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Stolen customer data including medical reports from India’s biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks after Telegram’s founder was accused of allowing the messenger app to facilitate crime. The purported creator of the chatbots told a security researcher, who alerted Reuters to the issue, that the private details of millions of people were for sale and that samples could be viewed by asking the chatbots to divulge. Star Health and Allied Insurance, whose market capitalization exceeds $4 billion, in a statement to Reuters said it has reported alleged unauthorized data access to local authorities. It said an initial assessment showed “no widespread compromise” and that “sensitive customer data… Read More »Hacker Uses Telegram Chatbots To Leak Data Of Star Health Insurance: Report

Actress Shama Sikander has revealed a shocking incident from an ad shoot when a superstar hugged her in a way that made her uncomfortable. Without naming the actor, she said in a chat with Bollywood Bubble, “Vo scene tha nahi usme and I think he really wanted to hug me for some reason. Logon ki vibe hoti hai vaisi. Vo jab mere saath shoot kar rahe the to unhone zabardasti bola ki, ‘Nahi, nahi. Mai ek kaam karta hu. Mai aaunga yaha se aur mai meri biwi jo hai gehne pehnaunga aur fir mai isko twirl karke isko hug krunga. To jab vo mujhe hug kar rahe the. You know the kind of touch, you… Read More »Shama Sikander Recalls A Superstar Improvising An Ad Shoot To Hug Her: “I Felt So Uncomfortable”

<p>The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of viral video clips showing Karnataka High Court judge Vedavyasachar Srishananda making “controversial” statements during the course of hearing cases, which were live streamed. In one of the videos, he was seen referring to a neighborhood in Bengaluru as “Pakistan”.&nbsp;</p> <p>The five-judge bench of the apex court that included Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has sought a report from the High Court.&nbsp;</p> <p>”Our attention has been drawn to some comments made by Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srishananda during the conduct of judicial proceedings. We have asked the AG and SG to assist us. We ask the registrar general of the High Court to submit… Read More »SC Initiates Suo Motu Case As Karnataka HC Judge Refers To A Bengaluru Locality As ‘Pakistan’

A Bengaluru-based techie has shared his wife’s horrific experience working at Ernst & Young (EY). Aakash Venkatasubramanian explained how his partner quit her job at EY due to the company’s “toxic work culture”, often demanding 18-hour workdays. Mr Venkatasubramanian’s LinkedIn post came days after the death of a 26-year-old EY employee allegedly due to “overwork”. “My wife quit EY just because of the toxic work culture,” Mr Venkatasubramanian wrote, “and if she had not quit, I don’t know what would have happened to her.” He went on to explain that the normalisation and glorification of 18-hour workdays by many multinational companies (MNCs) in India have created a harmful environment for workers.  The techie condemned the… Read More »After EY Worker’s Death, Techie Reveals His Wife’s Experience With Company

Some people on Twitter say it like no other. “It’s rather amusing that One Nation, One Election abbreviates to ONOE – oh noe!”. After the Union Cabinet cleared the One Nation One Election (ONOE) proposal, legacy television channels, dutifully, complied with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) playbook. Distract from the real issues: unemployment, inflation, anti-federal policies, Manipur, a plummeting rupee, fuel prices not being cut despite a decline in global crude oil prices, and more. Just Like The Women’s Reservation Bill This is very similar to when the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed last year. The news stayed on primetime, tucking away the government’s ineffectual handling of the Manipur crisis. These con jobs have a… Read More »Opinion: Opinion | One Nation One Election (ONOE) Is Oh Noe!