The Dravidian language family consiting mainly of Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu spoken by 220 million people across southern India and other countries is nearly 4,500 years old, finds a study.


Dravidian languages originated 4,500 years ago


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The elaborate frills and horns of a group of dinosaurs including Triceratops and Styracosaurus might have evolved to attract mates, not as a mechanism to  recognise each other as earlier believed, says a study.


Dinosaurs evolved frills and horns to attract mates: Study


In a boost to cooperation between India and Europe in the area of space, India's Department of Space and the European Commission on Monday signed a cooperation agreement related to sharing of earth observation satellite data.


India, Europe sign landmark space cooperation agreement


Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, are developing a sensor that takes advantage of the metabolic process of bacteria to detect gas leaks or oil spills in real time.


'Living' sensor to detect leaky fuel pipelines


Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran was elected President of the court of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for three years, the institute announced on Friday.


Tata Sons head Chandrasekaran elected IISc President


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged scientists "to spend 100 hours a year" with school students to teach them various aspects of science.


Modi wants scientists to spend time with students


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the five-day Indian Science Congress at the Manipur University here.


PM opens Science Congress in Manipur


A new gene study has revealed that modern humans interbred with another species of archaic hominins, the Denisovans, on at least two occasions instead of the previous opinion of one-off admixture.


Modern humans mate with ancient hominins twice: Study


A protein present in the milk of the platypus can potentially save thousands of lives by effectively killing superbugs that has become increasingly resistant to antibiotic drugs, researchers say.


Platypus milk may help combat superbugs


A Japanese Nobel Prize winner's  wife, said to be suffering from Parkinson's disease, was found dead at an Illinois landfill hours after the couple were reported missing.


Japanese Nobel winner's wife found dead in US


Seven per cent of astronaut Scott Kelly's genes linked to the immune system, DNA repair and bone formation, showed an unexpected change as a result of spending nearly a year in space, reveals NASA's "Twins Study" aimed to unravel the genomics era of space travel.


Space travel may cause long-term change to DNA, says NASA


The flag at Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge flew at half mast, and students brought flowers to the college gate as the university city of Cambridge paid tribute to world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.


Cambridge pays tribute to Stephen Hawking


UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday paid tribute to world-renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, who died earlier in the day his home in Cambridge at the age of 76.


UN chief pays tribute to Stephen Hawking


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday mourned the death of British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, terming him a "celebrity face of modern physics".


Hawking a celebrity face of moden physics: Rahul


Neanderthals could survive for almost 300,000 years because they were compassionate and genuinely cared for their peers, finds a research that challenges popular notions that they were brutish compared to modern humans.


Compassion helped Neanderthals to survive: Study


Renowned British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, who shaped modern cosmology and inspired millions despite suffering from a life-threatening condition, died on Wednesday -- leaving millions in mourning globally. He was 76.


Stephen Hawking dies, world loses its brightest star (Roundup)


Actors, filmmakers and music experts from the Indian film industry mourned the death of British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose contribution to science and humanity they will remember for a lifetime.


What a life: Indian film industry mourns Hawking's demise


Diagnosed with a debilitating condition when barely out of his teens, he was given just two years to live. But Stephen Hawking went to live on a further half-century.


Triumph of spirit over form: The extraordinary life and career of Stephen Hawking (Obituary)


Renowned British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, who shaped modern cosmology and inspired millions despite suffering from a life-threatening condition, died on Wednesday. He was 76.


Stephen Hawking dies, world loses its brightest star


President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Science Minister Harsh Vardhan have condoled the demise of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who passed away earlier on Wednesday.


Kovind, Modi mourn Hawking


The Forest Survey of India's (FSI) SMS warning about hot spots/fire alert in Kurangani Hills in Tamil Nadu's Theni district was received just before midnight on Sunday, a senior state Forest Department official said on Tuesday. However the FSI said they had sent the intimation on Sunday afternoon.

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