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Tiger Global Management , one of the most prolific private market investors in India, did not invest in a single startup in the country in January 2023, indicating a worsening funding winter for the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem. This was the first time in two years that the firm has skipped investing in an Indian startup in a month. The last time this happened was in January 2021. The New York-based hedge fund participated in nine funding rounds in India in January 2022, according to data compiled by Moneycontrol through Tracxn. Globally, it participated in two funding rounds in January 2023 – both outside India – against 49 in January 2022 and 17 in January 2021, the data showed. Read More While Tiger Global closed only four deals in the last quarter of 2022, the hedge fund investor participated in an average of about four deals a month in 2022, the data showed. Tiger Global invested in 50 funding rounds in 2022, while it participated in 63 … [Read more...] about Tiger Global closes zero India startup deals in January for first time in 2 years

A scene from the shooting at the restaurant. (Image: Screengrab from video @rawsalerts/Twitter) A thief who was robbing people with a fake gun in a restaurant in United States’ Texas was shot dead by a customer last week. The incident happened Ranchito Taqueira, a Mexican restaurant in Houston, around 11:30 pm on Thursday. CCTV footage shared on Twitter shows a masked man pointing a gun at customers, many of whom were seen crouching under tables, asking for money. He went around tables and as he was leaving the premises, a customer – seen fidgeting around in the video – shot him from behind. The thief immediately falls to the ground even as the man continues shooting him eight more times amid horrified screams from the people in the restaurant. After the eighth bullet, the customer goes near the presumably dead assailant to pick up his gun and shoots his ninth on his head. The gun the man was carrying was a fake, plastic one. The customer then seems to be reassuring … [Read more...] about Man tries to rob US restaurant with plastic gun, customer shoots him nine times

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Going into his highly-anticipated matchup in Madison Square Garden tonight, we are a matter of games away from Kareem Abdul-Jabaar losing the record he has held since 1989, as LeBron James stands just 117 points away from the all-time record. And despite playing at such a high usage percentage in his age-38 season, he continues to play at a top-tier level, especially as the record becomes closer. In his last 13 games, James is averaging 35.2 points per game on 52% shooting, 34% from behind the arc. Even without this recent stretch, James has been on pace to surpass Kareem’s record with 150 fewer games played. But, how much of his scoring came due to the era of the league James played in? If you inflate his stats compared to the league averages over Kareem’s career (including the loss of the three-point line for half of James’ career), James would hypothetically have averaged 27.6 points per game over his … [Read more...] about With LeBron James Approaching Another Record, Here Is A Deeper Look Into Becoming The All-Time Scoring King

Indori poha is a no-cook poha with lots of sev and a generous sprinkling of cumin-based Jeeravan spice mix. (Representational image: Shahbaz Ansari via Pexels) Lesser Morsels is an exploration of hidden gems from the great Indian kitchen. “Don’t forget Indori poha and dhania wale aloo,” said a friend as I left for a Children’s Literature Festival to Indore a few years ago. It reminded me of when my brother-in-law Mayank, who lives in Seattle, was craving Indori poha, and he and his wife Abha soon went in search of its magic ingredient – Jeeravan masala – to the Indian stores in Seattle. They were also rewarded with Ratlami sev, and Mayank’s craving was more than satisfied. Turns out the poha is not the thing. The hero is a generous sprinkling of Jeeravan masala. For the uninitiated, Indori poha is a no-cook poha (a Maharashtrian version is called dadpe pohe) elevated by the addition of Jeeravan (a spice mix that contains roasted jeera powder along with 20 odd spices) and … [Read more...] about Indore special:  Jeera isi ka naam hai

Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane applauds fans on the pitch after the English Premier League football match against Brentford football club. England captain Harry Kane, who has returned to action in the Premier League after the FIFA World Cup 2022, was taunted by fans of rival Brentford football club with chants of “You let your country down”. The 29-year-old striker returned to club football for Tottenham Hotspur as they resumed their 2022-23 campaign after a six-week break for the World Cup. It was also the first time that Kane had played since missing a crucial penalty in England’s 2-1 World Cup quarter-final defeat against France on December 10. Kane was initially welcomed with shouts of support which turned against him soon when a section of Brentford supporters sang “You let your country down”, prompting boos from Tottenham fans in response and chants of "He’s one of our own". Harry Kane missed from 12 yards which resulted in us not going through - he let his … [Read more...] about England’s Harry Kane taunted with ‘you let your country down’ at English Premier League

Shehan Karunatilaka Ah, where do I begin now? Perhaps, some arrack will help me. No, that’ll only help Shehan Karunatilaka’s protagonists and not this essay that I’m writing. Whether it’s WG Karunasena from Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew (2010), or Maali Almeida from the recent Booker winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (2022, Penguin India, Rs 399, 400 pages), I’ve found out that it’s mostly liquor that keeps them happy. Suffice it to say that reading Karunatilaka’s works is akin to sharing a table at a dive bar with strangers whose desires align with yours. Loud conversations and louder cries for attention are, therefore, inevitable. And in each of his books, dark humour is pinned to the wall of his prose. This brilliant technique allows him to drive through the hard and sticky parts of his country’s descent. Sri Lanka, which has often been described as an island that looks like a teardrop, cannot erase its past. It’s a burden that several generations will have … [Read more...] about The seven moons of Booker winner Shehan Karunatilaka

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Joe DeCosmo has 25+ years of experience in technology, machine learning and AI. He is Chief Analytics and Technology Officer at Enova . Technological change accelerated during the pandemic, leading many people to adopt new ways to complete everyday tasks. Online tools and mobile applications have exploded for everything from shopping to food delivery and even financial services. Fintechs have led the way in providing working people with online access to financial services regardless of where they live, what they look like or whether they have an imperfect credit history. Doing so requires technical innovation. For example, most banks and non-bank financial services companies are looking for a full range of automation technologies, from robotic process automation (RPA) and machine learning (ML) to artificial intelligence (AI) approaches that combine human judgment and AI intelligence. A significant focus of … [Read more...] about Artificial Intelligence Across The Lending Life Cycle

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Toni is a successful, celebrated executive who has been promoted twice within the past year. Throughout the organization, from board members to contractors and across teams, everyone who meets Toni becomes a big fan. But as engaging as Toni seems to be, there’s a major part of his life that no one at work knows about. Toni has been playing what he calls “the role of normal” so as to not jeopardize his career plans or his reputation within the company. Toni is covering, and he believes that it is for the best, especially based on some of the comments and even jokes he’s heard in certain “off the record” conversations. Toni’s story is an example of what the employee experience can look like when workplace cultures have only shards of a sense of belonging. Belonging has been called a DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) buzzword lately. And that may be true in some circles, but on a more serious note, it is important to … [Read more...] about 3 Ways To Boost Your Organization’s Culture Of Belonging

Since the start of the pandemic, the popular medical device has been indispensable for measuring oxygen in the blood, but dangerously inaccurate in patients with darker skin. Now the FDA is in the hot seat and Black researchers are working on a cure. A t the University of Maryland Medical System, which has 11 hospitals in and around Baltimore, about half the patients are Black. So as discussion about how medical devices called pulse oximeters—the plastic hinges that clamp onto your finger to measure the oxygen content of your blood—don’t work as well for Black people and other people of color came to the forefront last year, the hospital system decided to assess the scope of the problem. The results were mindblowing: In the 12 months that ended in July, the hospitals estimated that they’d sent home 1,012 African Americans from emergency rooms who had potentially life-threateningly low oxygen levels in their blood despite normal readings from pulse oximeters. Dr. Roderick … [Read more...] about A Quick Remedy Proves Elusive For Life-Saving Pulse Oximeter’s Problems With Darker Skin

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Social media is filled with countless scammers trying to capitalize on Elon Musk’s name. Just take a look under any of Musk’s tweets and you’ll see people promising crypto giveaways, which are actually just scams that siphon money away from users. But does anyone actually fall for these? Yes, they really do. And I’ve obtained the stories to prove it. I often file Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the FTC to learn about different complaints that consumers have with particular companies. Previously I’ve done this with FTX , Tinder and Canon just to name a few. It’s an interesting way to learn about customer service problems. But when I recently filed a FOIA request for complaints about Tesla, I received some documents that I didn’t expect. Many of the complaints were about Tesla, of course, and issues people were having with their cars, warranties and financing. But consumers were also complaining about … [Read more...] about 25 Elon Musk Impersonator Scams On Social Media People Actually Fell For