Michael Dell started his billion-dollar journey in a UT Austin dorm room in 1984; now he and Susan are giving $750 million to build an AI medical campusUS billionaire Michael Dell started his company from a UT Austin dorm room in 1984. Now, more than four decades later, Dell and his wife Su...
25 Aug, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
In 2012, NASA observed a fuel droplet continue burning invisibly in space after the visible flame went out, producing carbon monoxide and formaldehydeNASA's 2012 space station experiment revealed an invisible cool flame phenomenon. This unexpected discovery occurred when fuel droplets con...
25 Aug, 2026, 06.50 PM IST
This Mysore-born scientist, whose great-grandfather was a mathematician and grandfather a Sanskrit scholar, helped make AI faster at weather forecasting & drug discoveryAnima Anandkumar, a prominent AI researcher, applies machine learning to complex problems in physics and science. Her work at Caltech focus...
25 Aug, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
WazirX launches AI trading co-pilot to streamline crypto research and executionIntegrated into WazirX's app and website, the tool allows users to ask questions about live crypto prices, market news and macroeconomic de...
25 Aug, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
Junk food, screens, paper leaks: Rajasthan HC takes Gen Z, Gen Alpha issues to courtRajasthan High Court took suo motu notice of issues affecting young generations. The court banned junk food sales near schools and mandated...
25 Aug, 2026, 12.20 PM IST
Philosophy says people who watch content while eating instead of having a screen-free meal may experience everyday pleasures differentlyPhilosophy suggests that people who watch videos or other content while eating may experience the pleasure of food differently because thei...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.39 PM IST
Why Mark Zuckerberg’s wife Priscilla Chan founded a 'whole child' school in 2016 but shut it down after a decadeThe Primary School, a tuition-free private institution, has ceased operations after ten years. This closure followed the Chan Zuckerberg In...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.05 PM IST
In 1919, a Harvard graduate secretly became a spy in Germany. He warned the world about Hitler and Holocaust, 20 years before World War IIWinthrop Pickard Bell, a Harvard-trained philosopher and secret British intelligence agent, warned about the growing Nazi threat years befo...
24 Aug, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
IndiGo co-founder Gangwal commits Rs 300 cr more to IIT Kanpur medical sciences schoolRakesh Gangwal has committed an additional Rs 300 crore to IIT Kanpur's medical school. This significant funding follows his previous Rs 10...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.58 PM IST
IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal pledges Rs 300 crore more to IIT KanpurIIT Kanpur alumnus and IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal has pledged an additionalRs 300 croreto the institute’s Gangwal School of Medical S...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
Can divorced central govt woman employee add parents to health scheme? DAE clarifies CHSS ruleThe central government has clarified that married female employees can now list their parents or parents-in-law as beneficiaries in the CHS...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.27 PM IST
Delhi University opens direct PhD route for first FYUP batch as one-time measureDelhi University will offer direct PhD admissions to its first four-year undergraduate program graduates. Students achieving a 7.5 CGPA, or...
22 Aug, 2026, 11.47 AM IST
FYUP’s first graduates hit a wall at the master’s stage: ReportIndia's first four-year undergraduate graduates face a shortage of one-year master's seats. Delhi University offers limited postgraduate ca...
21 Aug, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman and his wife donate $400 million for brain research after their 26-year-old daughter suffers massive brain haemorrhage spending weeks in comaBillionaire Bill Ackman and wife Neri Oxman have pledged $400 million to launch the Ackman Oxman Institute, a brain research and rehabilita...
21 Aug, 2026, 12.44 PM IST
Google rolls out AI learning tools, free AI Plus access for eligible Indian college studentsGoogle has announced a series of new AI-powered education tools and student offers for the 2026 academic year, including a 12-month free Go...
21 Aug, 2026, 10.35 AM IST
17-year-old New Jersey high schooler Edward Kang built an AI tool that reads the retina for autism and ADHD screening and won $175,000 for his groundbreaking researchNew Jersey high schooler Edward Kang, 17, developed RetinaMind, an AI tool that analyzes retinal images to identify patterns linked to auti...
21 Aug, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Is a foreign degree still worth it? Indian students rethink as costs soar, visas tightenInternational students are increasingly judging foreign degrees by career outcomes, affordability and visa certainty, IDP Education and Nav...
19 Aug, 2026, 12.36 PM IST