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Delhi High Court dismisses appeal challenging order denying details of 2018 SC Collegium
•The appeal was filed by Anjali Bhardwaj, challenging the single judge's 30 March order by which it had dismissed her petition against the Central Information Commission's order rejecting an RTI appeal seeking the agenda of the SC Collegium's meeting
Official data shows that over 16,000 families have been waiting to adopt a child for the last 3 years
•Around 28 thousand prospective parents' home study reports have been approved and are in queue for adopting a child
Maharashtra police arrests 23 people in 6 months for extorting money by misusing RTI Act
•Special Inspector General of Police, Nanded range, Nisar Tamboli said that these people were filing RTI queries against government officials, as well as private persons at various places, including in the state secretariat ‘Mantralaya’ (in Mumbai), and demanding money from them
Uttar Pradesh: Official asked to serve meals to students as 'symbolic punishment' for delay in responding to RTI
•Village development officer and PIO of Noonra village Chandrika Prasad did not respond to the RTI within the stipulated time period of 30 days
Delhi: 16 women die after delivery every month in four major state hospitals, says RTI
•Safdarjung Hospital said between January 2015 and September 2021, more than 1.68 lakh children were born and 943 women died after delivery
Rent of several Congress properties, including Sonia Gandhi's residence not paid, reveals RTI reply
•For Sonia Gandhi's residence on 10 Janpath Road, there is a pending rent of Rs 4,610 and the last rent received was in September 2020
On 16th anniversary of RTI Act, a look at how vacant posts, case backlog hinder citizens' search for truth
Fp Staff •As per the report Performance of Information Commissions in India, 2021, over 2.55 lakh appeals and complaints were pending on 30 June this year with 26 information commissions
Saket Gokhale joins Trinamool Congress; Mamata-led party takes 'aggressive stand', says RTI activist
•The TMC is the second largest Opposition party in Parliament and it has been my obvious choice, the RTI activist said
Sexual and reproductive health: 'How did my wife develop an infection?'
Anubha Bhonsle And Sanskriti Talwar •An infection after a sterilisation set off three years of pain, a bewildering runaround of hospitals, growing debt, and eventually a hysterectomy for 27-year-old Susheela Devi of Rajasthan’s Dausa district
Karnataka HC verdict on RRB reserve list shows how government job aspirants suffer due to institutional apathy
Argya Bhasker •If India really wants to deal with unemployment, then all institutions and bodies associated with employment ought to be thoroughly inspected by the State for any discrepancy in the process