Wednesday, 31 January 2018

BBC offers New Pay structure to end gender based pay gap

Sometime back, a BBC editor in China had resigned over gender based pay gap. The news attracted lots of criticism against BBC. Now to end such kind of pay gaps, the BBC has come up with new pay structure, though it said it has not found “any evidence of gender bias” in determining employee salaries but says that disparities in the pay of men and women at the organization should be addressed.

Govt’s ‘Swachhta Project’ brings down cases of malware attacks

As per government’s claims, there has been a 51% decrease in malware infections in all networks in the country after the launch of the Cyber Swachhta Kendra or the Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre last year.

Aircel-Maxis deal case: SC wants ED's reply on Karti's plea against property attachment

On 31 January, the Supreme Court has asked the Enforcement Directorate to reply on a plea of Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, against provisional attachment of his properties in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.

Former TRAI officer becomes GSMA’s public policy head for India

The former TRAI officer Manoj Misra has been appointed by GSMA as senior public policy director for India. GSMA is the global telecom industry body.

Bhansali takes measures to check piracy of 'Padmaavat'

The most controversial film ever, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmaavat' is attracting large number of moviegoers. The protesters led by Kerni Sena have now become silent. But to check the film falling in the hands of pirates, its makers are taking some pre-emptive measures.

NDTV gets Rs 436.80 crore penalty notice from IT Dept

On 31 January, the news channel which is already in trouble, NDTV has got another slap from the IT Department, as the agency has sent a penalty notice of Rs 436.80 crore for assessment year 2009-10.

Google & L&T partner for providing 150 Station hotspots in Pune

To strengthen the Digital India mission and to connect more and more people through broadband, Search giant Google and Larsen & Toubro have partnered. The deal will enable them to bring 150 Google Station hotspots to Pune, which will be part of Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited’s Smart City project.

Aadhaar leak: EPFO discontinues services provided through Common Service Centre

Following fear of Aadhaar data leak, the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on May 2 said it has discontinued services provided t...