Pia Krishnankutty is a Principal Correspondent, covering Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and Trade. She can be reached at pia.k@theprint.in. Follow her on Twitter at @pia_kutts.
The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Development assistance to India's other neighbours like Seychelles, Mongolia & Iran's Chabahar Port remain roughly the same year-on-year. Nepal, Afghanistan, Africa get slightly more.
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