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Provision in RTI Act allowing transfer of application to 'appropriate' department gives authorities easy escape route
Tarikajain_vaidehimisra •The authors of this article filed an RTI application with the Law and Legislative Department of Government of Haryana in November 2018, seeking information about their budgetary allocation for the state judiciary. While they were aware that any questions on the flow of money would face some pushback, they did not fathom that their RTI application would receive 60 unusable replies from different departments of the state bureaucracy.
Narendra Modi inaugurates Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, says working towards building world's largest startup ecosystem
Fp Staff •Startups and non-resident Indian (NRI) mentors will be brought soon on one platform.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019: Govt wants 31 million-strong Indian diaspora to make 'desi' drive with flagship programme
Aprameyar •The Government of India will mark the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Varanasi between 21 and 23 January. Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth will preside over the three-day convention, where the theme this year is 'Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India'.
Four persons of Indian-origin feature in Fortune's 40 under 40 list of most influential people in business
•Chief Finance Officer of the US largest automaker, General Motors Dhivya Suryadevara comes in at the 4th spot, followed by Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud (14), Cofounder and Co-CEO of Robinhood Baiju Bhatt (24) and Female Founders Fund founding partner Anu Duggal (32)
Ram Nath Kovind addresses PIO parliamentarian meet, says Indian diaspora have enhanced country's image globally
Ians •President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday urged the Indian diaspora to link the prosperity of their countries with India's development at a time when "we are at the cusp of New India"
Narendra Modi inaugurates first PIO parliamentarian meet, says achievements of diaspora a point of pride for country
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the first 'PIO Parliamentarian Conference' on Tuesday at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra at Chanakyapuri.
NRIs, PIOs don't need to link their bank accounts and PAN with Aadhaar, says UIDAI
•NRIs and PIOs are not required to link bank accounts and other services with Aadhaar, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Friday
Allow surrogacy to live-in couples, widows: Parliamentary panel tells govt
•Live-in couples and widows should be allowed to avail surrogacy service in addition to legally married Indian couples, a parliamentary panel said on Thursday.
Centre extends deadline for Indian diaspora to turn OCI into PIO cards till 31 December
•The Centre has extended for six months the last date for applying for conversion of Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards to 31 December this year.
Using the toilet in this Durban fast food restaurant will cost you 20 rand: South African-Indian owner gets flak
•A South African Indian-origin owner of a fast food store in Durban is at the centre of a controversy for charging people 20 rand to use the toilets on the premises.