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Topic: DOGE

US Senate approves Trump’s plans for $9 bn cut to foreign aid, public broadcasting

Trump and many of his fellow Republicans believe that spending on public broadcasting ‘unnecessary’ and have frequently accused its news coverage of anti-right bias.

After public falling-out with Trump, Musk launches ‘America Party’ to challenge two-party system

Though he declared the launch of his new political party, the billionaire gave no details as to how he planned to go about to establish a viable alternative in the two-party system.

Musk vows an ‘America Party’ if mega spending bill passes, Trump says he’d be back in SA without govt help

Bill is scheduled to be passed on 4 July. In a social media post, the US President said said that the bill 'is moving along nicely!'

Trump-Musk feud: US President asks DOGE to inspect subsidies Musk’s companies received to save money

Trump's comments come after Tesla chief renewed his criticism of Trump's tax bill, vowing to unseat lawmakers who backed it after campaigning on limiting government spending.

Elon Musk exits DOGE, day after criticising Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ spending bill

The tech billionaire announced that his ‘scheduled time’ as a part of the govt will soon come to an end. As a special govt employee, Musk could work for only 130 days in a 365-day cycle.

SubscriberWrites: What Elon musk and Vivek Ramaswamy should do with DOGE

Leveraging AI and advanced technologies for government efficiency—insights from a leading CTO on UML, low code/no code, and VSMP.

US judge blocks Musk, DOGE’s move to shut down USAID citing constitutional violations

The ruling came in response to a lawsuit by current and former USAID employees, one of several pending over the rapid dismantling of Washington's primary humanitarian aid agency.

From rule of bureaucracy to rule of democracy: lessons from America

As the Trump administration reboots the American govt with the smart and savvy use of technology, the question is: can Modi pull off a Trump-like streamlining of Indian bureaucracy?

Not just US, India kicked off its own ‘DOGE’ 8 years ago. Here are govt bodies that faced the axe

As Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency shakes up US, govt officials say India started winding up/merging inefficient institutions back in 2017. And layoffs were minimal.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.