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Factory owner in China distributed Rs 8.4 crore among 406 workers 20 years after shutting shop
So far, Guo Chongzhi has been able to pay up 371 of his former employees. The remaining 35 individuals are yet to be located and the 70-year-old has turned to the media for help.
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Biocon name boards blackened after Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw opposed Karnataka job quota. Video
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw had on July 17 said that the Karnataka job quota for locals would affect Bengaluru's position as the leading tech city in the country. She called for the exemption of highly-skilled labour from the policy.
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Haier employee in China wakes up at 5 am, travels 320km daily to work 'because of love'
The man had been in a relationship for seven years before getting married in May. The couple bought a flat in the locality the woman hails from so she could have a 'sense of security'. Lin Shu used to live in a rented flat an hour away from work but he said he wanted to spend more time with his wife.
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'Totally inhumane': Internet reacts to Karnataka IT firms' 14-hour workday proposal
'Ideally, working hours should be limited to 36-48 hrs a week else it would affect physical as well as mental health of the employees,' Dr Shubham Anand, chairman of Global Association of Indian Medical Students (GAIMS), said.
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Edelweiss MF's Radhika Gupta shares 3 things she's looking forward to in Union Budget 2024
'Our biggest demographic advantage is our young people and we need to provide them with skills and jobs,' Edelweiss Mutual Funds CEO and Shark Tank India judge Radhika Gupta said.
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Bengaluru woman says Namma Yatri driver threatened her in 'scary auto ride'. Cops respond
Vanshita Agarwal, who was travelling with two women and a child, said the Namma Yatri driver kept yelling 'tum ch***** log’, ‘mada*****’ and ‘chu****’. Tagging the Bengaluru police, she said, 'The SOS on the app doesn’t work and even the executives at 112 clearly DO NOT CARE. We were on a call with them in such a panic state and they have not even gotten back to us to see if we’re safe!'
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Ashneer Grover says youth in India have 'very little idea about how the world works'
'We think that the youngsters in the US are naive. It's exactly the opposite. The current generation of youth in India has been living in a bubble,' former Shark Tank India judge and Third Unicorn founder Ashneer Grover said.
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Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal bashes Google for slashing Maps' fee 'too late too little'. Internet isn't impressed
Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has been batting for Ola Maps powered by his AI startup Krutrim. Earlier this month, he had said that Ola Cabs had completely exited Google Maps and moved to its in-house Ola Maps.
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'They asked me to come wearing pants': Elderly farmer in dhoti refused entry at Bengaluru mall
'I have got all five of my children educated. They are well-placed now. But I cannot give up my culture and dressing style and start wearing pants just to go to a mall,' Fakeerappa, who is in his seventies, said.
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Bengaluru restaurant denied entry to Ather's Swapnil Jain and Frido CEO for 'wearing slippers'
Frido founder and CEO Ganesh Sonawane admitted to feeling 'stupid that day' but refused to term the incident discriminatory. He, however, said he wanted to share the incident especially after an elderly farmer in Bengaluru was not allowed to enter a mall because he was wearing a dhoti.
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'RIP Bengaluru tech scene': Founder eyes Chennai after Karnataka cabinet approves job quota
The startup founder, who hails from Chennai, said he spent 10 years in Bengaluru, building his business. 'I actually identify myself more with Bengaluru... Me, my wife and kids everyone is fluent in Kannada, that being said, I am 100 percent against imposition of a language on anyone--be it Hindi on Kannadigas or Kannada on immigrants,' he said.
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This Japanese drink curbs hunger by turning into jelly in stomach: 'It’s been selling out'
According to reports, the drink has received positive reviews and has been selling out almost instantly every time it pops up on Amazon Japan.
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Bengaluru man claims he stopped using Zomato after fee hike. He was charged Rs 115 for delivery
'I used to order food rather frequently, but absolutely nothing from the past two weeks. Thanks, Zomato!' Sumukh Rao, an assistant editor of a technical publication in Bengaluru, said.
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Karnataka job reservation: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw calls for exemption of 'highly-skilled' labour
Bengaluru-based billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said: 'As a tech hub, we need skilled talent, and whilst the aim is to provide jobs for locals we must not affect our leading position in technology by this move.'
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It's Kamala Harris vs JD Vance in US, but on social media it's Tamil Nadu vs Andhra Pradesh. Here's why
US vice-president Kamala Harris's mother Shyalama Gopalan was born and brought up in Chennai. She had moved to the US for higher education. On the other hand, Donald Trump's candidate for vice-president JD Vance's wife...
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Kuwait store sells 'trendy sandals' for Rs 1 lakh. 'We wear these slippers to the toilet,' comment Indians
The now-viral video sparked business ideas among Indians, with some even suggesting they buy from India to sell in Kuwait. 'Return on investment is 1000x,' a user commented on X.
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Bill Gates-backed startup makes butter out of air, claims it tastes really good: 'Like the real thing'
'The idea of switching to lab-made fats and oils may seem strange at first. But their potential to significantly reduce our carbon footprint is immense,' Bill Gates explained in his blog.
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Kolkata man used to 'open-air sauna' weather on visiting Bengaluru: 'Almost as pleasant as AC'
Anurag Das's reaction after stepping out of the Bengaluru airport impressed a section of social media users, especially because he appeared willing to learn the local language to settle in the city.
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Sam Altman says Airbnb CEO helped OpenAI grow: Brian Chesky was 'almost always right'
Sam Altman said 'a lot of people' had come forward to help him once ChatGPT gained popularity in late 2022, but nobody really pitched in except Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky.
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Melinda French Gates on divorce with Bill Gates: 'There wasn't enough trust any longer'
'I had thought I was going to be married for life. I thought I'd be married for 50-plus years... I certainly didn't think I would be in my late 50s and be divorced,' philanthropist Melinda French Gates said.
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Bengaluru's automatic panipuri kiosk impresses internet: 'HSR is living in 2050'
The kiosk is fitted with pipes and sensors that can identify when the snack is held underneath it and dispenses the flavoured water accordingly. While the post on X attracted several requests for the location of the kiosk, this automatic panipuri stall, is not unique to Bengaluru.
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'Donald Trump is the reason my husband proposed to me': US woman's 'love story' is viral
Ada Lluch, who lives in the US but was born and raised in Spain, said it was during an interaction with Donald Trump at a fundraiser that the former President egged her partner to pop the question.
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'For every job we advertise, we get 100s of resumes. But... most drop out': Sameeksha Capital founder
Founder Bhavin Shah said that during the recruitment process very few job seekers follow the steps diligently to qualify for a job. His take on the current job market struck a chord with other recruiters.
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'Narayana Murthy Saar...': Bengaluru CA's '70 hours per week' plea after using Infosys-made ITR portal
Infosys founder Narayana Murthy had said last October that youngsters should work 70 hours a week if India wants to compete with economies that have made tremendous progress in the last two to three decades.
