- Janitor richer than CEO! Employee's post on how the cleaner ended up with nearly Rs 7 crore wealth double of their boss stuns internet
A story shared on X contrasts a high-earning executive's reported debts with a cleaner's decades-long approach to saving and investing. The...
14 Oct, 2026, 03.30 PM IST
Swedish-born billionaire once bought 400,000 acres of Amazon rainforest, almost the size of Greater London. Locals worry about green colonialism; around 1000 people lost their jobsJohan Eliasch generated buzz by securing ownership of 400,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest to combat logging threats. However, his move r...
13 Oct, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Owner sees 2 employees coming to work on two wheeler in harsh winter, gifts Rs 45 lakh BMWs to themA restaurant owner in China's Henan province gifted two employees brand-new BMW cars worth around Rs 43 lakh each after seeing them commute...
10 Oct, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
Trump's bid to curb techies may end up benefiting IndiaTrump’s tightening of H-1B and PERM rules could hurt Indian IT companies in the short term but may also accelerate the shift of more US tec...
09 Oct, 2026, 01.57 PM IST
'Don't worry about PERM': Former HCL tech CEO Vinnet Nayyar explains why Trump admin's action against 'indentured servants' will help Indian techies than hurtFormer HCL Technologies CEO Vineet Nayyar believes tighter US immigration rules could prompt companies to shift more advanced technology pr...
09 Oct, 2026, 01.46 PM IST
US visa curbs may shift higher-value tech work to India, says former HCL Tech CEO Vineet NayarRestrictions imposed by the US on major technology companies may prompt a shift in high-value technology work to India. Vineet Nayar highli...
09 Oct, 2026, 10.23 AM IST
The American Dream now costs $5.3 million, even a college degree may leave you $1.2 million shortThe pursuit of the American Dream has become a hefty endeavor, now costing an average of $5.3 million across a lifetime for many workers. T...
08 Oct, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
GoT, Harry Potter, Batman & more: The $110 billion Hollywood gold mine Paramount just boughtParamount's acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery brings some of Hollywood's most valuable franchises under one roof, from Batman, Superman ...
06 Oct, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made $18 million last year, middle of the tech CEO packDario Amodei made $18 million last year as CEO of Claude AI developer Anthropic, the company's IPO filing shows, putting him in the middle ...
06 Oct, 2026, 05.05 PM IST
As Thailand cracks down on foreigners, a tourist paradise reconsiders its welcomeThailand is facing a growing backlash against foreign influence in its tourist hotspots, particularly southern islands such as Koh Phangan,...
05 Oct, 2026, 10.02 AM IST
Senate punts bill to permanently ban Chinese cars until after midterm electionsLegislation aiming to permanently prohibit Chinese vehicles and technology from entering the U.S. market is currently stalled. Senators are...
01 Oct, 2026, 09.36 AM IST
In 1662, Pieter Bronck bought 1,900 acres near Coxsackie, New York. 364 years later, his 1663 home remains Upstate New York’s oldest, after 8 generations lived there tooBronck House, built in 1663, is the oldest house in upstate New York located in Coxsackie. Pieter Bronck established his family home after ...
29 Sep, 2026, 03.37 AM IST
How much money is considered rich in America? $2.3 million may be the benchmark, but where you live changes everythingThere is no number that suddenly makes a person rich. Still, Americans have a figure in mind. A 2025 Charles Schwab survey found that peopl...
29 Sep, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
The Indispensables: Seven AI titans and an $18.6 trillion economic betRemoving key AI leaders such as Elon Musk and Sam Altman could disrupt the entire AI industry profoundly. These leaders oversee companies w...
28 Sep, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
In 1899, a Swiss city built a railway powered by wastewater; wastewater makes one car heavy enough to pull the other uphill without using a motorOpened in 1899, Fribourg's funicular uniquely connects the upper and lower districts by harnessing the power of gravity and wastewater rath...
26 Sep, 2026, 07.00 PM IST
China's manufacturing scale shows the path to first-world statusInsights from a Chinese factory reveal striking contrasts in wages and car ownership between India and China. China's triumph in manufactur...
25 Sep, 2026, 10.51 PM IST
Quote of the day by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 'You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one' offers timeless lessons on human connection, emotional well-being, purpose, meaning, validationQuote of the day by Jean-Jacques Rousseau remains a powerful advice because it challenges a question that has never disappeared: who truly ...
22 Sep, 2026, 07.44 PM IST