By Sarah FrierFacebook Inc.'s worst security breach ever is a major blow to the company's effort to rebuild trust with users of the social network after a privacy scandal in March.A hacker -- or hackers, as Facebook doesn't know the number -- exploited several software bugs at once to obtain ...
By Amitabh KantThe Supreme Court judgment affirming the constitutionality and importance of Aadhaar validates the Government of India's effort at promoting good governance and ensuring the maximum benefit extends to those who need it the most. It is also a validation of the magnitude of the initiative which has greatly ...
KOLKATA: Even the Prime Minister's calls drop, just like millions of users' do, but the blunt reality is that very little, if anything, can be done about it. ET spoke to executives of telecom companies for this story; they spoke off record.Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Idea and Reliance Jio did not respond ...
Classrooms in some govt schools in Rudraprayag district- which fall on the route that choppers take to go to the Kedarnath shrine during the Char Dham Yatra- are being made soundproof. After a prod from the district administration, the heli-companies have decided to make 18 classrooms in 9 schools soundproof, ...
NEW DELHI: The Taj Mansingh will remain the Taj Mansingh. After years of litigation and a bitter battle with the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Indian Hotels Co (IHCL) retained the lease on the iconic property for another 33 years in a fiercely fought auction with rival ITC Hotels on ...
NEW DELHI: Things aren't getting better for debt-laden Air India as dues to vendors have hit unmanageable levels, forcing the aviation ministry to write to the finance ministry asking it to urgently decide on funding the national carrier.The letter, sent earlier this week, said that the airline is finding it ...
NEW DELHI: Insurance companies have been asked to declare their exposure to liquidity-strapped Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services and its group firms by the sector regulator. IL&FS has defaulted on repayments and has had its debt rating downgraded, which has in turn roiled the markets.The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority ...
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stopped Bandhan Bank from opening branches freely and frozen the compensation to CEO and founder Chandra Shekhar Ghosh at existing levels as penalty for not reducing promoter stake to 40% by August this year.The Kolkata-based bank told exchanges in a notice on ...
Speaking at the meeting, Swaraj called for efforts to eliminate the scourge of terrorism in all its forms, without any discrimination, and end the "ecosystem of its support". Immediately after her speech, Swaraj left the meeting for, as Indian officials said, her other scheduled meetings.
Some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by Biomed have been found to be contaminated with polio type 2 virus. The government has ordered a probe to find out how the type 2 strain was retained even after all manufacturers were ordered to take measures for the complete destruction of ...