Tag: FUNDS

Islamabad —  Russia, Venezuela and Pakistan are the top three recipients of Chinese development funding in the past two decades, but the crisis-riddled countries may be losing attraction for Beijing. China is moving to protect its global investments under the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a study released ...

With human-induced global heating blamed for more severe heatwaves, storms and floods in recent months, a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights an urgent need to fund adaptation measures that build resilience to climate extremes. The research points out that critical investment actually declined in 2021, with the number ...

New Delhi: Holding that the electoral bond scheme for political funding of parties contributes to clean money, Attorney General R Venkataramani has told the Supreme Court that citizens do not have the right to information under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution regarding the source of funds. In a statement ...

The Union Home Ministry has granted the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust permission to receive foreign funds for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. The trust has been authorized under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010, to accept "voluntary contributions" from abroad. These ...

NewsClick is accused of conspiring “to disrupt sovereignty and territorial integrity of India” by accepting illegal foreign funds over five years, according to a first information report made public on Friday.The news organisation’s editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and human resources head Amit Chakraborty were arrested by the Delhi Police on ...

New Deli: The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) on Thursday trained gun at billionaire Gautam Adani’s group, alleging hundreds of millions of dollars were invested in publicly traded group stocks through Mauritius-based ‘opaque’ investment funds managed by partners of promoter family, charges the conglomerate denied vehemently. The ...

In today’s edition, a Dalit IAS officer alleges harassment at work in Kashmir, fresh violence in Manipur last night, 830 fake institutions siphoned off money from minority scholarship funds, and more. Scripted and hosted by Abhik Deb, produced and edited by Avinash Kumar.To get every episode directly in your ...

Srinagar: The Health and Medical Education (H&ME) department on Tuesday suspended three officials including the former Medical Superintendent of District Hospital Kulgam in connection with an embezzlement of Hospital Development Funds. A two-member committee has been constituted to enquire the matter and submit a report within period of 15 ...

About 50 research groups that plan to build AI applications on ChatGPT and other large language models to help social and healthcare causes in their communities were granted $100,000 each from the Gates FoundationGetty Researchers selected for Gates Foundations’ new program plan to build AI-based applications to address crucial ...

Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday lashed out at the regional parties who have opposed the recent decision of giving homes to homeless, stating that ‘gone are the days when some people were acting as the “owners of government property and funds.” Addressing the National Tribal Festival ...