Archaeology

Java's Megalithic Mountain

The megalithic site of Gunung Padang in the highlands of western Java was constructed some 2,000 years ago over the course of several generations. Similar stone monuments are found across the ...
National Geographic news

'Java Man,’ the first Homo erectus discovered, is finally going home

Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils. The skull cap of 'Java Man' was discovered by Eugène ...
Racing Post

Sir Michael Stoute joins royalty at the Jockey Club Rooms as his portrait is unveiled

Two significant events involving artwork have been held in Newmarket in the run-up to Christmas, the most notable of which was the unveiling of a portrait of Sir Michael Stoute at the Jockey Club ...
The Financial Express

SIR FAQs: Everything voters must know before submitting forms

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) play a key role in this exercise, confirming voter details, receiving new applications from eligible citizens, and removing duplicate or invalid entries. The initiative ...
The Hindu

Documenting the panic in Bengal over SIR

After the announcement of a pan-India Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in 12 States, including election-bound States Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal, the exercise has emerged as a ...
The Hindu

Supreme Court hearing on SIR updates: Where is ECI’s jurisdiction to conduct exercise en masse, asks Singhvi

Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Thursday (November 27, 2025) argued in the Supreme Court that the power of the Election Commission of India (ECI) — according to the Representation of the ...
Indiatimes

EC empowered to conduct SIR; we will fix flaws if needed: SC

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday emphatically said the Election Commission is statutorily and constitutionally empowered to conduct the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral ...
India TV

Supreme Court to hear challenges on SIR of electoral rolls in multiple states next month amid BLO deaths

The Supreme Court of India has scheduled hearings on petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West ...
The Sun Chronicle

Desert raves and apocalyptic doom collide in 'Sirāt,' one of the year's most talked about films

TORONTO (AP) — Oliver Laxe, the spiritually minded, 6-foot-6-inch French-born Galician director, knows that his new film, “Sirāt,” has given him a reputation to live up to. “When I’m on a plane and ...
GamesRadar+

Mojang is finally revealing all of Minecraft: Java Edition's code after 16 years to "make it quicker and easier for modders to create and improve mods"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It continues with an explanation on obfuscation within the Java Edition: "For a long time, Java ...
InfoWorld

The best new features in Java 25

JDK 25 brings powerful new features to Java and JVM developers. Here are seven new or updated features that could convince you to switch. Java continues its fast and feature-packed release schedule, ...