Over 4 lakh appeals and complaints are pending under the Right to Information Act as of June 30. Backlog has grown due to vacant positions and slow case disposal. Maharashtra has the highest pending cases. Several information commissions have been defunct, including Jharkhand, Telangana, Goa, and Tripura, affecting citizens’ access to information.

The aircraft carrying 141 people suffered a hydraulic failure soon after take-off and went around Trichy for nearly two-and-a-half hours before making a safe landing at Trichy airport

To purchase metro ticket through Whatsapp, commuters will have to simply send a ‘Hi’ to dedicated Whatsapp number 86526 35500 or scan the QR code displayed at stations to purchase tickets via a conversational interface