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As DOGE stops USAID funding, Canada announces $272.1 million in foreign aid for Bangladesh and Indo-Pacific

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2025

In the past couple of months, the United States administration, under President Donald Trump, has significantly reduced its foreign aid commitments. Trump and his newly appointed government efficiency czar, billionaire Elon Musk, placed a 90-day freeze on US foreign aid through USAID. The decision effectively shut down global aid programmes.

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US: Divided Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s plea to freeze foreign aid

ANI - 5 March, 2025

A divided SC of the US on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen, CNN reported.

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Crackdown on USAID: Employees around the world placed on leave, overseas staff ordered to return to the US

OpIndia Staff - 5 February, 2025

Continuing the crackdown on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Trump administration has announced that its entire workforce will be put on administrative leave from Friday

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As British politician makes rhetorical claim on “UK’s foreign aid” to India after Chandrayaan-3 launch, here is how it is a falsehood repeatedly peddled...

Paurush Gupta - 15 July, 2023

After Chandrayaan-3 launch, British politician Paul Golding asked UK to stop sending aid to India, ignoring the fact that India stopped accepting aid from UK long ago