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Trump administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to halt foreign aid payments

August 26, 2025 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) to intervene in its efforts to withhold billions of dollars from foreign aid organisations and lift an injunction that is forcing it to keep making payments. The U.S. Department of Justice, in…

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Whose ‘Interests’ Was USAID Really Serving In India?

February 21, 2025 admin

If not for the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, the public might not have known that, ahead of the 2014 parliamentary elections in India and beyond, the American establishment was funneling large sums of dollars for “voter turnout” initiatives among marginalised communities in India. The question arises: what was…

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BJP vs Congress Over Donald Trump’s “$21 Million ‘India Fund” Claim

February 21, 2025 admin

BJP vs Congress Over Donald Trump’s “ Million ‘India Fund” Claim

New Delhi: The BJP lashed out at the Congress, accusing it of seeking foreign funds to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from coming to power in 2014. The party’s allegations came a day after US President Donald Trump questioned a move by former president Joe Biden’s administration to provide $21 million to India for “voter…

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Gaza Health Ministry says war deaths exceed 30,000 as famine looms

February 29, 2024 admin

February 29, 2024 12:54 pm | Updated 12:54 pm IST – Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories) Displaced Palestinian children wait to receive free food at a tent camp, amid food shortages, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Hamas-run…

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