New Delhi, Nov 30 (Inditop.com) State-run overseas oil explorer ONGC Ltd has decided to implement the whistle-blower policy which will allow employers to confidentially report suspected unethical or fraudulent acts within the organisation.
In a statement, ONGC said it implemented the policy despite it being only one of the non-mandatory requirements under clause 49 of the [...]
Dhaka, Nov 30 (DPA) The toll from a ferry accident in Bangladesh’s southern Bhola district rose to 71 Monday after rescuers retrieved more bodies trapped in the sunken vessel, officials said.
“The rescuers so far retrieved 71 bodies trapped inside the vessel and from the river,” district police chief S.M. Nazrul Islam said by phone.
He said [...]
Kolkata Nov 30 (Inditop.com) Altogether 380 students from over 160 schools across 10 Indian states and Bangladesh will compete for the Rs. 1 lakh prize money the Telegraph Schools’ Chess Championship Dec 1-8 here.
The 21st edition of the championship, being held at the Gorky Sadan, will see last year’s second placed player Sayantan Das as [...]
Shimla, Nov 30 (Inditop.com) Steel ministry officials Monday visited the state capital to find ways to make Himachal Pradesh a steel hub and increase its production and consumption.
Briefing reporters later, Steel Secretary Atul Chaturvedi said the per capital consumption of steel in Himachal Pradesh was 15 kg, much lower than the national average of 64 [...]
Bangalore, Nov 30 (Inditop.com) Infosys Science Foundation of the IT bellwether Monday named three top Indian scientists and two academic experts as winners of its prestigious Infosys Prize 2009 for outstanding contributions to scientific research in four disciplines.
The winner in Physical Sciences is Thanu Padmanabhan of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pune for [...]
New Delhi, Nov 30 (Inditop.com) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Monday asked its marketing and broadcasting partners Zee Sports to clear dues amounting to Rs.100 million.
AIFF met Zee Sports officials here and asked them to immediately clear the payments pending since April.
The non-payment of dues have been a problem for the AIFF, which has [...]
London, Nov 30 (DPA) After years of near-anonymous labour in the top end of the tennis trenches, Nikolay Davydenko may just be ready to raise his low profile after winning the weekend title at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.
The Russian, who can pass without notice anywhere save on a tennis court, feels that his [...]
New Delhi, Nov 30 (Inditop.com) India’s swine flu toll touched 575 Monday when two more Influenza A (H1N1) virus deaths were reported from Rajasthan, health authorities said here.
Also, 191 new cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the virus to 18,198.
With the two deaths in Rajasthan, the toll [...]