Human Interest stories

Paytm founder and CEO, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, once a bachelor has now become a billionaire. Reportedly, he used to take home Rs 10,000 a month as salary, when he was 27. He became India's youngest billionaire in 2017. Furthermore, Paytm led by Sharma (43) recorded its Initial Public Offering (IPO) at $2.5 billion last week. Furthermore, he told Reuters, "In… read-more

Hussam Saraf made a world record by bearing the most types of fruits in a single tree. The tree appears to be the result of a decade's effort. Reportedly, the tree bears 10 different fruits, namely, almond, peach, plum, apricot, cherry and more. Previously, the record was held by Luis H Carrasco. "The previous record was five fruits grafted onto one tree, so I decided to graft 10." said Saraf.

Doctors were left speechless after a boy was prematurely born in 35 weeks, with a human tail. The tail began to grow in the worm and developed an embryonic appendage after 4-8 weeks of gestation like all babies. In this rare case, a 6-inch posterior protuberance with a 1.5-inch wide ball at the end of the tail was formed. Reportedly, only 40 such cases have been recorded in history. 

At Tanzania's Serenegti National Park, a tourist reportedly opened his car window to pet a wild lion. A video was shared, in which the tourist was seen trying to take a few pictures of the lion, and when he was about to close the window, the lion jumped up and roared. The man went back to his seat in shock and panic. Luckily, he was able to close the window. 

A vendor’s son, Hrishikesh Raskar has secured a job at Amazon, after fighting several hurdles in life. The 25-year-old from Pune has been working for 12-14 hours to brush up on his skills. Initially, the IIT-Roorkee graduate failed to find any job thus joined Scaler Academy, an ed-tech startup to perfect his skills. Meanwhile, to help his family financially, he often took freelancing tech writing and online tutoring.