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Bengaluru rains: Citizens complain of flooding, traffic jams. 'Will tell my kids I crossed a river to go to work'
Bengaluru rains: People have also been stuck on the road for hours owing to the waterlogged streets and the traffic jams. Accounts shared on social media reveal that it took some parents two hours to take their kids to school while others have been stuck in buses for about three hours.
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'Traditional peacock curry recipe' viral video lands Telangana YouTuber in trouble: Report
Although the video has now been taken down, animal activists have called for strict action against Kumar especially since it emerged that he had earlier also shared videos on another illegal activity -- cooking wild boar curry.
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Breaking makes its debut in Olympics 2024. Meet break dancers with viral performances
Breaking appeared at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018 and has been added to the Paris 2024 programme. It is a style of dance which began in the US in the 1970s, emerging from hip hop culture, and is characterised by acrobatic movements, stylised footwork and the key role played by the DJ.
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Bengaluru woman finds phone recording video in toilet of Third Wave Coffee outlet. Employee fired
The phone belonged to one of the employees at the cafe who was sacked. In a statement, Third Wave Coffee chain said they had initiated legal action against him soon after the camera was discovered.
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Class 9 boy in Delhi steals mother's gold to buy Rs 50,000 iPhone as birthday gift for girlfriend
The boy reportedly wanted to impress his girlfriend on her birthday by gifting her an iPhone. He, however, went absconding after his mother reported the theft to the police.
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Warren Buffett says, 'If you’re worried about corrections, you shouldn’t own stocks'
At Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in May, chairperson Warren Buffett had said he wasn’t in a rush to spend 'unless we think we’re doing something that has very little risk and can make us a lot of money'.
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Vinesh Phogat's coach and support staff cut her hair, tried to draw out blood to reduce weight: Report
Vinesh Phogat, her coach and the support staff resorted to extreme measures such as cutting her hair and trying to draw out blood to reduce her weight, reports stated.
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Vinesh Phogat had to lose 2kg overnight before Olympics final, was seen skipping: Report
Vinesh Phogat may have gained some weight as she replenished herself after three bouts in the day and had to lose about 2kg overnight. On the weigh-in on Wednesday morning, however, she was found to be 100 grams overweight and was disqualified from the Olympics final.
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Vinesh Phogat disqualified from Olympics' final round. 'Massive heartbreak for India,' says internet
Vinesh Phogat was found 100 grams overweight at the weigh-in on Wednesday morning which led to her disqualification, the International Olympic Committee announced. Several social media users questioned Phogat's coach and support staff who were responsible for watching her weight.
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It's stock market correction, not crash: Edelweiss MF's Radhika Gupta says 'don't dread the red'
Stressing the need to stay calm, Radhika Gupta said that corrections are normal and that she has witnessed 'crisis after crisis' in her 20 years of investing.
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Namita Thapar, Deepinder Goyal on Sanjeev Bikhchandani: 'He doesn't act like a founder's boss'
Namita Thapar pointed out that Sanjeev Bikhchandani had invested in Zomato in 2010 and stood by the company in their low times. He invested in multiple rounds and didn’t panic or sell when the share dipped 45 percent below IPO price. He followed the same philosophy with Policy Bazaar. 'Today this $86 million investment in both is worth $5 billion and he’s in no hurry to sell!' she said.
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Ex-Microsoft Hyderabad employee says getting fired was 'a blessing in disguise'. Here's why
'I was a senior program manager at Microsoft in Hyderabad. No warning, no explanation - just a cheque and shown the door. The mix of emotions I felt: anger, confusion, and that sinking feeling of failure was overwhelming,' Kapil Kulshreshtha said.
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Google employee in Gurgaon offers a peek into the canteen: 'I scream every time it's lunch'
Google is popular for the impressive range of free food it serves employees at its various offices across the world, and Parleen Ranhotra's video shows that the reputation is well earned.
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'Never quit your job': Self-made multimillionaire lists benefits of engineering a layoff instead
Ex-banker and financial advisor Sam Dogen made more than Rs 3 crore by 2023 through a mix of stocks, bonds, real estate, and other investments. He said it is more financially viable to get laid off than to quit.
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Microsoft kept young interns away from Bill Gates due to his 'flirty' nature, reveals book
New York Times journalist Anupreeta Das wrote in her upcoming book that Bill Gates's wandering eye allegedly extended to young women working at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It also revealed details of his infidelity that left his wife 'seething for a long time.'
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Bihar man catches wife with boyfriend, gets them married: 'They were deeply in love'
The couple had a traditional marriage ceremony at a local temple. Speaking to the media, Khushboo Kumari thanked her first husband Rajesh Kumar for allowing her to be with her boyfriend. 'Now, I will stay with my new husband,' she said.
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Worst feedback is driving high performers at work to quit, finds study
Women are more likely than men to be given feedback based on personality traits or 'how they make people feel,' the study found. Reviews for men, on the other hand, spend more time praising them for being ambitious and confident.
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'Felt and saw things that we shouldn’t think about’: Olympics triathlete after swimming in Seine river
Paris Olympics athlete from Belgium Jolien Vermeylen slammed the organisers and said, 'The Seine has been dirty for a hundred years, so they can’t say that the safety of the athletes is a priority. That’s bulls**t!'
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WFH in Mumbai or better pay in Bengaluru: IIT-IIM MBB consultant with 2 job offers asks for help
Grapevine user Maverick2298 wrote that he is an IIT-IIM MBB consultant who has four years of work experience and earns about Rs 34 lakh per annum. He does not have experience of working with startups.
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Delhi rain: Water leaks inside new Parliament building a year after completion. Video
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building on December 10, 2020 and inaugurated it on May 28, 2023. It was built at an estimated cost of Rs 970 crore.
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Delhi rain: Journalists enjoy drinks at flooded Press Club of India. Viral photo
A couple of hours before the photo was shared, the Press Club had in a post on X requested its members to stay safe at home amid the heavy rainfall. 'There is heavy water-logging in and around the Press Club of India,' it had shared on X with a video of the flooded locality.
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Harvard expert reveals 3 red flags to spot a narcissist boss: 'They are talent hoarders'
'The essence of being a narcissist is that you’re about yourself, you’re for yourself, and you’re less others-oriented,' Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson said. 'People who are in a position with a desire to lead others, they need to be others-oriented.'
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ITR filing deadline: Tax payers complain of glitches on portal. 'Takes ages to load, unable to send OTP'
There have been calls to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns due to the technical glitches. For returns filed after the due date, tax payers will not only have to pay additional interest on due taxes but also a late filing fee.
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Bengaluru Zepto subscribers users charged delivery fee despite buying a pass flag dark pattern: 'Robbery'
A dark pattern is a user interface that has been crafted to trick users into doing things, or as it appears in the Zepto's case, trick subscribers into paying the delivery fee unless they manually opt for the free delivery. Tagging co-founder and CEO Aadit Palicha, one of the Bengaluru users called the interface a 'cheap' way to monetise the app.
