Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal In Time Magazine’s Most Influential List
Time’s annual list that chronicles the most influential people across the world is out, and the Indian startup ecosystem has a reason to rejoice. Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, the founders of India’s most valuable startup, Flipkart, have found their place amongst the world’s top luminaries, which include Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Donald Trump.
Paytm Sues Snapdeal-backed Unicommerce For Stealing Business Data
The battle for the supremacy in India’s e-commerce market has just been taken into the courtroom. Paytm has filed a lawsuit against Snapdeal-owned company…
How Virtual Payment Platforms Are Supporting Global Economies
The world is going local. You could be sitting in the remotest parts of the world, while working for a company located on the other side of the globe. The internet and allied technologies have well and truly enabled even the smallest of entrepreneurs and professionals go global. Using global services like AirBnB, Uber and Etsy are possible today and collaboration across continents, countries and cities has never been this smooth.
Hyderabad Techie Commits Suicide As His Social Networking Startup Fails
Lucky Gupta, a techie from Hyderabad committed suicide yesterday after his social networking he’d been working on for over a year failed to take off. He used nitrogen gas to kill himself painlessly.
Arvind Kejriwal Hits Back At Detractors, Calls Surge Pricing “Daylight Robbery”
Arvind Kejriwal, meanwhile, has come out strongly against his detractors. In a characteristically blunt Facebook post, the Delhi Chief Minister minced no words while speaking out against surge pricing. Kejriwal also alleged that a “media house” that was criticising his move has a vested interest in the matter.
Co-Workers: Five Personalities You’ll Encounter In Any Workplace
An office is a crazy place, isn’t it!? It’s not absurd to think that by throwing a bunch personalities together, problems will arise. That said, we do our best at tolerating our co-workers when they’re particularly difficult to deal with. Sure, we’re good friends with some of them, but the others grind our gears on a daily basis! Let’s have a look at a few examples of personalities you’ll find in the workplace.
Google To Open Huge New Office In Bengaluru
Google is all set to open its biggest office in India yet and its second in Bangalore. According to sources, the internet giant has just signed a lease for a 1 lakh square feet office in the Bagmane World Trade centre, located on the Outer Ring Road.
The Phenomenon That’s The Pulse Candy: 100 Crores In 8 Months
Pulse candy has done what many businesses can only dream of. It’s achieved what makes for enduring branding case studies and gets mentioned in social media chronicles.
Riots Break Out In Bangalore Over New Provident Fund Withdrawal Rule
The government in the budget for financial year 2016-17 had announced a new rule around provident funds according to which an employee cannot withdraw their provident fund amount before turning 58. The decision hadn’t gone down well with the majority of employees. While most of the detractors had lashed out on social media against the decision, the protests took an ugly and violent turn in Bengaluru today. Thousands of garment factory workers and others launched angry riots in parts of the city protesting against the government ruling.