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Turkish man pays Rs 84,000 to ex-wife every year for 'cat support', sparks new divorce trend
Turkey’s animal protection law treats pets as “living beings,” making abandonment illegal and punishable with fines up to Rs 1.4 lakh.
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Bengaluru kids' Eco Vala startup wins Harsh Goenka's heart: 'Forget Shark Tank, Ideabaaz'
The children’s initiative, born out of a school project in Basaveshwaranagar, has sparked conversations about sustainability and entrepreneurship at a young age.
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JPMorgan CEO dismisses employees’ WFH pleas, insists on RTO: ‘Not making fun of Zoom, but…’
The push for full-time office work comes as JPMorgan posted record-breaking annual profits in January, even as the bank laid off around 1,000 employees and signalled further cuts through mid-year.
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Bengaluru Oracle techie quits job to sell falooda, builds 18 outlets in 6 years: 'Everyone thought...’
'I had the perfect 9-5, good salary, beautiful family. Society said: You’re settled. But something inside me wasn’t,' Pradeep Kannan said. His decision, which many called reckless at the time, has since paid off.
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Sick woman sought cancer patient as husband for his kidney, only to fall in love after marriage
Their story later inspired the hit film 'Viva La Vida', which premiered in 2024 and grossed over $38 million.
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Chanel CEO Leena Nair calls out ChatGPT's gender bias in AI-generated imagery. OpenAI responds
‘Show us a picture of Chanel's leadership team—it was all med in suits’: Chanel global CEO Leena Nair says ChatGPT ignored 76 percent female workforce.
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US CEO rants against H-1B, urges businesses to ‘stop importing Indians’
James Fishback claimed that companies routinely avoid hiring Americans by manipulating job postings and interview processes. 'Companies that fire American workers and hire H-1Bs must be deprived of capital,' he said.
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Shark Tank India’s Anupam Mittal questions 35% salary hike in new job: ‘Who set these standards?’
When an X user asked Anupam Mittal why candidates shouldn’t ask for higher increments just as founders seek higher equity, the Shark Tank India judge replied: 'They can ask for sure, but the market will determine what they get, no?'
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Bangkok influencer gets 'hounded' in Delhi auto: ‘I can’t stand strangers touching me’
The content creator, who has more than 53,000 followers on Instagram, said the experience left her feeling 'stressed and drained'.
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Bengaluru man says he had to bribe police, BBMP for daughter's death certificate. Chief responds
'Recently my only child passed away at age 34. The amount [of] open bribe being asked—by ambulance, police for FIR and post-mortem report, crematorium for giving receipt, BBMP office for death certificate—I paid,' retired Bharat Petroleum CFO Sivakumar K said.
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Mamaearth’s Ghazal Alagh on the biggest threat to long-term growth: ‘Intense focus on…’
Ghazal Alagh says the biggest threat to long-term growth is letting past success dictate future product strategy.
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Bill Gates challenges 'doomsday view of climate change' on 70th birthday: 'It will not lead to...'
Bill Gates also defended his own climate record, noting that he offsets his carbon footprint and has invested billions in clean energy innovation.
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Meta's billionaire co-founder says being CEO for 13 years was 'quite exhausting'
'I don’t like to manage teams, and it wasn’t my intention when we started,' Dustin Moskovitz said. 'I’d intended to be more of an independent or head of engineering or something again. Then one thing led to another, and I was CEO for 13 years.'
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Watch: Tourists eat at Rajasthan eatery, flee without paying Rs 10,900 bill, caught in traffic jam
The tourists were intercepted by the hotel owner after being stuck in traffic near Rajasthan-Gujarat border. They were later arrested.
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IITian investment banker moves from NCR to Bengaluru, 'appalled' by city's 'crumbling' infra
'Bengaluru pays a lot of taxes, but the government has spent it on populist schemes and the state coffers are pretty empty,' veteran investment banker PN Vijay said.
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Rajasthan official's wife earns Rs 37.54 lakh 'salary' from 2 companies without working
Poonam Dixit was allegedly paid Rs 1.6 lakh a month for nearly two years by firms that received government tenders. Her husband, a senior IT official, is accused of orchestrating the scheme.
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Air India Dubai flight's cabin logbook says cockroach found in plane was ‘hanged till death’
The post on X quickly gained traction, with users amused by the Air India engineer’s dramatic phrasing. 'The Bhagat Singh of cockroaches,' one user joked.
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Louvre heist: Telegram CEO offers to buy stolen jewels, donate them to Abu Dhabi not Paris
Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov has maintained a critical stance toward French authorities after he was arrested in Paris in 2024.
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Bengaluru woman spots 117-inch long pothole, calls it 'most dangerous road on planet'. Watch
'It's about time we bring about the damn change that we want to see and hold people accountable for all the taxes that we pay,' former journalist and emcee Zeishah Amlani said, sharing the video on social media.
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Serbian model on mission to clean India finds BMW dumped among trash: 'Indians are one of...'
Lazar Jankovic, who moved to India in 2018, believes that one of the main reasons India has a littering problem is that for most people, it's a muscle reflex. 'Everybody is doing it because they think 'Yeah... chalta hain.' But the 'chalta hain' attitude is something we need to change,' he said.
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Billionaire entrepreneur says work-life balance is 'the biggest line of bulls*** that’s ever been created'
Jimmy John Liautaud, the 61-year-old founder of Jimmy John’s sandwich chain, said building a billion-dollar business demands relentless effort and zero compromise. Jimmy John Liautaud
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Jeff Bezos says his 10 years' work experience improved chances of Amazon's success
While some entrepreneurs have built billion-dollar startups without formal education or work experience, Jeff Bezos called them 'the exception'.
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Most infamous jewel thief in US calls Louvre robbers ‘idiots’: 'I robbed 25 f***ing stores and I never...'
“They made major mistakes,” Larry Lawton, said, adding that at least one robber is likely a local with inside knowledge of the museum.
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Woman quits banking after 14 years in JPMorgan caused burnout: 'I don't blame the bank alone'
During her time at JPMorgan, Wilma Ramony de Souza worked long hours and travelled constantly. 'My six-year relationship ended because I rarely saw my boyfriend; I missed birthdays and Mother's Day,' she said.
