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When the average Indian gathered with his compatriots ‘en masse’, to support the fight against the coronavirus, having completely missed the irony of the situation, to offer his/her gratitude with bells, shells and whistles on Sunday,  the country’s upper middle-class and the elites from the film industry, sporting world and other assorted socialite types couldn’t help themselves. …

Rich, Please: How The Pleas Of India’s Wealthy Seem ‘Fake’ To The Masses Read More »

As the race for the keys to Berkshire Hathaway closes in, two names have not only come up as the likely successor to Warren Buffett’s $87.1 billion enterprise, but shareholders also witnessed them in action on Monday. One of them is IIT-Kharagpur alumnus and longtime Berkshire executive Ajit Jain, who presently leads the company’s insurance division and …

Meet Ajit Jain, the IIT alumnus who may succeed Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Read More »

The connection between sex scandals and politics has been there for ages now. There have been several cases of politicians being involved in sex scandals across the world. Let’s look at some of the most sensational ones. 1. AAP minister Sandeep Kumar was sacked after a CD allegedly showing him in “a compromising position with a woman” was delivered …

8 Infamous Politicians’ Sex Scandals That Created A Stir Read More »

Tesla, the American electric vehicle and clean energy firm, has launched in India, and car enthusiasts are ecstatic to own one and add it to their list. Although Tesla is expected to make its debut with the Model 3 sedan, some Indian business leaders have already reserved their electric vehicles for 2016. Meet Indian billionaires …

Mukesh Ambani & 6 other Indian billionaires who’ve either bought or booked a Tesla car Read More »

If we all had a penny for every time men in positions of power made sexist and regressive statements, well then, we’d all be playing in billions. But, it wouldn’t actually solve anything. Because while we’d all be rich, we would also continue to be miserable and women everywhere would probably have to keep settling …

18 Times Men In Power Made Obnoxious Statements That Just Made Us Go For A Punching Bag Read More »

Even if you are a multi-billionaire, you are at a risk going bankrupt and losing it all. Today, we are looking at billionaires who built a fortune but, a series of bad decisions and other factors landed them in a pool of debt that they failed to repay.   1. Pramod Mittal, brother of Lakshmi …

From Billionaires To Billionaire Debt: How Rich Tycoons Landed In More Debt Than The Wealth They Owned Read More »

i was on Google Trends the other day seeing what was going on in the world and stumbled upon something weird happening in Japan. “The age of consent” was trending. Many red flags went up in my head. I wanted to find out why, but the answers weren’t easy to digest. The first article I …

Why Is the Age of Consent in Japan Only 13-Year-Old? Read More »

The highest level of financial freedom is having enough passive income to cover your living expenses. If you manage to reach that point, you can spend your days doing whatever makes you happiest. If passive income is the key to financial freedom, then anyone who can enable others to generate passive income will be able …

Generating Passive Income Is Hard, Here Is a Better Option Read More »

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman “approved an operation … to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi,” according to a scathing new report from the Biden administration. Yet President Joe Biden says the U.S. will not sanction the Saudi government, calculating that any direct punishment could risk Saudi Arabia’s cooperation in confronting Iran and in counterterrorism efforts. Like …

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THE GLOBAL HEALTH AGENCY HAD AN “OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE” ABOUT THE COMING MONTHS. iStock A six-week-long sustained decrease in daily coronavirus cases has many experts optimistic that a major corner has been turned in the pandemic. Still, officials warn that such good news shouldn’t be a reason to give in to “COVID fatigue” so soon, arguing that more people must …

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