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Indian Google employee reveals what working at the tech giant is really like For years, conversations around Google have mostly focused on one thing: getting in. From interview preparation videos to stories of dream job offers, the spotlight is usually on cracking the hiring process. But once someone actually joins the company, what does everyday…
Mukri’s daughter Naseem revealed Amitabh Bachchan never visited or attended her father’s funeral in 2000, calling it “filmo ki dosti.” Jaya Bachchan also stayed away. However, Rishi Kapoor arrived at 7 am, crying “like a baby,” after learning the news at 2 am. Mukri, 78, died of a heart attack. For nearly six decades, ever…
Moon in Capricorn today calls for more caution around people and goals. Meetings, calls and silent observation in Shravana Nakshatra provide valuable information. Today’s information might change how you feel about an opportunity. What to Do Today Listen if a senior contact, colleague or friend is talking about a project. How they talk will tell…
Why shouldn’t I channel my inner halwaii? ‘Belly-fat reduction’ is what a reader added to ‘anti-ageing’ and ‘gut-health’, the snake oils I scoffed at last week. Yes, tricks for tummy-suck always find suckers. Me included. Unlike Odysseus aka Matt Damon, I was unable to resist the sirens’ song. This one kept calling out from online…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to donate one-third of his wealth to charity as part of his succession plan. Halima Dangote, his daughter and trustee of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, disclosed the plan in a Bloomberg interview published on Tuesday. The billionaire plans to dedicate 33 per cent of his estate to philanthropy.The billionaire’s…
File photo: Union minister Nitin Gadkari NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari informed Rajya Sabha Wednesday BS-III vehicles, manufactured between 2005 and 2016, may require replacement of some rubber parts and gaskets when run on E20 petrol, while adding studies have found no major impact of the blended fuel on overall vehicle performance.In a…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday saved central and state projects worth Rs 20,000 crore from demolition for want of prior environmental clearance but permanently prohibited govt from granting post facto EC and quashed Centre’s 2021 Office Memorandum for keeping a window indefinitely open for projects to seek such green nods.Rescinding a part of its earlier…
File photo: Former PM Manmohan Singh NEW DELHI: More than 11 years after a Delhi court sensationally summoned former PM Manmohan Singh as an accused in a coal block allotment scam case, the Supreme Court Wednesday gave him a clean chit, closing the case nearly two years after his demise.Special judge Bharat Parashar, presiding over…
Has gender divide always existed in society? Million-year-old footprints reveal surprising answer. Once in a while, a simple discovery in the dirt changes everything. That’s what happened when scientists found a string of ancient footprints locked into what used to be a muddy lakeshore in Kenya. Per a study published in the Proceedings of the…
MUMBAI: Employers are widening employee health benefits beyond conventional group medical insurance as companies seek protection against diseases that can quickly exhaust standard health covers. Reflecting this shift, AstraZeneca Pharma India has become the first company in India to buy a group cancer care policy that sits on top of its existing group health insurance,…
