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Did USAID’s $21m fund for voter turnout really donate to India?

New Delhi, February 21, 2025: Despite widespread reports, neither Elon Musk, chief of the United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) nor US President Donald Trump has provided evidence that USAID (United States Agency for International Development) gave India $21m for voter turnout. The Election Commission of India has not responded, but former chief election commissioner SY Qureshi on Sunday denied receiving such funding during his tenure, which ran from 2010 to 2012. “The report in a section of Media about an MoU by ECI in 2012 when I was CEC , for funding of certain million dollars by a

Having an x-ray to diagnose knee arthritis might make you more likely to consider potentially unnecessary surgery

Melbourne, Feb 21 (The Conversation) Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability, affecting more than two million Australians. Routine x-rays aren’t recommended to diagnose the condition. Instead, GPs can make a diagnosis based on symptoms and medical history. Yet nearly half of new patients with knee osteoarthritis who visit a GP in Australia are referred for imaging. Osteoarthritis imaging costs the health system A$104.7 million each year. Our new study shows using x-rays to diagnose knee osteoarthritis can affect how a person thinks about their knee pain – and can prompt them to consider potentially unnecessary knee

Rupee rises 33 paise to close at 86.65 against US dollar

Mumbai, Feb 20 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 33 paise to close at 86.65 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, supported by the weakening of the American currency in the overseas market. Forex traders said there is a negative bias for the USD/INR pair amid a muted trend in domestic equities and the unabated foreign fund outflow is weighing on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 86.88 and touched the high of 86.58 and a low of 86.88 against the greenback during intraday. It ended the session at 86.65 (provisional) against the dollar, logging a

Maharashtra minister Kokate gets two years jail in 30-year-old cheating-forgery case, gets bail

Nashik, Feb 20 (PTI) A court in Nashik in Maharashtra on Thursday sentenced state agriculture minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate to two years in jail and fined him Rs 50,000 in a 30-year-old case of cheating and submitting fake documents to get flats under government quota. His brother Sunil Kokate was also convicted in the case registered in 1995 on the complaint of former minister late TS Dighole. The Kokate siblings had got two flats on College Road in Yeolakar Mala here under the chief minister’s 10 per cent discretionary quota after claiming they did not own flats and

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