Saturday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Kanwar Yatra, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has directed all its zones to shut down illegal or unlicensed meat shops operating along Kanwar routes and near Kanwar camps, which will be operational from July 30. Licensed meat shops violating licence conditions will also face action.The move comes as 308 Kanwar camp sites across Delhi are scheduled to function from July 30 to August 11. In an office memorandum…

Repeated investigations, cancellations, and prolonged litigation have left lakhs of aspirants facing years of uncertainty Bengaluru: The FIR over alleged irregularities in Karnataka Public Service Commission’s (KPSC) veterinary officer recruitment examination has again put the state’s premier recruiting agency under scrutiny, raising a familiar question: Can the govt insulate public recruitment from recurring scandals?Experts and former civil servants say the latest case reflects a deeper institutional problem rather than an isolated lapse. It has assumed greater significance after the alleged NEET (UG) paper leak, which dented confidence in competitive examinations.The controversy comes close on the heels of KPSC chairman Shivashankarappa…

The score reflects confidence in Hyderabad’s innovation foundations while also pointing to gaps that need to be addressed as startups move beyond formation and early growth Hyderabad: The startup ecosystem of Hyderabad may be lagging behind its peers like Bengaluru, Chennai and even Pune when it comes to unicorns, with only two to boast of, Skyroot and Darwinbox, but it is maturing rapidly and has entered a scale-up phase in which growth capital and market access have emerged as the most important priorities, according to the Hyderabad Startup Readiness Index 2026.The index, based on a survey of 216 founders, investors,…

Chennai’s urban area is said to have at least 15 frog species, and yet no proper studies have been done on these creatures, their role in the ecosystem or the threats they face In 1981, American biologist Paul Ehrlich proposed the ‘rivet-popper’ hypothesis, likening species in an ecosystem to the thousands of rivets that hold an aeroplane together. Remove one, and it may keep flying. Remove several, and it may still stay in the air. But take out a critical rivet, and the plane could collapse.“The trouble is, no one knows which species is that critical. Therefore, it is wise…

Protests erupt over alleged BAMS exam paper leak at Jamnagar University Ahmedabad: Protests erupted across Gujarat following allegations of a paper leak in the third-year BAMS examination conducted by Jamnagar Ayurvedic University. The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and Youth Congress have condemned the incident and demanded stringent action against those responsible.According to reports, the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery examination was scheduled for July 20. However, a day earlier, 11 of the 12 questions allegedly circulated widely on social media as “important questions“. The incident has raised serious concerns about the integrity of the examination system, particularly…

In the Sovereign Floors case, Rera directed the developer to pay Rs 39.7 lakh towards loss of property appreciation Gurgaon: Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRera) has reinforced homebuyers’ right to compensation for delayed possession in projects Sovereign Floors at Alba, Esencia, Sector 67, and Coban Residencies, Sector 99A.In the Sovereign Floors case, Rera directed New Look Builders & Developers Pvt Ltd to pay Rs 39.7 lakh in compensation, besides Rs 1 lakh for mental agony and Rs 50,000 as litigation costs. The buyer booked a residential floor in 2011, with possession contractually due in Aug 2014, but the project…

Guwahati: A third-year BTech student at IIT Guwahati died after allegedly falling from the fifth floor of a campus building, police said.The student, identified as Ritesh Raj Singh from Puri in Odisha, was pursuing Computer Science and Engineering and lived at the institute’s Brahmaputra Hostel. The incident occurred around 2.30 pm on Sunday.Police have launched an investigation and are not ruling out the possibility of suicide.Additional SP (Crime), Kamrup, Punam Pegu, said, “On being informed by the IIT Guwahati authority, a police team rushed to the institute campus and recovered the body lying on the ground. Some fractures were found…

Times News NetworkKanpur: The water level of the Ganga in Kanpur started rising again on Monday, with the Shuklaganj gauge recording 111 metres at 10 am, which was two metres below the warning mark of 113 metres.A rise of 20 centimetres in the water level was recorded in the last 24 hours. The district administration issued an alert for villages along the Ganga, and water police were deployed at the ghats. A ban was also imposed on boat operations in Ganga Barrage.In view of the rising water level in the Ganga, the district administration remained on alert mode. Deployment of…