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Who was Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha? Meet India's first woman engineer who broke gender barriers in a male-dominated fieldIn 1943, Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha shattered societal norms by becoming India's first woman engineer. Overcoming personal loss, she delved i...15 Sep, 2026, 07.55 PM IST- No smartphone, no internet? PhonePe brings UPI to 220 million feature-phone usersAt the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai, PhonePe announced UPI 123Pay support for its app on feature phones, taking the SMS-based, intern...15 Sep, 2026, 06.35 PM IST
- CRPF appoints IPS officer Sanjukta Parasor as the first female Inspector General of CoBRA unitSanjukta Parasor becomes the first woman to lead CRPF's elite CoBRA commando unit. She is a 2006-batch IPS officer from the Assam-Meghalaya...15 Sep, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
- India unemployment rate dips to 5% in August; rural job market drives improvementIndia's unemployment rate for adults (15+) dipped slightly to 5% in August, down from 5.1% in July. This is even better than the 5.2% econo...15 Sep, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
- Entry-level engineers outnumber available jobs in talent market: ReportCanada is exploring a closer alliance with the EU but is not seeking full membership, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. Discussions could co...15 Sep, 2026, 03.51 PM IST
- Sree Charani breaks 800-points barrier as India stars rise in ICC T20I RankingsIndian players have significantly improved their ICC Women's T20I rankings after their Asia Cup win. Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma achiev...15 Sep, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
- Engineers’ Day 2026 wishes: Why is it celebrated on the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvaraya, who setup key water infra in Pune, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and MysoreEngineers’ Day is observed in India every year on September 15 to honour engineers and recognise their contribution to the country’s develo...15 Sep, 2026, 08.30 AM IST
- Meet Alzain Tareq, the 10-year-old Bahraini swimmer who became the youngest competitor ever to race at the World Aquatics ChampionshipsAlzain Tareq competed in the 2015 World Swimming Championships at just ten years old. She was recognized as the youngest female participant...14 Sep, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
- Airlines urge more competition on used jet engine partsGlobal airlines are pushing jet-engine makers to make it easier for independent suppliers to sell reconditioned parts, arguing greater comp...14 Sep, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
- In 1970, NASA’s Apollo 13 Mission nearly turned deadly. One woman’s invention saved lives. Her son became a Hollywood starHollywood star Jack Black’s late mother Judith Love Cohen was a heavyweight in her own right. An aerospace engineer, her invention played a...13 Sep, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
- In 1983, three pregnant guppies flew on Cosmos 1514 for five days; one later gave birth to 25 healthy fry and produced six more healthy broods after returning to EarthIn 1983, three expectant guppies journeyed aboard the Cosmos 1514 biosatellite as part of a Soviet experiment exploring the effects of micr...13 Sep, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
- The art of disciplined engineering: Jacob Jose on systems, scale, and the power of purpose-led innovationMarking National Engineers’ Day, Methods India’s Jacob Jose unpacks Indo-Japanese synergies, heavy engineering breakthroughs, and why the u...11 Sep, 2026, 08.16 PM IST
- Fifty districts drive a third of India's informal economy, women lead the way in 25A robust economic framework is evident in fifty districts that drive India's unincorporated enterprise GVA and businesses. Impressively, 28...11 Sep, 2026, 08.56 AM IST
- HSBC's first female CFO Pam Kaur to step down in 2027Pam Kaur, the Chief Financial Officer at HSBC, is set to resign in 2027, prompting the bank to initiate a search for a new leader. This sea...10 Sep, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
- EBay probes how banned gender-test kits were available in India, listings removedEBay has launched an internal review of its safeguards after Reuters found gender-prediction kits being offered for delivery to India, wher...08 Sep, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
- Eiffel Tower reopens after staff protest over sidelining of women during BAPS visitThe Eiffel Tower reopened on Tuesday after a one-day staff protest over female employees allegedly being sidelined during a BAPS delegation...08 Sep, 2026, 02.13 PM IST
- Married at 15, widowed at 18 with a baby: She became India's first female engineer in 1943, defying all oddsMarried at 15 and widowed at 18 with a young daughter, A Lalitha refused to let social expectations decide her future. With her father’s su...24 Aug, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
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