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    Karnataka Cabinet expansion postponed, likely before August 6 Assembly session

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    New Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026, lists specific activities allowed to organisations operating on foreign funds. It also insists on geographical licensing and introduces financial thresholds for continuing operation. The FCRA Amendment Bill 2026, introduced in Parliament earlier this year and pending passage, says the foreign money and any property bought wholly or partly with it will “vest” in a government-appointed official.
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      S Janaki obit: The singer whose voice transcended languages and generations

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      Legendary playback singer S Janaki dies at 88, Karnataka to accord state honours

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      Why contemporary Hindi cinema seems to have little new to say about Partition

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      Freedom vs aesthetics: What artists, curators, gallerists say about self-censorship, morality in art

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      Who was Gopal ‘Pantha’ — ‘saviour of Hindus’ during 1946 riots, whose name is now on a Kolkata street

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