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Over 100 tons of rotting dead fish raise a stink in Greek city as country declares emergency. Watch
'The situation with this dead fish will be the death of us,' said Stefanos Stefanou, the president of the local association of restaurants and bars. 'What visitor will come to our city after this?'
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'ChatGPT is like talking Taylor Swift to grandfather': Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma made the comment after observing the difference in the results produced by both ChatGPT and Perplexity when asked the same question.
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Noida techie goes on solo bike trip to Ladakh, dies of oxygen deficiency: Report
Chinmay Sharma died on August 29 just hours before his parents arrived in Leh. He was cremated the next day. According to a health advisory, visitors arriving in Leh must undergo at least 48 hours of acclimatisation before initiating their journey to high-altitude areas.
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'When we launched Swiggy, we ended the day with zero orders': CEO Sriharsha Majety
Reflecting on the company's journey over the years, co-founder and CEO Sriharsha Majety thanked Swiggy's early adopters whose support helped make Swiggy 'a household phrase across the country'.
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Want stocks? Write a one-page summary, Elon Musk tells X employees: Report
This incident had piled on to the already-tense atmosphere at X under Elon Musk's ownership after the promotions process was delayed without explanation. Employees are also bracing for more layoffs.
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AC switched off, felt suffocated: Tejas Express passenger after train gets stuck in flooded Vadodara
Passenger Prithwiraj Mukherjee also accused the Railways of giving preferential treatment to Vande Bharat since it was allowed to ply on flooded tracks to reach Ahmedabad, but as Railway Seva pointed out, Vande Bharat can run in deep waters measuring more than 200 mm without having the water reach it's electrical equipment -- a feature that Tejas Express does not have.
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Flipkart customer claims he bought speakers for Rs 30,000, received one worth Rs 2,300
Abhishek Bhatnagar also shared an unboxing video that showed a properly packed Sonos speaker box inside the sealed Flipkart carton. The clip, however, does not show the Flipkart customer, opening the Sonos box.
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Bengaluru army officer 'disciplines' traffic violator with a stick. Internet finds it 'satisfying'. Watch
During an altercation between a driver and a scooter rider who was driving in the wrong side, an officer steps out of an armed forces truck stationed nearby and intervenes. He smacks the motorist on the head for breaking traffic rules and appears to tell him off.
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Flipkart gifted this to Bengaluru man after his post on getting a new laptop in 13 minutes went viral
'I want to emphasise that I had no incentive to create a viral moment or engage in any marketing ploy. The posts were purely my personal experience, shared out of genuine surprise and excitement,' Flipkart Minutes' customer Sunny R Gupta said.
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Nikhil Kamath goes on a mushroom walk in Bengaluru's Cubbon Park. See post
According to entrepreneur Aymen Aslam, who had also participated in the walk and had spotted the Zerodha co-founder, Nikhil Kamath 'came in alone. Super nonchalant.'
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'Health-illiterate boomer uncle': Liver Doc, Sridhar Vembu clash over benefits of walking barefoot
The public spat between hepatologist Dr Cyriac Abby Philips and Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu continued across multiple posts on X. While the doctor called Vembu a 'science illiterate', Vembu hit back, calling Dr Philips 'arrogant' and urged his followers to stay away from such doctors.
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Indigo loses flyer's bag with items worth Rs 45,000, offers him Rs 2,450 as compensation
The incident happened in July when a faulty update from CrowdStrike caused a global IT outage and Indigo offered the compensation a month later.
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Bengaluru woman files case against US-based husband for not letting her eat french fries
The 36-year-old husband, on the other hand, said he did all the household chores during their stay in the US while his wife only watched TV and chatted with her family over the phone.
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Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal gets trolled after suggesting rupee symbol replace $ in keyboards
Social media users pointed out that Bhavish Aggarwal had himself used $ in his official presentations and that the dollar symbol is also used in preogramming languages to write codes so switching to rupee cannot be an option.
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Liver Doc shares how 39-year-old heavy drinker vomited 3 litres blood, died of multiple organ failure
The patient was rich and was apparently loved by all because he would host monthly parties at his place where he was the 'biggest entertainment' for his cousins and friends since he could drink the maximum amount of liquor.
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Tesla VP Sreela Venkataratnam quits, says working for Elon Musk's firm isn't 'for the faint of heart'
Sreela Venkataratnam had worked with Tesla for 11 years and is one of several senior employees to quit the company in recent months. Describing her tenure at the company, she said it was 'nothing short of extraordinary'.
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Bengaluru entrepreneur says he was almost killed by a water tanker: 'India is not a safe country'
After an altercation over rash driving, AI-based startup founder Dhruv Bhatia said he suddenly noticed the tanker being driven straight towards him off the road.
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This is the most tattooed woman in the world. Meet Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina
The 36-year-old US Army veteran's tattoos extend to her hands and feet, the scalp, and extremely delicate areas such as her tongue, gums, sclerae (the white outer layer of the eyeballs), and genitals.
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Indian doctor in US took thousands of videos of naked kids, arrested. 7 points on Oumair Aejaz
The criminal activity came to light after the doctor's wife approached the sheriff's office and provided evidence against him. Investigators said Oumair Aejaz had hidden cameras in changing rooms, bathrooms, hospital rooms, inside closets, bedrooms and bathrooms inside residences he had access to.
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China man awaiting sex change operation sues hospital after he was given electric shocks
The 27-year-old's parents were not supportive of his decision. They could not accept their son’s transition, which led to arguments since traditionally, the Chinese believe that the body is a gift from one’s parents and therefore, a sex change operation is disrespectful to parents.
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Ex-Google recruiter's advice to job seekers: Don’t ask about work-life balance in an interview
Nolan Church, who was an HR manager with Google for three years, said it's a red flag for recruiters if the candidates ask how long a work day is or field other questions directed towards internal successes instead of asking about the company’s mission.
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Bengaluru: Shocking video shows woman, baby cry as drunk bouncer attacks their car in road rage
In the viral video, the mother and baby are heard screaming as 26-year-old Naveen Reddy -- a bouncer from Koramangala who was driving drunk -- attacked the car. He broke off the wiper and used it to shatter the windshield raining glass shards on the family even as the father kept shouting about having a baby aboard.
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Bengaluru YouTuber goes to buy Harvard merch in US, finds Rs 12,000 jacket 'Made in Pakistan'
Content creator Ishan Sharma added that his visit to Harvard University was 'epic'. He added that it was a dream college for him as a 17-year-old watching documentaries and films such as 'The Social Network'.
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Hyderabad airport leaks after heavy rainfall. 'Absolutely no leakage on the roof' claims admin
'The water spilled into the terminal at one location, we immediately inspected the roof and there is absolutely no leakage/choking/water stagnation/foreign objects on the roof,' the Hyderabad airport authorities stated.
