News for 'thomas-edison'

'Job Losses Will Come First, Job Creation Will Come Later'

'Job Losses Will Come First, Job Creation Will Come Later'

Rediff.com3 Dec 2025

'When AI comes in, coders in Bangalore or Hyderabad will lose their jobs.'

Want to be successful? Think like Thomas Edison

Want to be successful? Think like Thomas Edison

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

Not big on formal education qualifications, the American inventor looked for people with open minds and lots of curiosity!

123-year-old doll's audio the 1st recording?

123-year-old doll's audio the 1st recording?

Rediff.com8 Jul 2011

The recording eventually found its way to Jerry Fabris, museum curator of the Thomas Edison National Historical Park, who thought that the hopelessly bent, 123-year-old artifact was condemned to eternal muteness.

When Pelemania Gripped India

When Pelemania Gripped India

Rediff.com2 Jan 2023

The enormous structured global advertising machinery that surrounds every football game on the planet today? Pele was perhaps single-handedly responsible for all of it. By just being brilliant, captivating crowds, and behaving like a being from the future, doing things that STILL provoke oohs and aahs from watchers. Vaibhav Raghunandan salutes the Incomparable Pele.

Haj THEN and NOW: 125 years apart

Haj THEN and NOW: 125 years apart

Rediff.com19 Nov 2010

An exhibition of rare 1885 photographs that capture Mecca in a past has been unveiled for display in Dubai.

Europe dims Edison's legendary bulb forever

Europe dims Edison's legendary bulb forever

Rediff.com4 Sep 2009

A European Union ban on the traditional light bulb came into effect on Tuesday, despite strenuous opposition from a range of civil society groups. The ban is the EU's latest effort to combat global warming via energy saving.

The IIT entrepreneur with an idea bank!

The IIT entrepreneur with an idea bank!

Rediff.com23 Sep 2009

Ankit Mehta's Ideaforge develops human powered cell phone chargers and fully automated Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs). With these chargers, you can charge your phone while in a car, bike, etc.

Premji, Yunus among top 30 world entrepreneurs

Premji, Yunus among top 30 world entrepreneurs

Rediff.com2 Jul 2007

The modern heroes find themselves in the illustrious company of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, John D Rockefeller, Thomas Edison and Michael Dell.

Billionaire inventors

Billionaire inventors

Rediff.com8 Aug 2007

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk

Pele hated his nickname

Pele hated his nickname

Rediff.com2 Jan 2006

Pele was so angry with a school classmate who dreamed up his nickname that he punched him, the soccer great recalled on Sunday.

Wanna hear Lincoln? Click here

Wanna hear Lincoln? Click here

Rediff.com27 Jul 2004

How India's FIRST feature film was made

How India's FIRST feature film was made

Rediff.com22 May 2021

At a time when many women were forbidden by their caste-conscious families from taking up acting assignments in an industry not deemed respectable, Phalke wanted to cast his wife as the female lead in Raja Harishchandra.

Pele @80: Milestones in the soccer legend's career

Pele @80: Milestones in the soccer legend's career

Rediff.com23 Oct 2020

Here's what you must know about the youngest scorer, youngest hat-trick scorer, youngest final player and youngest final scorer in football World Cup history.

Until we educate the entire human race, racism will not stop: Holding

Until we educate the entire human race, racism will not stop: Holding

Rediff.com8 Jul 2020

An emotional Michael Holding didn't hold back as he delivered a powerful message against racism on Wednesday, asserting that the black race has been dehumanised and its accomplishments wiped off from a history "written by people who do the harm." Holding, who will retire from commentary at the end of next year, talked about racism as cricket restarted amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Southampton with the first England-West Indies Test.

Indian-American lawmakers slam Trump's address to US Congress

Indian-American lawmakers slam Trump's address to US Congress

Rediff.com1 Mar 2017

Indian-American lawmakers on Wednesday criticised US President Donald Trump's maiden address to Congress, saying it lacked specificity and offered only unrealistic plans on issues like immigration and Obamacare.

When you come after Americans, we go after you: Highlights from Obama's State of the Union address

When you come after Americans, we go after you: Highlights from Obama's State of the Union address

Rediff.com13 Jan 2016

Highlights from US president's final state of the union address.

Top 8 biographies every entrepreneur should read

Top 8 biographies every entrepreneur should read

Rediff.com20 May 2015

Presenting tips and case studies about innovation, management, leadership, growth, technology and investment.

5 simple steps to look younger

5 simple steps to look younger

Rediff.com2 Feb 2015

Follow these steps and see the changes in your life.

What does the F word really mean?

What does the F word really mean?

Rediff.com7 Oct 2015

Most slang words don't exactly mean what you think they do; some are too literal in their meaning.

How to succeed by failing correctly

How to succeed by failing correctly

Rediff.com22 Mar 2016

Failure is something that needs to be managed as carefully as success.

The talk of US economic decline is political hot air: Obama

The talk of US economic decline is political hot air: Obama

Rediff.com13 Jan 2016

The current state of the American economy is not in decline, Obama said.

'National Awards are not corrupted'

'National Awards are not corrupted'

Rediff.com10 Nov 2016

That makes winning the National Award for Arjun Rampal even more special...

'My job is not to represent the world; my job is to represent the United States of America'

'My job is not to represent the world; my job is to represent the United States of America'

Rediff.com1 Mar 2017

The following is the full text of US President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of the Congress on February 28, as prepared for delivery and released by the White House press office.