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At 11, he was solving scientific mysteries. Built one of history's earliest calculators. But a gambling problem led him to crack the mathematics of chanceBlaise Pascal was a child mathematical prodigy who wrote about vibrating bodies at 11, developed a major geometry theorem by 16 and built t...- India’s built environment faces a talent crunch as Viksit Bharat ambitions growIndia’s infrastructure ambitions are outpacing the availability of industry-ready professionals. Ashwani Awasthi, MD, RICS South Asia, expl...
- Saptadhara is a wishlist that Indian govt needs to convert into a blueprint: Swaminathan AiyarPrime Minister Modi's Saptadhara initiative outlines seven development streams for India. This plan reiterates existing goals without detai...
- Convert, split, pledge: How share capital is used as a tool and trick to manipulateA tiny number of shares can sometimes set the "price" for the entire company. And a price built on almost no real trading is exactly the ki...
- School assembly news headlines for August 28: Top India, world, sports and business updatesSchool Assembly News Headlines for August 28, 2026: India’s key developments include PM Modi’s upcoming Central Asia visit, preparations fo...
- ET Startup Awards 2026 | Top Innovator: Deeptech startup Theranautilus’ micro robots score big winDeeptech startup Theranautilus has won the Top Innovator award at the ET Startup Awards 2026 for its work on microscopic robots that can na...
- In 1989, a 185-page California climate report warned that a warming would slash the state's spring runoff by a full third. 30 years later, its warnings proved right, with mountain snow cover falling by half as droughts, floods and fires worsenedCalifornia received climate change warnings thirty years ago. These projections accurately predicted droughts, floods, and heat waves. The ...
- Global Market: Fiscal dominance debate takes centre stage as government debt mountsRising government debt and borrowing costs are bringing the issue of fiscal dominance back into focus, with concerns that central banks cou...
- Korean manufacturers have stopped testing the Indian market. They are now committing to it.The shift from testing a market to supplying it changes what an exporter must bring-and Korean small manufacturers are arriving with certif...
- Jackson Hole 2026: When and what are investors expecting from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh?The Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium, scheduled for August 27-29, will draw close attention as Chair Kevin Warsh makes his expected...
- ET WLF: India raised Chinese business visa denial issue with Beijing, assures EAM JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India has raised with China the issue of Indian businessmen facing difficulties in getting Chin...
- Round-tripping: How a company hands itself money and calls it your investment – fooling investors and regulators alikeShare capital looks like one of the simplest numbers on a balance sheet. A company issues a certain number of shares, investors pay for the...
- Quote of the Day by Jamie Dimon: “Some of your success will be how you deal with the...” — Inspiring life lesson on navigating failure, career setbacks, emotional processing, and personal accountability, exploring why permitting temporary grief is a necessary pitstop on the path to enduring achievement by the JPMorgan Chase CEOQuote of the Day by Jamie Dimon: “Some of your success will be how you deal with the failure...” challenges the idea that resilience means ...
- Earlier this year, a California startup received approval to launch a 59-foot mirror into orbit. Two years later, the demonstration could redirect sunlight onto chosen points on Earth, allowing crews to keep working after darkA California startup just got FCC approval to test a 59-foot mirror satellite in orbit. The spacecraft, named Eärendil-1, will catch sunlig...
- Happiness Habit of the day by Rose Wilder Lane: ‘Happiness comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open’; the American writer’s lesson on unexpected joyRose Wilder Lane’s quote, “Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open,” suggests th...
- Trump urges Fed to cut interest rates, says 'they are so afraid of inflation'US President Trump wants the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates soon. He believes the central bank fears inflation and should not rais...
- Psychology says people who save loyalty points but rarely use them may value having options more than immediate rewardsThe person who constantly collects loyalty points may not be interested in the reward alone. They may simply enjoy keeping thepossibility o...
- An accident left him wondering if he would ever walk again, yet this physicist who grew up in a poor Rajasthan village became the first Indian to win the Wolf PrizeIndian-origin physicist Jainendra K. Jain has made history by winning the esteemed Wolf Prize in Physics for his innovative composite fermi...
- In 1893, a German mechanical engineer invented a high-efficiency compression-ignition engine originally intended to run on alternative fuels but his invention turned popular years after his demise due to financial troubles: How did Rudolf Diesel changed the world?In 1893, Rudolf Diesel published his design for a compression-ignition engine that aimed to improve engine efficiency and reduce dependence...
- Quote of the day by Richard Thaler: "If we use prediction as the measure of a model, traditional finance makes precisely wrong predictions"Richard Thaler challenges traditional finance’s rational-investor assumption, arguing that psychology, emotions and behavioural biases shap...
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