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So a Gurgaon guy looked at his ₹50 lakh corporate salary and said, "Nah, I'd rather sell momos." Two and a half years later, his brand The Momo Mafia has made ₹5 crore. That's not a side hustle. That's a hostile takeover of the street food game. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still stuck in meetings that could've been emails, while this man is out there turning dough and chutney into a small empire. The corporate world called it risky. His family probably asked if he'd lost his mind. And now he's laughing all the way to the bank with a plate of tandoori momos. Honestly? Respect. He saw a gap, filled it with paneer and schezwan, and won. The only question now is: is he hiring, or do we all have to start our own food trucks?

So here's how much Indian tech money talks in 2025. Bangalore is sitting pretty at ₹33.65 LPA. Hyderabad is right behind with ₹30.26 LPA. Meanwhile, Kolkata and Ahmedabad are hanging out under ₹10 LPA. Same country. Same job. Wildly different numbers. Bangalore isn't just the Silicon Valley of India anymore. It's the place you go if you want to afford a decent flat without selling a kidney. Hyderabad is giving it real competition though. The gap is closing. Delhi NCR sits in the middle. Mumbai and Pune are solid but not blowing anyone away. Chennai is quietly doing its thing. But Kolkata and Ahmedabad at under ₹10 LPA? That's brutal. Either the cost of living is dirt cheap or engineers there are getting paid in exposure and blessings. Moral of the story? If you're a software engineer, your ZIP code matters almost as much as your skill set. Bangalore and Hyderabad are where the money lives. Everywhere else is fighting for the leftovers.

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India just opened up a massive chunk of land—80,000 square kilometers—for oil and gas exploration. That's bigger than some countries. And now the total area up for grabs crosses 260,000 square kilometers. Hardeep Singh Puri dropped the news like it was just another Tuesday. The goal is simple: dig more at home, import less from others. India currently imports over 80% of its oil needs. That's expensive. And risky. Every global crisis sends fuel prices on a rollercoaster ride. So now they're finally serious about finding what's under their own feet. Will it work? Depends on how fast they can drill, how much is actually down there, and whether global oil companies bite. But at least they're trying. Better than just writing checks to OPEC forever. Next step? Finding enough to make a real dent in that import bill. Fingers crossed.

🚨 BIG: India opens a massive ~80,000 sq km for oil & gas search; total area now crosses ~2.6 lakh sq km, announces Hardeep Singh Puri. Aim is to boost domestic fuel production and slash import dependence.

SpaceX just flew a rocket booster for the 34th time. That's not a typo. Thirty-four. The booster, B1067, launched back in 2021. Since then, it's carried astronauts, commercial satellites, and now—once again—a batch of Starlinks. It launched, landed on a drone ship, and will probably do it again next month. At this point, SpaceX isn't recycling rockets. They're running a commuter airline to space. Most rockets fly once and become expensive artificial reefs. This one has flown more times than some planes in small regional fleets. Elon's dream wasn't Mars. It was turning orbital launches into something as routine as catching a connecting flight. They want to push these to 40 flights. At this rate, B1067 will get there by summer. And then they'll probably send it up again just to see if it makes it to 50. The future isn't shiny new rockets. It's the same beat-up ones, flying over and over, proving that space doesn't have to cost a fortune. It just needs to survive re-entry 34 times without falling apart. Not bad for a glorified soda can with engines.

South Korea just went to Paris, walked into the global baking competition, and beat the French at their own game. Let that sink in. The French. The people who invented the baguette. The people who have a law that baguettes must be made with only four ingredients. The people who treat bread like a sacred text. They lost. To Korea. The Korean bakers didn't just copy European styles. They took them and added their own twists. Things like red bean, matcha, cream cheese, garlic butter with honey—the stuff that makes French traditionalists clutch their croissants and whisper "what have they done." The result? A revolution. Korean bakeries are popping up everywhere. Parisians are lining up for them. Some Korean chains have become so popular they're actually opening locations in France. Imagine being French. You've spent centuries perfecting the art of bread. You've convinced the entire world your way is the only way. And then a country that started eating wheat seriously maybe sixty years ago comes along and just… does it better. The French are probably doing what the French always do when something challenges their cultural supremacy. Pretending it didn't happen and muttering about butter quality. But the bread doesn't lie. South Korea just became the new king of baking. And honestly? A croissant with red bean paste sounds incredible.

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BREAKING: Israel's parliament has officially passed a law imposing the death penalty by hanging for Palestinian detainees. At least 10,000 Palestinian prisoners could be at risk of execution.

Germany really looked at an energy crisis and said "hold my beer, we're gonna blow something up." Last year they knocked down a massive coal plant. Six years old. Cost €3 billion. Produced 1,650 megawatts. Gone. And this isn't some ancient Soviet relic. This thing was practically a baby. Built with modern tech. Running fine. But they took it out anyway. Why? Ideology. Plain and simple. They killed their nuclear plants. Then they kill their coal plants. Meanwhile, Russian gas is cut off. Wind isn't always blowing. Solar doesn't work at night. And now they're sitting there wondering why energy prices are through the roof. At this point, Germany isn't managing an energy transition. They're speedrunning an energy collapse. Next up: blowing up a hydro dam because the fish seemed a little sad.

Little reminder: After Germany blew up their nuclear power plant cooling towers, last year they blew up one of their biggest coal power plants. Right in time for the biggest energy crisis in history to hit… The coal plant was: - Only 6 years old - Cost €3 billion - Produced 1,650 MW Germany is doing everything in its power to create a perpetual energy crisis.

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🚨 Telangana passed a landmark bill allowing salary deductions for employees who neglect financially supporting their parents.

Claude can now use your computer. Like actually use it. Open apps. Click buttons. Test its own code. Right from the terminal. We've officially entered the era where AI doesn't just write the code—it runs it, breaks it, fixes it, and probably gets frustrated at the loading screen. Imagine asking Claude to build something and it just… does. Opens the browser. Checks if it worked. Closes the tab when it's done. Like a junior developer who doesn't need sleep or health insurance. It's in research preview on Pro and Max plans. Which means soon we'll all be managers. Sitting there. Watching AI do our jobs. While we pretend we're "overseeing the process." Honestly, the only thing left is for Claude to start complaining about the coffee machine and we're done here.

Finally, a study that just says what everyone already knows. Fortune dropped this gem: Gen Z and millennials are burnt out because the boomers had it easier. Worked less. Got more. Left the rest of us to fight over scraps while telling us to "just walk in and shake the manager's hand." Meanwhile, my dad bought a house working at a gas station. I need two degrees, three side hustles, and a blood oath to afford a studio apartment with a bathroom I can touch both walls from the toilet. They call us lazy. We call them landlords. The best part? They're retiring early. With pensions. Which don't exist for us. And then they wonder why we're not smiling during Zoom calls at 9 PM. Burnout isn't a mental health crisis. It's a math problem. And the math says they got the good deal.

Hyderabad just found an LPG black market ring operating out of a graveyard. Because nothing says "trust us with your gas needs" like running shady deals from where people are literally dying to get in. The kingpin owned a legitimate HP gas dealership. Had 414 commercial cylinders. Eleven vehicles. All seized. They created artificial shortages to jack up prices. Meanwhile, actual families couldn't cook dinner. At this point, India's black market isn't even trying to be subtle anymore. They're just operating from cemeteries and hoping no one notices.

Hyderabad Police bust major LPG black marketing racket in Banjara Hills graveyard. Key accused: Mohd. Aamir (kingpin, owner of Metro Gas Agency - HP gas dealership), along with 8 other arrested. 414 commercial cylinders & 11 vehicles (₹21.88 lakh) seized amid artificial panic.

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🚨 CHINA 🇨🇳‼️ | SENSITIVE IMAGES ⚠️ | A drunk man tried to rape a woman but failed. He then brutally assaulted her. The woman appeared nearly dead from the beating and, unable to resist, was dragged to a corner and raped.

Sweden really said "go home, touch grass, and finish your report tomorrow." Meanwhile, in the rest of the world, we're out here answering emails from the bathroom at 11 PM. The funniest part? They're probably more productive than us. Nothing says efficiency like not wanting to die at your desk by Wednesday.

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🚨BREAKING: Hungary could be EXPELLED from the EU if Viktor Orban wins re -election 🇭🇺 The EU is considering measures including removing Hungry from the EU and suspending voting rights to stop Orban 🚫 This is another overreach by the EU regime ⚠️

Sora was burning a million dollars a day before OpenAI pulled the plug. That's not a business model. That's a billionaire setting cash on fire to watch the pretty videos. They were generating basketball players with extra limbs, cats that melted into carpets, and somehow losing money on every single one. At that burn rate, Sora wasn't an AI breakthrough. It was a very expensive screensaver.

So Masood Azhar's brother just turned up dead in Pakistan. And get this—ISI has no idea how. Muhammad Tahir Anwar. Lead arms instructor for Jaish-e-Mohammed. Close to Hafiz Saeed. Real quality guy. Pakistan's intelligence agency is "clueless." Which is Pakistani for "we definitely know but we're not telling you." Either someone cleaned house. Or he slipped in the shower seventeen times. Either way, not a loss the world will mourn.

Japan's birth rate just hit a record low. Again. Tenth year in a row. Lowest since 1899. That's not a decline. That's a species reconsidering its existence. Meanwhile, the government keeps announcing new "have babies" campaigns like the problem is that people just haven't seen the right poster yet. At this rate, Japan won't need immigration reform. It'll just evolve into a nation of convenience stores and polite silence.

So the CEO of Air Canada is out. Michael Rousseau announced he's retiring by the end of September. And the timing is... interesting. Here's what happened. A week ago, an Air Canada flight crashed at LaGuardia. Two pilots died. One of them was Antoine Forest, a French-speaking Quebecer. Rousseau puts out a condolence video. Four minutes long. And the only French words in the entire thing? "Bonjour" at the start. "Merci" at the end. That's it. Everything else was English. Subtitles in French, sure. But the man didn't speak the language. Now, if this was some random company in Toronto, maybe nobody notices. But Air Canada is headquartered in Montreal. It's the country's flagship airline. And Canada has two official languages, which means Air Canada is legally required to offer bilingual service. The CEO not speaking French while offering condolences for a French-speaking pilot? That's not a small oopsie. Quebec lost its mind. Premier François Legault called for his resignation. The prime minister, Mark Carney, said it showed a "lack of judgment and lack of compassion." The language commissioner got nearly 2,200 complaints. Quebec's legislature passed a motion demanding he step down . Rousseau apologized. Said he's "deeply saddened" his French skills diverted attention from the victims' families. Also admitted that despite years of lessons, he still can't express himself adequately in French. Which is awkward because back in 2021, he promised to learn French after giving a speech in Montreal—you guessed it—almost entirely in English . The airline says his retirement was already in the works, part of normal succession planning. He's 68. Been with the company nearly two decades. Fine. But the timing? A week after the backlash? Come on. The board is now looking for a new CEO. And they made one thing very clear in the job posting: the ability to communicate in French is a requirement . So the moral of the story? If you're going to run a bilingual airline based in Quebec, maybe learn more than "bonjour" and "merci." Or at least wait more than a week after a crash before reminding everyone you didn't.