FCRA rules tighten NGO funding oversight
The Home Ministry has notified new FCRA rules requiring organisations receiving foreign contributions to spell out their approved purpose, area of operation and donor details, marking a sharper compliance regime for NGOs, trusts, societies and...
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SIT report advances Ram Mandir donation probe
Lucknow: A three-member Special Investigation Team probing alleged embezzlement of donations at the...
in Happening Now Jun 24 ·Rawalakot sit-in widens with children joining
Schoolchildren and women joined the Rawalakot protest on Tuesday as demonstrations against Pakistan’s...
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Raipur authorities demolished a disputed structure inside St. Paul School on Monday after...
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By K Raveendran The new FCRA rules may look like an administrative tightening of India’s foreign funding regime, but their political effect is likely to be far larger than their legal wording suggests. On paper, the framework is simple: organisations receiving foreign donations must be more precise about what...
Progressive Democrats Sweep Primaries In New York And Washington D.C.
By Satyaki Chakraborty Democratic socialist and other progressives swept the election to the primaries in New York and Washington as the results were available on Tuesday night. Three congressional candidates endorsed by the democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani won defeating the other candidates endorsed by the Democratic Party establishment....
Ujjain Land Issue: The Question Is Not Of Land Purchase, But Of A Pattern
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: In Madhya Pradesh politics, controversies have surfaced from time to time that have raised questions over the relationship between power and property. Recently, a detailed investigation report by the national daily Indian Express claimed that the family of Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav, his close...
China’s WTO Challenge To India Exposes Its Double Standard
By R. Suryamurthy When China hauled India before the World Trade Organization (WTO) over New Delhi’s solar manufacturing incentives and tariffs on information technology products, Beijing presented itself as a guardian of free trade, a defender of multilateral rules, and a victim of protectionism. Yet the complaint may ultimately...
First Budget Of BJP Govt In Bengal Signals A Mood Of Change For Industrialisation
By Anjan Roy Any discussion on a state budget must take into account the current fiscal regime of the country as a whole. For the introduction of the GST system and setting up GST Council meant the states’ giving up their right to tax their main source of revenue,...
Do Examinations Like NEET Correctly Assess Students’ Talent?
By Dr. Arun Mitra A fire at a coaching centre in Lucknow left several students injured. Earlier, in Kota, which has now become a major coaching hub, reports of student suicides have surfaced year after year. These are extremely tragic and heartbreaking incidents that require serious reflection by society...
Socialists Within Labour Party Should Not Give Blank Cheque To Andy Burnham
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Socialists both inside and outside the Labour Party need to be intervening to help shape the political atmosphere around the impending change in government. It now seems certain that former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham will become the next Prime Minister, most likely without a contest....
Three Years After Founding, INDIA Bloc Is Facing Uncertainty On Its Future
By Nitya Chakraborty The opposition INDIA bloc which completed its three years on June 23 is passing through a critical period when the very foundation of this alliance, the strong regional parties, are shattered by defections and splits backed by the ruling party BJP. Mamata Banerjee who gave the...
Keir Starmer Lost Support Both From Right Wingers As Also Labour Left
By Arun Srivastava British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s exit was forced by a massive mutiny, spearheaded by the leftist and Marxist factions within his Labour Party as his tenure was defined by a decisive shift to the political right and the systematic abandoning of the party’s socialist base....
Cuban Government Announces Emergency Reforms To Pep Up Economy
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: State capitalism, socialist market economy, New Economic Policy—whatever term supporters or critics of the Cuban Revolution want to use, it’s clear that the emergency reforms being proposed in the island nation under seize by the U.S. through economic blockade, will bring major changes to...
Bollywood Is Undergoing A Churning – Big Budget Films With Super Stars Are Not Clicking
By T N Ashok For decades, Bollywood operated on a simple formula. Cast a superstar, spend lavishly on songs and action sequences, release the film across thousands of screens, and wait for the cash registers to ring. The bigger the budget, the bigger the expected success. That formula is...
China Has Been Conducting Its Gaokao Test Involving More Than One Crore Students
By Tirthankar Mitra The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS and BDS courses was held on June 21. About 20 lakh students appeared in it which was a re-test held a few weeks after allegations of leakage of questions led to the cancellation of the first examination....
Medical Experts Are Apprehensive On Dengue Upsurge In South Asian Countries In 2026
By Ashis Biswas A major outbreak of dengue fever is sweeping over South Asian countries this year; in India, the reduced rainfall during the current weak monsoon season has emerged as a negative factor. While the number of affected persons and dengue-related deaths are significantly higher in India in...
Low-Tech Longevity Investments Could Unlock $6 Trillion By 2040
By Satyaki Chakraborty Low-tech, low-cost strategies could prevent 400 million falls at home, 8.5 million new type 2 diabetes cases and 2.4 million dementia cases by 2040, while unlocking $5.8 trillion in healthcare savings and $645 billion in productivity gains. Yet much of that opportunity remains unrealized because governments...
Indian Vessels Must Avoid War Zones Across The World
By Nantoo Banerjee It is surprising that the government took over three months’ time to issue a directive to Indian shipping companies to restrict operation through conflict-stricken waters in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz following lethal US attacks on a foreign vessel causing the death of three...
Defections And Splits In Regional Parties Are Harming The Democratic Process
By Kalyani Shankar The Indian Opposition is facing considerable political challenges due to ongoing conflicts within its parties. This complex political landscape, where party switching and defections have become common, is understandably worrying for many. Such actions can erode trust, weaken accountability, and put our democratic stability at risk....
Pro-Trump Lawyer Espriella Wins Colombia Presidential Polls By A Narrow Margin
By Nitya Chakraborty Pro-Trump far right billionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella won the Presidential elections run off on Sunday defeating the candidate of the ruling Left coalition Ivan Cepeda by a narrow margin. Espriella got 49.66 per cent of the votes while Cepeda got 48.7 per cent. The...
Modi Declaring June 20 As Paschimbanga Divas Is A Travesty Of History
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 20 at Tarkeshwar near Kolkata spun a fresh yarn, promising to create a “New Bengal” (Viksit Bangla), as he christened the day “Paschimbanga Divas” (West Bengal Day), since it was on this day that BJP/RSS icon Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who...
