Recently, Soumi Chakraborty shared a video on LinkedIn which gives us the perfect example of a toxic work environment. HDFC bank’s Senior VP Pushpal Roy, is seen engaging in various inappropriate behaviours, including verbal abuse, public humiliation, and the misuse of authority.

In this video, we can clearly notice that the manager is screaming at his employees in Bengali.

After the release of this video, it has gained lot of attention on social media platforms and people are also raising concerns about the toxic work cultures and few people also demanded an immediate action towards his unethical behaviour.
In response to the incident, HDFC Bank informed that they have suspended the employee and they have also initiated an investigation based on a preliminary inquiry.
In their statement, the bank emphasised on its zero-tolerance policy towards harassment or misconduct in the workplace and they beleive in treating all employees with dignity and respect.

“This bears reference to a recent social media report. Basis a preliminary enquiry in the matter, the concerned employee has been suspended and an investigation initiated to gather all relevant facts. We at HDFC Bank have a zero tolerance policy for any form of harassment or misconduct at the workplace and firmly believe in treating all our employees with dignity and respect,” the bank statement read.

Toxic work culture is a pervasive and serious issue in India. Many Indian workplaces are marked by a high-pressure, competitive environment that can be emotionally and psychologically draining for employees.

Some common features of toxic work cultures in India include long hours, lack of work-life balance, a hierarchical structure that discourages dissent and innovation, micromanagement, and an excessive focus on individual performance over teamwork.
Workplace discrimination based on gender and caste is also prevalent in many Indian organizations. Harassment, including sexual harassment, is also a major problem, and many companies fail to address such issues properly.

In a stunning incident from Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh a three-year-old boy, named Akshay chewed a snakelet to death. 

Akshay, son of Dinesh Kumar was playing outside his house when a small snake emerged from the bushes and caught the child’s attention. Unknown of the potential danger he picked up the snake and put it in his mouth and chewed it, ultimately leading to a distressing turn of events. After chewing the snake, the boy started screaming.

The child’s grandmother rushed to the scene and was dismayed to find a snake in his mouth. She then swiftly removed the snake from his mouth. The parents of the child took him immediately to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia district hospital to seek medical attention. 

The boy’s grandmother, Sunita informed that they had also taken the snake with them to explain the situation to doctors.

Doctors thoroughly examined the child, assess his condition and declared that the child has not suffered any significant injury.

Doctors have kept the child under observation for 24 hours and after all the necessary medical care he has been discharged. 

Dr Mohammad Salim Ansari who observed the child said that the necessary medicine had been given to the child and he has been discharged.

The doctor informed that the snake was of non-venomous species. 

In a similar strange incident from Gujarat’s Mahisagar district in 2019, a 60-year-old man died after biting a venomous snake that bit him earlier. 

In another event from Uttar Pradesh a man named Raj Kumar was bitten by his snake took his revenge by biting a reptile and killing it.

The most possible thing one can do after a snake bite is to take immediate medical help. The doctor will evaluate the condition and will specify the necessary course of treatment.

The entire content of the multimedia website MojoStory’s YouTube channel has been hacked and deleted by the hackers, said the founder Barkha Dutt via twitter on Monday. Even the profile photo and the name of the channel have also changed to Tesla, an American company. 

Barkha Dutt, who is also the website’s editor, said that her team was assured of action by YouTube. She said when she woke up to find Mojo Story channel content, she found all the content got deleted by the hackers, she expressed her anguish and said four years of blood, toil, sweat, tears, 11 thousand videos, COVID work of 3 years all gone in fraction of second. She was broken while saying this all and asked YouTube Chief Executive Officer Neal Mohan to take action tagging on twitter.

Dutt said that her team had repeatedly urged YouTube to freeze their channel in order to protect its content from the hackers. But her team has been told that process of investigation has to be followed and insisting on the action part, she said this could have been stopped. She expressed her sorrow; it feels like someone took a knife through her heart.

In 2021, Mojo Story was named the winners of the South Asian Digital Media Award for its reporting for its coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Barkha Dutt has been one of the bravest journalists; during her career in the field of Journalism she has covered different top news which made her one of the best journalist in India. Senior journalist Barkha Dutt gained prominence after her front line war reporting on the Kargil war. She also did a live commentary during the ‘secret’ Tiger Hill operation.

Following the incident, Twitter witnessed an out-pour of anger and disappointment by journalists, politicians, lawyers and viewers of MojoStory. Many of them urged YouTube to “rectify this” and “restore the channel”.

Meanwhile the story has twist, stand-up comedian and YouTuber Tanmay Bhat also said that his YouTube and Gmail account have been hacked too, breaching two-factor authentication. While the Mojo Story’s YouTube page said, Tanmay Bhat’s still had 473 videos. Both the accounts featured US automotive company Tesla’s picture and Bhat’s channel even live streamed the company’s event.