Researchers from the United Kingdom’s Natural History Museum and the University of Portsmouth revealed how the bird has re-evolved from the same ancestral species on a group of four coral islands in the Indian Ocean. The findings have been published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society this week.

With apparent reference to India, China on Wednesday cautioned against outside interference in the Maldives' internal affairs, saying it would "complicate" the situation - a day after the exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed sought India's military intervention to solve the deepening crisis in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation.

Child rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi and his wife Sumedha participated in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) 9 as the special guests for the grand finale episode. On the show, Mr Satyarthi revealed the story behind change in his surname, which was originally 'Sharma'.

Predicting an earthquake may be a task for scientists but when it comes to ISI they can. According to a circular, apparently released by the government, the intelligence agency has been given an additional task of monitoring earthquakes.