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Topic: NGO

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.

NGOs receiving substantial funding from govt to come under RTI Act: Supreme Court

Institutions like schools, colleges and hospitals which receive aid from the govt directly or indirectly in the form of land at discounted rates will also come under the RTI Act.

New study finds 72% of India’s police officers have felt political pressure during probes

Ex-SC judge Jasti Chelameswar, chief guest at the release of the study by Common Cause & CSDS, also alluded to political pressure on the justice system.

In relief to NGOs, Modi govt gives one-time exemption to apply for registration

The exemption is a one-time measure and available only to those associations whose certificates have been cancelled because of non-filing of annual returns.

India’s first & only elephant hospital is ‘illegal’, says Central Zoo Authority

Central Zoo Authority says elephant hospital run by NGO never took permission. NGO claims it doesn’t need CZA permission.

Meet the pioneers who are helping the disabled watch movies, get jobs

Nipman Foundation awards YouTube channel for the deaf, app that helps blind watch films. 

I deny sexual harassment: NGO head responds to #MeToo allegations

Activist and writer Mari Marcel Thekaekara  had accused NGO head Mazher Hussain of inappropriate behaviour.

#MeToo movement should not spare Indian NGO heroes and I am speaking out

After my ordeal, I realised that the Indian NGO network is a you-scratch-my-back-I'll-scratch-yours place. 

Get Centre to process names collegium has reiterated for higher judiciary: NGO plea in SC

Accuses Modi government of ‘stonewalling of judicial appointments’ and interfering ‘in the due process of law’.

Interaction with police highest among Muslims, least for Dalits and women, shows study

According to the study, which sought to analyse the perception of police along state and community lines, the rich and well-to-do were twice as likely as the poor to have sought police help or contacted them.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

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.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.