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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
TopicPM CARES

Topic: PM CARES

‘Conflict of interest’: Congress questions donations by govt-owned firms to PM CARES

Speaking at a press conference, Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi says PM CARES lacks accountability and transparency, and is ‘unconstitutional’.

PM CARES Fund a charitable trust, not ‘public authority’ under RTI: PMO informs Delhi HC

Trust is neither intended to be or owned, controlled or substantially financed by any government & its instruments, PMO asserts. Rules out RTI Act's mandate over the fund.

Ventilators received under PM CARES ‘faulty’, majority lying unused, Punjab doctors claim

Punjab doctors say that even with ventilators that do work, there have been instances where they’ve turned off on their own while being used on patients.

Australian fast-bowler Pat Cummins donates $50,000 to PM Cares Fund for oxygen supply

In a statement Monday, the Kolkata Knights Rider player said that it saddened him to see so many people suffering and also urged his fellow players to donate.

Aaj Tak questions Yogi’s ‘love jihad’ law, Deepak Chaurasia attacks Pakistan on News Nation

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Neither central govt nor any state has control over functioning of PM CARES Fund

According to the trust deed made public on the PMO website, PM CARES Fund is a public charitable trust headed by a board chaired by the Prime Minister.

The ‘space’ NDA allies have & PM CARES but does FM ‘dare’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Fireworks in Lok Sabha as opposition & Modi govt lock horns on ‘black hole’ PM-CARES

The exchange came as Lok Sabha debated the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill 2020, which was eventually passed Saturday.

Prashant Bhushan’s ‘sorry not sorry’ and cases CBI could not solve

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Congress’ Divya Spandana returns to social media politics with Twitter jibe at BJP ministers

Actor-turned-politician Divya Spandana questions ministers Jitendra Singh and Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling on PM CARES Fund.

On Camera

Modi is now the establishment, not an outsider. And he is running out of enemies to name

Jawan, kisan, vigyan, knowledge, new thinking—each word spoken from Red Fort offered an idea of what India might become. Dimagi Naxal is not an addition to that rich vocabulary. It is a subtraction.

Houston, we have a start-up boom: India’s space ventures jump from 1 to 400 in four years

India’s space start-up ecosystem has blasted off from one venture in 2022 to more than 400 in 2026, as the satellite communications industry targets an 8% share of GDP by 2033.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one women fighter pilots were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman