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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicMiddle Paleolithic

Topic: Middle Paleolithic

TalkPoint: Do the excavations of ancient stone tools in India reshape our theories of early human migration?

New discoveries in Attirampakkam now challenge traditional theories of evolution of ancient stone tools.

One small ancient stone tool, but giant leap for Indian prehistory, says prof who found it

We place these Middle Palaeolithic cultures far earlier than estimated in India. The current models believe that this phase was brought to India only post 125,000.

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How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

Flagging growing obesity & heart disease risk, Economic Survey recommends hiking taxes on junk food

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Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.