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TVS Wego discontinued in India: This scooter will take its place

The TVS Wego has been discontinued for the domestic market while its replacement here is undergoing BS6 updation.




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Bajaj Discover dies after 17-year run: What to expect now

Bajaj Discover is no longer visible on the company's official India website. Does this mean that the Discover is now a part of the history? We explain!




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2019 Land Rover Discovery Sport Review: A powerful and efficient Ingenium diesel heart

As Land Rover gives the final update to the current generation of the Discovery Sport, before the brand new generation model arrives, we try to find out if these new changes allowed the SUV to hold on to its relevancy in the midst of its newer rivals




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CERC reduces late payment surcharge for discoms

Additionally, the quantum of advance payment that discoms need to furnish as security has been reduced to half till June 30.




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Solar tariff of Rs 2.55 per unit discovered in latest auction

The auction had received a positive response from investors with NHPC receiving bids of 3,540 MW for the tender. This is a shift from the recent trend of tenders being under-subscribed.




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Covid-19 lockdown: Trai to conduct discussions via video conferencing from May 6

The official also said as the social distancing norms will remain in effect in near future, it has to start conducting its discussions and other work online.




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PM Modi discusses reforms in agriculture sector

The challenges of the Model Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2016 and how to protect the interest of small and marginal farmers was discussed in detail.




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More fiscal stimulus measures necessary in India to fight COVID-19: S&P

The agency said India's fiscal position has been weak for a long time now and is a major factor constraining sovereign credit rating along with the government debt.




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Record excise duty hike on petrol, diesel unlikely to boost economic growth, help bridge fiscal gap, warns report

The record excise duty hike on petrol and diesel will not help the government bridge the fiscal gap as planned, nor will it help boost economic growth as consumption demand will further be crippled, warns a report. Despite crude prices trading at a two decades low, the government had earlier this week hiked excise duty […]




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Chennai Bakery Owner Arrested for Advertising Discriminating Muslims

The owner of a bakery in Chennai has been arrested for an advertisement he allegedly posted on WhatsApp which was discriminatory against Muslims. The baker, who does business online, had shared an...





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Discover Programmable MBIST and Boundary Scan Insertion and Verification Flows Through RAKs

Cadence Encounter® Test uses breakthrough timing-aware and power-aware technologies to enable customers to manufacture higher quality, power-efficient silicon faster and at lower cost. Encounter Diagnostics identifies critical yield-limiting issues and...(read more)




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FileExecutive File Disclosure / Path Disclosure / Shell Upload

FileExecutive suffers from file disclosure, path disclosure, shell upload, edit administrator and add administrator vulnerabilities.




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Packet Storm T-Shirts Discontinued - Get Yours For Only $10






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Stuxnet-Like Attacks Beckon As 50 New SCADA Threats Discovered





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Opera Accuses Mozilla Of Irresponsible Disclosure






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Wikileaks Releases Indiscriminate Slaying Video From Iraq




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Cisco Security Advisory 20081022-asa

Cisco Security Advisory - Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances and Cisco PIX Security Appliances. These include Windows NT domain authentication bypass, IPv6 denial of service, and a Crypto Accelerator memory leak.




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UN Climate Summit Heats Up Discussion on Global Warming, Carbon Emissions

More than 100 world leaders converged upon New York City today to discuss international efforts to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. The list of speakers at the UN Climate Summit included U.S. President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, French President François Hollande, and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.




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The Next Revolution: Discarding Dangerous Fossil Fuel Accounting Practices

The green revolution and, in particular, renewable energy products such as solar power, wind turbines, geothermal and algae-based fuels are not waiting for viable technology — it already exists in many forms. What they are waiting for is a massive sea change in our antiquated financial accounting systems.




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Sexual orientation discrimination

In the case of Smith v Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd [2013], the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the statutory definition of harassment. Facts Mr Smith was an openly gay employee of Ideal Shopping Direct Limited. He brought a claim allegin...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Surrogacy and maternity leave

The issue of maternity rights for surrogate parents has recently caused confusion ‘’ with two Advocates General to the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) giving conflicting guidance.  Final rulings are expec...




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Eversheds' Discrimination Law Review: January 2014

Eversheds' Discrimination Law Review: January 2014 Introduction from Audrey Williams, Head of Discrimination Law Welcome to the latest edition of our Discrimination Law Review. Our focus, in this edition, is on recent significant cases.  As eve...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Religious discrimination and group disadvantage

In 2013 we had the long awaited decisions in the combined appeals brought in the cases of Eweida and others v The United Kingdom.  These comprised the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, applying the right to freedom of thought cons...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Post-employment victimisation and the effects of Jessemy and Onu

Post-employment victimisation and the effects of Jessemy and Onu. The Court of Appeal has recently held that post-employment victimisation is unlawful, overturning the previous decision in Rowstock Ltd & another v Jessemey  and providing he...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Dramatic decline in Employment Tribunal claims

Employment Tribunal statistics for the period October to December 2013 have shown a sharp decline in the number of Employment Tribunal claims brought since the fees regime was introduced last Summer. The statistics: in summaryThe latest statistics s...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Post-natal depression: are there limits to the law’s protection from detriment?

Is it necessarily unlawful for an employer to dismiss an employee for incapability if she fails to return to work following the end of maternity leave, where the reason for the absence is post-natal depression (or other pregnancy-connected illness)?...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Age discrimination and compulsory retirement

Since the removal of the default retirement age, there have been surprisingly few cases giving guidance as to when an employee might be lawfully retired.  Some employers have implemented their own ‘Employer Justified Retirement Age’...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Caste Discrimination

In the case of Tirkey v Chandok and another [2013], an Employment Tribunal considered whether that the existing definition of “race” within the Equality Act 2010 was wide enough to capture discrimination on the basis of caste. Background...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Surrogacy

In the recent cases of CD v ST and Z v A Government Department and the Board of Management of a Community School, the Court of Justice of the European Union  clarified the position regarding the protections and benefits that should be afforded ...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Discrimination based on obesity

Later this year the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) is expected to give a ruling addressing, for the first time, the extent to which EU law protects workers against discrimination on grounds of obesity.  In the meantime, one of the CJEU&rsquo...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Equal Pay Audits: new Tribunal powers

We have been through a very significant period of change for Employment Tribunals over the past two years: with the introduction of fees, pre-claim conciliation and new Tribunal Rules, all of which are likely to reduce the number of Tribunal claims ...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Code of practice for employers: Avoiding unlawful discrimination while preventing illegal working

Employers have a duty to carry out document checks on individuals before employing them.  The aim of the checks is to ensure that individuals have the legal right to work in the UK.  Correctly carrying out document checks gives employers a...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Age discrimination and retirement: Seldon – the final chapter

In the latest, and what we can now assume is the last, chapter in the long running Seldon case concerning compulsory retirement, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld the Tribunal’s decision that compulsory retirement, in this case i...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Age Discrimination – pay and pay protection

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has recently given another decision on the subject of age discrimination and justification.  Whilst many of the previous judgments have focused on issues around retirement age, unusually the Specht case dea...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Shared parental leave: an update

On 1 December 2014 we are expecting legislation to come into force that will give effect to the new shared parental leave regime. The new regime will apply to employees in England, Scotland and Wales whose babies are due, or who will adopt a child, ...




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Uk Discrimination Law Review: Redundancy and reasonable adjustments

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) has recently given an interesting ruling on  redundancy selection which could open the door to more claims from disabled employees. Background <...




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Discrimination based on obesity following Kaltoft

Advocate General (AG) Jääskinen has concluded that there is no general principle of EU law prohibiting discrimination in the labour market, and that includes discrimination on grounds of obesity as a self-standing ground of unlawful discri...




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UK Discrimination Law Review: Tax on discrimination compensation

In a recent case the First-tier Tribunal (Tax) confirmed that a compensation payment that was made to an employee on the termination of their employment was taxable, notwithstanding that the payment related to discrimination and injury to feelings. ...