Thousands of artefacts recovered from the wreck of a Dutch East India Company sailing ship will be scanned using new X-ray equipment to reveal hidden details. The ‘Rooswijk’ — a so-called ‘retourschip’ built for long journeys — sank off of the coast of Kent in January 1740 after running aground on Goodwin Sands. Archaeologists visited the wreck … Read more
Grandmother, 94, who went missing from her Indian village has been reunited with her grandson after 40 YEARS of living with a surrogate family who found her wandering a highway Panchu Bai, vanished in 1979 after leaving home in Maharashtra in western India Her family frantically searched for Panchu who suffers with memory problems She … Read more
Wife is dragged through the streets and beaten in India ‘after trying to stop her husband from marrying another woman’ Footage shows the moment a woman is dragged through a village by her hair The incident reportedly took place in Bahir, northern India, district on June 24 At the beginning of the clip, the woman … Read more
An asteroid that hit the Earth 66 million years ago ‘had to be responsible’ for the demise of the dinosaurs, according to a new study into the effects of the impact. Researchers from Imperial College London created mathematical models of the impact volcanic activity and a large asteroid would have on dinosaur habitats. The space … Read more
India has reported a daily record of nearly 20,000 new infections as several Indian states reimpose partial or full lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus. India’s health ministry has recorded 548,318 COVID-19 total cases as of Monday, a jump of nearly 100,000 in a week in the world’s fourth-worst affected country after the … Read more
A Miss England beauty queen is threatening to sue two former winners, claiming she is a victim of cyber bullying. Bhasha Mukherjee, an NHS doctor, has demanded a public apology from Alisha Cowie, 20, and Katrina Hodge, 33, for remarks they made about her. Her solicitor claimed their criticism on Facebook had incited ‘untruthful, racist … Read more
Baby girl born with no arms or legs due to a rare genetic disorder leaves doctors and family baffled in India Mother, reported to be 28, gave birth to a baby girl with no limbs yesterday She was born in the Sakla village of Sironj Tehsil in the Vidisha district of India Has rare genetic … Read more
The shocking moment a Big Brother Australia star was told to ‘go back where you came from’ on the Indian version of the show – and it proves that ‘racism is everywhere’ By Chloe-lee Longhetti and Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:53 BST, 23 June 2020 | Updated: 02:06 BST, 24 June 2020 … Read more
An ancient Hindu temple that was submerged in a catastrophic flood 200 years ago has re-emerged for the first time, as lower water levels reveal its sunken spire. The 500-year-old monument to an avatar of the god Vishnu once stood proudly on the banks of the Mahanadi river in Odisha, eastern India, and provided a … Read more
Millions of people have campaigned to protect British bees over the past few years. It’s a subject close to our hearts. One MP told me he got more letters from constituents about bees than on any other issue – including health and education combined. Yet it’s only recently that politicians have acted to protect them. … Read more