Kannur varsity’s new notification contradicts its SC affidavit on Priya Varghese’s appointment

Kannur varsity’s new notification contradicts its SC affidavit on Priya Varghese’s appointment

Kannur University has issued a notification stating that a full-time PhD cannot be considered as teaching experience, contradicting the affidavit it had earlier submitted in the Supreme Court while defending the appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of Chief Minister’s Private Secretary K.K. Ragesh, as an Associate Professor. The notification, issued in October 2024, has come … Read more

Advocacy groups challenge FSSAI’s draft notification on removing warning labels from iron-fortified food products

Advocacy groups challenge FSSAI’s draft notification on removing warning labels from iron-fortified food products

A file photo of normal and fortified rice. According to advocacy groups, all food products must carry warning labels so that vulnerable groups can avoid fortified foods. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) draft notification on an amendment to remove crucial warning labels on iron-fortified food products for individuals with thalassemia and … Read more

Ex-IPS officer moves HC against Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas notification

Ex-IPS officer moves HC against Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas notification

Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Amitabh Thakur has moved the Allahabad High Court challenging the notification issued by the Centre declaring June 25, the day in 1975 when former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency, as Samvidan Hatya Diwas. The plea, which will be heard by the Lucknow bench of the court, said … Read more

Sebi relaxes timeline for material-change disclosures by FPIs

Sebi relaxes timeline for material-change disclosures by FPIs

Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday relaxed timelines for disclosure of material changes by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs). The regulator categorised material changes notified by FPIs into two groups. Type I group includes changes that require FPIs to seek fresh registration, or which affect any privileges or exemptions available to such foreign investors and Type II … Read more

Health conglomerate Kaiser notifies millions of a data breach – ET HealthWorld

Health conglomerate Kaiser notifies millions of a data breach – ET HealthWorld

London: U.S. health conglomerate Kaiser is notifying millions of its members of a data breach earlier this month, it reported in a notice posted on Thursday. The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan confirmed that 13.4 million residents had their information taken in a data breach, as per a legally required notice filed with the U.S. government … Read more

Telangana Govt releases mega DSC notification for recruitment of 11,062 posts in Education dept

Telangana Govt releases mega DSC notification for recruitment of 11,062 posts in Education dept

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy releases the mega District Selection Committee (DSC) notification for filling up 11,062 posts in the Education department, on February 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Telangana Government has released mega District Selection Committee (DSC) notification for filling up 11,062 posts in the Education department. Chief Minister A. Revanth … Read more

Corporation awaits final notification of Kochi Master Plan for drawing up Kerala’s first Local Area Plan

Corporation awaits final notification of Kochi Master Plan for drawing up Kerala’s first Local Area Plan

The Kochi Corporation is awaiting a green signal for its master plan from the State government before kick-starting its ambitious project of drawing up Kerala’s first Local Area Plan (LAP) centred around the mass transit hub of Vyttila. LAP has emerged as the focal point of a shift in the development paradigm proposed by the … Read more

Notification issued to fill 3220 faculty posts in State Universities in Andhra Pradesh

Notification issued to fill 3220 faculty posts in State Universities in Andhra Pradesh

In a significant development, the Government has issued notification to fill 3220 faculty posts in the 18 State Universities in Andhra Pradesh. Of the total 3220 posts, recruitments will be made to 418 vacant posts of Professors, 801 posts of Association Professors and 2001 posts of Assistant Professors (Including 220 lecturer posts of the Rajiv … Read more

TOEFL to be shortened by an hour from July, candidates to get real-time notification of score status

TOEFL to be shortened by an hour from July, candidates to get real-time notification of score status

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) will now take less than two hours to complete instead of three hours and the candidates will be able to see their official score release date upon completion of the test, according to the Educational … Read more

Supreme Court upholds notification amending employees pension scheme as ‘legal and valid’

Supreme Court upholds notification amending employees pension scheme as ‘legal and valid’

The dispute primarily concerned the controversial amendments made to paragraph 11 of the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS) of 1995. The dispute primarily concerned the controversial amendments made to paragraph 11 of the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS) of 1995. The Supreme Court on Friday, November 4, 2022, upheld the Employees’ Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014 as “legal … Read more