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Over 100-year-old cooperative society transforming lives of farmers in PunjabA century-old cooperative in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district is empowering farmers with loans, equipment rentals, and ultra-low-cost biogas. T...
Mumbai woman has not used a dustbin for over five years. How did she keep her home waste-free without overspending?A Mumbai woman has successfully lived waste-free for five years by transforming her home. She composts kitchen scraps for her garden, recyc...
Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun had 'alien' weapon that came from space? Scientists' 2016 discovery revealed the truthTutankhamun iron dagger: A mysterious iron dagger discovered in the tomb of King Tutankhamun has finally had its origin explained. Scientis...
In 1943, he was trying to solve a World War II crisis, but a failed experiment accidentally created one of the most famous toys ever madeSilly Putty invention: A wartime effort to develop synthetic rubber accidentally led to the invention of Silly Putty. Although the stretchy...
In 1934, a chemist pulled a sticky polymer into a thread, and nylon moved toward everyday lifeIn a twist of fate, a humble lab experiment by chemist Julian Hill in the 1930s turned a sticky substance into a global phenomenon. What st...
Ice Make targets Rs 850 cr revenue in FY27, sees new businesses boosting scaleThe company reported record revenue in FY26. Investments impacted profitability, but operating leverage should improve. An order book of Rs...
In 1907, a chemist was chasing a shellac substitute when a hard resin changed the age of plasticIn an unassuming quest for new industrial materials, Leo Baekeland ignited a transformative shift. His pursuit of a shellac alternative led...
Life Advice of the Day by Jensen Huang: “Greatness comes from character, and character isn’t formed out of smart people. It is formed out of...” From washing plates as a child to building the AI revolution: how NVIDIA’s billionaire CEO turned failure into fortune and changed technology foreverJensen Huang’s life advice is simple but powerful: character grows through struggle, not comfort. The NVIDIA CEO did not become a billionai...
In 1931, a journalist noticed that newspaper ink dried faster than his pen, which led to the invention of the ballpoint penWhile reporting on the latest stories, Hungarian journalist László Bíró found himself frustrated by the black smudges left by traditional f...
NASA plans to send a planet hunter to scan the Galaxy for 100,000 new alien worldsNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to discover approximately 100,000 exoplanets, significantly expanding our understanding ...
In 1846, a chemist wiped up spilled acids with an apron and found a dangerous new cottonA German-Swiss scientist, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, stumbled upon a powerful new substance in 1846. An accidental spill of strong acid...
Lakhs of farmers committed suicide between 2005-14, situation changed under Modi regime: UP CM YogiUttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday highlighted a transformation in agriculture over the past 12 years. He also stated that farme...
In the 1930s, rubber factory workers drank alcohol and suddenly felt sick. It wasn't just a workplace illness, it led to the discovery of Antabuse, helping millions quit drinkingAn accidental discovery in a rubber factory in the 1930s revealed that workers exposed to tetraethylthiuram disulfide experienced severe re...
Buy financials, healthcare, and manufactured exports; Pramod Gubbi on investing in a tricky marketIndia's Q4 earnings show recovery signs, with Nifty 100 profits up 13%. However, macro headwinds like rising crude oil prices and a depreci...
On This Day in History June 1: From Genghis Khan and Scotch whisky to Marilyn Monroe, Superman's debut, The Beatles and other major eventsJune 1 marks significant historical moments. From Genghis Khan's capture of Peking in 1215 to the birth of Marilyn Monroe and the launch of...
In 1839, a struggling inventor dropped rubber mixed with sulfur onto a hot stove, and it wasn’t just a ruined batch: It revealed how to stabilize rubber permanentlyCharles Goodyear's serendipitous discovery in 1839 was nothing short of revolutionary for the world of natural rubber. By developing the vu...
Ambani bets on Jio, AI and green energy to power RIL's next chapterReliance Industries is placing Jio Platforms at the core of its future growth. Chairman Mukesh Ambani envisions Jio as a global technology ...