- Sunday, February 23, 2025
THE three weeks virtual talks of UN subsidiary bodies have failed to clear the decks ahead of the major COP26 gathering in Glasgow in November, reported the BBC. Technical glitches and multiple time zones scuppered attempts to find common ground, and little progress has been made on key issues, it…
A FORMER diversity consultant at Sellafield nuclear plant has claimed that she was axed by the firm when she pointed out 'vile' homophobic abuse, bullying and sexual harassment, a tribunal has heard. Alison McDermott, who was an HR consultant at Sellafield in September 2018, has said reports of 'appalling' harassment based…
INDIA's rural economy has almost crashed due to lockdowns imposed by authorities trying to contain the surge of the second Covid wave. The only ray of hope now is the monsoon season, which began this month, as farmers expect normal rainfall. Sugarcane grower Dattatray Bagal in Maharashtra, who lost family members…
A boatman in India has been praised after he rescued a baby girl found floating in a wooden box in the Ganges river. The infant was found in a wooden box decorated with images of Hindu deities. Police said the box had a birth horoscope card which had the time and…
HEALTH OFFICIALS in India's richest state have urged authorities to step up preparations against a possible third wave of coronavirus infections, they said on Friday (18), as lockdowns eased less than a month after a surge that killed thousands. India's second most populous state of Maharashtra lifted many curbs this…
THE former chief operating officer of Securolytics, a network security company, was charged with allegedly conducting a cyberattack on Georgia-based Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC). Vikas Singla, 45, of Marietta, Georgia, has allegedly disrupted phone service, obtained information from a digitizing device, and disrupted the network printer service of the Medical Center in 2018.…
HUSBAND of an Amazon employee has been sentenced to 26 months in prison for securities fraud due to his insider trading activity, acting US attorney Tessa M Gorman has announced. Viky Bohra, 37, Bothell, Washington, used inside information he obtained from his wife, an Amazon finance employee, to place trades in Amazon stock–making…
THE US Senate on Wednesday (16) confirmed Indian American Radhika Fox as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) office of water. Fox won the nomination by 55 to 43 votes after seven Republican Senators supported her candidature. Two Democratic Senators did not cast their votes. “Fox brings with her an impressive…
THE Indian government has removed the Z-category VIP security cover of West Bengal politician and MLA Mukul Roy. Last week, Roy, 67, re-joined West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) after a brief stint with the ruling BJP. His son Subhrangshu also joined Banerjee's party in Kolkata. The home ministry…
US tech giant Microsoft on Wednesday (16) announced that Satya Nadella, 53, will be its new chairman, replacing John Thompson. The board's independent directors unanimously elected Nadella to the role of board chair, and unanimously elected John W Thompson as the lead independent director, Microsoft said. Nadella, who took over…
