The Guatemalan entrepreneur turned his baking hobby into a $3.5 million cookie

Art into business(cooking)

Wunderkeks was founded in 2012 in Guatemala City on the idea that childlike joy is a value to uphold. Its mission statement is to “nurture the inner child”.

Wunderkeks, Hans Schrei’s cookie brand was bootstrapped and made $1.3 million in revenue last year.

Bootstrapping a business means that the founders do not accept equity or venture  capital.

Schrei detailed his entrepreneurial journey, from moving to the United States to going viral on Twitter.

 


India’s electricity demand rises by 4.9% in early October amid coal crisis

Demand for Coal (electricity shortage)

coal power plant

India’s electricity demand picks up further in October while coal shortage lingers. The country is currently facing a supply deficit due to the ongoing coal crisis.

Amid an acute coal shortage, India’s electricity demand surged 4.9% during the first half of October as supply fell short of demand by 1.4%. With economic activity bouncing back at an unprecedented rate after the horrifying second wave of coronavirus pandemic, the country’s electricity demand has touched soaring heights, resulting in a supply deficit due to a coal crisis. 

 


Post-Taliban takeover, Afghanistan-Pakistan border again emerging as world’s no 1 terrorist hub

Takeover of Terrorism in Border

Afghanistan – Pakistan border

Post Taliban takeover, the vast and rugged terrain on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is again emerging as the world’s number one terror hub. 

Iraklis 

Voridis

 writing in Greek City Times said that the problem has worsened manifolds by a recalcitrant Pakistan that is vigorously supporting the Taliban, by pressuring the world community to accept it, as it is, citing a humanitarian crisis and misery of the Afghan people.

 


OneWeb launches another 36-odd LEO satellites from Russia

Space(satellite launch)

LEO satellite

OneWeb, a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications operator, co-owned by the Bharti group and the UK government, launched another batch of 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia 

The latest launch takes OneWeb’s total in-orbit constellation to 358 satellites, over half of OneWeb’s entire 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity.

 


Non-local street-food vendor, carpenter shot dead

Terrorism in India

Indian army in the duty of searching unknown gun handling person(may be terrorist)

A non-local vendor was shot dead in the Eidgah area of old Srinagar city on Saturday evening. He has been identified as Arvind Kumar, a street-food seller from Bihar. 

In Pulwama, a carpenter hailing from Uttar Pradesh was aslo shot dead by terrorist.

The police said 30-year-old Kumar was fired upon by the unidentified gunmen near Eidgah park, leaving him in a pool of blood. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared ‘brought dead.’

 


Historic JRD flight partly recreated, young female pilot flies solo from Bhuj to Juhu

Indian airways (Indian Female pilot in plane)

Indian airmail plane

JRD Tata’s historic flight carrying airmail from Karachi to Bombay on October 15, 1932, which marked the birth of commercial air transport in India was recreated on Friday.

 


Open Source Is Finally Making Its Way Into Financial Services

Technology

open source functional codes in a catalog

Open source will catalyse the most significant evolution in the financial services industry to date. This evolution will shift power in this $25 trillion industry away from business executives and toward developers, not just in fintech firms but also in centuries-old incumbents.

 


Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China, citing a ‘challenging’ environment.

Technology(Microsoft – LinkedIn extinction in China)

Microsoft Corporation – an American multinational technology corporation which produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services.

LinkedIn will replace its China platform with a jobs site.

China, he claims, is imposing stricter compliance requirements.

The move comes as Beijing tightens controls on the internet sector

 


Amazon and Walmart are bracing for a divisive Diwali showdown in India

Competitive Festival (Diwali – colours of lights, India)

Amazon – online shopping and delivery service

Whoever wins this Diwali gains more than just bragging rights. 

Investors will be watching how Amazon and Flipkart fare against domestic like Reliance.

In an update to its bullying and harassment policies, Facebook and Instagram announced Wednesday that they will remove “severe sexualizing content” targeting public figures from their platforms


Facebook’s policy on attacking public figures is set to change

Technology (Protection for consumers)

Facebook – connect with your friends from this whole world

Facebook’s platforms will now provide greater protection to public figures.

In an update to its bullying and harassment policies, Facebook and Instagram announced Wednesday that they will remove “severe sexualizing content” targeting public figures from their platforms


China has at least 65 million empty homes which is enough to house France’s population.

Fact (China – ‘A huge mass’)

Kangbashi – The ghost city in the middle of barren Inner Mongolia deserts of China

China has at least 65 million empty homes, enough to house France’s entire population.

China’s ghost cities are a sprawling testament to the country’s reliance on real estate as a driver of economic growth, as well as its faith in the sector as a safe investment.


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