Embroiled in users' data scandals, Facebook is set to create new privacy positions within the company that would include a committee, and external evaluator and a chief compliance officer, The New York Times reported.


US FTC tells Facebook to create new privacy positions


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Boeing has named J. Michael Luttig as the newly-created position of counselor and senior adviser to deal with legal issues related to the two recent 737 MAX crashes.


Boeing names legal adviser to handle 737 MAX lawsuits


The CBI has filed a charge sheet against private firm Abcindya Netrvorks Pvt Ltd and two of its former directors in a Rs 47.88 crore chit fund case in Odisha, the agency said on Wednesday.


CBI charge sheets Abc Indya Networks, ex-Directors


The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to Congress leader and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


EC notice to Sidhu for calling PM Modi a 'thief'


A consumer commission, here on Wednesday, issued a notice to online food delivery platform Swiggy and fast food restaurant chain Subway for charging around Rs 100 for a carry bag.


Swiggy, Subway response sought for charging bag fee


A Delhi court on Wednesday asked Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Atishi to explain her locus standi in filing a criminal complaint against Gautam Gambhir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee for the seat, for holding two voter ID cards.


Double EPIC: Atishi's locus standi in plaint quizzed


A British court on Wednesday sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks in prison for violating bail conditions in 2012 to avoid a Swedish extradition request.


Assange jailed in UK for bail norm breach


A Delhi court on Wednesday issued summons to authorised officials of UP and Delhi Election Commissions asking them to present all records and documents related to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal who is accused of possessing two voter ID cards.


Court order over Kejriwal's wife's double poll IDs


The Delhi High Court has said that "it would be incorrect to hold both the parent equally responsible for the expenses of the child".


Mom-dad not equally responsible for child maintenance: HC


Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for former Kolkata Commissioner of Police (CP) Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha scam case submitted before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the whole episode of the CBI insisting on Kumar's arrest is a political game to keep the pot boiling and paint people black.


Saradha Scam: Singhvi says CBI playing a political game


A Delhi court on Wednesday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar's son Aditya in a case related to irregular seat-sharing on Air India's profitable routes.


Court issues NBW against Deepak Talwar's son


The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Jet Airways on a plea seeking prompt redressal of consumer complaints in the wake of the ongoing crisis.


Delhi HC issues notice to Jet Airways on consumer plea


A visibly jittery BJP government in Himachal Pradesh has gone back on its statement on legalising cannabis cultivation, a major election issue in the hill state.


Himachal goes back on cannabis cultivation decision


India has called for introspection by UN members on why only four women have been elected presidents of the General Assembly in its seven decades.


Why so few women elected to lead UNGA: India asks


The Election Commission has approved the lifting of model code of conduct in 11 districts in Odisha to facilitate speedy relief and rescue operation in view of cyclonic storm Fani, a poll official said on Wednesday.


EC lifts poll code in Odisha ahead of cyclone Fani


Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia being sentenced for drugs possession while on a skiing holiday to Japan could mean trouble for the Indian Premier League team. As per the Operational Rules of the cash-rich league, no team official involved with the league can act in a manner which brings disrepute to the team, the league, the BCCI or the game on or off the field. If guilty, the persons action can even lead to suspension of the team.


IPL rules can hurt Kings XI after Ness Wadia fiasco: BCCI


The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP and former Union Minister Y.S. Chowdary to appear before the CBI on May 27 and May 28 in the case of electrical equipment manufacturer Best and Crompton Engineering Projects Ltd allegedly cheating the Andhra Bank of Rs 71 crore in 2017.


HC asks TDP MP Chowdary to appear before CBI, stops arrest


The ongoing tussle between Gujarat's potato farmers and PepsiCo seems to be snowballing into a nationwide agitation against the food and beverages giant which has dragged the farmers into a legal battle over growing a variety of potatoes, which it claims to be registered in its name.


'Hot potato': PepsiCo could face stir in Gujarat farmers' support


Company 63 Moons Technologies welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on Tuesday, ruling against the government decision to merge its crisis-ridden and loss-making subsidiary National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) with it.


63 Moons hails SC order against its merger with NSEL


The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked music composer and singer Vishal Dadlani and politician Tehseen Poonawalla to pay Rs 10 lakh each to get the FIR against them quashed.


Pay Rs 10 lakh each, get FIR quashed: HC to Dadlani, Poonawala


The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the beleaguered real estate major Amrapali to disclose the details of transactions that the group and its companies had with former Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni - who was its brand ambassador from 2009 to 2016.

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