Infosys founder Narayana Murthy recently suggested that India’s youth must work for 70 hours every week to boost the country’s overall work productivity and economy. This remark created a stir online with some entrepreneurs supporting the idea while others questioned the long-term health implications of having a work schedule consisting of unreasonable and extremely long working hours. Now, Shark Tank India judge and Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal took to X, formerly Twitter, and shared a selfie with the judges of the show. He wrote, “After all these years, still working 70-hour weeks.”

The selfie features Mr Mittal alongside boAt CEO and Co-founder Aman Gupta, CEO and Co-founder of CarDekho Amit Jain, Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited Namita Thapar, and CEO and Co-founder of Sugar Cosmetics Vineeta Singh.

After all these years, still working 70 hour weeks ? pic.twitter.com/A9cnbRniGX

— Anupam Mittal (@AnupamMittal) October 28, 2023

Since being shared, his post has amassed 3.2 lakh views and over six thousand likes.

“You are an Entrepreneur that’s why. Tell me, If you are an employee in Infosys or any other company, where the only reason to do work is money (even the salaries are like offered by Infosys) then? There is difference bw an Entrepreneur and Employee,” a user commented. To which, Mr Mittal said, “I was an employee once but treated my job the same as i do now.”

Another added, “Working 70 hours a week or more as an entrepreneur makes sense, but do you ask your employees also to work for 70 hours? If employees are side hustling for their own business that makes sense but organizations do not approve of that.”

“Work is when you have billable hours for playing golf, dining at Michelin star restaurants, and giving empty ‘motivational’ speeches to temporarily embarassed millionaires,” remarked a third user.

“This isn’t work, my good man,” commented a person.

A person said, “It’s a choice not a mandate. And it shouldn’t be forced just because Mr Murthy cited it.”

Meanwhile, Shark Tank is a reality show where startups seek investment from established businessmen. Season 3 of ‘Shark Tank India’ will stream on the OTT platform Sony Liv. Zomato Co-founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal joined the as its newest shark for the upcoming season. The announcement came after the unveiling of Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO of OYO Rooms as the seventh judge on the show.

Shark Tank India season 2 ignited a wave of entrepreneurial growth by investing a staggering 80 crores across 103 businesses. From breakthrough technological solutions to cutting-edge healthcare innovations, the show witnessed some exceptional pitches and celebrated the spirit of entrepreneurship, propelling startups to new heights.

The train collision in Andhra Pradesh was caused after one of the drivers overshot a signal, a senior railway official said. At least 13 people and 40 were injured when the Palasa passenger train hit the Rayagada passenger train from behind at Kantakapalli, about 40 Km from Visakhapatnam.

Speaking to NDTV, an East Coast Railway official said that the accident was caused by a human error as the driver of the Rayagada train missed a red signal.

“The driver of the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada passenger train was responsible for the accident, as he overshot a signal and hit the rear end of the Palasa train. The driver of the Rayagada train was also killed in the accident,” says Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Officer at East Coast Railways.

“Investigation is still on and the picture will be clearer only after that,” he added.

Relief and rescue operations on the track are likely to be completed by today evening.

So far, 18 trains have been cancelled and 22 others diverted due to the collision.

Expressing shock over the incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Rs 2 lakh assistance for the families of those who died in the accident and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

“Authorities are providing all possible assistance to those affected. The Prime Minister extends condolences to the bereaved families and prays that the injured recover soon,” the Prime Minister’s office said on X (formerly Twitter).

India, which has the world’s largest rail network, has seen several disasters over the years. In June, a horrific accident involving three trains killed over 280 passengers in Odisha. The Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, and a goods train were involved in the accident on June 2 near the Bahanaga Bazar station.

A major joint exercise between Indian and Malaysian armies is underway in Meghalaya to increase inter-operability between personnel of both forces. Exercise HARIMAU, a joint exercise between Indian and Malaysian armies is being conducted at the Foreign Training Node at the Umroi Cantonment in Meghalaya and will conclude on November 5. The joint exercise started on October 23. 

The contingents are conducting “battle hardening” work sessions by putting personnel in combat conditions to cover a multi-domain operation in a sub-conventional environment. The forces are conducting firing drills and undergoing tactical training in the joint exercise to bring synergy and interoperability among the armies. 

The focus of the joint exercise is to carry out special training of troops in jungle warfare including – Heliborne operations, rock climbing and jungle survival techniques, reflex shooting and deployment of snipers in jungle operations. 

The Indian army shared a video of a jungle lane shooting exercise, in which a buddy pair of Indian and Malaysian army personnel in combat gear, is stealthily moving forward and communicating through hand gestures and firing on a hideout in a jungle. 

To test the rigours of the jungle, a squad formation of both armies conducted an overnight raid in the jungle. Moving in pairs, an officer and soldiers from the Rajput regiment of the Indian army and troops from the Malaysian army, emerge from water and move forward toward the target and in their night raid.

The contingents are also focusing on Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and counter-IED drills and the Army Marshal Art Routine (AMAR), in their special training for jungle warfare. 

The armies conducted a simulated tactical operational raid on insurgent hideouts and conducted a cordon and search operation during the three days at Umroi.

Missions were tracked on computer screens while simulated insurgent groups fought back to create a real-life combat situation. 

Exercise HARIMAU also involved every asset of the Infantry, Engineers, Artillery, Medical and Signals and Logistics unit of the army. The joint exercise looks at tabletop planning and focuses on unit commanders’ and staff officers’ abilities in operational plan formulations. 

The joint training would culminate in a 48-hour validation exercise which aims to rehearse and validate the tactical drills in a simulated sub-conventional environment, the Indian Army said in a statement.