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- What does Googleyness mean? Sundar Pichai uses these 6 phrases to explain.
- Turkey: Four killed after helicopter crashes into hospital.
- Govt proposes crackdown on unregulated lending, may ban loan apps and impose ₹1 crore penalty, 10-year jail term.
- Union minister slams ‘bouncer’ Rahul Gandhi for ‘attacking’, injuring BJP MPs.
- Man in flames walks 600m for help after Jaipur tanker blast, bystanders shoot videos.
- Narendra Modi in Kuwait: PM receives guard of honour on Day 2, lauds India’s ties with Gulf nation.
- Delhi man stabbed to death after failing to repay ₹45,000 loan.
- Starbucks strike: Why are the company’s employees in the US protesting?
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“Googleyness” is a term representing a series of desirable characteristics used to determine whether a candidate would be a good fit for being hired. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has said the word “Googleyness” had become too broad and has now clarified what it means for the company, according to a Business Insider report. What is “Googleyness”? “Googleyness” is a term representing a series of desirable characteristics used by the search engine giant to determine whether a candidate would be a good fit for being hired. However, it has been a vague word for a long time, with its definition having…
The helicopter took off amid poor visibility from the roof of Mugla’s hospital en route to the city of Antalya. At least four people were killed on Sunday after a helicopter crashed into a hospital in southwestern Turkey, AFP quoted the governor as saying. According to Mugla provincial governor Idris Akbiyik, the chopper fell to the ground after colliding with the fourth storey of a hospital during take-off. Two pilots, a doctor, and an employee on board the vehicle were killed. “There was intense fog,” Akbiyik said, adding that the authorities were investigating the accident’s cause. The helicopter took off…
Fraudulent loan apps are a concern with coercive recovery tactics, exorbitant interest rates, and hidden fees, leading to distress and in some cases, suicides The central government is planning to crack down on unregulated lending, for which it has introduced a draft bill, proposing stringent measures like 10 years of prison time along with heavy fines for violators. These measures were first suggested by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Working Group on Digital Lending in its its November 2021 report. What are the details of the proposed rule? The draft bill, titled the Banning of Unregulated Lending Activities (BULA),…
Union minister Giriraj Singh said Rahul Gandhi “deliberately” wanted to indulge in a scuffle. Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi “behaved like a bouncer” during Thursday’s Parliament scuffle between members of the ruling BJP and opposition INDIA bloc MPs, Union minister Giriraj Singh said on Sunday. Giriraj Singh said he was told so by the two BJP MPs injured allegedly by Rahul Gandhi. “They told me Rahul Gandhi attacked them like a bouncer. This is very shameful. He deliberately wanted to indulge in a scuffle,” Giriraj Singh. The BJP has accused Gandhi of pushing its parliamentarian Mukesh…
Radheshyam Chaudhary was crying for help as he struggled down the road. But instead of helping, most bystanders just made videos, said brother. A motor mechanic reportedly walked 600 metres while being engulfed in flames while seeking help after a gas tanker explosion on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Friday. Radheshyam Chaudhary, 32, was a motor mechanic with the National Bearings Company Limited. He left his home on his motorbike early on Friday. Later, visuals of the aftermath of the incident showed a burning man struggling to walk as he looked for help. A stranger called Radheshyam Chaudhary’s brother Akheram at…
PM Modi is visiting the Gulf nation on the invitation of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday received a rousing ceremonial welcome and a guard of honour in Kuwait during his two-day state trip to the Gulf country. For the first time in 43 years, an Indian prime minister has visited the Gulf nation. Modi’s visit came at the invitation of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Modi was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour at the Bayan Palace, Kuwait. Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah also present…
A 26-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Narela, Delhi, linked to a financial dispute. Three men have been arrested, while one suspect is still on the run. A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death in an apartment in the Narela area of outer north Delhi on Friday evening. The police have arrested three men in connection with the murder, which appears to be linked to a financial dispute. According to the police, Himanshu was found dead inside the flat he had been sharing with his friend Sumit Kaushik for the past four months. The police received a PCR call at…
The five-day protest ended up closing Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, and will expand to Columbus, Denver, and Pittsburgh through Saturday. Some members of the Starbucks workers’ union which represents more than 10,000 baristas across 525 stores in the US, walked off their jobs in multiple cities on Friday, December 20, 2024, as part of a protest. The five-day protest ended up closing Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, and will expand to Columbus, Denver, and Pittsburgh through Saturday, a report by news agency Reuters quoted the union as having said. What’s more is that…
The deceased took the extreme step after being scolded by his mother and brother for going “erratic.” A 26-year-old Chennai man reportedly died by suicide after being scolded by his mother and brother for allegedly spending the money she saved for her cancer treatment to play an online rummy game. The deceased went missing on Friday, and his body was found on Saturday morning. The man, a resident of Second Street in Chennai’s Chinnamalai, worked intermittently in a food business. The man’s father died eight years ago and he lived with his mother and brother, it added. During the Covid-19…
A team of ASI stayed at the sire for about 15 minutes and also visited the temple to determine the age of the ancient well located inside its premises. A survey of Sambhal’s ‘Kalki Vishnu’ temple premises was conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team on Saturday, just a day after the agency conducted a survey of a recently discovered temple in the district. The priest of the Kalki Vishnu temple, Mahendra Prasad Sharma said it is good that the survey team came for a visit. “There is a ‘krish koop’ (well) here. It is not closed but…