Mumbai CEO celebrates his birthday with a 90-hour fast, says he felt ‘stronger, powerful’ after pushing his limits and questioning what he thought his body could endure

A Mumbai-based CEO chose an unusual way to mark his birthday this year. Instead of a celebration centred around food, Abhishek Agarwal said he spent almost four days without eating, taking on what he described as a personal test of hunger, discipline and willpower. Agarwal shared his experience in a LinkedIn post, saying he completed…

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Teaching is just the start: The crushing burden on India’s college teachers | India News

According to a survey on higher education, while recommended student-teacher ratio (STR) targets in higher education range between 15:1 and 20:1, the national average hovers between 24:1 and 27:1. In a brightly lit classroom at an engineering college in Bengaluru, a fourth-year Computer Science lecture is underway. At the front, a professor moves through a…

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Gadkari announces Rs 1,176 cr 6-lane bridge over Teesta | India News

The proposed bridge will significantly strengthen connectivity between Sikkim, the North-Eastern states and Siliguri Corridor (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that his ministry has approved Rs 1,176 crore for the construction of a 6.9-km-long, 6-lane major bridge with approaches across Teesta river at Sevoke on NH-10…

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Omar brings J&K statehood resolution to assembly, autonomy mention sparks BJP furore | India News

SRINAGAR: Chief minister Omar Abdullah brought Friday an assembly resolution seeking restoration of full statehood for J&K, but an autonomy reference ignited a BJP backlash, with its members ripping up copies amid anti-national chants directed at the governing National Conference (NC).The contentious reference came as the document cited an autonomy resolution passed by the assembly…

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Manali Traffic Jam: ‘Real problem is Indian work culture. Getting leaves from your manager is a pain… so people end up using the long weekends for trips’: Manali traffic jam leaves tourists stuck for hours, internet debates hill tourism

Manali was supposed to be the place to escape the noise of the city. But for many tourists who headed there over the long weekend, the first thing they found was something they were probably trying to get away from: traffic.As the three-day Gandhi Jayanti weekend brought a rush of tourists to Himachal Pradesh, Manali…

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