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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 desk- In 1999, treasure hunters illegally dug up a strange disk in Germany, and it turned out to carry a 3,600-year-old map of the night sky
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- Exit Polls failures: Nine times predictions missed the markAssembly Election Exit polls Failure History: Exit polls for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, and Assam are awaited. However, p...29 Apr, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
- Was Nancy Guthrie threatened at gunpoint by kidnappers? FBI profiler revisits chilling night of Savannah Guthrie’s mother's disappearance, comes up with shocking theoryThe Nancy Guthrie abduction case remains a mystery as the investigation nears three months. Retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente suggests bloo...24 Apr, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
- Different packaging, typos expose fake Mounjaro racketGurugram authorities uncovered a counterfeit Mounjaro operation. Police seized fake diabetes and weight loss injections valued at ₹70 lakh....23 Apr, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
- 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...15 Apr, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
- As AI use increases at work, many employees still choose not to use it: Gallup pollMost workers using AI report productivity boosts. Roughly 3 in 10 employees are frequent users of AI in their jobs, meaning they use it dai...13 Apr, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
- Pharmaceutical logistics in demand as war rattles supply chainsMedicines are vital but useless if lost or spoiled. Pharmaceutical logistics ensures their safe delivery. DHL's Florstadt campus near Frank...05 Apr, 2026, 08.57 AM IST
- Dubious AI detectors drive 'pay-to-humanise' scamWhile even reliable AI detectors can produce false results, researchers say a crop of fraudulent tools has emerged online, easily weaponise...30 Mar, 2026, 10.36 AM IST
- Polling Playbook: What the numbers really mean in the US Presidential raceNational polls in the US presidential race, showing slight leads for candidates like Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, are not reliable predic...24 Oct, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
- Explainer: What is Tracking Error in mutual funds and what it means for investorsTracking error measures the difference between a mutual fund or ETF’s returns and its benchmark index. It reflects how closely the fund rep...31 Aug, 2024, 12.21 PM IST
- Lok Sabha Election 2024: Opinion polls versus Exit polls; what you need to knowImmediate after voting in the Lok Sabha elections draws to a close today, all eyes will turn to the exit polls for early indications of the...04 Jun, 2024, 09.22 AM IST
- India jobless rate swells above 23% amid coronavirus lockdown, survey showsIndia’s unemployment rate may have climbed to 23% as the economy lost jobs after a nationwide lockdown.07 Apr, 2020, 10.06 PM IST
- Use MS Excel's confidence interval tool for better investment planningFor constructing confidence intervals of financial market variables, two statistical distributions are often used, namely, the normal distr...06 Apr, 2020, 06.30 AM IST
- Just how good are our opinion polls?Even when polls report a sampling error between 3% and 5%, the error in seat forecasts is often as high as 200%.12 Mar, 2014, 01.24 AM IST
- Most broadcasters see fault in TAM Media Research's small sample sizeMost broadcasters allege that the main problem with TAM data is the small sample size.03 Aug, 2012, 06.55 AM IST
- Government plans to launch satellite to improve farm-forecast accuracyGovernment plans to launch satellite for improved estimates, but undecided on size and quality of footmen on ground to collect data.07 Jan, 2012, 05.57 AM IST
- Mutual Funds: Understanding tracking errorEvery mutual fund explicitly mentions the index with which its performance is to be benchmarked.19 Dec, 2011, 08.15 AM IST
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