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As directed by the Supreme Court in its order of 9 October 2023 and by the department of personnel & training (DoPT) subsequently, the central information commissioner (CIC) convened an online meeting with information commissioners of all states on 17th November, directing each one of them to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 December 2023
The Union ministry of roads transport & highways (MoRTH) is planning to introduce cashless medical treatment for all injured accident victims across the country within the next three to four months, says Anurag Jain, secretary of MoRTH. He was speaking at the global road safety initiative...

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Should sanctioned medical expenditure or claims of senior government officials, which are disbursed from the public treasury, be shrouded in secrecy? No, orders the state information commissioner (SIC) of Maharashtra, debunking the denials by the public information officer (PIO) and first...

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Aarushi Anand (The Leaflet) 23 November 2023
In a recent post circulating widely on various social media platforms, popular Indian actress Rashmika Mandana is seen walking into an elevator sporting a black body-hugging swimsuit.   On the face of it, there is nothing wrong with the video. Actresses wearing swimsuits accentuating...

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Despite the Right to Information Act (RTI) having completed 17 years in India, sometimes, one comes across complete ignorance with which an RTI application is filed. One, which is filled with absurd rhetoric but has reached the desk of the second appeal hearing, compelled the information...

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A youngster from Madhya Pradesh (MP), Shishupal Jatav, who was allegedly beaten up at the Shivpuri police station of Shivpuri town, decided to use the Right to Information (RTI) Act to get a copy of the closed circuit television (CCTV) coverage that would show the physical assault on him, to...

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While there was great hope with the historic August 2011 Supreme Court (SC) judgment, which ordered that copies of answer sheets should be given to students under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a later SC judgment of 2018 has somewhat diluted the hopes of students who seek them for the...

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IANS 07 November 2023
Amid the controversy surrounding a reported morphed video of actor Rashmika Mandanna that went viral on the social media, a new report has claimed that artificial intelligence (AI) is fueling an unprecedented boom this year in fake pornographic images and videos.   The easy-to-use AI...

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IANS 31 October 2023
In a massive data breach, details of over 815mn (million) citizens with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are on sale on the dark web, which contains crucial information such as Aadhaar and passport details, along with names, phone numbers and addresses, according to the...

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The world-renowned Auroville Foundation at Auroville in Tamil Nadu functions under the administrative control of the ministry of education as a statutory (autonomous) body under the government of India. It has been mired in controversy for the last two to three years regarding the difference...

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IANS 31 October 2023
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Centre and state governments to take steps to fill up vacancies in Central Information Commission and State Informations Commissions...

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Hockey India, which is recognised as a part of the National Sports Federation by the Union government’s ministry of youth affairs & sports and which has Elena Norman (Australian) as its firangi chief executive officer (CEO) and because it is a public authority under the Right to Information...

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IANS 17 October 2023
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by chief justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday refused to grant any legal sanction to same-sex marriage.   The Constitution bench, also comprising justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasimha, held that queer couples do not have...

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Should we say ‘Happy 18th Birthday’ to the Right To Information (RTI) Act? Yes, from the citizens’ viewpoint as, despite the opaqueness shown by all public authorities (PA), despite pending second appeals in information commissions across the country and despite the government having further...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 October 2023
The Supreme Court, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), directed all state information commissioners (SICs) under the Right to Information (RTI) Act across the country to provide hybrid modes of hearing to all appellants for hearing complaints and appeals and to make electronic...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 October 2023
Uday Kotak, founder and director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, has clarified that he does not have an account on LinkedIn, and the account on that social media site, which uses his name, is fake.   Responding to a tweet by one Rajath Kumar (@Xrajath) on X (erstwhile Twitter), Mr Kotak...

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Until recently, the trend of information commissioners to protect public information officers (PIOs) sympathising their workload on right to information (RTI) replies, has been largely replaced by directing them to abide by proactive disclosures under Section 4 of the RTI Act and also urging...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 September 2023
Raising serious doubts about biometrics used in India's Aadhaar system, rating agency Moody's Investors Service says for people in hot and humid conditions, biometrics results in service denials. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the agency that provides the 12-digit number,...

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IANS 21 September 2023
The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that linking Aadhaar numbers with electoral rolls is not mandatory under the Registration of Electors (Amendment) Rules 2022.   A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala, and...

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IANS 21 September 2023
The Wildlife wing of Madhya Pradesh’s forest department has no record of compliance certificates pertaining to wildlife clearance regarding the non-forestry activities sanctioned within the forest for the past more than 10 years, an RTI revealed.   Notably, non-forestry activities...

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