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Last updated: July 24, 2024 6:16 pm (IST)The hiking group started their journey on June 4.Apart from Rumpa Das, other teachers who participated in this expedition were Prashant Singh and Subrata Ghosh. Rumpa Das, an English teacher from Cooper Colony High School (Krishna Nagar, West Bengal), made headlines after conquering Ramjak Peak (6318m) in Lahaul district of Himachal Pradesh news. According to Local 18 Bengal, Lumpa became the first Indian woman to accomplish this feat. She is one of the 3 teachers among the 12 members of the Krishna Nagar Mountaineering Association. Apart from Rumpa Das, other teachers who participated…
The NCPCR has exercised its powers under Section 14 of the CPCR Act, 2005, requesting Netflix representatives namely Monika Shergill, Vice President (Content) and Ambika Khurana, Head of Policy, Netflix India, to appear before the committee in person at 3 pm on July 29, 2024. Representation imageAlthough Netflix employs a comprehensive maturity rating system and parental controls, it has no mechanism to prevent minors from viewing adult contentThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned officials of OTT platform Netflix over allegations of providing “sexually explicit content” to minors on its platform. Prior to this, the NCPCR…
Author: Stone Washington July 23, 2024 The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate disclosure rules create real problems for public companies. The SEC's mission is to promote capital formation and maintain market efficiency, but for the first time in its 90-year history, the SEC is injecting a political risk element into its traditional principles-based disclosure framework. The new rules come after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission bowed to pressure from left-wing special interest groups to impose environmental disclosures on public companies for the first time. If the court allows the SEC's final rule to go into effect, it will…
CBI sleuths are investigating the NEET-UG question paper leak case at Oasis School in Hazaribagh district. (PTI file)CBI source: “The accused knew that if the paper was leaked on any app, it could go viral and lead to cancellation of NEET-UG exam… They entered the room at 8:02 am and took the exam at 9:23 am leave.According to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources, the alleged NEET-UG paper leak was extremely discreet and targeted only 120 candidates to whom initial funds and post-dated checks amounting to Rs 20 lakh were provided , in preparation for selection.“The defendants did this job…
Last updated: July 25, 2024 01:58 UTCNSA Ajit Doval and British Foreign Secretary David Lamy. Picture/News18Both sides welcome the launch of the UK-India Technology Security Initiative (TSI), which is led and agreed upon by the National Security Advisers (NSA) of both countries and aims to expand cooperation in critical and emerging technologies (CET) in priority areas such as telecommunications and telecommunications.British Foreign Secretary David Lamy visited New Delhi on Wednesday and held bilateral meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Both sides welcome the launch of the UK-India Technology…
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said the fourth and final version of the automatic train protection system Kavach is ready and has also received necessary approvals from the Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO).Vaishnaw, who addressed the media on the Budget 2024-25 a day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented it, also assured that now Installation of the technology will begin soon.People often question the implementation of this technology, especially after any train accident.“Last week, Kavach 4.0, the fourth version of Kavach, was approved by the RDSO. Our railway network is very complex… The system has been designed…
Last updated: July 24, 2024 11:53 pm ISTHe jumped into the sea after parking his car at the Nhava Sheva end of the Mumbai Cross-Port Link, also known as Atal Setu, around 12.30 pm. (Photo/News 18)Dombivli resident K Shriniwas allegedly under stress over financial worriesA 38-year-old engineer allegedly jumped from Mumbai's Atal Setu sea bridge on Wednesday afternoon, police said. An official said late at night that a search was underway for him. K Shriniwas, a resident of Dombivli, was allegedly under stress due to financial worries.He jumped into the sea after parking his car at the Nhava Sheva end…
The database will enable pharmaceutical companies to search for existing brand names before submitting registration applications. (Representative Image/Getty)Confusion among many of these drugs could have serious consequences for patients because doctors prescribe them and sell them under the same brand names to treat vastly different conditions, according to government documentsIndia's drug regulator, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), is exploring a proposal to allow public access to a comprehensive database of all drugs sold in India to address the issue of the same name.The database will enable pharmaceutical companies to search for existing brand names before submitting registration applications.…
Author: SIBI ARASU and SETH BORENSTEINMonday was the hottest day on record globally, beating the record set the day before, according to the European Climate Change Service, as the heat continued to be felt around the world from Japan to Bolivia to the United States.Provisional satellite data released by Copernicus on Wednesday showed Monday was 0.06 degrees Celsius (0.1 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than Sunday.Climate scientists say this could be the warmest in 120,000 years due to human-caused climate change. While scientists can't say for certain that Monday was the hottest day of the entire period, average temperatures haven't been this…
Last updated: July 24, 2024 11:35 pm ISTThe Rajasthan government handed over the case to India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in December 2017 following protests by members of the gangster community claiming foul play in the incident.Gangster Anandpal Singh was allegedly killed in an encounter at Malasar village in Churu on the evening of June 24, 2017A CBI court on Wednesday dismissed the central probe agency's closure report into the alleged fake encounter of gangster Anandpal Singh in 2017 and directed that murder and other charges be filed against the policemen involved in the killing.The court order came after…