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In the 1940s, Harold Ridley noticed plastic splinters sitting quietly in pilots’ eyes, and it wasn’t just wartime debris: It changed cataract surgeryDuring the tumultuous period of World War II, a serendipitous observation emerged within the field of ophthalmology. British pilots, expose...- Quote of the day by Anton Chekhov: 'If you are afraid of loneliness, don’t get married' - Why one of Russia’s greatest writers of all time believed marriage cannot cure lonelinessA timeless quote from Russian writer Anton Chekhov warns against marrying to escape loneliness. The Russian playwright believed relationshi...
- Kerala’s healthcare gold rush: How private equity is reshaping hospitals and raising fears over costsPrivate equity funds are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Kerala’s healthcare sector, reshaping a system long dominated by inde...
- Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurates Rs 376 cr flyover in GuwahatiAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Flyover in Guwahati, a Rs. 376 crore project completed ...
- India's student founders are betting on deep tech — And it's reshaping the country's startup mapDeep tech has emerged as the biggest category among student-led startups in India for the first time, according to Campus Fund’s latest Sta...
- Inside India’s Next-Gen Workspaces: The Rise of Intelligent Commercial EcosystemsL&T Realty is expanding its commercial real estate footprint while setting new benchmarks for India’s modern work environment
- In 1896, a French scientists left uranium salts in a drawer wrapper. What happened next unlocked the atomic ageA cloudy day led to a scientific accident. Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity when uranium salts exposed photographic plates in a dra...
- UK museum to return over 2000 historic manuscripts to Jain communityThe Wellcome Collection in London is returning over 2,000 Jain manuscripts to the Jain community. These sacred texts, held for over a centu...
- In 1898, Marie Curie spent years handling glowing materials by hand and changed modern physics foreverMarie Curie and her husband Pierre discovered polonium and radium in 1898. Their work changed physics, showing atoms were not stable. Radio...
- Quote of the day by Charles Darwin: ' "A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives....' ; life lessons from British biologistCharles Darwin believed true morality stems from self-reflection and admitting errors. His insights, shared in 'The Descent of Man', highli...
- Quote of the day by Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Stekel: ‘In reality, we are still children. We want to find a…’ – a reflection on why we seek emotional companionshipAustrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Stekel observed that adults, despite their responsibilities, retain a childlike need for understanding and c...
- CRPF Recruitment 2026: Registration begins for 9,195 Constable posts, check vacancy details, eligibility and steps to applyThe Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has announced 9,195 vacancies for Constable (Technical & Tradesmen and Pioneer) positions. Applicat...
- ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 54: Will manufacturing capability help this firm move into defence space?The auto ancillary sector is being forced to answer a difficult question: When technology changes, which suppliers remain relevant and whic...
- Quote of the day by Marie Curie: ‘Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so…’Marie Curie, a Nobel laureate, championed selfless scientific pursuit, believing society should support 'dreamers' dedicated to discovery w...
- Romsons International: Pioneering Indian medical device manufacturingThe category winner of the ET MSME Awards 2024 has evolved from being a humble lab equipment maker in the 1950s to becoming an exporter par...
- How a 25-year-old doctor’s daring self-experiment revolutionized heart treatment and won him a Nobel PrizeIn 1929, 25-year-old Dr. Werner Forssmann risked his life by inserting a catheter into his own heart to prove a revolutionary medical theor...
- Adani Enterprises shares rally 4% on $686 million investment in not-for-profit healthcare initiativeAdani Enterprises surged 4.3% after the Adani family pledged Rs 6,000 crore to establish two 1,000-bed hospitals in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, i...
- Jain Irrigation founder chairman Bhavarlal Jain passes awayJain Irrigation System founder Chairman and Padmashri awardee Bhavaralal Jain -- who pioneered micro-irrigation system in India -- died her...
- Trivitron commissions South Asia’s first medical tech park near ChennaiSouth Asia’s first medical technology park was commissioned on Monday at Irungattukottai, near Chennai by TN Deputy CM MK Stalin.
- Desi cos amid WEF's 2007 Tech PioneersStrand Life Sciences and Drishtee are two Indian firms selected as 'Technology Pioneers 2007'.
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