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Scientists have indicated that modern humans may probably have reached India and other parts of the South East Asian region thousands of years prior to what was first assumed. This finding was arrived at with the use of fresh archaeological evidence which could force that the early human history be revised.

A team of scientists that came from various parts of the world such as the US, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Britain and Ukraine have discovered some artifacts which suggest that the modern humans have reached eastern Arabia and left Africa about 125, 000 years ago.

The findings of the research is going to be published in the Journal Science's Friday edition.

The findings may dramatically changed the history of our species. Until now, this is believed to have expanded from Africa which is believed to be the cradle of the first modern humans estimated to be about 60, 000 years ago.

According to lead author Simon Armitage of the University of London "These 'anatomically modern' humans - like you and me - had evolved in Africa about 200,000 years ago and subsequently populated the rest of the world."

He also said that this finding would stimulate a “re-evaluation of the means by which we modern humans became a global species."

The research is a corroboration of work that was done three years ago by Michael Petraglia from the University of Cambridge who was also the one who found the artifacts in Andhra Pradesh which suggests that humans have lived in India even way before the Mount Toba eruption which dates 75, 000 years ago.

Most of the evidence gathered until now has indicated a massive hegira along the Mediterranean Sea or along the coast of Arabia which is estimated to happen 60,000 years ago. However, the team of researchers that was led by Hans-Peter Uerpmann from Eberhard Karls University from Germany found tools that could date back to over 100, 000 years at Jebel Faya in the United Arab Emirates.

The findings suggested that modern humans could have reached Arabia and eventually, India, directly from Africa instead of through the Nile Valley or the Near East as the researchers have suggested earlier.

Sony Ericsson has proved its name in the Indian mobile market. The company is well known for the electronic gadgets that the company manufacturers. There are a long list of products that the company manufactures and sales. The company is well known for the quality of mobiles that the company delivers to their customers. The company is once again set to launch its new mobile and that is Sony Ericsson Xperia Mango. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Mango price in India is not known yet.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Mango features are just mind blowing. The look and the design of the mobile is the first feature of the mobile that makes the user go mad after the mobile. The mobile is well enabled with latest technologies. Good display is provided to the mobile and thus the user can enjoy good picture quality. The mobile is also provided with good camera facilities. Entertainment facilities are also present in the mobile and thus the user remains entertained through out the time.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Mango specifications are very nice. The mobile is provided with 3.2” inch HVGA touch screen display. The mobile is provided with full QWERTY keypad facility. The display of the mobile supports 320x480 pixels. Various types of sensors are well integrated into the mobile. The mobile is also enabled with 5MP camera which also has features such as flash facility and digital zoom. Various types of music player and video player facilities are also present in the mobile for better entertainment. Good internet services are also provided in the mobile. The mobile is powered by 1GHz processor. The battery back up of the mobile is also very nice.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Mango reviews are available over the internet. The mobile is expected to receive good response from the Indian mobile market. The company is expecting a lot from the mobile.

MUMBAI : Indian shares rose for the first time in five sessions and gained 1.4 percent on Monday, tracking world equities, while traders opted for large-cap bets as some of the companies under federal investigation in the bribes-for-loan scandal fell.

Eight executives from the public and private financial institutions were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation last week in the scandal, one of several to dog the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and test India's ability to crack down on corruption.

Shares of Money Matters , a company at the centre of the controversy, dived 10 percent and have lost nearly half the their market value since the news broke last week.

DB Realty , named in court documents filed by the CBI, plunged 6.5 percent although the company has denied any wrongdoing.

The CBI is looking into bad loan write-offs by some banks and financial institutions involved in the scandal, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday.

The 30-share BSE index rose 268.49 points, to 19,405.10 points, with 23 of its components advancing.

The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 1.4 percent to 5,830 points.

"We bounced back today after the sharp decline last week. B ut then, there is definitely a slight dent in the image of Indian corporates in the near term,' said Sanjeev Patni, president and head of institutional equities at Prabhudas Lilladher.

"In the long run, if fundamentals prove themselves, things would stabilise again.

The real estate sector recovered from early lows and closed 0.9 percent higher, while the banking sector index gained 1.4 percent.

The CBI said those arrested included the chief executive of LIC Housing Finance and senior officials at state-run Central Bank of India , Punjab National Bank and Bank of India.

LIC Housing erased early losses and added 1.7 percent as Kotak Securities raised the stock to "add" from "reduce," saying it believes the recent price correction of the company's stock already factors in business moderation.

Bank of India rebounded 6.2 percent as Bank of America-Merrill Lynch upgraded the stock to "buy" from "neutral," dealers said.

Punjab National Bank closed 2.4 percent higher, while Central Bank shed 1.4 percent.

Hindustan Construction (HCC) closed 0.1 percent lower in a volatile session . It was the most traded major stock on the BSE with a volume of 15.3 million shares, more than 11 times its 30-day average volume.

HSBC Securities raised HCC to "overweight" from "neutral" on Monday, but lowered its target price to 53 rupees from 68.5 rupees earlier.

Separately, HCC's Lavasa unit said India's environment ministry acted "without jurisdiction" when it issued a notice asking for reasons not to shut down its town building project near the western city of Pune.

Energy giant Reliance Industries led the gains for the main index with a 3.7 percent rise, recovering from the recent underperformance.

"Whenever there is a reversal from a sharp decline, people look at large caps and known names as defensive bets," said Patni.

Katrina Kaif is enjoying the undivided attention on her! AHEM! Its not media but the first  family  of bollywood 'The Kapoors' who are caressing her. Yea Miss Shiela is gelling up with the family and ofcourse the cord here is none other than her hidden beau Ranbir Kapoor. Katrina was welcomed by the family of Salman Khan also with much ado.

Now Katrina has become a friendly figure in the Kapoor household. Sometime back it was noted that she did spend a lot of time with Ranbir's parents Rishi and Neetu Kapoor in Krishna-Raj Baungalow. It was also reported that Ranbir also took Katrina to meet his grandmother Krishna Raj Kapoor.

Ranbir's grandmother lives in the family's ancestral bungalow in Deonar and sometime back the much in love couple visited her. And as the tradition of Kapoor, Krishna Raj Kapoor welcomed her and was very happy.

The duo has always disagreed their love relationship but it was known that few days back the love birds were seen spending quality time with each other. Katrina and Ranbir were seen together over a cuppa of coffee. They were in such deep conversation that never noticed a camera around.

Hmm...Now still they will deny it.