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Parliament panel grills Twitter officials over data security, privacyTop Twitter executives, including Senior Director (Public Policy) Samiran Gupta and Director (Public Policy) Shagufta Kamran, deposed befor...
Whistle-blowers unsure about available legal protection: Deloitte SurveyMore than half the respondents expressed uncertainty over how their complaints would be treated while about two-thirds feared lack of confi...
Indiabulls group firms extend rally; CLSA revises IBHF targetGlobal brokerage firm CLSA maintained ‘Buy’ rating on Indiabulls Housing Finance.
Forum writes to Finance minister Arun Jaitley demanding action against audit firmA citizens forum has written to Jaitley demanding that the Centre terminates its contracts awarded to audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
How drug whistle-blowers in India have to fight a long battleThe fight by whistle-blowers for drug quality in India has cost them their dignity, jobs, and left them in severe financial duress.
Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan to 're-ignite' anti-graft campaignThey said RTI activists and whistle blowers will join the "apolitical" campaign for which a "Citizens' Whistle Blower Forum" (CWBF) will be...
Government to soon appoint Lokpal chairperson, membersGovernment has set the ball rolling for appointment of chairperson and eight members of Lokpal by inviting applications for the posts.
Ranbaxy whistleblower Dinesh Thakur wants strong policy to unearth fraudConsidering that some of the cases were very sensitive, a minimum guarantee from the govt for whistle-blower is a basic pre-requisite, Thak...
Govt seeks cabinet nod to keep political parties out of RTIGovernment has decided to keep political parties out of the ambit of RTI Act and may seek approval of an amendment at a meeting of Union Ca...
Edward Snowden seeks asylum in India, 19 other countriesEdward Snowden, currently sheltered in the transit zone of Moscow airport, has sought asylum in 20 countries, including India.
Do not emulate the US on surveillanceIndia is set to create a multi-agency body, the National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC), to monitor virtually all aspects of internet use.
Framing of whistle-blower policy is not yet mandatory for India IncIn India, a whistle blower is governed by an internal policy where cases of wrong doing of any kind are brought to the notice of the manage...
No plan to amend RTI Act: V NarayanasamyThere was a need to protect whistle blowers exposing corruption in governance, Narayanasamy said.
- Wealthy Americans queue to give up their US citizenship
Rich Americans renouncing US citizenship rose seven-fold since whistle-blower Bradley Birkenfeld triggered a crackdown on tax evasion.
- Anna Hazare demands withdrawal of government's Lokpal Bill, threatens bigger movement
As the all-party meeting on the Lokpal bill failed to reach consensus, Anna Hazare threatened a bigger anti-corruption stir.
- Content of bills matter, not numbers, says Kiran Bedi to government
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi tonight reminded the government that it is not the number of bills but its content which matter in this regard.
- Strong Lokpal before year-end: Harish Rawat
Harish Rawat expressed hope that a strong and effective Lokpal Act against corruption would be enacted by the end of this year.