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Topic: USAID

‘Attempt to get somebody else elected’: Trump says must tell Modi govt about $21 mn USAID on polls

Washington’s cost-cutting agency DOGE, headed by Elon Musk, has disbanded USAID & cancelled 15 pledged grants to other countries.

As Congress-BJP row over USAID funding deepens, why Smriti Irani is caught in the crossfire

Apart from Irani, Congress has also slammed S Jaishankar & Piyush Goel for endorsing USAID during Modi government’s tenure & asked how much funding BJP-led NDA had got from USAID.

Despite concerns from lawmakers, USAID funded American charity linked to banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa

The under-fire agency gave thousands of dollars to Michigan-based HHRD that had ties with Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) & Milli Muslim League (MML), also banned in US.

Bangladesh braces for fallout of USAID suspension with health sector to bear brunt

USAID has directed its partners in Bangladesh to immediately halt any work under their contract in wake of Trump administration's executive order suspending nearly all US foreign aid.

Musk leads federal cost-cutting panel, aims to shut down ‘beyond repair’ USAID

USAID is the world’s largest single donor. It provided 42% of all humanitarian aid tracked by the United Nations in 2024.

Trump administration memo tells USAID to put “America First” in reviewing foreign aid

The sharply-worded memo sent Saturday to USAID staff effectively put a sweeping freeze on US foreign aid worldwide.

USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health to visit India

Atul Gawande, Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the USAID, will also engage with government officials, healthcare professionals in New Delhi, Dewas, and Indore.

9 cameras on you, empty boxes and a Little Red Book—The Tibet Museum in India is must-visit

From witness paintings to sampa-grinders, the Tibet Museum in McLeod Ganj is the clearest example of ‘the personal is the political’.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.