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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: Philanthropy

Soros to Musk, billionaires are hijacking democracy. Forget taxes, restrict their charity

Placing restrictions on where billionaires can do charity is better than letting them play god with governments they think are unacceptable.

Rafael Nadal has an Anantapur connection. He has retired but here he remains a forever champion

On clay, Rafa is simply unbeatable. But his victories over Federer on grass at Wimbledon have taken him into tennis folklore.

Philanthropic collaborations can achieve big change. Domestic investors still hold back

Less than a third of collaboratives in India are anchored by domestic capital—from CSR, domestic foundations, or wealthy Indians. Domestic investment is holding back for 3 reasons.

India is 5th biggest economy, ranks 143rd in per capita income—charcha 2024 will find solutions

Convening platforms like charcha 2024 play an essential role in building agency and facilitating acceleration in India’s development journey.

Philanthropy is empowering India’s mental health sector. Here’s how

India has found encouraging success in models where trained residents called ‘lay counsellors’ provide mental healthcare at the village level.

On COP28 sidelines, philanthropists pledge investments worth $450 million to cut methane emissions

The announcement comes as the United States, UAE and China prepare to seek more funds to tackle methane emissions at the ongoing UN climate conference.

Nehru even asked children to ‘break their gullaks’, provide support during 1962 and 1965 wars

In 'A New Era of Giving', Rajesh Tandon talks about how 'giving'—time, skills, monetary contributions, including assets—has been an integral part of Indian society.

Sir Ganga Ram built a hospital when others did charity in the name of religion

Despite all the turbulence of Partition and subsequent communal bad blood, the hospital still continues in Lahore.

How successful IIT, IIM grads are teaming up to launch universities — ‘collective philanthropy’

Hyderabad's Indian School of Business was 1st higher education institution set up through collective philanthropy, followed by Ashoka in Sonepat, Krea in Sricity & Plaksha in Mohali.

Indians donated Rs 23,700 cr in 2020-21. Middle class gave most, faith groups got most, study says

'Beggars' got second-highest donations at Rs 12,900 crore, says study by global research firm Kantar and Ashoka University. Donations to non-religious groups came third.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.