Some of the very places made for relaxing and unwinding are making life worse for the people who work there. And not just because of low pay and long hours, but with toxic fumes.
When China’s Eileen Gu won Olympic gold at Big Air Shougang, all eyes were on her. But unlike other Olympics, where athletes are photographed against awe-inspiring, pristine, snow-filled mountains, Gu’s backdrop shows industrial ruins.
A California company and the government can’t seem to agree on what the law says about H-1B.
The teenage Russian skater at the center of a doping storm at the Winter Olympics tested positive for a banned substance before the Games began.
Khabar Lahariya’s story is in the running for an Oscar.
Police in Canada cleared protesters from the Ambassador Bridge late last night (Feb. 13), with multiple arrests.
The fervour around the poster child of Indian unicorn IPOs is fizzling out.
Amazon is getting another shot at stopping Reliance Industries (RIL) from scooping up Future Group.
India’s diplomatic envoy is giving the Beijing Winter Olympics a miss.
A mere six years since its inception, an Indian consumer electronics hardware brand is eyeing a $266 million IPO at a $1.5 billion valuation. And it is now looking to spread the good word among companies eyeing a similar trajectory.
In finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget speech on Feb. 1, India’s youth saw a mix of lofty long-term ambitions and little short-term relief.
If you buy a Tesla, there’s a good chance the company will need to fix a serious problem. Nearly 1 million cars have been recalled in the company’s history.
The curtains have come down on India’s first comprehensive and reliable covid-19 dashboard, but its legacy lives on.
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The leader of the Congress, the largest opposition party in India, is worried about losing his Twitter reach.
India wants its rich to give back.
The uproar around Carrie Bradshaw’s sari–lehenga mixup has taken a life of its own on the internet. Some are mad she didn’t know the difference between the two Indian garments. Others were perplexed by her floral mohawk. The episode’s exchange about cultural appropriation and arranged marriage talk only added to the noise, but many people are unimpressed by what they see as lazy writing and an oversimplification of desi culture.
BharatPe’s co-founder and managing director Ashneer Grover, who is a judge on the Indian version of Shark Tank, is taking a voluntary leave of absence starting today (Jan. 20), after an audio clip of him allegedly abusing a bank employee went viral.
After poor renditions like MTV Dropout and The Vault, India has finally got the real deal: Shark Tank.
A Sex and the City character dying on its exercise bike was, weirdly, the most fitting end to Peloton’s 2021. The end of Mr Big in December made an already hurtling stock sink another 11%. Now, the company has hired McKinsey to review its cost structure, and has halted production of its bikes and treadmills.
Like all big tech companies, Amazon already records tons of data on customers from its e-commerce site, Alexa voice assistant, Kindle catalogs, Audible audiobooks, video streaming, music app, home-security cameras, and fitness trackers. Payments is no exception. But mostly, this data digging happens in the background.
What do millions of Indians habitually chew, leaving their mouths red—and neighbourhood walls scarlet splodged? It is usually a mix of areca nut, slaked lime, a variety of individually chosen ingredients, and tobacco, all skillfully wrapped inside a verdant green leaf.
Just two days before it was meant to stop accepting Visa credit cards in the UK, Amazon has made a U-turn.
