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Branching Out: Agoda Unveils Top 5 Forest Escapes in Asia for Nature Lovers
20 Mar 2025
Agoda unveils top five forest destinations in Asia for nature lovers
Agoda: Vietnam’s Phong Nha is the Cheapest Destination this spring
18 Mar 2025
Agoda shares that Phong Nha in Vietnam is the Cheapest Destination this spring.
More Sustainable Travel Top of Mind for Most Asian Travelers – Agoda Survey Reveals
17 Mar 2025
Agoda’s 2025 Sustainable Travel Survey reveals its ranking of Asia’s most sustainability-conscious travelers
Women in Asia are on a quest for new destinations and shared adventures, Agoda survey reveals
06 Mar 2025
Agoda unveils the top women’s travel trends in Asia for International Women's Day, emphasizing a strong desire for adventure and camaraderie
Instant White Lotus effect: Agoda sees rise in Koh Samui interest following premiere of popular tv show
18 Feb 2025
Thailand is enjoying the global spotlight following the season premiere of the popular HBO show ‘The White Lotus’.
Same-sex couple wins Agoda’s Dream Honeymoon to go on first-ever trip abroad
15 Feb 2025
Newlyweds Wisuttinee and Phatteera are the winners of the 350,000 Thai Baht Agoda Dream Honeymoon competition
Love is in the Air: Agoda Unveils Most Romantic Valentine’s Day Destinations in Asia
13 Feb 2025
Agoda unveils Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Manila, Bangkok, and Pattaya are the most romantic Valentine's Day travel destinations in Asia
Paytm Travel and Agoda Partner to Offer Hotel Bookings Across Indian and Global Destinations on the Paytm app
10 Feb 2025
Paytm, India’s leading payments and financial services distribution company and digital travel platform Agoda have joined forces to offer hotel booking services on the Paytm app. This partnership expa
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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.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
