Corruption review finds ‘red flags’ in more than 130 Covid contracts

Corruption review finds ‘red flags’ in more than 130 Covid contracts

An anti-corruption charity says it has identified significant concerns in contracts worth over £15.3bn awarded by the Conservative government during the Covid pandemic, equivalent to one in every £3 spent. Transparency International UK found 135 “high-risk” contracts with at least three red flags – warning signs of a risk of corruption. Twenty-eight contracts worth £4.1bn … Read more

Shivamogga MP flags off physical tests for Agnipath recruitment rally

Shivamogga MP flags off physical tests for Agnipath recruitment rally

Youths from 11 districts of Karnataka participated in the Agnipath recruitment rally at Nehru stadium in Shivamogga on August 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Shivamogga Member of Parliament B.Y. Raghavendra flagged off the physical tests as part of the recruitment for the Indian Army under the Agnipath scheme at Nehru stadium in Shivamogga … Read more

Ramesh Chennithala flags foreign job rackets preying on unemployed and IT-skilled youths from Kerala

Ramesh Chennithala flags foreign job rackets preying on unemployed and IT-skilled youths from Kerala

Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Congress legislator and Kerala’s former Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala has said criminal gangs in Thailand and Myanmar confined IT-skilled youths from Kerala and coerced them to commit online financial and banking frauds. Moving a submission in the Kerala Assembly on July 9 on … Read more

Medanta flags Trehan AI deepfake on obesity drug – ET HealthWorld

Medanta flags Trehan AI deepfake on obesity drug – ET HealthWorld

Gurgaon: Medanta Hospital on Tuesday filed a complaint alleging that a “deepfake” video that features its chairperson and managing director Dr Naresh Trehan endorsing a weight loss drug is circulating on social media. DCP (cybercrime) Siddhant Jain said an FIR was registered at the Cyber East police station against unidentified accused under sections 419 (impersonation … Read more

Tighter rules to be notified soon under IT Act: MoS IT after Tendulkar flags deepfake video

Tighter rules to be notified soon under IT Act: MoS IT after Tendulkar flags deepfake video

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN After legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar flagged his deepfake video doing the rounds, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar slammed deepfakes as a threat to the safety and trust of Indian users, saying the government will soon notify … Read more

PM flags off Vande Bharat Express from Mangaluru to Goa

PM flags off Vande Bharat Express from Mangaluru to Goa

Mangaluru Central-Madgaon Vande Bharat Express began its inaugural run after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off six VB trains across India from Ayodhya, on December 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry The Vande Bharat (VB) Express to Madgaon left Mangaluru Central railway station at 12.10 p.m. after being flagged off by Prime Minister … Read more

U.P. CM flags off 51 buses to be operated exclusively by women

U.P. CM flags off 51 buses to be operated exclusively by women

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flags off new buses, commanded by women drivers, on the occasion of ‘Maha Ashtami’ during the Navratri festival, in Ayodhya, on Oct. 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on October 22 flagged off 51 buses of the State transport corporation under “Mission Mahila … Read more

Economist flags ‘lumpenisation’ of higher education in India

Economist flags ‘lumpenisation’ of higher education in India

Educationist Anita Rampal, economist Prabhat Patnaik, CPI(M) leaders K.T. Kunhikannan and S. Ramachandran Pillai, and former Finance Minister Thomas Isaac at the opening ceremony of a seminar on education in Kozhikode on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Eminent economist Prabhat Patnaik has flagged a “lumpenisation” of public higher education system in the country by … Read more