sexual harassment
- World
Tesla sexual harassment suit to proceed in court, rules US judge
San Francisco: A US judge has denied Tesla’s motion for arbitration in a sexual harassment case, directing that the lawsuit accusing Elon Musk-run electric car company fostering a workplace with “rampant” sexual…
- India
TN: One year on, police disregard alleged rape of IIT Dalit scholar
A 30-year-old Dalit woman, pursuing her PhD in IIT-Madras, was allegedly raped by her fellow scholar and seven others on March 29, 2021. However, there was no FIR registered for a long…
- Technology
Activision Blizzard sued over employee’s death due to sexual harassment
San Francisco: Gaming company Activision Blizzard, acquired by Microsoft for nearly $69 billion recently, is being sued by parents of an employee who died by suicide in 2017, blaming the death owing…
- World
Hijab row: Congressional briefing calls out BJP over “sexual harassment” of Muslim women
Washington: The Congressional briefing held on Thursday was critical of the Karnataka High Court’s interim order of banning the Hijab at schools. The panelist viewed the order as harassment or even expulsion…
- Telangana
Telangana: Intermediate first year student ends life at college
Hyderabad: Police were probing the sexual harassment angle after an intermediate first year (Class 11) student hanged himself at Telangana Social Welfare Residential College near here. The 17-year-old student was found hanging in…
- Technology
Meta adds personal boundary to VR avatars to stop sexual harassment
New Delhi: Metaverse may also see sexual harassment from people via their virtual avatars and the social network has now unveiled ‘personal boundary’ that prevents avatars from coming within a set distance…
- Crime
Man held for raping 8-yr-old in K’taka
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old man has been arrested for raping an eight-year-old girl here, police said on Monday. The incident took place in the limits of Nandini Layout police station. According to police,…
- Bangalore
Pay bribe or have sex: Karnataka police inspector to woman
Bengaluru: A 39-year-old woman has filed a complaint against a Police Inspector in the city accusing him of sexual harassment. In a complaint with Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, the woman claimed…
