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'Bread in India is a big joke': Brown, multigrain varieties aren't healthy, says Food Pharmer
'Brown bread in India is also not healthy,' food influencer Revant Himatsingka said. 'They are brown because of a caramel colour 150A. It is similar to the colour in Coca Cola and Bournvita.'
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Bengaluru man says he works 12 hours a day 'to pay over 50% of my income as tax'
'Today I earned Rs 5,000. I had to give 30 percent to the government as tax,' Sanchit Goyal shared.'
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Once an average student, man bags job in Sweden, gets gift for tutor with first salary
'My brother was an average student... sometimes his performance went even below. But his tuition teacher, Mrs Sowmya made sure to get him on track,' architect Namrata S Rao shared.
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'Bengaluru has a Batman': This man helps people with free stay, therapy and more
Dushyant Dubey set up a small apartment to provide temporary shelter to victims of abuse 'or anyone who just needs a roof over their heads in Bengaluru until things get better'.
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Mumbai man finds 27 mothers and 1 father at PTA meet: 'Don't like Indian style of parenting'
'Most of the moms had an MBA and were working at places like Deloitte or ICICI. Very few had 2 kids. Still no expectations from SIRS to show up and/or contribute to anything (besides income),' researcher Varun Aggarwala wrote.
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Co-founder from IIT advises job seekers to 'keep different versions of your resume'. Here's why
'In IIT during internship/placement season we were often told to keep multiple versions of our resume,' Smartbooks Inc co-founder Saurabh Kumar shared.
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Bengaluru CEO receives over 3,000 resumes in 48 hours: 'How bad is the job market?'
The company is currently looking for six 'permanently remote' employees for various roles.
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Nithin Kamath on cyber risk: 'Single scam of Rs 20,000 crore affected lakhs of Indians'
'Everyone is a target today, especially businesses since hacks can be financially lucrative,' Nithin Kamath said.
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Madhavan as Emmanuel Macron takes selfie with him, PM Modi: 'Forever etched in my mind'
'President Macron eagerly took a selfie for us while our Honorable Prime Minister very graciously and sweetly stood up to be part of it...' actor Madhavan recalled.
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'Never thought it would happen to me': Indian staffer laid off by Flyhomes in US
Seattle-based Flyhomes -- run by Indian-origin co-founder and CEO Tushar Garg -- continues with its third round of layoffs in a year as housing demand falls.
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'Being an immigrant on H1B': Indian techie laid off by Qualcomm seeks help finding new job
Qualcomm had announced company-wide job cuts impacting 5 percent of its staff, including about 20 percent of its employees from the mobile division.
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'Stop gaming, start building rockets': Shark Tank India's Anupam Mittal on 28% GST
Joining ranks with former co-judge at Shark Tank India, Ashneer Grover, Anupam Mittal pointed out how the government's move to impose tax on online gaming is a blow to the industry.
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Woman charged Rs 350 for water at 'fancy restaurant' brings empty bottle home to reuse
The act resonated with a number of Twitter users. 'I inadvertently bought two at Jewels of Nizam. We realised that only at the billing that each bottle was priced at Rs 700,' one shared.
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Ashneer Grover: 'Kohli, Ganguly, Dhoni endorsed online gaming. Why judge it now?'
Ashneer Grover wrote, 'Why was BCCI allowed to take Dream11 as title sponsor? Tech founders are dispensable -- that’s the only truth.'
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'Failed JEE, couldn’t get into IIT': Walmart techie who cracked interviews with over 13 companies
'Gave my first interview at Accolite and cracked it. It was fully based on DSA and coding. And after that cracked (interviews) at more than 13 companies,' Riti Kumari wrote.
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Himachal Pradesh travel company offers tourists stranded in Manali free stay at hotels
Siddharth Bakaria of GoHimachal said the stranded tourists are welcome to stay at the hotels till the weather condition improves. Currently, around 70 tourists are put up in these hotels.
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'Education for sale': Institute offers MBBS, MD seats to low scorers for Rs 65 lakh-Rs 1 crore
'Somehow this seems much worse than other degrees. Because human lives are at stake. I mean who cares if one's water purifier technician or graphic artist paid for their seat?' a Twitter user commented.
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Anand Mahindra is 'working hard' to learn Spanish: 'My son-in-law, grandson are Spanish speakers'
Anand Mahindra also had a word of advice for a Twitter follower who is also learning Spanish. 'Por supuesto! Yo tambien. Nunca me rendiré…
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Bengaluru man treats chest pain as indigestion, it was a heart attack. Doctor shares artery pics
'In everyday stress-filled life understand that you need to see a qualified doctor if there is something as simple as a gastric problem,' Dr Jagdish J Hiremath, MD and chairperson of AASRA Group of Hospitals in Bengaluru, said.
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Why I agreed to pay Rs 15,000 extra rent in a year: Samsung techie in Bengaluru explains
'The rental agreement was for 11 months but the landlord was being very pushy. He told us to either pay the new rent or move out.'
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Paytm CEO 'genuinely concerned' after OpenAI blog post on 'human extinction'
Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma appeared worried about the power some set of people and select countries have accumulated when it comes to superintelligence.
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'Zerodha was not meant to be what it is today': CEO Nithin Kamath
Nithin Kamath had earlier shared how they could build Zerodha without venture capitalists thanks to his brother Nikhil Kamath's profits from trade.
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'Increased her salary but she refused to take it': Founder from IIT praises 'high-integrity' staffer
Varma said she once sent her Rs 2,000 extra with her salary as a bonus, but Diksha returned it thinking the extra money was sent to her by mistake.
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'Treated like cattle': Indigo flyers recount harrowing experience after Istanbul-Mumbai flight cancellation
Indigo passengers recount plight after sudden cancellation of Istanbul-Mumbai flight. After struggling for food, water and even seats, flyers now want airline to compensate them.
