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I&B sets up Internal Complaints Committee for female staff
NEW DELHI: In its attempt to strengthen the mechanism for redressal of grievances of the female employees working with it, the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has renamed the Women’s Cell in the Ministry which will now be known as ‘Internal Complaints Committee’.
The Committee will review the programmes and monitor implementation of development schemes for women in accordance with the guidelines suggested by the National Commission for Women. It will also function as the Complaint Committee in terms of the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in a matter relating to sexual harassment in the work place, which has since been included in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 as Rule 3 C.
Accordingly, this Committee will also look into all complaints of sexual harassment including such complaints filed against the heads of the media units under the administrative control of this Ministry in lines with Duty of Employer at workplace or other institution to prevent or deter the commission of acts of sexual harassment in terms of guidelines and norms laid by Supreme Court in Vishakha & Others versus the State of Rajasthan and others (JT1997(7)SC 3847).
Headed by Joint Secretary (Broadcasting) Supriya Sahu, directors Priyamvada and G. Jayanthy and S O Kamlesh Makker. While Centre for Media Studies director P Vasanti is a non-official representative of YWCA, Under Secretary (Films) S.B. Pandey is the lone male member.
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Sony Pictures Networks India pulls off a slick April Fool’s Day prank and we can’t keep calm
The broadcaster dangled a fake “confidential” leak across a ten-slide carousel, reeling in curious followers before delivering the punchline
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India had a little fun with its audience on Tuesday. The broadcaster posted a ten-slide Instagram carousel that opened with a bold red “CONFIDENTIAL — For internal use only” cover slide, tagged with its Go-Beyond branding, and the cryptic caption: “In light of recent developments, we felt it was important to address this subject.”
What followed was a masterclass in slow-burn trolling.
Slide by slide, the post built the tension methodically. There had been “a lot of chatter,” it warned. Some of it had “confused” people; others had “strong opinions.” The company was “not planning to address this publicly yet,” it teased, before conceding that “things seem to be moving faster than expected.” By the midpoint, the carousel was practically daring followers to keep swiping and they obliged, hunting for the scoop, connecting dots that, as the post dryly noted, “may or may not exist.”
The final slide landed the blow. “And right now, they realise this is just an April Fool’s Day prank.”
The post carried the hashtags #SPNI, #GoBeyond and #TellStoriesBeyondTheOrdinary, a neat reminder that the whole exercise was, in itself, a piece of brand storytelling.
No leak. No announcement. No bombshell. Just Sony, very much in on the joke.
