The Indian Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 as a Proposal for Legal Solutions Regarding the Financing of Entities Operating within the Country with a Foreign Contribution

The article presents the legal order of India in the field of legislative solutions regarding the regulation of the use of foreign funds by public and private sector entities. The legal basis is the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010, with amendments in subsequent years. The purpose of the adopted normative act was to define specific rules that condition and allow for the possibility of financing entities operating within the country with foreign contributions. The assumption of the legislation was to reduce the possibility of indirect influence over the state policy, as well as to prevent actions harmful to the national interest with its core values, such as democracy, the rule of law, transparency of state bodies and the protection of civil rights.

Muslim education in Rajasthan. A case study of madrasa for girls in Bikaner

The aim of the presented paper is to describe the functioning of madrasa in Bikaner, Rajasthan. Muslims constitute the second largest religious group in India and thus the largest religious minority. The low literacy level of Muslims and Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes is well documented in research studies. The method used in this research is that of the case study. The presented results are the effect of the larger project on illiteracy conducted by the author in India in 2011–2020. Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach was used to analyze madrasa’s activity.

Russian-Pakistani relations. Political, economic and military aspects

After the collapse of the Soviet Union into 15 independent states in December 1991, including the Russian Federation, there was a real opportunity to reset relations between Moscow and Islamabad. The Russian Federation did not take advantage of the new geopolitical situation to significantly improve mutual relations in the last decade of the twentieth century. However, in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, there was an intensification of political, economic and military relations between the two countries, which fluctuated. The author focused in the article on the premises that underline the improvement of mutual relations in these three areas. The premises that have inhibited and inhibit more intensive cooperation, especially in the political and economic fields, were also presented. In the end was formulated a few conclusions.