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EY India employee's death puts spotlight on mental health, corporate work culture

The sudden death of an Indian employee at a leading accounting firm in the western city of Pune has ignited a national conversation about India's corporate work culture, highlighting concerns over excessive stress and pressure in the industry.

The family of the 26-year-old audit executive at Ernst & Young (EY) India said she faced a "backbreaking" workload before she collapsed in her apartment and suffered a cardiac arrest — firmly throwing the spotlight on the extreme pressures being faced by employees in the corporate world in India.

The incident has led to voices demanding a change in the working conditions in the world’s most populous country.

In India, where global finance and technology firms run thousands of back offices and increasingly strategic centres for high-end work, employees log in more hours than their global peers, according to the International Labour Organization in its report this year.

Managers and employees at several firms told Reuters steps are being taken both at the corporate level and also at the individual level to manage work-related stress and address mental health issues

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The year OpenAI openly chose profits: Five takeaways from 2024

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Paul Fayad, author and leadership strategy expert discusses three personality types and behaviours, along with techniques for getting the right set of people on board

https://www.forbesindia.com/article/mentors-and-mavens/drillers-need-to-be-removed-through-proper-management-paul-fayad/94825/1

Defiant UnitedHealth murder suspect shouts as he enters courthouse
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man accused of gunning down UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in the streets of Manhattan, shouted as he was led into a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday (December 10) for a hearing on whether to extradite him to New York to face murder charges there

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Twelve years since its launch, Nykaa has disrupted India’s beauty industry landscape. It has 6,800 brands available on its platform, of which about 430 across beauty and fashion categories were launched in Q2FY25 alone. With growing competition from the likes of Myntra, Tira, and more, will it manage to disrupt, yet again?

https://www.forbesindia.com/article/billionaires/how-nykaa-is-taking-on-intensifying-competition-in-the-beauty-industry/94824/1

'I need the money,' says Jim Carrey on his 'Sonic' return

Hollywood star Jim Carrey didn't dress up his reasons for returning to the Sonic universe on the red carpet in London on Tuesday (December 10) night, saying simply: "I bought a lot of stuff and I need the money."

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Mugdha Bavare, a swimmer-turned-sports psychologist, has worked with multiple athletes—from Olympians and Paralympians to the cricket team. In this episode of Sports UnLtd, she shares what it takes to help sportspersons fight their mental demons

https://www.forbesindia.com/article/lifes/the-way-an-athlete-thinks-can-make-or-break-them-mugdha-bavare/94823/1

Tech 5: Amazon pilots Q-commerce in Bengaluru, Google reports quantum breakthrough, and more

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While AI's potential is enormous, the road to its adoption is not without hurdles, says Euvin Naidoo, Thunderbird School of Global Management’s distinguished professor of practice and global expert in agile management and AI

https://www.forbesindia.com/article/thunderbird/global-ai-and-the-future-of-work/94821/1

The founder versus manager debate isn’t a new one, but it’s relevant in every startup ecosystem worth its funding. Forbes India decided to wade into the discourse and, after speaking with a bunch of founders and CEOs, came back with a wealth of perspectives, from both sides, writes Brian Carvalho

https://www.forbesindia.com/article/column/founder-or-manager-mode-whats-better-for-your-startup/94820/1

As reports emerge of some heating issues with its next-generation chips, on its Blackwell architecture, Nvidia is already going beyond data centre customers, into robotics and other potentially lucrative avenues. Here are five takeaways from the AI chip giant's run in 2024

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Valedictorian speech of suspect in CEO killing emerges
Authorities have arrested the man suspected of killing UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson in a brazen shooting outside a Manhattan hotel last week, New York City officials said on Monday (December 9), ending a massive five-day manhunt.
The suspect, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was spotted eating at a McDonald's by an employee of the fast food restaurant who believed he resembled the gunman, officials said at a news conference.
Mangione graduated from a private all-boys school in Baltimore as valedictorian in 2016 before earning dual engineering degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, according to media reports, social media posts and school records. His last known address was in Honolulu, officials said.
A video from his valedictorian speech from the Gilman class of 2016 is public on social media.

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Veteran investor Raamdeo Agrawal makes the case of identifying blue-chip stocks whose prices have fallen alarmingly in recent years to create wealth. This theme could play out even through weakening growth cycles

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In numbers: Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras tour wraps
Pop superstar Taylor Swift on Sunday ended her Eras tour with the 149th show in Vancouver's BC Place stadium, British Columbia. Spanning five continents over almost two years, the tour sold over $2 billion in tickets according to Taylor Swift Touring and reported by the New York Times. Here’s a look at the key figures behind her record-breaking shows

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#PhotoOfTheDay | Filmmaker Payal Kapadia (inset) has scripted history becoming the first Indian director to be nominated for Best Direction-Motion picture for her directorial debut, All We Imagine as Light, at the 82nd Golden Globes. She's also competing in another category, Best Motion Picture Non-English Language alongside other movies called Emilia Perez (France), The Girl With the Needle (Poland), and more. Recently, the film was recognised by the New York Film Critics Circle as the Best International Film and secured awards at the Gotham Awards. In May, the movie also became the first Indian title to win the prestigious Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Film Festival. The 2025 Golden Globe Awards will be held on January 5 in Los Angeles and will stream live in India on Lionsgate Play.

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How can you fit in, and at the same time, stand out? It's a tension we've all experienced in our personal and professional lives. Humans have a deep need to be accepted as part of the group — yet, having gained that validation, we long to be recognized as unique and special

https://www.forbesindia.com/article/stanford/why-investors-throw-money-at-eccentric-ceos/94815/1

Into the multiverse? Google claims huge quantum computing advance
Google said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the universe

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In an exclusive conversation with Forbes India, David Hill, CEO, Deloitte APAC and Romal Shetty, CEO, Deloitte South Asia spoke about macroeconomic trends, India on being a China-plus-one, generative AI, and more

https://www.forbesindia.com/article/leadership/india-can-be-the-worlds-chinaplusone-but-china-is-not-to-be-dismissed-deloitte-apac-ceo/94813/1

Luigi Mangione, suspect of UnitedHealth CEO killing, arrives at court for arraignment

The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, identified by police as Luigi Mangione, 26, arrived at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday (December 9) for his preliminary arraignment.

Mangione was transported to the courthouse in handcuffs, guarded by police, following his arrest in Altoona. Gun and forgery charges were read against him. The judge asked Mangione if he understood the charges against him, and he said he did. No plea was entered.

Authorities are continuing to investigate the details surrounding the high-profile case.

Prosecutors, citing false IDs and a large sum of cash that were found on Mangione, argued he was a flight risk and asked that bail be denied, which it was. Several electronic devices were also found with the suspect, and they were being examined by police.

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