Discovery

Keezhadi excavation, Tamil Nadu: Here are some of the fascinating findings at one of India's most sensational archaeological projects.

In the recent times, so many Indian staples have become global health fads, prompting exasperated Indians to remind everyone where the “trend” originated from.

The finding provides new insights into the workings of animal immune systems as well as helps in creating holistic approaches to crop protection.

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"Mr Naidu is truly a man in a million - perhaps this is an understatement,” said Nobel Prize winner C V Raman about the prolific inventor behind India's first indigenous electric motor.

One of the reasons why this is such a breakthrough is because conjectures are a major step in the process of making new discoveries in any branch of science, particularly mathematics, and this machine takes us one step closer to such discoveries.

The asteroid samples procured by Maitrayee Bose and Ziliang Jin have suggested that impacts early in Earth's history by similar asteroids could have delivered as much as half of our planet's ocean water.

“The petroglyphs… may be carved by our ancestors in the Neolithic Age, that is 7000-4000 BC. It is very hard to determine the exact period, but these petroglyphs are carved using metal tools, so that is one way of determining the period (of origin).”

Three months into their excavation, the site began yielding interesting finds like beads made of glass, terracotta and even pearls. Other discoveries included figurines, roof tiles and also pottery.

Way back in the 6th century BC, this finest of alloys being made was in the Chera Kingdom of Tamil Nadu, from where it spread far and wide.