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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: PM CARES

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.

SC verdict on PM CARES resounding blow to Rahul Gandhi’s nefarious designs, says Nadda

BJP President Nadda tweeted the Supreme Court ruling showed truth shines despite the 'ill intent and malicious efforts' of Congress and its associates.

SC says money from PM CARES need not be transferred to disaster response fund

Supreme Court says funds received by NDRF can be utilised for Covid relief, and that it is open for anyone to contribute to the fund voluntarily.

Centre defends PM CARES Fund as a public trust, Supreme Court reserves verdict

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that PM CARES Fund is a 'voluntary fund' and no budgetary allocations to the NDRF or SDRF are being touched.

BJP MPs oppose audit of PM CARES Fund at a parliamentary committee meeting

At the Public Accounts Committee meeting, most members, including 12 from BJP, also opposed panel chairman & Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury’s suggestion to discuss Covid.

Existence of NDRF doesn’t bar creation of PM CARES for voluntary donations: Centre tells SC

A petition filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation says that NDRF has not been utilised by the authorities and the PM CARES Fund has been set up instead.

Legacy of police brutality in India, and PTI’s ‘anti-national’ interview

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

Congress questions BJP over donations from Chinese firms to PM CARES Fund

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi also asked why PM Modi has not termed China 'an aggressor', hours after prime minister's Mann Ki Baat address.​

Rajasthan govt drags Centre to court for excluding Chief Minister’s Relief Fund from CSR

The central government circular frustrates the efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Rajasthan's Congress govt submitted in SC.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.