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Agoda Highlights Indonesia's Rainy Season Destinations for Unique Adventures » Agoda: See The World For Less
06 Mar 2026
Agoda Revealed Thailand’s Popular Valentine’s Day Destinations » Agoda: See The World For Less
04 Mar 2026
Checkered Flag Getaways: Agoda Reveals Top Formula 1 Host Destinations Among South Korean Travelers » Agoda: See The World For Less
04 Mar 2026
Agoda has unveiled the top F1 host destinations in the first half of this year favored by South Korean travelers.
Agoda Reveals Top 10 Warm-Weather Winter Escapes for Taiwanese Travelers, with Okinawa Leading the List » Agoda: See The World For Less
04 Mar 2026
Agoda Reveals Top 10 Warm-Weather Winter Escapes for Taiwanese Travelers, with Okinawa Leading the List
Agoda Unveils Most Popular International and Domestic Destinations among Japanese Travelers for Spring Break » Agoda: See The World For Less
04 Mar 2026
Agoda, has released the latest accommodation search data on travel during the 2026 spring break period (March–April) among Japanese travelers.
Winter Wonders: Agoda’s Search Insights Unveil South Korea’s Winter Appeal among Inbound Travelers » Agoda: See The World For Less
04 Mar 2026
Agoda has revealed the most searched destinations and preferred winter activities among international travelers visiting South Korea.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
