{
  "id": 67278,
  "title": "Abhijeet Dipke breaks silence on US education funding, cites scholarship and loan; shares documents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/abhijeet-dipke-breaks-silence-on-us-education-funding-cites",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T01:42:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/abhijeet-dipke-breaks-silence-on-us-education-funding-cites-scholarship-and-education-loan-shares-documents-11785718447701.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has addressed concerns about the funding of his education in the United States. Dipke, who received a scholarship from Boston University and took an education loan, shared a document showing the $37,500 in funding. He also mentioned plans to raise funds for CJP through crowd-funding and confirmed that people participated in Jantar Mantar protests voluntarily, with sympathetic lower-rung police officers. An RTI activist questioned how Dipke's father, a junior engineer earning ₹60,000-65,000, could afford his son's education abroad. Dipke has filed complaints with the Maharashtra Government, Election Commission of India, and Central GST regarding the legal defense fund announced by Kapil Sibal.",
  "summary": "CJP founder Dipke also shared a scholarship document with information about the funding. The document showed that Boston University awarded a Dean's Scholarship of $12,500 per semester for three semesters, amounting to $37,500 to Dipke who returned from the US on 6 June to lead protests.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "RTI activist questions funding of Abhijeet Dipke's US education, cites father's ₹60,000-65,000 monthly salary",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/rti-activist-questions-funding-of-abhijeet-dipkes-us-education-cites",
        "published": "2026-08-02T09:44:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}