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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Topic: RTI act

Modi govt sees RTI Act as nuisance, amendment will disempower citizens, says Sonia Gandhi

PTI -
The Congress said the amendment Bill is an attempt to undermine the law and weaken the Right to Information Act.

C. Raja Mohan speculates Trump-Imran agenda, Nitin Pai wants private sector in space race

Achyut Mishra -
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ICJ suggests decriminalising sex work & making RTE Act gender-neutral in report on LGBTQ

Apoorva Mandhani -
The International Commission of Jurists released a report Saturday, recommending several measures to ensure that the LGBTQ community doesn’t face discrimination.

Guide to banks’ annual inspection reports that Supreme Court wants RBI to disclose

Remya Nair -
ThePrint tries to decode the reports RBI finalises after its annual inspection of commercial banks, and its contents.

Supreme Court reserves verdict on whether CJI and SC are public authority under RTI Act

PTI -
An apex court bench heard appeals against the Delhi high court's order, which states that the CJI's office comes under the RTI Act and is liable to part with information to RTI applicants.

SC hears appeals on whether Chief Justice of India’s office comes under RTI ambit

Ritika Jain -
The debate has been revived a decade after Delhi HC ruled in favour of an RTI activist who sought details of the assets of judges.

Bureaucrats only cannot be made information commissioners, says Supreme Court

PTI -
The top court has passed a slew of directions on filling up vacancies in the Central Information Commission & state information commissions.

Cannot disclose information on permissions given to agencies for phone tapping: MHA

PTI -
In a response to an RTI query, the Ministry of Home Affairs invoked three exemption clauses from the RTI Act to withhold the information without giving any reasons.

Centre refuses to share details of decision-making process on upper-caste quota

PTI -
The Centre has implemented 10% reservation for economically weaker sections of the general category in central govt posts from 1 February.

CAG refuses to share details of Rafale audit, says disclosure will cause breach of Parliament

PTI -
The Comptroller and Auditor General said that any disclosure at this stage will amount to breach of the Parliament's privilege.
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Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

K. Kalyani -
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

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Economy

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

+TFP TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

Defence

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

ThePrint Team -
The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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