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India has the highest number of people, about 732 million, without access to toilets, as per 'Out of Order: The State of the World’s Toilets 2017' report. It further revealed that 355 million women and girls in India defecate in open. "India also ranks in the top ten for reducing open defecation and improving access to basic sanitation,” it added.

Around 210 central and state government websites displayed personal details of Aadhaar beneficiaries, including their names, addresses, and Aadhaar numbers, an RTI response by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has revealed. The data was removed from the websites after the UIDAI took notice of the breach. The UIDAI has never made the data public, the reply added.

Around 150 Delhi Police personnel have been investigated over allegations of rape, sexual assault, and molestation made over the last six years, but none have been convicted, an RTI reply has revealed. The response also revealed that investigations are on or charges have been filed in 122 cases, and in the remaining 28 cases, the involved personnel have been acquitted.

An RTI application has revealed that the Delhi Metro lost as many as three lakh commuters a day after the fare hike on October 10. The metro's daily average ridership came down to 24.2 lakh in October from 27.4 lakh in September. The fare was hiked by a maximum of ₹10 despite Delhi government's opposition.

A study conducted at 40 Delhi University colleges revealed that fear of street harassment plays a role in female students' college choices. Women are willing to attend a college that is 25% points lower in quality distribution for a safer commute, whereas men would attend a college that is 5% points lower in quality distribution for safety, the study stated.

Even though the construction of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji's memorial is yet to begin, the Maharashtra government has already spent over ₹15 crore on the project, an RTI response revealed. The reply stated that over ₹10 crore was spent on the preparation of a detailed project report, while ₹5 crore was spent on the memorial's foundation ceremony held last year.

Revealing the link between air pollution and mental diseases, a report by Centre for Science and Environment has revealed that air pollution causes 30% of all premature deaths in India. The report further stated that factors like air pollution, tobacco, alcohol and diet change are likely to trigger over 1.73 million new cancer cases each year by 2020.

Six out of 35 police stations in Gurugram do not have ladies' toilets, an RTI response has revealed. The police stations include New Colony, Sohna, and Kherki Daula among others. The RTI response further revealed that 18 out of the 35 police stations do not have lock-ups for women prisoners despite orders by the High Court.

Two successive hikes in Delhi Metro fares have resulted in a decline in the sale of smart cards by nearly 22% over the past one year, an RTI response has revealed. Calling it a "usual fluctuation", metro officials claimed that the dip in card sales was a result of new rules which made smart cards non-refundable from April.

The Central Government has spent nearly ₹3,755 crore on advertisements and publicity in a period of three and a half years from April 2014 to October 2017, an RTI response has revealed. The expenditure pertains to advertisements through electronic, print media and outdoor publicity. According to the information, the expenditure on electronic media advertisements is over ₹1,656 crore.

For people living in rural areas of Gujarat, getting hospitalised is most expensive when compared to other rural parts of India, a report by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence revealed. The report further stated that in case of urban areas, the hospitalisation cost is highest in Assam at ₹52,368, which is seven times the cost in Delhi's urban areas.

One in three of 4.8 crore pregnancies in India ended in an abortion, according to a Lancet report on 2015 data. The study revealed that of the 1.56 crore abortions, 81% were done by taking medicines at home instead of going to hospitals. India's abortion rate of 47 per 1,000 women aged from 15-49 years is lower than Pakistan's 50.

This year's Winter Session of the Parliament, scheduled to begin today, and end on 5th January 2018 has only 14 proposed sittings. As per government data available, 14 sittings is the lowest for any winter session since 1999. Opposition parties had alleged that BJP was trying to delay the winter session to avoid discussions on demonetisation and GST.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that there will not be any person without a roof over his/her head by 2022. This comes after a similar announcement CM Adityanath made last month wherein he said, "PM Modi has set an aim that there won't be any poor man without a roof over his head by 2022."

As many as 1.9 million mentions of 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections were recorded on Twitter between December 1 and 18, Twitter India has revealed. Further, development (vikas) was the most talked about topic on the platform, while religion and Hindutva took the second spot. PM Narendra Modi was the most mentioned political personality, followed by Congress President Rahul Gandhi.

Of the 182 newly elected members of Gujarat Assembly, 47 have criminal cases registered against them as per their election affidavits, a study conducted by Association for Democratic Reforms and Gujarat Election Watch revealed. It said that 18 of the 99 MLAs from BJP and 25 of the 77 Congress MLAs have declared criminal cases pending against them.

Of the 68 newly elected MLAs in Himachal Pradesh Assembly, 22 have criminal cases pending against them as per their election affidavits, an Association for Democratic Reforms report revealed. The report also stated that the Assembly would have 52 crorepati MLAs this term, against the 44 crorepati legislators in the last term.

The UNICEF has estimated that 69,000 babies were born on New Year's Day in India, the highest number of births across the world on the day. Over half of the 3.86 lakh births across the world on New Year's Day took place in nine countries, UNICEF added. The world's most populous nation, China, registered 44,760 births on the day.

Social networking site Facebook has said that PM Narendra Modi was the most talked about Lok Sabha MP and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar the most talked about Rajya Sabha MP in 2017 on the platform. It also revealed that Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath was the most popular among state leaders, followed by Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje.

The 200 million monthly active Indian users on WhatsApp sent over 20 billion messages on New Year’s Eve, according to Facebook. A record-breaking 75 billion messages, including 13 billion images and five billion videos, were sent using the app worldwide on New Year's Eve. Further, more than 10 million people around the world went live on Facebook on the day.