IIT Bombay extends UCEED registration deadline: Check last date and direct link to apply here
UCEED registration 2025: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has extended the registration deadline for the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) 2026. The new schedule offers candidates a longer window to apply, following an unprecedented surge in registrations this season. The official notification released on October 31 confirmed that candidates now have […]
Coffee badging: The new badge of defiance brewing in the US hybrid work culture
Once a ritual reserved for camaraderie and caffeine, the morning coffee run has now evolved into a statement of the times. The act of showing up, grabbing a cup, exchanging polite banter, and quietly exiting to work remotely has been christened with a new title, coffee badging. It’s a phenomenon that blends optics with autonomy, […]
IIT Bombay researchers develop GPS-free control scheme for autonomous drone swarms
Novel scheme by IIT Bombay researchers to control drones can enable complex formation flying using only camera data, without GPS or inter-drone communication. A new control scheme developed by Professor Dwaipayan Mukherjee and research scholar Chinmay Garanayak at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay enables unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly in coordinated swarms […]
India’s tech pay plunges 40% as US engineers strike gold in the AI boom
The paychecks that once symbolised India’s ascent as a global technology hub are shrinking, sharply. According to a joint report by payroll and compliance platform Deel and equity management firm Carta, median compensation for engineering and data roles in India has nosedived by 40%, plunging to $22,000 in 2025 from $36,000 a year earlier. In […]
The curious case of the ant queen producing sons of two species
Cats give birth to kittens and dogs give birth to puppies. Neither cats nor dogs can give birth to both kittens and puppies. Yet a paper recently published in Nature, by researchers at the University of Montpellier in France, reported such a thing. The group found that females of one ant species, Messor ibericus, routinely […]
These two Indian-Americans surpassed Mark Zuckerberg as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire: They are college dropouts
Who are the two Indian-American college dropouts behind Mercor’s $10B AI success. (Photo: LinkedIn @suryamidha Three 22-year-old entrepreneurs have made history by becoming the world’s youngest self-made billionaires, surpassing Mark Zuckerberg’s long-standing record. The trio founded Mercor, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence recruitment startup, which recently reached a $10 billion valuation following a $350 million […]
ISRO scripts history as ‘Bahubali’ rocket injects heaviest satellite in orbit
The heaviest communication satellite to be launched from the Indian soil onboard a new generation, homegrown ‘Bahubali’ rocket was successfully placed into the intended orbit on Sunday (November 2, 2025), ISRO said. The communication satellite CMS-03, weighing 4,410 kg was flown on a LVM3-M5 rocket enabling the Indian space agency accomplish this rare feat. CMS-03 […]
Global leaders to gather for 17th GRIHA Summit on ‘Innovate to Act for a Climate Resilient World’ | India News
Global leaders are set to gather in New Delhi on November 3-4 for the 17th GRIHA Summit, themed ‘Innovate to Act for a Climate Resilient World’, to drive scalable climate solutions for India’s built environment.Organised by the GRIHA Council, the summit will feature over 50 eminent speakers across four plenary and four technical sessions, along […]
AIIMS INI CET admit card 2025 released: Direct link to download hall tickets here
AIIMS INI CET admit card 2025: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has released the admit cards for the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET) for the 2026 session. Candidates who have registered for the exam can move to the official website, aiimsexams.ac.in to download the hall tickets for the AIIMS […]
What is auditory fusion? – The Hindu
Auditory fusion matters in everyday hearing. | Photo Credit: Mohamed Marey/Unsplash Auditory fusion is when two sounds arrive so close together in time that the ear and brain treat them as a single event. The smallest time gap between two sounds that still lets you hear them separately is called the fusion threshold. With very […]