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Bengaluru techie turns down rRs.r20 lakh salary hike, father finds his reason 'absurd'

India, Sept. 1 -- An Indian entrepreneur has revealed that his friend, a software developer based in Bengaluru, turned down a Rs.20 lakh salary hike in order to maintain his work-life balance. Rohan D... Read More


Indian-origin techie loses over rRs.r2 crore to stock trading: 'I went to gambling addiction program'

India, Sept. 1 -- An Indian-origin software developer has opened up about losing a huge sum of money to stock trading, saying that the thrill of huge gains pushed him to take increasingly risky bets d... Read More


Tim Cook was happy at Compaq. One meeting with Steve Jobs changed his mind

India, Sept. 1 -- On Monday, Tim Cook bid farewell to Apple - the company where he spent nearly three decades and led as CEO since 2011. Cook paid a tribute to founder Steve Jobs and praised Apple sta... Read More


'Spite might be greatest incentive': Bengaluru CEO on employees working weekends

India, Sept. 1 -- A Bengaluru-based CEO has revealed that his employees are voluntarily working late nights and weekends - not for better incentives, but to spite a rival company. Vikram Pai, CEO and ... Read More


Loneliness and H-1B restrictions drove her to quit 6-figure US job, return to India

India, Sept. 1 -- As a data scientist in the United States, Disha Lamba enjoyed a six-figure salary, a comfortable lifestyle, access to clean public spaces, and a career that many envied. Earlier this... Read More


Indian founder bought 2 houses at 24, says her kids may never afford one: 'Salaries haven't kept pace'

India, Aug. 20 -- An Indian entrepreneur claims that the only way to beat inflation is to build something outside of one's 9-to-5 job. Riya Upreti, founder of Fobet Media, argued that simply doing the... Read More


Goldman analyst arrested after telling ChatGPT he wanted to murder ex-girlfriend

India, Aug. 20 -- A Goldman Sachs analyst used ChatGPT to plot the rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend, only to have OpenAI - the company behind the chatbot - report him to the FBI. OpenAI reported D... Read More


'I don't want to pay': Tourist refuses to pay for photo at Vietnam cafe, faces backlash

India, Aug. 20 -- A tourist was filmed repeatedly asking staff at a Vietnamese cafe to take her photograph at a popular picture spot while refusing to pay. The tourist sparked a heated exchange at the... Read More


London hostel kicks out Indian guest - but it wasn't a case of racism

India, Aug. 20 -- An Indian travel vlogger has shared a video showing a fellow Indian who was kicked out of a hostel in London. Rahul, who also goes by Nomad Mikey on Instagram, shared footage of the ... Read More


Laid off on H-1B, Indian man took up cleaning job to survive in the US: 'Money ran out faster than I thought'

India, Aug. 20 -- Vinay Maheshwari's carefully-structured life in the United States was upended with just one call. Sometime last year, while he was working in Philadelphia on a H-1B visa, Maheshwari ... Read More