This is one couple who decided to give up the comfort zone of fat-pay packets, Rs 30 lakh annualy between them to venture into an unknown realm -- starting a tea shop


Maharashtra software couple chucks Rs 30 lakh pay packet to open 'tea shop'


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In the evenings, as other children play with their siblings in Arahara village of Jharkhand, Niyajul, 8, and Safina, 10, often say: "If only our brother was here..." It's something their parents find hard to respond to. Their 12-year-old son, the brother missed by his siblings, was killed by suspected cow vigilantes two years ago.


Will we get justice for our son? Parents, siblings mourn teen killed by cow vigilantes


Shopkeeper: "Will you be paying by credit card, EPS, Apple Pay, debit card, Google Pay, Bitcoin or sacrifice of your first-born?"


You have now entered the age of absurdity: Be very afraid (The Funny Side)


A Sikh woman pilgrim from Hoshiarpur district has reportedly converted to Islam and married a Lahore-based Pakistan national, reports reaching her family in Punjab have indicated.


Punjab Sikh woman pilgrim converts to Islam, remarries in Pakistan


Five Nepalese female journalists on Wednesday left on an expedition to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.


5 Nepalese female journalists to climb Everest


Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it will close all its company-owned stores in the US for the afternoon on May 29 to train employees how to prevent racial discrimination in their stores


Starbucks to shut US stores for racial-bias training


The worlds largest replica of the Titanic, made by an autistic Icelandic boy using Lego bricks, will be exhibited for the first time in a US museum, the media reported on Tuesday.


Icelandic boy's Titanic Lego replica makes it to US museum


An estimated 16 million tonnes of mud containing massive, "semi-infinite" stores of valuable rare earth minerals, found in a small Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean could alter global economy, a new study has revealed.


Japanese island's mud could alter global economy: Study


Book: India's Aged: Needs and Vulnerabilities; Edited by: Udaya S. Mishra and S. Irudaya Rajan; Publisher: Orient Blackswan; Pages: 254; Price: Rs 825


Being old in India and its many vulnerabilities (Book Review)


Grocery shoppers in Australia at the supermarket chain Woolworths, were left stranded at the checkout on Monday, after a systems error forced customers to abandon their items and leave the store.


Computer glitch shuts down Australia's supermarket chain


There was panic among commuters following repeated sparks and sudden darkness inside a Kolkata Metro Railway rake here on Sunday night.


Panic in Kolkata Metro


Bollywood celebrities, along with thousands of Mumbaikars, gathered on Sunday for a peaceful protest against the barbaric rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, and sexual assault of another young girl in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh.


Bollywood celebrities hit streets to seek justice for rape victims


Kamla Devi, Pankaj Kumar, Geeta Devi and Sanjay Singh, all Hindus, share one thing in common. Their lives have been transformed through "interest-free" loans provided by a Muslim cooperative credit society in Bihar, yet another example how integrated Indian society has always been at the grassroot level.


Beyond religion: Muslim cooperative society helps transform lives of Hindus, others (IANS Special Series)


Two Russian cosmonauts from the International Space Station (ISS) have greeted students of the Atomic Energy Central School at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu after receiving a letter from them, according to a statement from Russian state-run nuclear energy corporation Rosatom.


Russian cosmonauts greet Kudankulam school children


New York, April 13 (IANS/WAM) With some 1.3 million drivers, passengers and pedestrians dying each year on the worlds roads, the UN took a major step to address the tragedy by launching a trust fund to spur action that could save lives and prevent the loss of opportunity associated with road accidents.


UN launches initiative to improve road safety worldwide


Arrivals of Chinese tourists to Nepal overtook those from India during the first quarter of 2018 for the first time, the Department of Immigration (DoI) said here on Friday.


Chinese overtake Indian tourists in Nepal


South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics on Friday launched a mobile phone without data access which is aimed at students who want to avoid distractions during examinations.


Samsung smartphone for students to avoid exam distractions


Delhi Police on Thursday launched a training-cum-skill development centre to benefit school dropouts, juveniles involved in crime or those from families facing dire state due to loss of the bread earner.


Delhi Police launches skill training centre


She is a woman who follows her heart and is an inspiration for other women. Priyanka Chopra, who is effortlessly straddling two worlds and is also a Unicef goodwill ambassador, says women have always been considered second-class citizens globally and she would like to see a change in the mindset of those who devalue a girl child.


I have a lot of dreams for India's girls: Priyanka Chopra (IANS Interview)


A teenage girl reported missing over five years ago from Dwarka in Delhi was traced to a town in Uttar Pradesh and brought back, police said on Wednesday. But the minor is now a 21-year-old, married to the man who abducted her and the mother of his two children.


Missing Delhi girl married to her kidnapper traced


Unconscious bias, ineffective implementation of policies, less number of women in leadership roles and lack of awareness about the benefits of gender diversity are some of the major challenges to the progress of diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, a report said on Wednesday.

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