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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicFCRA

Topic: FCRA

Kerala minister Jaleel faces Customs probe for receiving food & Quran copies from UAE

Jaleel allegedly violated the FCRA, though he distributed the gifts. His link to gold smuggling scam accused Swapna Suresh is also under scanner.

Ban foreign donations to Indian NGOs: Ex-CBI acting chief writes in RSS mouthpiece

In an article in RSS mouthpiece Organiser, M. Nageswara Rao says only overseas Indians not acting as agents for others should be allowed to donate to NGOs.

Govt banned 14,500 NGOs from receiving foreign funds in past 5 years

Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha that so far this year, registrations of 1,808 NGOs under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act were cancelled.

Govt cancelled FCRA registration of 1,807 NGOs in 2019 for violating laws

The FCRA registrations were cancelled for failing to submit their annual income and expenditure statement on foreign funding for up to six years.

Modi govt removes Infosys Foundation from under foreign funding guidelines

The home ministry cancelled the registration of Bengaluru-based Infosys Foundation for allegedly not declaring details of their foreign grants for the last 6 years.

Indira Jaising & NGO under scanner for misusing foreign funds, SC issues notice to Centre

The petition, heard by a bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi, claimed that Indira Jaising & Anand Grover’s Lawyers Collective misused foreign funding under FCRA.

In the dock for ‘fund fraud’, Greenpeace scales down India campaigns

With the govt cancelling its FCRA licence & ED freezing its bank account, Greenpeace has had to shut offices, cut staff & change the issues it raises.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.