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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicFCRA licence

Topic: FCRA licence

‘Punishment,’ says Wangchuk as MHA scraps FCRA license of NGO linked to him day after Leh violence

MHA’s foreigners division said responses by SECMOL, of which Sonam Wangchuk is founding-director, to show cause notice issued on 10 September differed from details in annual reports.

CBI raids social activist Harsh Mander’s residence, office over alleged FCRA violations

Searches have been conducted since Friday after an FIR was filed Wednesday against Mander and Centre for Equity Studies (CES). Mander sits on the CES's governing board.

Govt scrapped CPR’s FCRA licence over ‘funding for protests’, paper on policy challenges

Govt says think tank ‘misutilised foreign funds to affect India’s economic interests’ in violation of FCRA rules. CPR calls decision ‘incomprehensible & disproportionate’.

Ram Mandir trust says ‘Rs 900 cr spent, Rs 3,000 cr left’, seeks licence to accept foreign funds

Trust general secretary says construction work will proceed in 3 phases & be completed by 2025-end, adds that trust has been in talks with UP govt to take over Ayodhya’s Ram Katha museum.

Govt amends FCRA Rules, asks NGOs to declare movable & immovable assets acquired from foreign funds

Ministry of home affairs sources say the amendment, issued Monday, is meant to make the system more ‘transparent’ and NGOs more ‘accountable’.

‘Illegally received & routed money’, ‘violated FCRA norms’–why MHA ordered CBI probe against OXFAM

It was at recent survey by IT dept where it was found that Oxfam India was ‘planning to circumvent provisions of the FCRA by routing funds to other FCRA-registered associations.’

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.