Medal winning Olympians aren’t all that different from you and me. They might be the absolute bests in their sports, but when they are starting out, they can have some dreams that might appear cute in light of their newfound success.
Founded as a classifieds and local search platform in 2010, AskMe shot off into an ecommerce marketplace AskMeBazaar by 2012. And to set itself apart from the Flipkarts and Snapdeals, it decided to cater to the small and medium term merchants on the platform. 4 years later however, as is the case with most other heavily-funded startups in India, investors are beginning to second- guess themselves and funding ran dry. Left in the lurch by its prominent investor, AskMe has needed to take a tough call and shut down operations altogether.
It was a case of so near, yet so far. PV Sindhu lost to Spain’s Carolina Marin in the finals of the individual badminton event at Rio 2016, securing herself a silver medal.
If you’re a pot smoker, you might have rolled several joints in your life, or at least had a friend around do it for you. But this guy from Oregon, Portland, USA, actually does that for a living.
Her dream was to fly. Before Sakshi Malik won India its elusive first Olympics medal yesterday, and before she took her first flight…
You’d think that being an Olympian-winner athlete is a full time job that takes years of hard work, dedication, and a 100% time…
Getting fired is bad enough – having a viral video made out of is infinitely worse.
Haryana wrestler Sakshi Malik won bronze at the Women’s Freestyle 58 kg, beating Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan.
Timely blood donation and matching blood groups can be the difference between life and death during times of emergencies and distress and this campaign seeks to evoke the people around the world to acknowledge the issue and do their bit.
NHS Blood and Transplant and London-based PR agency Engine Group have launched the #MissingType campaign, in which the three letters that signify blood types are disappearing from familiar landmarks and brands. The campaign, which kicked off last year in UK last year has now taken off around the world including in the US, Australia, Dublin and Canada.