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Flipkart’s Sachin Bansal says he was removed because of ‘performance’

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Flipkart Co-Founder Sachin Bansal at a town hall meeting on Friday said every employee is treated with the same yardstick, and cited his performance as the reason for his being removed from the post of CEO in January this year. Bansal's disclosure comes after India's largest e-commerce company said last month that it was laying off at least 300 people...

UnIndian review by Anupama Chopra: This one’s a messy stew

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UnIndian Director: Anupam Sharma Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Brett Lee, Supriya Pathak Rating: 2 / 5 I went into UnIndian with scepticism. The dodgy history of cricketers-turned-actors didn’t bode well for Brett Lee — think of Vinod Kambli, Sandeep Patil or Ajay Jadeja. The good news is that Lee isn’t half bad. He is affable and natural in front of the camera — you just...

2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R makes US debut looking hellish in green

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You've seen this car before. The 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R made itsfirst official public appearance on June 24 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. You probably recognize the GT R by its impossible-to-miss color, which is called AMG Green Hell Magno (no, not mango). But this awesome AMG just made its first visit to North America in California as...

Rio Olympics 2016: Sensors at full play

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Rio 2016 is the most data-intensive Games till date. Every facet of it depended, to a certain extent, on capture of data. Sensors, heart rate monitors, and GPS trackers are just a few technologies used heavily. Users have been able to monitor performance, recall earlier results, and view the results in real time with the click of a button....

Maneka’s People for Animals Website Hacked With ‘Stray Dog Free India’ Post

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People For Animals (PFA) website – founded by Union Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi's – was hacked by a group identified as Kerala Cyber Warriors (KCW) who pledged to make India free from stray dog. Police sources said, the KCW has taken control of the some pages on the site and blacked it out with a message...

Torrent websites: New warning on blocked URLs may still fail to prevent piracy

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According to reports, a website blocked in India now hosts a new warning, which threatens to jail people accessing blocked URLs for 3 years and give a fine for Rs. 3 lakhs. Internet users fear that because of this warning, now even viewing illegal content can land them in jail. The warning issued is as follows: “This URL has been blocked...

HCL Chairman Shiv Nadar offers Rs one crore to Tirupati shrine

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Tech major HCL Chairman Shiv Nadar today made an offering of Rs one crore and one (Rs 1,00,00,001) to the Lord Venkateswara shrine near here. The hill temple PRO Talari Ravi said after offering prayers, the HCL chairman handed over the offering in the form of a cheque to TTD Executive Officer D Sambasiva Rao inside the shrine. He requested the...
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Pfizer said close to $14 billion deal to acquire Medivation

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Pfizer Inc. is close to an agreement to buy Medivation Inc. for about $14 billion, people familiar with the situation said, the latest in a long run of blockbuster deals in the drug and biotechnology industries. The deal may be announced as early as Monday, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is still private....

Khaidi No 150 teaser: Chiranjeevi gets special gift on 61st birthday

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Megastar Chiranjeevi, who turned 61 on Monday, was presented with a special teaser from the makers of his upcoming project, his 150th film, as a birthday gift. The video introduces viewers to the technical team of the film. The 52-second teaser introduces Chiranjeevi as a conqueror of millions of hearts and the undisputed king of the Telugu film industry. Read: Chiranjeevi...

Uber India pays a special tribute to PV Sindhu’s silver win at Rio Olympics 2016

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Sometimes, they look like puppies, and at times they look like ice cream. We are talking about Uber’s car icons that most of time look a bit dull and boring on the maps page that most of us end up staring at when we are hunting for ride. Today, however, the company has given every customer in India a reason...
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