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Agoda Joins Forces with Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) To Expand Access to India’s Iconic Hospitality Portfolio » Agoda: See The World For Less
26 May 2025
Digital travel platform Agoda announces a strategic partnership with the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), one of India’s largest hospitality companies. This collaboration expands Agoda’s premium
Agoda Hosts Spectacular Sale to Celebrate 20 Years of Travel » Agoda: See The World For Less
15 May 2025
Thailand set to attract an estimated 4 million additional visitors a year following introduction of same-sex marriage act » Agoda: See The World For Less
12 May 2025
Legislative change is expected to lift Thailand’s GDP by 0.3% by bringing in more revenue from tourism as well as generating a slew of new jobs across tourism and the broader economy A new study from
Paytm Travel and Agoda Partner to Offer Hotel Bookings Across Indian and Global Destinations on the Paytm app » Agoda: See The World For Less
12 May 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
Vietnam Makes Top 5 Debut in Agoda’s 16th Gold Circle Awards, Celebrating Hospitality Excellence » Agoda: See The World For Less
12 May 2025
Agoda’s prestigious 16th Gold Circle Awards celebrate Southeast Asia’s exceptional hospitality as Thailand retains its top position while Vietnam breaks into the top five for the first time. The award
Agoda and Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism Announce Strategic Partnership with Aim to Boost Tourism from Asia » Agoda: See The World For Less
12 May 2025
Digital travel platform Agoda, through its strategic partnerships arm Rocket Travel by Agoda, has announced a new partnership with Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT Abu Dhabi), h
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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?
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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?
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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.
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From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
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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.
