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Google rejected Ragini Das in 2013. Now she heads its startup arm in India: 'Felt like destiny'
Ragini Das said she accepted the job at Google after two months of conversations with their team. 'We’re on a mission to support thriving startups around the world,' she said.
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CA shares video of vacant Netherlands office at 5.10pm: ‘Bring just one Indian manager here and…’
The 13-second clip triggered a flood of reactions online, with many praising the discipline and boundaries maintained in European workplaces.
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Amid H-1B backlash, Vivek Ramaswamy says 75% of Class 8 students in US can’t do math
'If you can’t read by the end of 3rd grade, then you shouldn’t go to 4th grade until you can (subject to only very few exceptions),' the Indian-origin Republican leader said.
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28-year-old AI billionaire says teens must follow Bill Gates, 'spend 10,000 hours' doing this
Scale AI co-founder Alexandr wang compared the current AI boom to the early computer revolution, when Bill Gates spent his teen years sneaking out to learn coding at a local Seattle company.
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'Indian employees work more than me': Japanese founder who moved to Bengaluru
'Indians are willing to try new things without needing perfect projections. In Japan, decisions take time and require consensus,' entrepreneur Reiji Kobayashi said.
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Indian student secures Rs 89 lakh scholarship for US study, visa gets rejected: ‘Will apply to UK’
The student received a rejection letter from the US Embassy in New Delhi which stated that he had insufficient ties to India that would 'compel' him to return after his studies. For the 27-year-old, who was born and raised in India and whose entire family lives in the country, called the reasoning 'absurd'.
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Pakistan gets trolled after India’s Women’s World Cup win, Irfan Pathan joins in: ‘Just another Sunday’
The match began with controversy. Fatima Sana’s toss call of 'tails' was misheard as 'heads'. When the coin landed heads up, the decision was incorrectly awarded to Fatima, who chose to field.
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'I want to check with my ex first': Relationship expert reveals 3 ways to spot red flags in partners
'If your partner says any of these phrases, don’t immediately run in the opposite direction,' says clinical psychologist and couples therapist Dr Tracy Dalgleish.
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Millionaire earns Rs 1.8 crore pa, sweeps roads to stay healthy: 'It feels really good'
Despite his modest role, Koichi Matsubara owns seven rental flats across Tokyo and its suburbs and has invested in stocks and mutual funds. He is believed to be one of the richest residents of his building.
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20-year-old woman colours hair every month, gets kidney disease from chemicals in dyes
According to doctors, hair dye contains toxic substances that can cause renal and respiratory failure, and increase the risk of cancer.
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'Not our culture': Right-wing group disrupts beauty pageant in Uttarakhand, contestants hit back
The incident drew sharp criticism online, with users accusing the activists of moral policing and cultural hypocrisy.
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CEO reveals how Jeff Bezos convinced him to quit Microsoft for 'tiny' Amazon in the 90s
David Risher, now CEO of Lyft, recalled that Bill Gates had the tried to talk him out of quitting Microsoft for Amazon. Gates reportedly called it the 'stupidest decision' he ever saw anybody make.
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Haunted-house cleansers: Japan company inspects spooky properties, does exorcisms for tenants
According to the company’s website, Kachimode had inspected 196 such homes as of September. The inspection fee ranges from Rs 48,000 to Rs 90,000 per day.
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Gurgaon couple quit corporate jobs to travel full-time, go viral. 'Family called us stupid but...'
The couple charges collaborators anywhere between Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000 depending upon the deliverables, and said that they are experimenting with their storytelling to figure out what resonates with their over 28,000 followers.
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Stressed at work? This CEO reveals simple phrase that helps her ‘think clearer', ‘solve problems’
Experts from Harvard agree with Autonomic CEO Jamie Wood that redirecting anxious thoughts can be helpful, but long-term change may require deeper reflection.
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Sam Altman is selling his most expensive property for $49 million. It has 10 bathrooms
Sotheby’s agent Brian Axelrod, who is handling the sale, called it 'the most amazing property I’ve ever seen during my career'.
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Pakistan-born influencer adopted by Chinese couple marries fan. He found her 'captivating'
Fan Zihe, abandoned as a baby in Pakistan, rose to fame in China before announci.ng wedding to early follower who now manages her social media
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US psychiatrist reveals 'single biggest mistake' that’s hurting your brain health
Dr Daniel Amen says most people never build a relationship with their brain, despite its central role in longevity and mental wellbeing
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‘Here for Doggesh gang’: Kolkata residents rescue street dogs from flood, take them home
Several videos of residents rescuing stranded street dogs have been doing rounds on social media with animal lovers urging more people to help the strays in their areas as they have been without food and shelter for days.
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‘Kolkata turned into Digha’: Residents swim, catch fish in flood waters. Watch
Videos doing rounds on social media show people using innovating ways to have 'fun' in the floodwaters in Kolkata.
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‘Left Bengaluru traffic, entered Kolkata Venice’: Digital creator returns to flooded home
In the video, the digital creator is seen landing in Kolkata and then travelling through flooded streets to reach her flooded home. 'Pujo vibes delivered with extra waves,' she captioned it.
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Kolkata doctor pays Rs 500 to get to hospital 500m across flooded street: ‘I crossed a sea’
The doctor, who is interning at a city hospital, added that at the end of the day, she had to pay a heavily again to get back home through waterlogged roads.
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‘Corporate mazdoor’: Kolkata techies wade through waist-deep water, ride in trucks after work
Water was pumped out of low-lying areas of Kolkata and adjoining areas through the night, but residents of Salt Lake continued to reel under flooding.
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Rs 10 crore Rolls-Royce gets stuck in Kolkata flood waters. Rs 10 lakh Tata car drives by. Watch
Most of the rain fell during the early hours of Tuesday and was the heaviest witnessed in the city since 1988, said HR Biswas, the regional head of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Kolkata.
