Artie Lange suspended from radio show
August 1st, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, Aug 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Artie Lange who has made a name for himself in show business as an actor and a comedian after landing the role of a sidekick ... Read more...
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BBC pays men 10 percent more than women: Report
April 13th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 13 (IANS) The BBC has nearly twice as many men as women in senior roles and pays them a 10 percent higher salary than their female counterparts, a ... Read more...
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Abolish pelvic exams, China group says
March 20th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 20 (IANS) A public welfare body has urged the government to remove gynaecological examinations from the physical exams for civil service recruitment.The Beijing Yirenping Centre(BYC) made the request ... Read more...
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Female staff in Obama White House felt edged out: New book
September 20th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 20 (IANS) Senior female aides in the White House felt threatened by the men who had greater access to President Barack Obama in the first two ... Read more...
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Females bosses can wreck other women’s promotion
April 12th, 2011 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS
London, April 12 (IANS) Women who make it to the top of an organisation are more likely to help out their male subordinates than female ones and sometimes can ... Read more...
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Swiss bank issues non-sexy dress code
December 17th, 2010 - 9:44 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 17 (IANS) All staff in a Swiss bank has been told to wear non-sexy apparel. While women were told to wear flesh-coloured underwear and avoid flashy jewellery, men were asked ... Read more...
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Female staff ordered to wear loose-fitting skirts and flesh-colored underwear by UBS
December 16th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Zurich, Dec 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) UBS has ordered its female workers not to wear tight skirts and colored underpants.The order was contained in the bank’s new dressing code. The 44-page document that ... Read more...
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Swiss bank orders female staff to wear loose-fitting skirts, flesh-coloured undies
December 16th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 16 (ANI): One of the world's top investment banks has issued a 44-page dress code to its staff, and it includes female workers being ordered to wear loose-fitting skirts and ... Read more...
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Norway boss orders female staff to wear red bracelets during periods
December 1st, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): A look at the "tyrannical" toilet rules in Norwegian companies found one boss asking his female staff to wear red bracelets during their periods.A workers' union report ... Read more...
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PricewaterhouseCoopers probes email rating female staff
November 11th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) One of the largest accountancy firms PricewaterhouseCoopers has launched a probe after male staff at one of its branches were found circulating emails with pictures of female colleagues ... Read more...
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Brit manager ’spanks staff, asks them to grab his genitals’
November 9th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 09 (ANI): A Brit sales manager allegedly chased a female colleague around the office, put her across his knee and spanked her as and even encouraged other women to grab ... Read more...
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Brit boss dubbed ‘octopus arms’ jailed for groping female staff
October 5th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 5 (ANI): A British car dealership boss nicknamed 'octopus arms' has been jailed for two years for molesting female workers.Charles Archer, 48, was branded a "serial groper" by a ... Read more...
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Now, paternity leave on adoption in Haryana
August 29th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) Male employees of the Haryana government who legally adopt a child below the age of one year can now claim 15 days' paternity leave within six months from ... Read more...
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Women will have to wait 57 years for equal pay
August 19th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) Working women will have to wait 57 more years before they start earning pay equal to men, a survey in Britain has shown.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) observed ... Read more...
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Porn linked to sexual harassment in schools
May 21st, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 21 (ANI): Schools are facing an ever-growing problem of sexual harassment among students and teachers, and it has partly been blamed on the easy access children have to pornography on ... Read more...
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Rep. Mark Souder all set to resign because of his affair
May 19th, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, May 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rep. Mark Souder is all set to resign, over an affair with a female staff member. He is planning to put in his papers on ... Read more...
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Katy Perry tops Maxim’s 2010 Hot 100 List
May 11th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 11 (ANI): Katy Perry has topped Maxim's 2010 Hot 100 List, knocking last year's winner, "House" star Olivia Wilde, down to No. 20.
Perry was chosen for being "a ... Read more...
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Opposition legislators evicted from Tamil Nadu assembly (Lead)
April 27th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 27 (IANS) Legislators from opposition parties were ordered out of the Tamil Nadu assembly Tuesday after they staged protests in the house over rising prices. Some legislators walked out while ... Read more...
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Niqab becoming a flash point in Canada
March 23rd, 2010 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, March 23 (IANS) The niqab worn by Muslim women has become a flash point in Canada, with most people seeking ban on the veil in public. But liberals ... Read more...
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Indian professor among 3 killed in Alabama varsity shootout (Lead)
February 13th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) An Indian professor was among three faculty members killed in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Friday. Three other employees were wounded ... Read more...
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David Letterman ‘extortionist’ to stand trial
January 20th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 20 (ANI): The producer accused of trying to extort money out of comedian David Letterman over his sexual affairs with female staff will be forced to stand trial.TV producer Robert ... Read more...
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Brit bank worker says office porn, sexual harassment made her quit dream job
December 4th, 2009 - 4:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 4 (ANI): A Brit woman, who worked for banking giant HBOS, has claimed that she was forced to quit her job because of male employees watching pornography and sexual harassment.Hayley ... Read more...
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Opening again: Coffee shop with topless staff in US!
November 18th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, November 18 (ANI): A coffee shop with topless female staff is set to reopen its doors in the US.The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop at Vassalboro, Maine, had been operating in ... Read more...
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David Letterman’s wife shocked over blackmail scandal
October 6th, 2009 - 4:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Regina Lasko, who David Letterman married in march this year, after 23 years of dating is worried about the $2 million extortion scandal which is ... Read more...
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Haryana grants maternity leave to female staff on contract
July 2nd, 2009 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 2 (IANS) In a major relief to female employees engaged on contract basis, the Haryana government Thursday announced that they too would be entitled to maternity leave.
A letter issued by ... Read more...
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No question paper was leaked: AIIMS
June 1st, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): The All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday rejected reports of an alleged leak of its prestigious MBBS entrance examination's question papers."No absolutely, not. There is ... Read more...
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Chinese computer technician gets over 8 months in jail for Chen sex scandal
May 14th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): A Chinese computer technician involved in the stealing of sexually explicit photos of Canto pop star Edison Chen Koon-hei has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half months in jail.The ... Read more...
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Talibanisation of the mind in Pak a reality, says lawyer
May 9th, 2009 - 7:20 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): Last week a conservative schoolteacher in Rawalpindi hailed a cab to get to work in the morning. She wore a gown and had covered her head with ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Brit rail staff return ‘’see-through” shirts!
February 19th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 19 (ANI): British rail unions have turned down new uniforms for female staff after objecting that the blouses were see-through.Brian Brock, of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association, revealed ... Read more...
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Brit bank tells female staff: dont forget to wear lipsticks, high heels!
February 1st, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 1 (ANI): The Bank of England has gathered much criticism after having held a seminar advising its female staff on what clothing, shoes and make-up to wear in the ... Read more...
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Women more smitten by iPhones than men
November 29th, 2008 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 29 (ANI): Its supposed to be a toy for men, but looks like ladies cant get enough of the cool new iPhone, for the fancy smartphone is being found ... Read more...
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Oz woman finds porn on brand new phone!
September 17th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 17 (ANI): A woman was shocked when she found that her brand new mobile phone contained pornographic images of a female employee from the store where she bought the ... Read more...
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Italian PM caught in nude painting row
August 4th, 2008 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 4 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is at the centre of media scrutiny over a painting in his house that shows the nude breast of a female figure.The ... Read more...
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Paks first women-only police station consigned to history
July 29th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , July 29 (ANI): The scheme to set up women-only police stations in Pakistan seems to have fallen flat, as the first police station inaugurated by late Prime Minister Benazir ... Read more...
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Uniform dress code for employees of Haryana power distribution agency
July 19th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 19 (IANS) The Haryana power distribution agency has decided to introduce a dress code for all its employees including managing director and directors Aug 1, 2008. The decision was taken ... Read more...
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