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Donald Trump's Inaugural Fund Set To Break Record As US Businesses Line Up To Donate
Corporate America, which had majorly endorsed Kamala Harris in the run-up to the US presidential election, is now seeking to make inroads with the incoming US president Donald Trump.
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Adani Group Donates Rs 100 Crore For Skills University In Telangana
The Adani Foundation, which is the corporate social responsibility arm of the Adani Group, has donated Rs 100 crore to the Telangana government for the establishment of a university that will help young people develop industry-specific skills.
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Electoral Bonds: BJP Received Donations From Big Corporate Groups
The BJP remained a major beneficiary of electoral bonds purchased by big corporate groups like Vedanta, Bharti Airtel, Muthoot, Baja Auto, Jindal group and TVS Motor, according to an analysis of data released by the Election Commission on Thursday.
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96% Electoral Bonds Were Of Rs 1-Crore Denomination, Rs 1,000 Only 0.0001%
Corporate donations worth thousands of crores to political parties through now-scrapped electoral bonds may have hit the headlines, but there were also 132 such bonds of just Rs 1,000 each bought by individuals as well as corporates.
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Companies' Donation To Political Parties: What Today's Verdict Changes
Striking down the electoral bonds scheme, the Supreme Court today also flagged "unlimited political funding" by corporates and said it violated the fundamental right to free and fair elections.
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"Long Live Anonymous...": P Chidambaram's Dig At BJP Over Electoral Bond Donations
The former Union finance minister also wondered why corporates are so eager to donate through the "non-transparent electoral bonds mechanism".
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BJP Received 94% Of Corporate Donations By 4 Parties In 5 Years: Report
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got Rs 163.54 crore, or nearly 94 per cent of corporate donations received by four political parties in Gujarat in the five years from FY 2016 to FY 2021.
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Family-Led Donations, Corporates Boost Charity But India's 'Giving Gap' Remains
A charge often repeated in the media is that India's richest are not generous enough to donate their wealth.
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Gautam Adani Pledges Rs 60,000 Crore For Social Causes
Gautam Adani, Asia's richest person and his family on Thursday pledged to donate Rs 60,000 crore to a range of social causes
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Kerala Transport Corporation's Double-Decker Bus Turned Into Classroom In Government School
The two-tier classroom has been created out of one of two decrepit low-floor buses out of hundreds meant to be scrapped by the State-run transport body. The bus was donated to the school located within the campus of the Government Teachers Training Institute (TTI) at Manacaud.
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7 Electoral Trusts Got 258 Crores Donation, BJP Bagged 82% Of It: Report
Seven electoral trusts received a total amount of Rs 258.49 crore from corporates and individuals, and the BJP bagged more than 82 per cent of it, poll rights body ADR said.
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BJP Got Highest Corporate Donation Of 720 Crores In 2019-20: Report
Corporate and business houses donated Rs 921.95 crore to national parties in the financial year 2019-20, with the BJP receiving the highest share of Rs 720.407 crore, according to a report.
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President Donates Rs 5 Lakh For Ram Temple As Drive For Funds Begins
The Trust set up to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya at what was for long a disputed site today launched its fund-collection drive across the country. Leaders of various political and quasi-political outfits joined the bandwagon, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flagging off the programme with the blessings of President Ram Nath Kovind at Ra...
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PM-CARES Public Or Private Fund? Documents Reveal Contradiction
Is the PM-CARES fund set up for Covid a private or government trust? While it has been defined as a government trust for the purpose of corporate donations, a clause in the trust documents calls it a private entity, which leaves it exempt from RTI scrutiny.
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"Donor Will Get Chicken (Or Paneer)": Shiv Sena Leader's Blood Drive Poster
A Shiv Sena corporator has come up with a rather unusual incentive to persuade people to donate blood during the coronavirus pandemic - a reward of 1 kilogram of either chicken or paneer
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Donald Trump's Inaugural Fund Set To Break Record As US Businesses Line Up To Donate
Corporate America, which had majorly endorsed Kamala Harris in the run-up to the US presidential election, is now seeking to make inroads with the incoming US president Donald Trump.
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Adani Group Donates Rs 100 Crore For Skills University In Telangana
The Adani Foundation, which is the corporate social responsibility arm of the Adani Group, has donated Rs 100 crore to the Telangana government for the establishment of a university that will help young people develop industry-specific skills.
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Electoral Bonds: BJP Received Donations From Big Corporate Groups
The BJP remained a major beneficiary of electoral bonds purchased by big corporate groups like Vedanta, Bharti Airtel, Muthoot, Baja Auto, Jindal group and TVS Motor, according to an analysis of data released by the Election Commission on Thursday.
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96% Electoral Bonds Were Of Rs 1-Crore Denomination, Rs 1,000 Only 0.0001%
Corporate donations worth thousands of crores to political parties through now-scrapped electoral bonds may have hit the headlines, but there were also 132 such bonds of just Rs 1,000 each bought by individuals as well as corporates.
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Companies' Donation To Political Parties: What Today's Verdict Changes
Striking down the electoral bonds scheme, the Supreme Court today also flagged "unlimited political funding" by corporates and said it violated the fundamental right to free and fair elections.
-
"Long Live Anonymous...": P Chidambaram's Dig At BJP Over Electoral Bond Donations
The former Union finance minister also wondered why corporates are so eager to donate through the "non-transparent electoral bonds mechanism".
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BJP Received 94% Of Corporate Donations By 4 Parties In 5 Years: Report
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got Rs 163.54 crore, or nearly 94 per cent of corporate donations received by four political parties in Gujarat in the five years from FY 2016 to FY 2021.
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Family-Led Donations, Corporates Boost Charity But India's 'Giving Gap' Remains
A charge often repeated in the media is that India's richest are not generous enough to donate their wealth.
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Gautam Adani Pledges Rs 60,000 Crore For Social Causes
Gautam Adani, Asia's richest person and his family on Thursday pledged to donate Rs 60,000 crore to a range of social causes
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Kerala Transport Corporation's Double-Decker Bus Turned Into Classroom In Government School
The two-tier classroom has been created out of one of two decrepit low-floor buses out of hundreds meant to be scrapped by the State-run transport body. The bus was donated to the school located within the campus of the Government Teachers Training Institute (TTI) at Manacaud.
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7 Electoral Trusts Got 258 Crores Donation, BJP Bagged 82% Of It: Report
Seven electoral trusts received a total amount of Rs 258.49 crore from corporates and individuals, and the BJP bagged more than 82 per cent of it, poll rights body ADR said.
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BJP Got Highest Corporate Donation Of 720 Crores In 2019-20: Report
Corporate and business houses donated Rs 921.95 crore to national parties in the financial year 2019-20, with the BJP receiving the highest share of Rs 720.407 crore, according to a report.
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President Donates Rs 5 Lakh For Ram Temple As Drive For Funds Begins
The Trust set up to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya at what was for long a disputed site today launched its fund-collection drive across the country. Leaders of various political and quasi-political outfits joined the bandwagon, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flagging off the programme with the blessings of President Ram Nath Kovind at Ra...
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PM-CARES Public Or Private Fund? Documents Reveal Contradiction
Is the PM-CARES fund set up for Covid a private or government trust? While it has been defined as a government trust for the purpose of corporate donations, a clause in the trust documents calls it a private entity, which leaves it exempt from RTI scrutiny.
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"Donor Will Get Chicken (Or Paneer)": Shiv Sena Leader's Blood Drive Poster
A Shiv Sena corporator has come up with a rather unusual incentive to persuade people to donate blood during the coronavirus pandemic - a reward of 1 kilogram of either chicken or paneer
