From 'lower middle class' Tamil family, he missed IIT Madras CSE by just 0.01, was rejected by MIT. Today, he is the CEO of a $20 billion AI startupPerplexity cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas turned academic setbacks into a remarkable AI career. After missing IIT Madras Computer Scien...
06 Oct, 2026, 10.21 AM IST
An ECG device in a doctor’s palm: Inside Scanbo’s AI heart-screening pushSurat-based Scanbo has developed an AI-led medical device, D8, that can give a quick interpretation of abnormalities behind the functioning...
04 Oct, 2026, 01.51 PM IST
In 1962, James West and Gerhard Sessler patented a small, low-cost microphone; their design is estimated to be used in 90% of microphones made todayIn 1962, inventors James West and Gerhard Sessler revolutionized audio technology by patenting the electret microphone. This innovation qui...
30 Sep, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
Petronet to pay directors up to 1% of profit as commissionPetronet LNG Ltd has proposed to seek shareholders' approval for paying commissions to directors from FY27 to FY31. This proposal is for a ...
27 Sep, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
At 15, he was stranded in Mumbai with just Rs 1 in his pocket. Years later, he won Rs 1 crore on Indian Idol. Bollywood singer now claims he was more popular than Arijit SinghAbhijeet Sawant recently discussed his pre-fame journey as a contestant on Indian Idol in 2005, sharing that he performed at local gigs to ...
26 Sep, 2026, 12.55 PM IST
Anthropic touts AI-led biology discoveryUS artificial intelligence startup Anthropic on Wednesday unveiled the first discovery from its molecular biology lab, a previously unknown...
24 Sep, 2026, 09.35 AM IST
VCs hungry for kitchen startups; Vala Afshar’s blueprint for India’s AI futureHappy Thursday! Venture capital investors are betting on the premiumisation wave wafting into Indian kitchens. This and more in today’s ETt...
24 Sep, 2026, 07.21 AM IST
16-year-old built an AI tool after becoming a victim of a deepfake, here’s what happened nextVaishnav Anand was 16 when he started building DeepTrust after experiencing a deepfake himself. The high school student developed AI techno...
20 Sep, 2026, 06.24 PM IST
Top Business Schools 2026-27: Stanford stays on top, but IIM Bangalore makes a big move in Bloomberg MBA rankingsStanford Graduate School of Business has topped Bloomberg Businessweek’s US business school ranking for an eighth straight year, ahead of W...
19 Sep, 2026, 09.35 AM IST
What is CosmicWatch? How a $100 detector can spot invisible particles 'muons' raining down from spaceWith a price tag of approximately one hundred dollars, CosmicWatch is a cost-effective handheld muon detector. This device identifies the u...
18 Sep, 2026, 12.29 PM IST
At 68, Dolph Lundgren maintains his action-star physique with just 5 exercises: His chest and back workout that keeps him strongDolph Lundgren, who is now 68, continues to train regularly despite his past battle with cancer. The Rocky IV star, who was once told that ...
17 Sep, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
In 1975, NASA sent a pocket calculator on Apollo-Soyuz as a backup if its main computer failed; 37 years later, it ended up at the SmithsonianNASA utilized an HP-65 calculator as a crucial backup system during the Apollo-Soyuz mission. This programmable device carried essential gu...
17 Sep, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
India’s B-schools slip on intense global competitionIIM Bangalore, India’s highest-ranked MBA programme for the fourth consecutive year, fell to 64th from 52nd globally. IIM Ahmedabad dropped...
16 Sep, 2026, 08.27 PM IST
1955 letter mysteriously returns to Christ Episcopal Church in Alameda after 71 years, but the woman named inside died decades agoIn 1955, a letter containing Pamela Jean Haslam’s baptismal certificate was mailed to Christ Episcopal Church in Alameda, California. The e...
15 Sep, 2026, 07.21 PM IST
Prince Harry has made it ‘very clear’ he and Meghan ‘will not be controlled by the palace’ as Uganda pulls out of Invictus GamesPrince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to remain non-working royals with the Duke of Sussex clearly stating that 'it is very clear' th...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
MIT researchers are giving millions of plastic bottles a new life by turning plastic waste into homes, decks and bridges using AI robotsIn a significant development, the Atlas Building Composites, a spinout of Massachusetts Institute of Technology are turning millions of pla...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
Hexaware Technologies stock gains 5% on Project NANDA Fellowship collaboration to advance AI agentsHexaware Technologies shares rose sharply on Tuesday after the company partnered with Project NANDA Fellowship, a global programme focused ...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.44 PM IST