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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicForeign Funding

Topic: Foreign Funding

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

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.