Moving abroad boosts the average worker’s income by $21,000, with the best-paid staff found in Switzerland, the U.S. and Hong Kong. That’s the conclusion in a survey showing that 45 percent of expats said their existing job paid more internationally and 28 percent changed locations for a promotion. In Switzerland, famous for both sky-high mountains and prices, the annual income boost totaled $61,000. Expat salaries there averaged $203,000 per year […]

Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle are among the companies that contribute most to ocean pollution with single-use plastics, according to a study presented on Tuesday by the “Break Free from Plastic” initiative. The environmental movement, launched in 2016, has helped clear the coasts of 42 countries around the world of discarded plastics. “These brand audits offer undeniable proof of the role that corporations play in perpetuating the global plastic pollution crisis,” […]

The teaser for British-American mini-series The Little Drummer Girl was released on Monday.The teaser hints at the nefariousness of Kurtz’s plan and the danger lurking around Charlie when she agrees to work for him. “You cannot stop the devil. Only the man performing his work,” a voice-over declares. The Little Drummer Girl marks the television debut of acclaimed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook. The Little Drummer Girl will be premiered on […]

Taking his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to poll-bound Rajasthan, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax, which he referred to as Gabbar Singh Tax, had destroyed India’s economy. Addressing a rally in Dholpur’s Mania area, Rahul said the prime minister had declared during elections that he wanted to be a ‘chowkidar’ but never clarified who he wanted to guard. The Congress […]

Google on Monday said that it has decided to shutdown its social media network Google+ after the company found that a bug in the social network had exposed the private data of its users to external developers which may have affected up to 500,000 accounts on Google+. The company has said that following an internal investigation in the issue, it has found that there was a bug in the software […]

Saina Nehwal has finally broken silence on her marriage with Parupalli Kashyap for the first time as the Indian badminton ace confirmed she will be tying the knot with her partner on December 16 later this year. “I will get busy with the Premier Badminton League from December 20 and then qualifiers for the Tokyo Games will begin. So this was the only date that we had to get married,” […]

The online shopping battles are about to get underway. The e-commerce giant Flipkart will organize the Big Billion Days Sale from October 10 to October 14. At the same time, Amazon India will also host the Great Indian Festival from October 10 to October 15. During this period, both shopping platorms will offer huge discounts on various products ranging from smartphones, electronics, accessories to fashion and home decor. Apart from […]

Mortal Engines represents London as a mobile predator city that slices everything that comes under its bladed wheels. The trailer of this sci-fi action film was dropped on Friday. Hester Shaw, played by Hera Hilmar, emerges as the only one who has the power and abilities to stop the destructive London. With the help of city outcasts Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan) and Anna Fang (Jihae), Shaw ventures into the mission […]

14-year-old programmer Tanmay Bakshi has a fascinating resume. He is a cognitive developer, TEDX Speaker, author and teacher. Bakshi was in India to attend an event organised by BPB publications at Amity University and Galgotias University, Noida. At the age of seven, Tanmay had set-up a channel — Tanmay teaches —where he provides magic of decoding programming and also talks about careers on it. “Programming is a very good career […]

With Navratri just around the corner, there is a significant degree of bliss and felicity in the air surrounding people of different cultural backgrounds. Owing to the season of jubilant festivities, Navratri is celebrated all across the country in its own unique and high spirited ways, spiritually devoted to the nine divine forms of goddess Durga. Let’s take a tour through the 9 variegated festive celebrations across the country to […]