EY employee death fallout: Deloitte forms 3-member committee to review people practices

New Delhi, 20/9: Amid a social media storm over the death of a young employee at tax consultancy major EY allegedly due to work pressure, Deloitte has formed a three-member external committee, which includes former revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj. Shetty said to manage the work pressure within the organisation and have an open work culture,…

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Bombay High Court strikes down amended IT Rules as unconstitutional

Mumbai, 20/9: The Bombay High Court on Friday held as unconstitutional and struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules which sought to identify fake and false content on social media against the government. The matter was assigned to Justice A S Chandurkar as `tie-breaker judge’, after a division bench in January delivered a split…

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EY employee death: Chairman expresses regret, says will not rest till harmonious workplace achieved

New Delhi, 20/9: EY India chairman Rajiv Memani has expressed regret at not attending the funeral of a 26-year-old employee whose death was blamed on stress by her mother, and said he will not rest till achieving the goal of harmonious workplace. Anna Sebastian Perayil, who passed her CA exams in 2023 and worked at…

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Naveen Patnaik demands judicial inquiry into sexual harassment of woman in police custody

Bhubaneswar, 20/9: In a big development, former Odisha chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry into the alleged sexual harassment of a woman in police custody.The Odisha Police had on Wednesday suspended five personnel in connection with the alleged assault of the army officer and “molestation” of his female…

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Bitter political fight erupts over Tirupati laddu; TDP and YSRCP spar over animal fat claim

Amaravati, 20/9: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s claim that animal fat was used in Tirupati laddus during the previous government triggered a massive political row on Thursday with the YSRCP accusing Naidu of indulging in “heinous allegations”for political gains and TDP circulating a lab report to back the claim.    

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R G Kar impasse: Junior doctors allege police pressure as decorators dismantle setup at protest site

Kolkata, 19/9: Agitating junior doctors in Kolkata on Thursday alleged that decorators were removing tents, bamboo shafts and pedestal fans from the protest site in front of Swasthya Bhawan after they were allegedly pressurised by the police to do so. The police, however, denied these allegations as baseless.        

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