Whistleblower
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John Barnett, Boeing whistleblower who raised production concerns, died by suicide: Police
World | May 18, 2024, 01:35 PM ISTJohn Barnett, who raised several concerns over Boeing's production standards and was part of a long-running legal case against the company since his retirement, was found dead on March 9. However, the Charleston police concluded their investigation in his death, saying he died by suicide.
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Former Boeing employee, who raised concerns over production standards, found dead in US
World | Mar 12, 2024, 10:09 AM ISTJohn Barnett raised several concerns over Boeing's production standards and was part of a long-running legal case against the airline giant since his retirement. His death comes at a time when Boeing is under intense scrutiny after the doors of one of its planes blew off after take-off in January.
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'Twitter priotitizes profit over security': Whistleblower to US Congress
World | Sep 13, 2022, 11:51 PM ISTThe whistleblower was the head of security for the influential platform until he was fired early this year. He filed a whistleblower complaint in July with Congress, the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Parliamentary panel not satisfied with Facebook's answers, to summon officials again
India | Nov 30, 2021, 11:37 AM ISTFacebook representatives will be summoned in the next meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology headed by Shashi Tharoor.
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Another whistleblower guns at Infosys' Salil Parekh
Business | Nov 12, 2019, 09:20 AM ISTAnother whistleblower from global software major Infosys accused its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salil Parekh of committing misdeeds and urged the Chairman and the board of directors to act against him on his volatile complaints.
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BSE seeks explanation from Infosys on whistleblower complaint
Business | Oct 23, 2019, 03:55 PM ISTBSE on Wednesday asked Infosys to explain why it did not make a disclosure about a whistleblower complaint which alleged that the company's top executives were following "unethical practices" to shore up profits through irregular accounting ways.
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Democrats subpoena Mike Pompeo over whistleblower complaint
World | Sep 28, 2019, 09:35 AM ISTDemocratic lawmakers in the US House of Representatives subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over a whistleblower complaint alleging President Donald Trump's misconduct in a phone call with the Ukrainian president.
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CBI moves SC against whistleblower I-T officer
India | Sep 11, 2019, 12:05 PM ISTShrivastava was sacked in June after CBI raided his houses and recovered gold jewellery worth Rs 2.5 crore and Rs 16.5 lakh in cash. The Orissa High Court had recently given him protection.
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FB data breach: Whistleblower claims Cong was Cambridge Analytica's client, BJP says Rahul exposed
India | Mar 28, 2018, 06:17 AM IST"This has exposed Rahul Gandhi who was denying all along. Congress and Rahul Gandhi must now apologize," Prasad said.
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IndiGo passenger assault: Culprit sacked, so is the ‘whistleblower’ for ‘instigating’ the incident
India | Nov 08, 2017, 06:33 PM ISTAditya Ghosh said that the ex-staffer who is claiming to be the 'whistleblower' is the one who instigated the incident and prevented the customer from boarding the bus.
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IIT Kharagpur accepts resignation of whistle-blower professor
India | Aug 20, 2017, 06:05 PM ISTIIT Kharagpur has accepted the resignation of whistle-blower professor Rajeev Kumar, whose compulsory retirement order was quashed by president Pranab Mukherjee days before he demitted office
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Haryana govt promotes IAS Ashok Khemka as Principal Secretary
India | Jan 01, 2016, 04:33 PM ISTChandigarh: The Manohar Khattar–led state government is Haryana has promoted whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka to the rank of Principal Secretary from Secretary to the government of Haryana.Khemka shot to limelight in 2012 when the
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Will expose Shivraj Singh even if I die: Vyapam whistle blower
National | Jul 07, 2015, 11:30 AM ISTGwalior: Ashish Chaturvedi, one of the four whistle-blowers of Madhya Pradesh Vyapam scam said he will name the "big fish in the scam including Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan."Chaturvedi has allegedly been threatened 10 times
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Facing 'threats', Vyapam whistleblower seeks adequate security
India | Jul 06, 2015, 08:32 PM ISTBhopal: A whistleblower of the Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh, Ashish Chaturvedi, today said he has received threats to life from those allegedly involved in the scandal and demanded adequate state or central security. “I
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Whistle blower's action has to be in public interest: SC
India | May 14, 2015, 10:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today said that if someone accesses documents which were to be “carefully maintained” by agencies like CBI then such “whistle blower” cannot be faulted if the action is taken in
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Whistleblower Ashok Khemka transferred again by Haryana government
India | Apr 01, 2015, 11:10 PM ISTHaryana Government on Wednesday issued transfer and posting orders of nine IAS officers including whistle blower Ashok Khemka and one Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officer with immediate effect.Ashok Khemka, who had in November last year
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Whistleblower Herve Falciani indicted by Swiss authorities
World | Dec 12, 2014, 10:36 AM ISTParis: Whistleblower Herve Falciani, who leaked information related to thousands of illicit bank account holders at HSBC in Geneva, was indicted by Swiss authorities on Thursday for industrial espionage and breach of trade and banking
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Whistleblower bar owner under pressure, Kerala orders probe
India | Nov 02, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Kerala bar owner Biju Ramesh, 50, who blew the lid on Finance Minister K.M. Mani's demand of Rs.5 crore for allowing closed bars to remain open, is under pressure to keep silent as the
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Supreme court allows reports on CBI director, whistleblower
India | Oct 15, 2014, 11:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the prosecution in the 2G case to file two reports -- on the role of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Ranjit Sinha in the probe and
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SC asks Bhushan to reveal the whistleblower's name
India | Sep 15, 2014, 08:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Refusing to order a probe into Guest list case, the Supreme Court today asked Senior Lawyer and AAP leader Prashant Bhushan to disclose the source of information on guest list at CBI chief's