In 1913, Harry Brearley was trying to improve weapons metal when he accidentally helped create stainless steelIn the year 1913, British metallurgist Harry Brearley accidentally stumbled upon stainless steel while working on gun barrels. This fortuit...
19 May, 2026, 04.21 PM IST
Bringing 'Kapitalism' Back to Kolkata: Why Bengal needs an economic resetKolkata is poised for an economic resurgence. A new capitalist approach and strategic structural changes are set to reverse capital drain. ...
08 May, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
Despite layoffs, Indian techie gets 2 global offers from Silicon Valley and Europe. But rejects both. Says, 'I would rather fix it than fake it'A young Indian developer, Abhishek, surprised many by rejecting two lucrative international job offers. Instead of accepting, he chose to r...
05 May, 2026, 10.44 AM IST
In 1953, Norm Larsen Tried 39 Times to Stop Rust: That One Success Established the Foundation for WD-40WD-40's journey began in 1953 with chemist Norm Larsen's quest to protect Atlas missile components from rust. The product's name, WD-40, si...
02 May, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
Techie reveals how how he landed Rs 36 LPA job with no work experience, 8 backlogs, low college grades: ‘You don't just write code….’Devaansh Bhandari, a young tech enthusiast, landed a high-paying remote job with nearly ₹36 lakh annual salary. He bypassed traditional hir...
27 Apr, 2026, 08.12 AM IST
Cheap batteries are taking over the world’s power gridsThis boom, led by China's manufacturing prowess, is making batteries a crucial tool for grid resilience and a cost-effective alternative to...
21 Apr, 2026, 11.34 AM IST
India eyes higher farm output this year, confident of supporting global food supply amid uncertainty: DARE Secy JatICAR is advancing conservation agriculture and climate-resilient wheat research, focusing on water-use efficiency, farmer incomes, and nutr...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
Trump’s NATO threat could be India’s biggest defence breakUS President Donald Trump's remarks on NATO create a significant opportunity for India. Europe is seeking new defence partners as it rethin...
01 Apr, 2026, 08.27 PM IST
Anthropic Claude source code leak explained: Techie reveals how a 4 am update exposed 512,000 lines of codeA routine software update for Anthropic's Claude Code tool accidentally leaked its entire source code, sparking rapid community response. W...
01 Apr, 2026, 03.52 PM IST
West Bengal under TMC is anti-women, anti-youth, anti-democracy: JP NaddaBJP President and Union Health Minister JP Nadda has sharply criticized the West Bengal government under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, ca...
18 Aug, 2024, 07.57 PM IST
Explainer: Why cyberattackers are increasingly launching attacks in Rust programming languageRust is a powerful coding language released by the Rust Foundation backed by five companies – AWS, Huawei, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. T...
29 May, 2024, 02.50 PM IST
Microsoft Azure CTO says it is time to shun C, C++ languages. Here's whyMark Russinovich, the chief technology officer of Microsoft Azure, has said that developers must stop writing codes in programming language...
26 Sep, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
- Researchers find gene that may prevent wheat epidemic in India
New York, Nov 17 (IANS) Researchers have identified a gene that can help fend off a new devastating strain of stem rust, a fungal disease t...
17 Nov, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
- Olympics-More than 100 rusted or defective medals returned
OLYMPICS-MEDALS/:Olympics-More than 100 rusted or defective medals returned
20 May, 2017, 05.35 AM IST
Prevailing weather conditions may damage wheat cropFarmers were today advised to monitor their wheat crop regularly, saying the prevailing conditions were conducive for the spread of fungal ...
29 Jan, 2016, 09.47 PM IST
- FAO alerts India on deadly wheat fungus
The UN agency Food and Agriculture Organisation has alerted six countries including India on dangerous wheat fungus, which is capable of wr...
06 Mar, 2008, 04.32 PM IST
- Rust-resistant coffee plants now a reality
International Coffee Organisation Okays Coffee Board’s Project.
02 Jun, 2006, 12.44 AM IST