Four fraternity members at San Diego State University are facing felony charges after a pledge was set on fire during a skit at a party last year, leaving him hospitalized for weeks with third-degree burns, prosecutors said Monday. The fire happened on Feb. 17, 2024, when the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity held a large party…
NEW DELHI: The Finance Ministry on Tuesday inducted two new members in the governing council of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Trustee Ltd (NIIFTL) which provides strategic guidance on a number of matters including investment of the corpus of NIIF. The new members are SBI Chairman C S Setty who replaced his predecessor Dinesh…
Photo courtesy: Chicago Teachers Union As tensions rise in Chicago’s ongoing contract negotiations, 30,000 teachers are demanding major changes to improve working conditions and support for students, potentially setting a precedent for school systems across the United States. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district have been locked in intense…
NEW DELHI: Acting on a Supreme Country order seeking transparency in decision-making process by central regulator on use of genetically modified organisms (GMO), the environment ministry has proposed certain amendments in the existing rules to weed out any panel member having conflict of interest. Under the proposed change in the Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and…
Fiji police said on Thursday they were investigating an incident involving two crew members of Australian airline Virgin Australia IPO-VIR.AX who were allegedly victims of rape and theft in Nadi in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The crew members were in the popular tourist destination on a layover before they were supposed to…
An Indian-origin member (peer) of the upper house of the UK Parliament and another prominent British Indian individual have been stripped of their Order of the British Empire honours, officials said. The Commander of the British Empire (CBE) honour of Raminder Singh Ranger, a Conservative Party peer and founder of UK-based consumer goods company Sun…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday sought Union govt’s response on a PIL alleging that members of internal complaints committee (ICC) face vindictive action if they rule against the top brass of a private company while deciding a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace.To discharge their duties freely to provide a safe environment for women employees…
Kolkata, Days after issuing show-cause notices to 85 teachers on disciplinary grounds, IIT Kharagpur on Thursday said that attempts to disrupt normal academic activities by “a few people” will not be tolerated. The institute authorities had on November 12 sent show cause notices to four office bearers of IIT Teachers’ Association after they wrote to…
Bangladesh border authorities denied permission to dozens of members of the Hindu spiritual organisation Iskcon to cross into India, despite possessing valid travel documents, according to reports. The 54 members, including devotees from various districts, arrived at the Benapole border crossing on Saturday night and Sunday morning. However, after waiting for hours, they were informed…
A United Nations report reveals that homes are the most dangerous place for women and girls, with 140 killed daily by intimate partners or close relatives — equivalent to one woman or girl every 10 minutes in 2023. Globally, 85,000 women and girls were intentionally killed that year, with 60 per cent of these homicides…