George Soros-linked Bengaluru firm under ED lens for getting USAID funding of Rs 8 crThe Enforcement Directorate is examining funding from USAID in an investigation involving hedge fund operator George Soros and three Bengal...
02 Apr, 2025, 05.53 PM IST
Top US university John Hopkins says ending 2,000 positions due to Donald Trump cutsJohns Hopkins University is laying off over 2,000 employees due to significant cuts in foreign aid funding by the Trump administration. Thi...
14 Mar, 2025, 07.24 AM IST
Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay $2B in withheld USAID funds – Supreme Court denies appeal, citing constitutional overreach and legal violationsFederal judge orders Trump administration to pay USAID funds after ruling that nearly $2 billion in foreign aid was unlawfully withheld. U....
11 Mar, 2025, 08.32 PM IST
Thousands of USAID employees given just 15 minutes to vacate workstationsThousands of USAID workers have been fired or placed on leave as the Trump administration dismantles the agency, drastically cutting foreig...
27 Feb, 2025, 05.36 PM IST
Who is Veena Reddy? Ex-USAID chief under fire as Mahesh Jethmalani demands treason probeVeena Reddy USAID : A political firestorm has erupted over a $21 million USAID fund allegedly linked to voter turnout in India. Former US P...
21 Feb, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
USAID shutdown by Trump-backed DOGE puts Iraq in peril, hundreds of development projects under threatThe stopping of USAID operations has put the middle-east country of Iraq in crisis as hundreds of development projects backed by the Americ...
14 Feb, 2025, 01.12 AM IST
Donald Trump’s USAID cuts and missing CDC data: How global health and aid are changingUSAID staff cuts could disrupt aid projects and strain US ties with developing nations. The move has also reportedly halted over 30 clinica...
07 Feb, 2025, 10.35 PM IST
Bill Gates blasts Elon Musk over USAID shutdown plans, calls his political moves ‘Dangerous’Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has voiced serious concerns over Elon Musk's recent actions regarding the U.S. Agency for Internat...
07 Feb, 2025, 08.20 PM IST
Donald Trump fires over 9500 people working in USAID; workforce reduced to less than 300, say reportsDonald Trump has drastically reduced the USAID workforce, cutting over 9,500 jobs and leaving fewer than 300 employees. This move is part o...
07 Feb, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
‘Stop me if you can, Elon Musk’ taunts Perplexity AI's Indian-origin CEO in viral social media post amid DOGE-led USAID shutdownThe US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been shut down following President Donald Trump’s decision to merge it with the Sta...
06 Feb, 2025, 08.10 AM IST
Trump's plan to 'suspend' US funding likely to hit health programmes hereUS President Donald Trump's executive order to suspend USAID programs may impact health initiatives in India, specifically targeting TB, HI...
29 Jan, 2025, 12.08 AM IST
HDFC Bank, Mastercard, others launch $100 mn credit facility for MSMEsThe credit facility will extend working capital loans to small businesses that need financing to support their digitization and recovery fr...
21 Oct, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
Selected agricultural innovations to get over Rs 1-crore fundingThe 'Agriculture for Nutrition Grand Challege' is part of the USAID-supported 'Feed the Future India Innovations for Improved Nutrition' pr...
01 Jul, 2016, 07.37 PM IST
US announces $4.8 million for projects against child marriages in India, other countriesThe US has announced $4.8 million to fund projects in over half a dozen countries, including India, to end child and forced marriages.
23 Jul, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
USAID to catalyse $ 100 million to promote clean energy in IndiaThe US today said it will facilitate $ 100 million investment for India's burgeoning clean energy sector.
23 Jun, 2013, 07.43 PM IST
- USAID-FICCI Millennium Alliance launched to fund innovators
Initiative will also test technologies developed in India for providing cheap and effective solutions that could be deployed in other count...
10 Jul, 2012, 05.29 PM IST
- Aid to Pak: 'US unable to show measurable progress in projects'
Questioning the impact of billions of dollars given to Pakistan in aid, an official US report has said the American government has not been...
09 Feb, 2011, 01.15 PM IST