While addressing an event at a medical college in Chennai on Sunday, the minister had reportedly said people needed inner strength to handle pressure and it could only be achieved by divinity

India is investigating the work environment at Big Four accounting firm EY, the labour minister said on Thursday, after the death of a 26-year-old associate worker was blamed on stress by her mother who demanded accountability.

EY India Chairman Rajiv Memani expressed regret for not attending the 26-year-old employee’s funeral, whose death is alleged to be the stress caused by work, reported the news agency PTI on Friday.

Anna Sebastian Perayil died in July and was overworked with a “backbreaking” load as a new employee, which affected her “physically, emotionally, and mentally”, her mother Anita Augustine wrote in a letter to EY’s India chairman which went viral on social media.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to Opposition's accusations of "victim shaming" over her remarks on the death of a 26-year-old chartered accountant at Ernst Young (EY).

FM Sitharaman argued that her comments were misinterpreted in the wrong context as she was addressing students of a university and speaking about spirituality as she denied 'victim blaming' the deceased EY employee.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman advocated for stress management education in colleges following the tragic death of young CA Anna Sebastian Perayil, who faced overwhelming work pressure at EY.

Kerala leaders, including CPM and Congress, criticize Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman`s response to the death of a young CA, demanding an apology and action against corporate exploitation.