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He was rejected by IIT, then denied an H-1B visa. How his 'crushing and numbing’ setback changed his lifeKunal Bahl faced two major setbacks before building his entrepreneurial career: an IIT rejection and an H-1B visa denial while working at i...
IIT baba dead? Sensational claims about his demise go viral, Haryana police respondsA misleading rumor circulated on social media alleging the death of IIT Baba, Abhay Singh Grewal, in Hisar. In reality, the individual foun...
'Build here. Scale here. Die here': IIT alumni group urges fair US immigration policies amid green card visa cyclePanIIT Alumni India has expressed its concern over the treatment of Indian professionals on H-1B visas. The group emphasizes the need for f...
PM Modi hails NEP; Tamil Nadu CM Vijay seeks 5,110 cr in education duesModi inaugurated projects and laid foundation stones for development initiatives worth over Rs 13,000 crore across sectors, including metro...
'Build here, scale here, die here': IIT alumni body urges tech talent to return amid US visa crackdownThe US government this week suspended eight major tech companies, including Indian IT services firms Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infos...
NEET UG should be computer-based, NTA must vet paper setters, says Parliamentary panelA Parliamentary panel has made several recommendations regarding the NEET (UG) examination and the National Testing Agency. It suggests tha...
After getting rejected by Harvard, IIT Madras graduate had no Plan B. Today, the Bengaluru-based CEO's networth is nearly Rs 3,000 croreTarun Mehta, an IIT Madras graduate and Ather Energy co-founder, once dreamed of studying at Harvard Business School but faced rejection af...
Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma paid Rs 5 crore to visit Premanand Maharaj ashram in Vrindavan? Couple issues statementVirat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have denied allegations of any payment to visits Premanand Maharaj’s Vrindavan ashram amid the news of death...
From 'lower middle class' Tamil family, he missed IIT Madras CSE by just 0.01, was rejected by MIT. Today, he is the CEO of a $20 billion AI startupPerplexity cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas turned academic setbacks into a remarkable AI career. After missing IIT Madras Computer Scien...
He missed IITs after 3 JEE attempts and BITS Pilani by 0.5%: 30 years later, man shares a lessonGaurav Kheterpal’s journey from missing the IITs after three JEE attempts and BITS Pilani by less than 0.5% to receiving its Startup Excell...
School Assembly News Headlines, September 29: Top India, world, sports, business news and current affairsSchool Assembly News Headlines, September 29, 2026: Today’s key updates include the Supreme Court’s UPI MDR decision, bank strike deferment...
Gyanesh Kumar’s journey to CEC post: From Article 370 & Ram Mandir trust to key Centre roles and CEC post; why his 19-month tenure is now under fresh scrutinyGyanesh Kumar SIR controversy: The tenure of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has come under increased scrutiny after an Indian Ex...
IIT-Bombay professor Suryanarayana Doolla, who faces SC/ST Act FIR in Sahil Wakode case, has multiple teaching, research awardsIIT-Bombay professor Suryanarayana Doolla's deanship was suspended after an FIR under the SC/ST Act in connection with the death by suicide...
Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
IIT Bombay graduate loses dream job months after joining, sends 200+ cold emails and then changes his approachA 21-year-old IIT Bombay graduate has detailed a career marked by rapid changes, from internships and a startup attempt to a dream job at C...
'If I said yes...': Why a Delhi IIT graduate from Bihar left a campus job to turn singer-songwriter. Who is Deepanshu Raj (Iqlipse Nova)?IIT Delhi graduate Deepanshu Raj, better known as singer-songwriter Iqlipse Nova, shared why he rejected a campus placement in 2021 to purs...
‘My 3 startups failed in India, US one didn’t’: Here’s why NRI founder says all three shut downNRI entrepreneur Aniruddha Anjana says three businesses he launched in India after returning from 10 years in the US failed amid unpaid cus...
Bengaluru techie rejects Rs 20 lakh hike despite bigger role, here’s what made him say noA 31-year-old Bengaluru software developer has reportedly declined a Rs 20 lakh salary increase that would have taken his annual pay from R...
Eating bread with water taught him a life lesson that no IIT or IIM can teach: Mumbai founder says 'everyone should go broke at least once'At 18, Mumbai-based founder Abhishek Agarwal says he went seven days without money for food and survived on bread and water. Years later, h...
Bihar farmer’s son cracks IIT-JEE at 12, goes from IIT Kanpur to PhD in US and AI researchSatyam Kumar became one of India’s youngest IIT entrants after cracking the IIT-JEE at 12 and securing AIR 670 a year later. The Bihar-born...