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Do you want to procure inspection reports, a list of loan defaulters, or even a simple directory of employees of various banks under the Right to Information (RTI) Act? Well, what is the hurry? Wait for the Supreme Court’s order on writ petitions by the banks that have appealed to keep most...

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A whistle-blower had raised serious safety concerns about OceanGate's tourist submarine called Titan that went missing with five people during an expedition to the Titanic's wreckage in the North Atlantic. He was later fired after presenting a 'scathing quality control report on the...

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Raushan Tara Jaswal (The Leaflet) 22 June 2023
The database breach of the government’s digital platforms highlights the vacuum in legislation to adequately deal with such breaches. In the absence of legislation providing redress, attributing liability and adequate punishment— the fundamental right to privacy in India remains a toothless...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 June 2023
Referring to last year's judgement of the Bombay High Court (HC), the Nagpur police have directed all police stations under its jurisdiction not to prohibit citizens from video recording inside the police stations.    In an order issued last week, Dr Ashwini Patil, deputy commissioner...

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Should information on the disbursal of loans and their recovery from a public sector bank (PSB) come under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act or does it come under its exemption clauses?   As per a central information commission (CIC) order last week, it comes under the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 June 2023
What is common between RS Sharma, former chairman of TRAI, Meenakshi Lekhi, Union minister of state for external affairs and culture and KC Venugopal, the general secretary of the Congress party? Well, they are among crores of Indians who had registered on the CoWIN portal to receive...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 June 2023
The court of the chief commissioner for persons with disabilities (Divyangjan) has asked Tata SIA Airlines Ltd, operating as Vistara, to comply with the civil aviation requirements (CAR) issued by the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), with regards to accommodation of persons with...

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Pune-based Sumita Kale, an economist and alumna of Cambridge University and Sushma Date, a paediatrician by profession, who are intensely pursuing a campaign to save the Vetal Tekdi hill—the largest green lung of Pune—tweeted as follows -    DP Alignment is being changed, Expert...

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Filing right to information (RTI) applications for various kinds of information on closed circuit TV (CCTV) camera installations in public places is not uncommon—and information commissioners giving different orders, is also not uncommon. In an order on Thursday, chief information...

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Mohammed Afzal 18 May 2023
Recently, in a general body meeting between Maharashtra chief minister (CM) Eknath Shinde, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp (BMC), civic officials and elected representatives, a new policy for the management of open spaces was discussed and the same is scheduled to be finalised by the end of this...

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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of US-based blood-testing company Theranos who was found guilty of defrauding investors, must report to prison by May 30, a court has ruled.   Judge Edward Davila ordered Holmes to turn herself in to the Bureau of Prisons by May 30 to start serving her...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 May 2023
Calling the proliferation of fake Aadhaar cards and false Jan Dhan bank accounts a serious threat, EAS Sarma, former secretary to the government of India, has urged the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) to conduct a special audit of these fund transfers under the Centrally-sponsored...

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Akshay Naik 15 May 2023
Concerned citizens and activists from Mumbai have written to chief minister (CM) Eknath Shinde, opposing a proposed draft of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) new policy on open spaces; they have urged the CM not to hand over civic plots to private parties.    Recently,...

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Ever since the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) created Aadhaar as a unique biometric identity for residents of India, it has dismissed all doubts and queries by being in permanent 'denial mode'. Moneylife has been reporting, analysing and highlighting issues with Aadhaar...

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At the outset, Deepak Bache-Patil was not into any activism. As a youngster, he was an avid trekker, trudging along historic forts and nature trails of the Sahyadri mountains and water bodies. However, on one such trail along the Pawna dam near the industrial belt of Pimpri-Chinchwad, he...

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Mauritius Financial Services Minister Mahen Kumar Seeruttun has told the countrys Parliament that the allegations of the presence of shell companies in Mauritius are false and baseless.   The Mauritius minister gave this reply in response to a question about Hindenburg Research's...

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Google will give around $100 million to The New York Times over three years as part of a broad deal to use its content on some of its platforms, the media reported.   According to the Wall Street Journal, the Alphabet company will use the NYT content on Google News Showcase and some...

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The Delhi High Court has said that under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is an exempted organisation, but if an RTI applicant seeks human rights or corruption-based information, it is liable to be disclosed.   The case pertains to an RTI...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 May 2023
Highlighting widespread public concerns about the linking of Aadhaar with the electoral rolls, because of reports of the proliferation of fake Aadhaar in several states, EAS Sarma, former secretary to the government of India, reiterated that the election commission of India (ECI) should...

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The informer, who claims to have provided vital clues of huge tax evasion to the principal director of income tax (investigation), Kolkata, on the basis of which the central bureau of investigation (CBI) and enforcement directorate (ED) were able to arrest Enamul Haque, known to be the...

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