Yoshiko Shinohara is one of the finest examples of entrepreneurial zeal . Shinohara, 82, is Japan’s first self-made woman billionaire who without any formal education has made huge strides in the country. She lost her father at age six, got divorced in her 20s, and made it to the billionaire list without any graduation from college. Shinohara founded TempStaff, a staffing agency in 1973 from a one-bedroom apartment in Tokyo. A […]

The Apple CEO is urging tech companies and governments to publicly address the dangers of misinformation. Apple CEO Tim Cook is calling on government agencies and tech companies to work together on a public service campaign to combat the spread of fake news. The proliferation of misinformation is a “big problem in a lot of the world” and is “killing people’s minds in a way,” Cook said Friday in an […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) looks set to blaze a new trail with the upcoming launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C 37 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. If all goes well, ISRO’s workhorse launcher will lift off on Wednesday carrying a suite of 104 satellites in one go. This includes 101 nano-satellites (weighing below 10 kilograms each) from five countries — the United States, Netherlands, Israel, Kazakhstan […]

India’s Supreme Court has convicted the head of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu state of corruption, ending her attempts to become chief minister. Sasikala Natarajan was an aide of late chief minister Jayalalitha. Though she has never held public office, the ruling AIADMK party said last week that she would be the southern state’s next chief minister. But the state was plunged into uncertainty after the acting chief minister […]

Even people like Tony Robbins, Oprah, and Nelson Mandela have had to face humungous negative challenges in their life. No one is immune to them. Whether these negative situations infect you or not comes down to your toolkit of self-development weapons. The last two weeks has given me two unexpected situations to deal with. Situation One: I decided to sell a car recently and received a call from a man […]

Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan described Kunal Kapoor’s Veeram trailer as incredible. Exactly 10 days ahead of its official theatrical release, the trailer of Kunal Kapoor’s highly-anticipated period drama Veeram was unveiled by Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan on his Facebook page. Calling the promo video “incredible,” the Kaabil actor lauded Kunal’s work in the film. “Thank u so much Duggu!,” Kunal tweeted, appreciating Hrithik for his gesture. The filmmakers of Veeram […]

As commercialised as it may be, Valentine’s Day is nevertheless celebrated as a day of expressing those unadulterated emotions of love to your beloved. And if you thought the week-long-prequel to V-Day was dramatic enough in itself, let us remind you that people around the world consider it to be a much greater affair than you could perhaps fathom. We bring you six unique ways in which Valentine’s Day is […]

Research suggests that Einstein’s Constant may still have a part to play in accounting for dark energy. Astronomers are testing an idea developed by Albert Einstein about a century ago to resolve a longstanding puzzle over what is driving the accelerated expansion of the universe. Researchers have long sought to determine how the universe’s accelerated expansion is being driven. Calculations in a new study by researchers at the University of […]

NR Narayana Murthy was on the top of his game for the larger part of his career. He steered Infosys, the software services company he founded in 1981, with six others, to make it the poster boy of the Indian information technology (IT) industry. For over three decades Infosys was under Murthy’s shadow, from 1993-2002 (since it got listed) as it’s CEO, later as its chairman, until stepped down from […]

Dear Friend, I remember having met you a couple of years back. You were at a government hospital, waiting for your results. Your heart was beating harder than the first time we “rolled over the hay”, almost a decade before this date. I mean, our hearts beat fastest when we are orgasmic, right? I remember the fear that radiated from your eyes. I remember your fumbling words and trembling lips. […]