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Scientists Confirm Early Humans Were From Africa But Their Route Out Was Via Arabia, Not Egypt

- Our ancestors headed into India via Yemen before wandering further east and north
- Researchers used complicated new DNA procedure 'recombination'

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Share Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their struggles against the suppression of children and for young people's rights, including the right to education.

Five Indian Institutions in Google's Top 20 Most Searched-for Universities

This ranking of online searches is very different from the traditional map of the global powerhouses of higher education.

How India Mounted the World’s Cheapest Mission to Mars

It will be the only nation so far to reach Mars on its first attempt. It will also have spent the least amount of money to do so.

India Satellite Mangalyaan Reaches Mars Orbit on First Try

India now joins a small club of nations — the U.S., Russia and those in the European Space Agency – to have mastered interplanetary travel, giving it bragging rights over Asian rivals China and Japan whose attempts to get to Mars failed.

Shanti is Celebrating its 25th Year of Service

Shanti, a registered non-profit charitable organization, is celebrating its 25th year of service this year.

Iranian Identity, the 'Aryan Race,' and Jake Gyllenhaal

American-Iranian author Reza Aslan asserted that, indeed, Iranians were Aryans.

Everybody has heard about Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the recent Walt Disney blockbuster featuring Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of...a prince of Persia... Some enlightened people believe that Hollywood missed an opportunity to transcend its stereotypical depictions of non-Europeans, particularly Middle Easterners, by offering the part to a brownish hero.

India's Time For Growth

Welcome to India, the land of dreams and utter dysfunction. Get ready for a one-hour shuffle through customs, I thought. Followed by car confusion and a two-hour drive to the Taj Mahal Palace hotel.

Here’s Why Indians Are Racists. To Foreigners, To Each Other And To Themselves

We all know that whether we like it or not, India as a country is divided on the lines of colour, religion, caste and gender. With the advent of globalization and the concentration of money in the hands of a few, we are now divided on the lines of wealth as well.

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