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Meet Bert Mueller, the American who moved to India in 2011 and turned a $250,000 investment into a $23 million Mexican food chain in Bengaluru; California Burrito now has 103 stores, with plans to reach 300 by 2030

Bert Mueller moved from the US to India and built California Burrito into a successful food chain. (Photo: CNBC Make It) When Bert Mueller first considered bringing Mexican-inspired cuisine to India, the options were limited. Now, more than a decade later, the American entrepreneur has built California Burrito into a business generating $23 million in…

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At five, Madden Shelley discovered gymnastics at a birthday party; years later, serious injuries threatened his career, but he went on to hold a handstand on his knuckles for 1 minute 23 seconds

Image courtesy: Hustler Multimedia/Lexie Perez At five, Madden Shelley discovered gymnastics at a friend’s birthday party. By the time he reached high school, he was competing at a high level and had hopes of one day making it to the Olympics. But a series of serious injuries forced the American gymnast to reconsider his future…

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Born to farm labourers who fled drought in Maharashtra, Vishnu Dhas began his career cleaning a medical store; he has now launched a platform to help farmers avoid expensive machinery mistakes

Dhas comes from Pimpalgaon Dhas in Barshi taluka of Maharashtra’s Solapur district. At 12, Vishnu Dhas had a simple ambition. Leave the slum in Pune where he lived with relatives in a small room shared by 10 people. He was not thinking about building a company or earning crores. He wanted to escape poverty and…

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Man allegedly suffering from paralysis gets up and runs after injection offer; viral video leaves social media users surprised |

Man allegedly suffering from paralysis gets up and runs after injection offer; viral video leaves social media users surprised A video of a street encounter has sparked a discussion online after an unexpected moment caught viewers’ attention. What began as a conversation about a man’s reported medical condition took a surprising turn when the person…

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After donating blood to an injured colleague in 1998, Bengal road worker Toran Sheikh kept helping strangers; 28 years later, the daily-wage labourer has donated blood 105 times and runs village camps

Toran Sheikh (PC: New Indian Express) Toran Sheikh is a daily-wage labourer and road worker from West Bengal. One day he decided to donate blood to a needy person purely out of humanity. He had no grand ambition to change the world. It began with an injured colleague who desperately needed help. In 1998, when…

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