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America faces a tough test under Trump: can its safeguards resist a slide into autocratic legalism

Closure of Mitr Clinic follows Trump administration’s decision to clamp 90-day freeze on all US foreign assistance allocated through the United States Agency for International Development

"18 million dollars for helping India with its elections. Why the hell? Why don't we just go to old paper ballots, and let them help us with their elections, right? Voter ID. Wouldn't that be nice? We're giving money to India for elections. They don't need money," Trump said

United States President Donald Trump questioned the purpose of providing $21 million to India for 'voter turnout.' He said the US can hardly get in there because of high Indian tariffs

US District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, agreed to block an order that would have given the thousands of overseas USAID workers the administration wanted to place on abrupt administrative leave just 30 days to move families and households back to the US on government expense

The plan would leave fewer than 300 staffers on the job out of what are currently 8,000 direct-hires and contractors

The closure of USAID could deal a body blow to planned projects, especially those which are fully dependent on the US agency, given the weak financial position of Congress-led Telangana government

A notice posted online on Tuesday gives the workers 30 days to return home. The move had been rumoured for several days and was the most extreme of several proposals considered for consolidating the agency into the State Department

Regional Director Forest Plus, Gaini Sailu explained the preventive activities of forest fires in the forest area, urban forest park and other works they have done in the district.

The nursery will contribute to local and national climate change mitigation goals by boosting plant production to sequester carbon

Planning a tour with children or friends or colleagues during summer? This tour covers the Narsapur forest, Pocharam Wildlife Sanctuary, has a Safari deep into the woods and much more.

Hyderabad: Room to Read India, as part of its ‘India Gets Reading’ flagship reading campaign, organised the “Read-a-thon” here on Thursday. The event aims to reach far and wide across the country with enhanced participation by all stakeholders, including children, parents, communities, international organizations, and government, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) […]

Hyderabad: On June 2 and 3, US Chargé d’Affaires Patricia Lacina visited Hyderabad to celebrate 246 years of US independence and commemorate the 75th anniversary of US -India diplomatic relations. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan joined Chargé Lacina and US Consul General Joel Reifman at an Independence Day gala event on Friday evening. The visit marked Chargé […]

Hyderabad: The US Agency for International Development (USAID), President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, organised the premiere of the documentary ‘Mitr Clinic – Pride and Beyond’, featuring India’s first comprehensive health clinic for the transgender community in Hyderabad on November 30. The documentary showcases how USAID, the Government […]

Hyderabad: US Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director to India, Veena Reddy, will begin her visit to Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam to underscore USAID’s commitment to advance inclusive and equitable development in the region. “USAID’s partnership with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh spans many decades. My visit to the region is to affirm USAID’s commitment to […]

Hyderabad: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director to India, Veena Reddy, will begin a multi-day visit to Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam to underscore USAID’s commitment to advance inclusive and equitable development in the region. “USAID’s partnership with Telangana and Andhra Pradesh spans many decades.  My visit to the region is to affirm USAID’s commitment to […]

Initiative likely to benefit more than 30,000 individual women borrowers and 7,500 MSMEs in India

It can help when immediate assistance is critical but there is simply no one-size-fits-all approach to poverty alleviation

Is Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff really serious about peace and South Asia regionalism?

Hyderabad: Karuna Gopal, president, Foundation for Futuristic Cities, has been conferred the Skoch Challenger Award, a prestigious civilian honour instituted by the Skoch group, on Saturday in Delhi. Her seminal work spanning more than two decades in the area of Urban Reforms & Urban Innovations has attracted the Skoch group, a press release said. Futurist […]