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Tyrone Jackson is set to earn an annual salary of $200,000 as Southeast Arkansas Colleges President, according to terms of his contract released Wednesday.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), a financial educational institute under the ministry of commerce, has been ordered by the Delhi High Court last week, to comply with the central information commissioner (CIC)’s order of providing the voluminous information on various aspects of the financial expenditure of its director as well as of the institute to the right to information (RTI) applicant.

A cluster of applications filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, in the health ministry in 2022, regarding information on Covid-19 vaccine management and continuously denied by its central public information officer (CPIO) and first appellate authority (FAA) using exemption clauses of section 8, were unfortunately further sealed with the central information commissioner (CIC) supporting the denial of information, without any proof of material or discussion during the second hearing.

For some reason the Bangkok Post has headlined a pretty standard heading-to-impunity story as "Good news." By heading-to-impunity we mean that the story is about the "standard" delaying tactics officials use to avoid responsibility. The report is about the death in custody of Netiporn Sanesangkhom. Readers will recall that the Department of Corrections has been…

The Father of the Nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, issued a warning against the colonial mentality that was still present in the majority of the institutions we inherited at the time of Partition in August 1947.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Republican congressional investigators are exposing brazen COVID cover-ups by the National Institutes for Health and top aides to Anthony Fauci.

A special called council meeting in Batesburg-Leesville last week has left some questions as to whether or not the town manager is still in office.

IRDAI revealed that a probe into stock option allotment to Saluja is on in response to a query raised by Rahul Kanoj under the Right to Information Act (RTI) to the insurance regulator. The regulator said in its response, "The information sought is not furnished as the same would impede the process of investigation or apprehension." ET has seen IRDAIs response to the RTI query.

The Liberal government has outlined a variety of steps intended to make the much-criticized Access to Information system work better, including new guidance on disclosure of historical records.