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    CIC Claims 100% Disposal of RTI Appeals

    The CIC has conducted comprehensive training programs for nodal officers, central public information officers (CPIO), and first appellate officers. These initiatives have bolstered officers'...
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    Freedom of speech and expression

    Algorithms Should Not Control What People See: António Guterres

    While launching the global principles for information integrity, the UN Secretary-General outlined the need to make information spaces safer while simultaneously upholding human rights such...
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    Democracy

    Journalists, Under Threat, Need Safe Refuge Through Special Emergency Visas

    UNGA week also served to gather legal experts, diplomats, and activists to discuss the plight of journalists forced to flee their homes and the...
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    CIC Information commission annual report shows data mismatches, discrepancies

    The trends of submissions and disposals of RTI applications, as conveyed by the annual report of the central information commission, suggests that the data...
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    The virtual session, attended by EPFO officers and officials from across the country, underscored the need to infuse governance with empathy, moral accountability, and human connection.
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