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'Europe, I don’t want to marry your men': This investor spent Rs 4 lakh, missed a flight waiting for Schengen visa

Venture capitalist Aashima Arora said she was looking to invest up to $10 million in a gaming company based out of Copenhagen. 'I have known the founder for years, and he sent me a formal invitation letter, filled out all the forms correctly on time (so that I get the visa on time),' she said.

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Cyclone Remal to reach Bengal today: How cyclonic storms get their names

Remal cyclone: 'Remal', which means sand in Arabic, was named by Oman. It is the first pre-monsoon cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this season and is expected to bring extremely heavy rainfall to Bengal and Bangladesh.

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Bengaluru woman with IIT degree quits Walmart to become a fitness coach: 'Passion beats paycheck'

'Passion fuels purpose. Sure, financial rewards matter, but true fulfillment comes from pursuing something that sets your soul on fire,' the IIT Kanpur alumnus said. Priyanka Gupta added that entrepreneurship has its highs and lows and that she has learned that it is important to learn from setbacks and celebrate the wins.

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Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath reveals he wanted to adopt a child: 'Thought it was cool'

Nikhil Kamath shared that while he was looking up the adoption procedure, he found that with the current regulations in the country, it was impossible for a man, who is single, to adopt a child.

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's tip for a 'highly successful' career: Don't be a know-it-all

Andy Jassy had joined Amazon when he was 29. He was hired as a product manager and over the years he rose through ranks to eventually replace Jeff Bezos as the CEO in 2021.

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This CEO suggests freshers pay Rs 40 lakh to intern with 'the right people'. He interned with Steve Jobs

Born in Kolkata, Chet Kapoor is the chairman and CEO of AI company DataStax which is based in California. Speaking about his time as an intern at Steve Jobs’s NeXT, he said: 'I was one step below the person that opened doors but that didn’t matter because I worked 20 yards away from him every day.'

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Vismay Sharma reveals how he worked at L’Oreal for over 30 years: 'My success comes from...'

Vismay Sharma added that while turnover, profitability and market share are important concerns for any organisation, the real motivator for him is seeing the value in his day-to-day work with L'oreal.

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Richa Chadha reveals how a mutual fund helped pay for her wedding amid a 'cash flow issue'

Riding high on the success of Heeramandi, Richa Chadha requested women to invest so that they can fund their expenses, including their weddings. Sharing an example of how investing helped her out of a tight spot, she said, 'When we got married...

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'When India won a game against Pakistan...': Nikhil Kamath on 'evolution' of cricket, IPL trends

As a child, Nikhil Kamath recollected lying on a mattress with his family watching every cricket game India ever played. In 2023, the Zerodha co-founder watched the 2023 World Cup final between India and Australia with RBI governor Shaktikanta Das at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium.

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Elon Musk reacts to Satya Nadella's comment on Microsoft Recall: 'Definitely turning this feature...'

Meanwhile, Microsoft sought to ease concerns of 'spying' and invasion of privacy by stating that its new feature, Recall, does not share one users data with others or even with the company. 'Screenshots are only available to the person whose profile was used to sign in to the device,' the tech giant stated.

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Bengaluru Uber driver clashes with passenger over AC in viral video: 'Only Kannada. This is Karnataka'

'It's not about language here... It's about (an) arrogant and irresponsible person using Kannada language as a smokescreen to continue scamming gullible people who travel to Bengaluru for work,' Uber rider Dr Atharv Dawar said.

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Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath: Bombay is famous for good looking people, but those of Bengaluru are...

In his podcast, WTF, Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath said that the access to talent that Bengaluru offers is also second to no other city in the world, especially for startups. 'If you have to build something, if you have to start a company, the access to talent at the cost you get in Bengaluru...

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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw slams BBMP for not clearing trash from Outer Ring Road: 'Disgusting sight'

The 71-year-old billionaire entrepreneur and executive chairperson of Biocon called upon the solid waste management department of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to clear the mountain of garbage that lined the Outer Ring Road.

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Indigo flyer shares 12-hour trauma at Delhi airport after cancelled flight: 'Couldn't meet my mother'

While waiting for her second flight, as part of refreshments that airlines are supposed to offer flyers in cases of cancellations and delays, Anubha Pandey was given three idlis and a cup of coffee. The Gurgaon resident eventually ended up spending 12 hours at the airport before deciding to cancel the flight and head home. Responding to the incident, Indigo told Moneycontrol that it deeply regretted the inconvenience caused to its customers.

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Delhi man says he got Re 1 cashback from Cred after paying credit card bill of Rs 87,000

Bengaluru-based Cred is the largest third-party app for credit card bill payments in the country and has more than 15 million active customers. It is also the fourth largest Unified Payments Interface (UPI) player in India.

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Want to ask about remote work roles during a job interview? Stanford University expert has a tip

'If you frame your question correctly, you can get your answer and not set off any alarms in your potential manager’s head,' communication expert Matt Abrahams said. He also shared a script for job seekers to use during interviews with recruiters.

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Sudha Murty says motherhood has been 'rewarding': 'Akshata, Rohan are my greatest blessings'

Narayana Murthy had earlier credited his wife Sudha Murty for taking care of their children while he had to be away for long periods to build Infosys. 'I couldn't spend any time with them,' he told Moneycontrol in an interview.

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Nikhil Kamath reveals why he doesn't have kids: 'Going to ruin 18-20 years of my life...'

The Zerodha co-founder also does not believe in hoarding wealth for future generations. Last year, Nikhil Kamath became the youngest Indian to join the 'The Giving Pledge' after he pledged a majority of his wealth to philanthropic causes.

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'Trashy New Delhi': NDMC springs into action after Danish diplomat's video on garbage dumped near embassy

In his first video shared on X, Danish diplomat to India HE Freddy Svane had said, 'Welcome to great, green, and trashy New Delhi. This used to be a service lane, but you see, it is just full of trash, and people come here to do whatever they like to do here.'

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Yale psychologist says feeling too busy can damage brain health, offers 3 fixes for 'time famine'

Yale University psychology professor Laurie Santos recommends celebrating tiny chunks of freedom. It makes you happier, she said. 'Say you’re in a meeting that ends early, or you finish a task ahead of schedule. Whenever you find a couple of unexpected free minutes, celebrate it.'

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Career coach explains how Gen Z job seekers are misusing ChatGPT: 'Exact same cover letters'

Shoshana Davis, a Gen Z career coach, shared that recently one of the recruiters she works with received about 100 identical responses to a question in the job application. She added that young professionals 'need to educate themselves' on how to use ChatGPT properly and not just to copy answers.

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Vedanta's Anil Agarwal bats for 'green metals' amid steep rise of gold prices: 'Investors rush for...'

Vedanta chairperson Anil Agarwal said, 'They are fundamental to new age technologies whether those related to energy transition (solar PV cells, batteries, EVs) or in technologies related to artificial intelligence (advanced semiconductors).'

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Delhi travel vlogger says 'RPF officer' molested him in train: 'He said he was doing time-pass'

Deepak Samal has since filed a complaint with Railway Madad -- Indian Railway's official grievance redressal mechanism. Reacting to the incident, the CPRO of the Northeast Frontier Railway, Sabyasachi De said that the authorities are currently investigating the case.