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Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution.

From right, LoP in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan, Kerala Congress chief Sunny Joseph and INTUC Kerala President R Chandrasekharan wave at the workers of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) during their protest, in Thiruvananthapuram, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Employees’ unions owing allegiance to the Congress organised a protest in front of the Secretariat on Wednesday accusing the Left Democratic Front government of pushing the welfare of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme workers to the back burner. Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan, who inaugurated the protest, demanded that the government increase…

SpaceX’s satellite internet service Starlink will use Aadhaar to validate Indian users under Know-Your-Customer (KYC) rules, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) announced on Wednesday. The Elon Musk-owned service has already obtained orbital slot appointments and a Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) authorisation from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), but is yet to roll out.Parnil Urdhwareshe, Director at Starlink India, was with UIDAI CEO Bhuwnesh Kumar, where Starlink officially registered as a Sub-Authentication User Agency and Sub-eKYC user agency, allowing it to accept Aadhaar details from customers for the purpose of authenticating them.“The use of Aadhaar authentication…

M23 rebel soldiers board pickup truck in Goma on May 18, 2025. JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP hide caption toggle caption JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Rwandan backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed 141 villagers in July, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, despite hopes that President Trump-backed peace talks would end long-running violence in the troubled region. The rights organization found that the rebels committed massacres in at least 14 villages in the province of North Kivu, in eastern Congo, between July 10 and 30. The attacks targeted mostly ethnic Hutu villagers, according to Human Rights…

TWO NEW informal groups of ministers (iGoMs) have been formed by the Centre under Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to prescribe reforms in the economic and social sectors, respectively.Shah’s panel comprises 13 members, including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, with Minister of Railways, I&B and Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw as the convener. This group will focus on laying out the legislative and policy reform agenda in the technology and economic sectors, including finance, industry, commerce infrastructure, logistics, resources, science and technology, and governance. Story continues below this ad The…

Appeals court pauses an order that had protected status for Nepalese, Hondurans and Nicaraguans.A United States appeals court has sided with the Trump administration and halted, for now, a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal.In a decision issued on Wednesday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco granted an emergency stay pending an appeal. Immigrant rights advocates allege that the administration acted unlawfully in ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for people from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal.This decision means that the Republican administration can move…

Indian great Viswanathan Anand will revive his iconic rivalry with Russian stalwart Garry Kasparov, while world champion D Gukesh will go up against familiar foe Magnus Carlsen in Clutch Chess exhibition matches come October in St Louis, USA. Kasparov and Anand last squared off in 2021 in the Croatia Rapid and Blitz competition at Zagreb where the Indian had emerged victorious. The two have clashed 82 times across formats in their illustrious careers with Kasparov leading in all of them and 30 games ending in draws. “Two former world champions, Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand, go head-to-head in a special…

At its Made by Google event, the company unveiled the Pixel 10 series, celebrating ten years of smartphone launches under its rebranded lineup. Like last year, the Pixel 10 series includes three models – the standard Pixel 10, the compact Pixel 10 Pro, and the larger Pixel 10 Pro XL. All three models in the Pixel 10 series are now powered by the better and faster Tensor G5 chipset and come with some exclusive AI features. From bigger battery to new camera hardware, here’s everything you need to know about the Pixel 10 series. Pixel 10 The Pixel 10 is…

LDV Hospitality, behind NYC Italian restaurant Scarpetta, has reimagined East Hampton, New York’s historic Maidstone hotel into a year-round boutique retreat. The resort has plenty of amenities—bikes included—and curated pop-ups such as partnerships with brands like Sézane and Ginori. For elegant, coastal getaways in New York’s summer and shoulder seasons, East Hampton is always a good idea. The Maidstone—an 1840s tannery and lodge turned boutique inn on Main Street—is now adding a dash of Italian la dolce vita to the haute hamlet, thanks to new owners LDV Hospitality. Operating year-round, LDV at The Maidstone is the first hotel project from…

“We have begun the preliminary operations and the first stages of the attack on Gaza City, and already now IDF forces are holding the outskirts of Gaza City,” Brigadier General Effie Defrin, Israel’s military spokesman, said. ‘Will deepen attacks on Hamas’ Following a clash with Hamas south of Khan Younis in the strip on Wednesday, he said: “We will deepen the attack on Hamas in Gaza City, a stronghold of governmental and military terror for the terrorist organization.” Story continues below this ad “While operating in Gaza, we are also continuing offensive and defensive activities on the Lebanese border, in…