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Search history: Inside the quest to uncover hidden hero stones

India, Aug. 3 -- What does it take to unearth a hero stone? Amid growing efforts to document these tiny memorials, particularly across Tamil Nadu, archaeologists, scholars and volunteers are undertaki... Read More


Abracadabra: The V&A has opened its vaults

India, Aug. 3 -- It's a bit like a department store, except instead of groceries, there are slices of history on the shelves: a 16th-century Japanese suit of armour; 600-year-old ceramics; wedding dre... Read More


A dark, bittersweet brew

India, Aug. 3 -- About 1,000 years ago, in the mountains of Ethiopia, a shepherd boy named Kaldi saw his goats acting strangely. The next day, he followed and saw them eat red berries growing in clump... Read More


So, what do you really want to know?

India, Aug. 3 -- Microbiologist Mariangela Hungria just won the World Food Prize. She led a Micro Green Revolution in her country, swapping bacteria for chemical fertilisers in farming. Ole Ole Ole! W... Read More


Have you been paying attention this week?

India, Aug. 3 -- THE WEEK THAT WAS Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hindustan Times.... Read More


Nuns held on forced conversion, trafficking charges granted bail

Raipur, Aug. 3 -- A court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Saturday granted bail to three people, including two Catholic nuns from Kerala, who were arrested on charges of human trafficking and f... Read More


IndiGo bans man who slapped co-passenger

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- IndiGo has imposed a flying ban on a passenger who slapped a co-traveller onboard the Mumbai-Kolkata flight on Friday. The incident occurred on flight 6E138, and the perpetrator w... Read More


no purifiers at Nehru park as visitors prefer more trees: min

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- The Delhi government has dropped its plan to install outdoor air purifiers at Nehru Park in south Delhi's Chanakyapuri after a survey indicated that a majority of park visitors in... Read More


'Illegal': Court on punishment of standing with arms raised

NEW DELHI, Aug. 3 -- Days after four undertrials were held guilty of contempt of court and given a bizarre punishment of standing with their arms raised, a sessions court has called the action illegal... Read More


iit-B student from capitalfound dead

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- A 22-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), was found dead at the Powai campus on Saturday in a suspected case of suicide, police officers familiar w... Read More