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India critics popped up after govt cut off foreign NGO funding in 2016-17 Sun Online Desk 5th August, 2021 01:46:25 PM The Indian government cancelled the registration of 18,868 NGOs between 2011-17 for the violation of various provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, and Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011. The government also tightened FCRA rules as a result of which the foreign funding that non-profits in India received in 2016-17 fell by Rs 11,274 crore (from Rs 17,773 crore in 2015-16 to Rs 6,499 crore). This money has to find new avenues. The Pakistan Sen...

Does reading fiction make you a better person? Moneycontrol 2 hours ago © Chanpreet Khurana Does reading fiction make you a better person? In a new episode of the Polis Project podcast, author Mohammad Hanif sardonically says: “I’m not one of those people who thinks that people who read books or write books are inherently better than those who don’t…you have some very well-read monsters.” He was specifically referring to the rooms of lawyers and judges, “made up of big, fat books”. However, this view is at odds with those of many who insist that reading, especially works of...