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1 year, 2 months ago

Two Indian-origin men in U.S. guilty of fraud in multi-million dollar COVID fund

“Two men of Indian origin in the U.S. have pleaded guilty to their participation in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme by obtaining loans under an economic assistance plan following the COVID-19 pandemic in the country,” the justice department said. The Department of Justice in a statement said Nishant Patel, 41, and Harjeet Singh, 49, both from Houston and three others …

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1 year, 6 months ago

India’s Winning Formula: Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible with PPPs

News 18

In the last 75 years, India’s progress as a nation has been both inspiring and impressive. Vaccine PPPs during the Covid-19 pandemic It is during the pandemic that India gained a definite advantage in the global health space, when it administered the first dose of the indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, in January 2021. Within a year of the emergence of …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Biden White House pulls a "this you" tweet on Marjorie Taylor Greene's past PPP loan

Salon

Republicans who have spent the past 24 hours freaking out over President Joe Biden's announcement of a limited college debt jubilee for some Americans are now being met with receipts of their own hypocrisy. The official White House Twitter account is calling out specific Republican congressmen who saw Paycheck Protection Program loans during the height of the COVID pandemic completely …

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2 years, 8 months ago

India averted rise in extreme poverty through Modi govt's food security scheme: IMF report

India TV News

Highlights A new IMF paper found that extreme poverty in India is less than 1 per cent in 2019 The extreme poverty in India remained at that level even during the pandemic year 2020, it stated PMGKAY was critical in preventing any increase in extreme poverty levels in India, the report said India has averted the rise in extreme poverty …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Two years into COVID, was $800B payroll aid plan worth it?

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump rolled out the Paycheck Protection Program to catapult the U.S. economy into a quick recovery from the coronavirus pandemic by helping small businesses stay open and their employees working. Nearly a year after the implementation of its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, the Biden administration is arguing that it made critical adjustments to the forgivable …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Full text: FM Nirmala Sitharaman unveils Union Budget 2022; 5G roll out by 2023, no change in income tax rates

Firstpost

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented the Union Budget 2022 in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the highlights were an annoucement that E-passports using embedded chips and futuristic tech will be rolled out; 400 new generation Vande Bharat trains with better efficiency to be brought in during the next three years; 100 PM Gati Shakti Cargo …

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3 years ago

Metro railâ€™s challenges were daunting: N.V.S. Reddy

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: After four years of roller-coaster ride, the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited is limping back to normalcy, with services resumed and passengers relying on the classic mode of urban public transport in large numbers. While there was tremendous satisfaction over the successful commissioning and operations of the world’s largest metro on PPP mode, the challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic are …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman announces new COVID-19 stimulus measures: From Rs 23,220 cr for public health to free 5 lakh tourist visas, key highlights

Firstpost

Nirmala Sitharaman press latest news: conference Key highlights: Today finance minister has announced, From Rs 23,220 cr for public health to free 5 lakh tourist visas, FM announces 8 major relief measures to boost COVID-affected sectors Addressing a press conference on Monday, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of relief measures including an Rs 1.1 lakh crore loan …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Hindu right-wing organisations in the U.S avail themselves of low-interest loans offered by the Small Business Administration

The Hindu

The devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections in India has resulted in more than three lakh fatalities as of May 27, according to the official count. In an article that Al Jazeera published on its website on April 2, the journalist Raqib Hameed Naik, citing SBA data, said that five Hindu American organisations—the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, the Ekal …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Hindu right-wing groups in US got $833,000 of federal COVID fund

Al Jazeera

Editor’s note: This article has been revised for clarity on April 27. Infinity Foundation Infinity Foundation, another Hindu nationalist organisation with ties to the RSS, received $51,872 in US federal funds in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic according to SBA data. Infinity Foundation’s founder Rajiv Malhotra, a right-wing author, is often referred to as the “Ayn Rand of Internet …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Los Angeles Times receives $10-million PPP loan

LA Times

The Los Angeles Times has received a $10-million loan through the federal Paycheck Protection Program — money that will help cover payroll and other employee-related costs amid a dramatic plunge in advertising revenue, the company said Tuesday. We are still operating with great uncertainty.” This is The Times’ first federal loan during the COVID-19 pandemic; the news outlet did not …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Restaurants gearing up for another round of relief funds

LA Times

Lucques Group cofounder Caroline Styne, right, with co-owner Suzanne Goin, has immersed herself in the rescue plan’s details. “We’re thrilled to get whatever we can at this point, and I think the money will go quickly because there’s just such a dire need out there,” she said. We need to pay the bills, pay the mortgage.” Samala said she would …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: Here’s what I need from the government to keep my restaurant open

CNN

Editor’s Note: Rohini Dey is the founder of Vermilion. Rachel Bires/Vermilion In its last Covid relief package, Congress included a new round of Paycheck Protection Program funding for small businesses. It also provides a “second draw” for small businesses that took out a PPP loan in the program’s first round last year and clarifies explicitly that forgiven PPP loans will …

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4 years ago

Three big ways small business would benefit from the new Covid relief package

CNN

Given how much the pandemic has hammered small businesses, three big changes to the Paycheck Protection Program are likely to come as a welcome relief. The PPP-related measures in the package now makeit possible for a business owner to get a second forgivable PPP loan and imposes fewer restrictions on how the loan may be used. Here are some of …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Gilgit-Baltistan assembly election gets under way amid tight security

Deccan Chronicle

Islamabad: Wearing face masks and observing social distancing to stop the spread of COVID-19, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan were voting on Sunday in the third legislative assembly election amidst tight security. India has slammed Pakistan for its decision to hold election in Gilgit-Baltistan and said any action to alter the status of the militarily-occupied region has no …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Adani gets till 12 Nov to take over airports

Live Mint

The Airports Authority of India has given Adani Enterprise time till 12 November to take over the management of three privatised airports of Ahmedabad, Mangaluru and Lucknow due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, ministry of civil aviation said in a presentation on Thursday. Due to covid-19, M/s Adani Enterprises Ltd has cited force majeure and filed for extension in March, …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Ex-Jets receiver Joshua Bellamy is charged after 'taking $1.2million in COVID-relief loans'

Daily Mail

Former New York Jets wide receiver Joshua Bellamy is facing federal fraud and conspiracy charges for his alleged involvement in a scheme to obtain $1.2 million in coronavirus relief loans. According to federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida, Bellamy obtained the loan through the Paycheck Protection Program for his company, Drip Entertainment LLC, by falsifying bank and employment …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Miami Man Arrested After Buying Lamborghini With $4 Million COVID Relief Aid: Feds

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A Florida man is facing charges after authorities say he fraudulently obtained $3.9 million in federal loans meant for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and used it to buy a Lamborghini and other personal expenses. He submitted seven loan applications in May, which contained “numerous false and misleading statements” about his alleged moving companies’ respective …

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