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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
TopicForeign Funding

Topic: Foreign Funding

Trump’s foreign aid cuts stall water & sanitation projects around the globe

With hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cancelled since January, dozens of water & sanitation projects remain half-finished. Reuters has identified 21 unfinished projects in 16 countries.

What is CBI’s FCRA case against AAP’s Durgesh Pathak? It all started with a raid on a Congressman

CBI carried out a raid at Pathak's residence days after it lodged a case against him & others under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.

Entities receiving foreign funds must utilise them within 4 years, says home ministry

Expanding the scope of violation of FCRA, 2010, Centre has said that validity period of receiving foreign funds will be 3 yrs from the date of approval of application for prior permission.

NGO Environics Trust ‘stalled public projects through paid protests’, Income Tax Dept tells SC

I-T department has served notice to NGO to initiate reassessment of previously filed income tax returns. NGO has challenged notice in SC.

Who sent how much to Imran Khan’s PTI? There’s Indian-American banker, a cricket firm

The Pakistan Election Commission has revealed that the PTI got more than $7million in illegal foreign funds, much of it from opaque trusts in offshore tax havens.

On Camera

Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.