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BBB Says Fake RFP Emails are Targeting Small Businesses
You’ve got mail! And it could be a scam. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) says fake malicious emails are circulating right now that target small businesses. The emails purport to contain an RFP (Request for Proposal). That’s usually an easy hook to get a small business to open the email. After all, it could mean more business. That’s exactly the mindset Read More
‘We convert 60% of our summer interns into regular hires’, says Amazon India’s HR head
Amazon India’s HR head Raj Raghavan. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint New Delhi: Summer internships give companies a long enough opportunity to asses a student, as compared to 15- to 30-minute interviews during campus placements. Additionally, it also helps a student to check out if the company is a good employer. E-commerce firm Amazon India converts 60% of their summer interns into Read More
CISCE says waited for CBSE’s stand on moderation policy before declaring result
Students celebrate after the CISCE declared the results for class X and XII on Monday. Photo: AP New Delhi: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), which conducts Class 10 and Class 12 examinations, on Monday said it waited for the CBSE’s decision on the moderation policy before declaring its results. The CISCE conducts both the ICSE and Read More
Most Bihar Students Fail Board Exam, Minister Says That’s Great News
Education Minister Ashok Choudhary said Bihar’s lower pass rate shows cheating successfully curbed. PATNA: HIGHLIGHTS Pass percentage plunges in Bihar, worst hit is Science stream Last year, class 12 toppers turned out to be fake, were arrested Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had asked for education overhaul Bihar, acculturated to a failing grade in education, is not breaking from tradition this Read More
B.C. home listings fall to 20-year low, real estate association says
The latest numbers from the B.C. Real Estate Association show residential property sales across the province are climbing while the number of homes on the market drops to a 20-year low. The association says the combination means affordability, especially in Metro Vancouver-area markets, will remain challenging because the lack of supply will keep prices high. Just under 10,000 homes in Read More
Overwatch director says “troll pick” heroes are sometimes inevitable
Balancing a team-based online shooter, in case there was any doubt, is a tricky bit of business. In fact, as Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan explained in this Battle.net forum post on the topic, it’s effectively impossible. Attitudes change, playstyles evolve, and players slowly but surely figure out strategies for maximizing character strengths and overcoming their weaknesses. But “we will Read More
Jio claims TRAI data flawed, says it’s not slowest 4G
After IndiaToday.in made an observation yesterday based on TRAI’s MySpeed portal that Reliance Jio 4G has the worst speed in the county, the company has issued an official statement saying that TRAI’s data is skewed and is has an “inherent bias against Jio data usage”. “With reference to statistics published (on) TRAI’s analytics website, we have performed an internal analysis Read More
Biopic doesn’t glorify me but shows my journey, says Dhoni
He wanted the biopic on him to show his journey, the inherent struggles in ‘decision making processes’ rather than ‘glorify him’ and that’s precisely what Mahendra Singh Dhoni told film’s director Neeraj Pandey during the conceptual phase of ‘MS Dhoni-The Untold Story’. In the United States along with wife Sakshi and producer Arun Pandey (whose firm manages Dhoni) to promote his Read More
Mulayam’s cousin backs Akhilesh, says SP leadership erred
Amid the raging feud in Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Thursday said the leadership had committed a “mistake” by removing Akhilesh Yadav as party’s UP president and that “differences” had arisen due to some “misunderstanding”. Ramgopal, SP national general secretary and Mulayam’s cousin, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow in a bid Read More
Rajnath says Kashmiri separatists do not believe in ‘insaniyat’
A day after Hurriyat leaders snubbed members of the all-party delegation who reached out to them, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the behaviour of the separatists shows they do not believe in ‘Kashmiriyat‘, ‘Insaniyat‘ and ‘Jamooriyat‘. Addressing a press conference on the second day of the delegation’s visit, Singh said he was confident that peace will be restored Read More