According to the annual Economic Survey 2016, by the government of India, it has emerged that only about 5.5% of the people who earn pay their taxes and only 15.5% of the net national income is reported to the tax authorities.
With the clamour around the Make In India slogan. Parle Bisleri’s re-entry in a market they dominated more than 3 decades ago, signals a coming of a full circle.
Hamza Khan was in for a mild shock when he received an interesting job offer. He was emailed by someone claiming to be a recruiter who had seen Khan’s website and decided to send him an in-depth critique of it, and then tried to blackmail him into working for him.
The email is from a supposed Architecture engineer called Jacob Worstell working at the anti-spam email company, Sharklasers. The email lists out all the problems with Khan’s website in points, and is peppered with expletives.
Flipkart Shuts Down Its Groceries Arm Nearby. Last year there was a spurt of players in the online grocery delivery business with new players like Peppertap and Grofers and biggies like Flipkart with Nearby, Ola with Ola store and Amazon with Amazon groceries entering the fray. Though recent events point out to the potential lack of feasibility of a grocery delivery business. Recently, Peppertap had scaled down operations by shutting down in 6 major cities and Grofers had shut down in 9 cities.
The more things change, the more they remain the same. Technology may have become sharper, smarter and smaller, but the foundations at the core of tech still owe their genesis to inventions of the 70’s. And just as well. There is no need for an “out with the old, in with the new” mentality if your office continues to operate in an efficient and productive way.
Here are a few things using the technology from almost half a century ago, that are still used in the office of today.
The selfie has come a long way. Nothing can be a bigger proof than the selfie finding a favour with the payments giants Mastercard.
Under a pilot program beginning in the fall, the credit card giant will allow customers to snap a selfie to verify their identities with facial scan technology.
Wishes do get fulfilled and how. Morgan Freeman’s voice, which has been appreciated, worshipped and celebrated endlessly, is finally going to be on your GPS navigation.
Pankhuri Shrivastava and Prateek Shukla are a couple of 25 year olds, who have never held a job in their lives. They started Grabhouse when they were both just 23 years old. Read how they growth hacked their way to make Grabhouse a multi-million dollar valued real estate powerhouse.
One tour of the Grabhouse office in Koramangla, Bangalore leaves you wishing that the houses you can find on the online rental search portal can be as nice as the office of the company. Full of colours, art, and empty space, the office is an interior-lover’s delight.