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Jobless for 4 months, Redditor appears for 30 interviews; quits startup job in 9 days: ‘I still regret messing up'

September 25, 2025 4:39 pm

After spending four months unemployed and facing countless rejections, the man finally landed a DevOps position at a small startup with around 80 employees.

Paul Ravindranath G, senior programme manager, Google for Startups Accelerator India.

‘Seeing many light wrappers pose as AI solutions’: Google India startup accelerator lead

September 19, 2025 9:59 am

Every year, Google India selects 40 startups to be a part of its three-month accelerator programme which includes both Android apps and AI-first cohorts.

Delhi employee quits startup job on day one

Joined in the morning, left by lunch: Delhi startup employee quits on first day, earns netizens’ respect

August 20, 2025 1:00 pm

The employee left his company laptop on the desk, stepped out for lunch, and never returned.

Founder Prakash Sanker said Launch helps anyone build a website using plain English prompts. (Image: Launch)

This Stanford graduate’s startup wants to change how websites are built using AI

August 18, 2025 7:54 am

Launch, which went live in June, allows users without coding experience to create websites in minutes using artificial intelligence.

India’s food supply chain is complex; agritech startups are trying to solve it: Hemendra Mathur, startup mentor

August 10, 2025 8:39 am

Hemendra Mathur, partner, Bharat Innovation Fund, speaks about the challenges faced by agritech startups in India and on themes that have not worked for the agritech sector.

Foram Kundalia and Khushal Katdare, co-founders of Nishkaam Innovations, have also developed UriMate, a portable female urination device aimed at promoting public hygiene. Their startup is recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and incubated at the Marwadi University Centre of Innovation, Incubation and Research (MUIIR Centre).

Rajkot startup turns crop waste into biodegradable sanitary napkins

August 07, 2025 9:10 pm

Foram Kundalia and Khushal Katdare, co-founders of Nishkaam Innovations, have also developed UriMate, a portable female urination device.

After Soham Parekh, YC rejects X user for an ‘extremely disappointing’ reason: ‘This world is doomed’

July 05, 2025 5:26 pm

A user named Maze (@mazeincoding) recently shared a screenshot of a rejection email from Y Combinator.

‘No one likes to work 140 hours a week’: Soham Parekh admits to holding multiple jobs across US startups, cites financial struggles

July 04, 2025 9:59 am

In a candid conversation on a TBPN show, Parekh openly acknowledged the allegations.

Who is Soham Parekh, techie behind ‘Soham-Gate’ who allegedly juggled multiple startup jobs and fooled YC founders

July 03, 2025 2:13 pm

The story erupted earlier this week when Suhail Doshi, founder of Playground AI and ex-CEO of Mixpanel, called Soham out on X, setting off a firestorm in tech circles.

The Y Combinator-backed startup raised a $1.8 million seed round last year from prominent tech figures, including Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger.

This startup wants to become the Duolingo to learn coding

July 06, 2025 5:57 pm

Started by Kuruvilla and Sarup Banskota in 2022, Codecrafters doesn’t follow the traditional route of teaching coding through videos or live sessions.

Among dead in Vijay rally stampede, young mother, couple set to marry

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A rally by actor-politician Vijay in Velusamypuram ended tragically with 40 deaths in a stampede. Non-political workers gathered to see the superstar, but exhaustion, heat, and poor planning caused chaos. People collapsed, ambulances couldn't reach, and police presence was inadequate. Vijay's team ignored instructions, and the narrow roads and insufficient crowd control added to the tragedy.

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