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Hathras Case: 10 pointers to know before you react

Just before you read, you should know that Name and identity of victims of rape and sexual assault, including those who have died, cannot be disclosed "even in a remote manner", the Supreme Court of India has ruled out in December 2018. However, News agencies & political parties are flaunting it publically. 1. FAMILY’S COMPLAINT ON SEPTEMBER 14: As per the family of the rape victim, her brother made the first complaint, which is mentioned in the first FIR. In the complaint, the brother has said accused Sandeep was trying to strangulate his sister in the field. After hearing her cry, when their mother reached the spot, the accused fled. The brother has named just one accused (Sandeep) in his first complaint. In the complaint, he has mentioned the time of the incident at 9.30 am. After that, an FIR was registered under the SC/ST Act and Section 307 of IPC. As per the FIR, its content was read out before the brother and the FIR was registered after his consent and approval. ...

WhiteHat Jr. : Heights of False Advertising!

What is WhiteHat Jr.? Founded in 2018, WhiteHat Jr 'helps' kids from age 6 to 18 years to build commercial-ready games, animations, and apps online using the fundamentals of coding. It offers four levels of courses – Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Professional – for students in grades 1-12.   Recently, within 18 months of its inception, the company was acquired by  leading ed-tech firm BYJU'S in a deal worth $300 million. Is it necessary? Recently, WhiteHat's aired a n ad that shows a little one who has developed his own app at a young age by learning to code on the WhiteHat Jr. platform, while investors rushing in to make an investment. Now, those who are into the profession know that it is a tough task to learn to code and it is too early to start for kids.  How can a company target kids stick to the screen at the age where they should be playing outside? Like seriously ? the company targeting even 6-year-old  kids!!  No WhiteHat, kids do not need to sp...

Explained | Here’s how our power system will be managed during lights-out

The lights-off event planned for Sunday can lead to disruptions in power supply when everyone switches off their lights from 9pm and switch on after nine minutes. Electricity authorities have studied power consumption patterns across India and the share of lighting in it to come up with a plan to handle the expected dip and surge in consumption that day. When everyone switches off their lights, the power plants will be impacted. The situation can be compared to a bicycle climbing upward. When the lights go off all at once, it is akin to the cyclist suddenly reaching the peak and continuing to pedal as before during the climb down. The bicycle speed will then ramp up and could lead to the cyclist losing his balance. The voltage in the grid and the frequency will surge. The frequency can be understood as the electrical equivalent of the bicycle’s speed. The bicyclist losing his balance is like our power plants stopping operation as a result of these sudden changes. If the bicyclist an...

Timeline: How Nizamuddin event went on despite lockdown orders

More than 2,000 people who were at the markaz in Delhi’ Nizamuddin area have been identified. The building has emerged as one of the biggest Covid-19 hot spots in the country. Officials across the country began a frantic search for thousands of people who had been to the headquarters of a religious group in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area that has now emerged as the single-biggest source of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections in the country, leading to at least eight deaths and 117 confirmed cases. The discovery of the hot spot at the six-storey building of the Tablighi Jamaat - called a markaz - triggered alarm in several circles of the government. Here’s a timeline of the event as reported by news agency ANI: March 13: Around 3,400 people came together to be part of the religious gathering at the Nizamuddin markaz March 13: The congregation began even after an order by the Delhi government on the same day, which said that no religious, social, political gatherings of more t...

'Wizard', 'Oracle', or 'Sage" Of Omaha - The Business Magnate: Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway has been recently in news, with one question in everyone's mind: who will take the reins of the empire built by 88-year-old billionaire Warren Buffett? Well the time will tell, as in January 2019, Berkshire Hathaway has added two senior executives — Gregory E. Abel and Ajit Jain to its board. Before I discuss on who is Gregory E. Abel and Ajit Jain, let us know who is Warren Buffett! Personal: Birth date:  August 30, 1930 Birth place:  Omaha, Nebraska Birth name:  Warren Edward Buffett Father:  Howard Buffett, politician and businessman Mother:  Leila (Stahl) Buffett Marriages:  Astrid Menks (August 30, 2006-present); Susan (Thompson) Buffett (April 19, 1952-July 29, 2004, her death) Children:  with Susan (Thompson) Buffett: Peter, 1958; Howard, 1954; Susan, 1953 Education:  University of Nebraska, B.S., 1950; Columbia University, M.S. in Economics, 1951 Other Facts: Nicknamed the "Oracle of Omaha...

Toyota & Suzuki's cross-badging route in India - New partnerships and strengthening alliances are the name of the game

Barely three weeks into March and the automotive industry is already abuzz with news on companies getting into further consolidation mode. Wednesday saw Toyota and Suzuki announce the next phase of their partnership which, cliched as it may sounds, is truly in top gear. Apart from Baleno and Brezza, Suzuki will now supply its Ertiga and Ciaz models to Toyota which, in turn, will re-engineer and retail them under its own badge. Under cross-badging, companies come together to sell a vehicle under different brand names, with some small cosmetic changes. Developmental costs of new models are minimized while brand identity is also retained. Beyond Japan Inc, there are other marriages happening elsewhere across the world. Volkswagen will work with Ford on pick-ups and potentially other initiatives in the mobility space. VW has also joined hands with Hino Motors (a Toyota group company) to explore opportunities in commercial vehicles though this could largely be focused on the ...

Feted business guru turned convicted felon - The spectacular rise and fall of the former McKinsey & Co. MD, and former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director

Rajat Gupta in his memoir, "Mind Without Fear," that released Monday, tells of his dramatic rise to the top of the corporate and financial world in America and then his fall after being charged in 2012, in one of the largest insider trading cases in the US. The memoir comes just months after a federal appeals court declined to throw out Gupta’s 2012 conviction. Gupta had argued that U.S. prosecutors failed to prove he got a personal benefit for passing tips to his friend, billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam. In 2012, Gupta was found guilty of passing confidential boardroom information to the hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, who is currently serving 11 years in prison for insider trading. One such information the prosecutors alleged Gupta shared with Rajaratnam in September 2008 was about Berkshire Hathaway’s five billion dollar investment in Goldman Sachs. While Gupta has already served his prison term, a ruling in his favor would have cleared his record. ...