Study finds cannibalism was common as a funerary practice in Europe around 15,000 years ago
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Russian attack on Ukraine village kills 51, including 8-yr-old boy
At least 51 people die as Russia attacks Ukrainian village
Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize for Literature 2023
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 was awarded to Jon Fosse, “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”
55 Chinese soldiers die in August after nuclear submarine hits “trap” for US vessels, says British intelligence report
55 Chinese sailors dead as submarine hits ‘trap’ for US, allies’ subs: Report
‘Bhartiya vegetarianism is a social illness’, writes IIT Bombay professor, weighing in on mess tables row
An IIT Bombay (IIT-B) faculty member named Suryakant Waghmore, Professor of Sociology, has posted on social media that “Bhartiya vegetarianism of purity and segregation is a social illness… it needs to be cured, not institutionalised”.
Civilians continue to pay a horrendous price in the war in Ukraine: UN report
UN report says civilians continue to pay a horrendous price in the war in Ukraine.
Indian armed forces get 2 super-high-altitude firing ranges in Arunachal Pradesh, 50km by air from LAC
The initiative to hand over the land of the Mandala and Kamrala firing ranges, located at an altitude of above 10,000 feet, to the armed forces was taken by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu.
Tallest Ambedkar statue outside India to be unveiled in Maryland, US, on Oct 14
The 19-foot statue, named “Statue of Equality”, is part of the Ambedkar International Center (AIC) complex being built on 13-acre land in Accokeek city of Maryland, approximately 35km south of Washington.
Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov get Nobel Prize in Chemistry for ‘discovery and synthesis of quantum dots’
Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov get Nobel Prize in Chemistry for ‘discovery and synthesis of quantum dots’.
23 Indian Army personnel missing in North Sikkim flash floods, as dam water flows into Teesta river
The flash floods started around 1.30 am, according to defence officials. Spokesperson Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said that 23 army personnel were reported missing and 41 vehicles were submerged.
