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'Self-proclaimed, dubiously invented milestone': Cong slams PM as he surpasses 'Nehru record'Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become India's longest continuously serving elected prime minister. The Congress party has criticized this...- In 1770, a scientist was handling a lump of rubber and found it rubbed pencil away, leading to the creation of the eraser, changing every school deskA pivotal moment in 1770 came when Joseph Priestley noted that natural rubber could easily wipe away graphite marks from paper. A material ...
- Great Nicobar project not about defence, transshipment port but aimed at helping one businessman: LoP Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi criticizes the Great Nicobar Island Project. He states the government's defense and transshipment port claims are false. Gandh...
- Ever wondered how erasers actually work? The answer might surprise youPencil marks disappear thanks to molecular science and heat. Graphite sticks to paper via weak forces. Erasers lift graphite due to stronge...
- Archaeologists discover early humans built vast island networks across the PhilippinesNew findings show ancient Filipinos were not isolated. They actively sailed across open oceans thousands of years ago. Mindoro island holds...
- AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against youLawyers in the US are cautioning clients about using AI chatbots for legal matters. Recent court rulings indicate that conversations with A...
- March 30 in world history: From US purchase of Alaska to birth of Vincent van GoghMarch 30th marks significant historical turning points, from the birth of artist Vincent van Gogh in 1853 to the 1856 Treaty of Paris endin...
- Manipur violence trauma surfaces in children’s drawings at relief campsChildren in Manipur are drawing their experiences of ethnic violence. Their artwork depicts burning homes, gunmen, and bodies. These drawin...
- Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever saidExperts said that such fabrications are problematic because Whisper is being used in a slew of industries worldwide to translate and transc...
- The untold story of Monopoly's creator: How one woman changed board games foreverCharles Darrow popularized Monopoly in 1933, but its origins lie with Lizzie Magie's The Landlord's Game in 1904. Magie's game aimed to tea...
- Pencil Day: India's pencil industry stays sharp in the age of digital writingThough India's stationery companies have had to adjust to the new trends, they are positive about the endurance of the humble pencil. The i...
- How black boxes of crashed Chinese jet will be handledThe recovery of the flight data recorder (FDR) from the crash site follows the retrieval of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) on Wednesday.
- Biggest gainers & losers of the day: Best Agro zooms 20%, Olectra Greentech hits lower circuitThe 30-share pack Sensex rallied 1,328.61 points or 2.44 per cent to 55,858.52. Its broader peer, Nifty50, surged 410.45 points or 2.53 per...
- Hidden Figures: This startup has an ingenious way to get more girls to codeThis London-based startup wants to prepare girls for a future in which tech jobs are growing the fastest and paying the most.
- Dalal Street faces Shani Dosha in 2017, astrologers foretell a year of volatilityFor the Indian market, things could be even more challenging following the demonetisation drive. The bearish trend is likely to extend well...
- Congress launched a terror campaign against my book on Sonia Gandhi: Javier MoroMoro says the bit in the book that Congress took grave objection to was that during the Emergency, Sonia seriously considered returning to ...
- Why Sony failed to prevent hack attackDespite the company upgrading its systems, "human gaps in the equation" might have helped criminals subvert their firewalls.
- Typewriters: How typing and writing are no more the sameThe typewriter’s construction and functioning imposed a certain order to thought and communication that the advent of new writing machines ...
- Kaun Banega Crorepati gave me a chance to be face to face with real India: Amitabh BachchanAmitabh Bachchan has hosted four of the 5 seasons of KBC with Season 5 being the most successful in terms of prize money and ads.
- Trunk-calling the LordGouri has arrived. So Ganesh isn’t far behind. In the days following, Mumbai becomes hostess to the Lord of the Hosts. But if the city seem...
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