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EU Privacy Watchdogs Warn WhatsApp on Privacy Policy, Yahoo on Breach

HIGHLIGHTS EU sent letters to WhatsApp and Yahoo Said they had concerns about WhatsApp’s recent change in privacy policy Asked Yahoo to communicate all aspects of the data breach European privacy watchdogs said on Friday they had sent letters to WhatsApp over its sharing of information with parent company Facebook and Yahoo over a 2014 data breach and its scanning ... Read More »

No-fail policy puts NDA govt in a bind

The no-fail policy entails that no children in the 6-14 age group can be held back in any class up to Class VIII. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint New Delhi: The Union government is in a fix over whether to go ahead and scrap the no-fail policy in schools after at least six states, most of them ruled by the Bharatiya Janata ... Read More »

CBSE Class X board exam to return, no-fail policy to go

The CBSE class X board was made optional during 2009-10 when the United Progressive Alliance was in power. Photo: Prasad Gori/HT New Delhi: The Union government is bringing back examinations in elementary schools across the country and Class X board exams for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students. At a meeting in New Delhi attended by state education ministers ... Read More »

WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Must Be Rolled Back, Students Tell Court

WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Must Be Rolled Back, Students Tell Court Two Indian students are mounting a legal challenge to Facebook, seeking to wind back changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy that they say threatens the rights of millions of users. Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi filed a public-interest litigation, akin to a class action, in the Delhi High Court ... Read More »

10 recommendations of Subramanian Committee on new education policy

The outlay on education should be raised to at least 6% of GDP without further loss of time. Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: The T.S.R. Subramanian committee, entrusted with preparing a new education policy for India submitted the report to the government in May suggesting measures that the country must take to improve the sector that caters to over 300 million ... Read More »

Government Says Monetary Policy Panel Rules To Be Notified In Few Weeks

Currently, the interest rates are decided by the Governor of theReserve Bank of India. New Delhi: Moving ahead with the operationalisation of the interest rate setting monetary policy committee, the Finance Ministry has said it will notify the rules “within few weeks” and thereafter appoint three government nominees. “We are already working on it (on the rules). I think it should not take more than ... Read More »

New training policy To Be Unveiled After States’ Approval: Smriti Irani

Smriti Irani said it turned into the first time within the country that an training policy were chalked out after eliciting tips from college students and their parents. (PTI document photograph) NEW DELHI: Union Human resource improvement Minister Smriti Irani today stated the new country wideschooling policy can be made public only after approval from all of the states. “The ... Read More »

New education policy quickly, Says Smriti Irani

Union Minister Smriti Irani additionally stated the ministry will release an internet portal – Bharatvani –rapidly on numerous topics. (record picture) NEW DELHI: HIGHLIGHTS were given tips from villages, municipal bodies and experts: Smriti Irani country wide training policy can be unveiled in 15-20 days She stated government may even build sixteen research parks thru IIT Union Human aid improvement ... Read More »