Maldives won’t allow non-state actors to use its territory: Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid Nayanima Basu © Provided by The Print
New Delhi: Abdulla Shahid, Foreign Minister of Maldives, said his country will remain the “heart of the Indian Ocean” and hence it has to ensure that the region does not turn into a “zone of conflict” or is used by “non-state actors”.
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, Shahid, who was elected President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in June, said his first and foremost responsibility would be to ensure that the stability, security and prosperity of the Indian Ocean remained intact.
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Scientists discover 1,600-yr-old mummy of a sheep, & seismometres can trace wandering elephants Mohana Basu © Provided by The Print
New Delhi: A team of geneticists and archaeologists from Ireland, France, Iran, Germany, and Austria has sequenced the DNA from a 1,600-year-old sheep mummy from an ancient Iranian salt mine known as Chehrabad.
This specimen has revealed sheep husbandry practices of the ancient Near East, as well as underlining how natural mummification can affect DNA degradation.
The salt mine of Chehrabad is known to preserve biological material. It is in this mine that human remains of the famed “Salt Men” were recovered who had likely been killed in the salt mine disaster some 1,700 years ago.