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Topic: Aid

Flood relief diplomacy gone wrong: Pakistan ships expired food aid to Sri Lanka

Consignment was sent in wake of Cyclone Ditwah floods, a move which was praised by Pakistan High Commission in an X post, which has now been deleted.

Canada conducts first airdrop in Gaza, accuses Israel of violating international law

A CC-130J Hercules aircraft was used to airdrop 21,600 pounds of critical humanitarian aid into Gaza in support of Global Affairs Canada, the government said in a statement.

Israel wants UN to be ‘main track for delivery’ of Gaza food aid, says senior UN official

According to Carl Skou, deputy head of World Food Programme, Israel has asked his agency to ‘scale up’ especially should there be a ceasefire.

47 dead as Israel launches airstrikes on Palestinians waiting for food in Gaza

47 dead as Israel launches airstrikes on crowd waiting for food in Gaza

Israeli fire kills 23 people in Gaza, many at aid site, medics say

Israeli fire kills 23 people in Gaza, many at aid site, medics say

ChatGPT (The Old Testament version) & pirates of the Mediterranean

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. Also Read: Indian atheists fight...

Trump orders cuts to migrant aid, slashes regulations, and disbands global development agencies

The immigration order bars the use of federal money for migrants in the country illegally, directing all agencies to identify any federally funded programs that do so.

PM Modi voices concern, reaffirms India’s support for Gaza crisis in talks with Palestinian President

In July, India released the first instalment of 2.5 million dollars to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, for Palestine refugees for the year 2024-25.

Aid to Maldives sees cuts, assistance to Sri Lanka increases in Budget 2024-25

Full budget sees sizeable increase in development aid to Sri Lanka, while assistance to Maldives sees drastic cuts from both 2023-24 revised estimates and 2024-25 interim budget.

UN aid agency shuts headquarters in East Jerusalem after locals set ablaze edge of compound

Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNWRA, called it ‘outrageous’ and said it was Israel's responsibility to keep UN staff safe.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.