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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicMathematician

Topic: Mathematician

In Ramanujan’s 111-year-old formula, IISc paper finds links with black holes & quantum theory

Ramanujan's formula, derived by the mathematician in 1914 when quantum theory hadn't been formulated fully, provides a faster method for calculating physical phenomena, researchers found.

Prof PP Divakaran: The truth-seeker who shone a light on India’s rich mathematical history

To many, Divakaran was a man with utmost respect for facts as opposed to agenda driven narrative on the history of mathematics in India. The 89-year-old died Saturday in Cochin.

Mangala Narlikar changed how girls in India learn math. She took the fear out of it

In a generation when women’s aspirations were often softened to fit domestic frames, Mangala Narlikar refused to choose between academic pursuit and caregiving.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.