SEBI employees hold silent protest amid reports of ‘toxic work culture’

SEBI employees hold silent protest amid reports of ‘toxic work culture’

SEBI employees gathered outside the office in Mumbai, on September 5, 2024 | Photo Credit: T. Ashokamitran About 200 employees of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) gathered outside the office, within its premises, on Thursday (September 5, 2024) reportedly protesting toxic work culture, among other grievances. The employees gathered at 11 a.m. … Read more

Delhi Police increases security outside Rahul Gandhi’s residence amid reports of disturbance by right-wing groups

Delhi Police increases security outside Rahul Gandhi’s residence amid reports of disturbance by right-wing groups

Members of United Hindu Front shouting slogans during a protest against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the House during ongoing Parliament session in New Delhi | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Delhi Police has stepped up security outside Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s residence following an intelligence input … Read more

NTA website, its other portals secure; reports of they being hacked wrong: Officials

NTA website, its other portals secure; reports of they being hacked wrong: Officials

A view of the National Testing Agency website. The National Testing Agency (NTA) website and all its other web portals are fully secure, and reports that these have been compromised and hacked are wrong and misleading, officials said on June 23. The clarification comes amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, including … Read more

US health dept lets UnitedHealth notify victims of data breach, WSJ reports – ET HealthWorld

US health dept lets UnitedHealth notify victims of data breach, WSJ reports – ET HealthWorld

London: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has agreed to allow UnitedHealth Group to notify people whose data was exposed during a hack on its Change Healthcare unit in February, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The decision would spare U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers from time-consuming and expensive work, according … Read more

AAP leaders, MLAs, councillors to meet to decide strategy after Kejriwal’s arrest: reports

AAP leaders, MLAs, councillors to meet to decide strategy after Kejriwal’s arrest: reports

AAP workers and supporters raise slogans during a protest over the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with an excise policy-linked money-laundering case, at ITO in New Delhi, on March 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold a meeting of its leaders, MLAs and councillors on … Read more

Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food

Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food

Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a “widespread” presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of plastics that come into contact with food during production. The non-profit consumer group said on Thursday that 84 out of 85 supermarket foods and fast foods it recently tested contained … Read more

EAM Jaishankar discussed Khalistani activity with U.K.’s Cleverly, Barrow but denies reports he pressured Cameron

EAM Jaishankar discussed Khalistani activity with U.K.’s Cleverly, Barrow but denies reports he pressured Cameron

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with the U.K.’s National Security Adviser Tim Barrow in London. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to London included discussions on Khalistani separatist activity in the U.K., with the newly appointed Home Secretary James Cleverly and the National Security Adviser Tim Barrow. Specifically, Mr Jaishankar has … Read more

As Nanded hospital death toll rises to 31, Sambhajinagar hospital reports 18 deaths

As Nanded hospital death toll rises to 31, Sambhajinagar hospital reports 18 deaths

With over a dozen dead in State-run hospitals in two districts of Maharashtra in little over 48 hours, the Opposition has slammed the government for gross negligence, and trigged calls for an investigation.  Authorities on Tuesday confirmed an additional seven patient fatalities, including four newborns, between October 1 and 2, at Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government … Read more

Archaeologist reports Mesolithic-era rock paintings in Guntur

Archaeologist reports Mesolithic-era rock paintings in Guntur

The painting of a man tilling land during Mesolithic era, found at Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A Mesolithic period rock painting depicting a person tilling a piece of land has been found by D. Kanna Babu, former Superintending Archaeologist of the Temple Survey Project (Southern Region) of the Archaeological Survey … Read more