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No end to Modi-Mamata row, MHA slams Bengal with 3rd letter in 8 days over Covid crisis

Modi govt has sent two inter-ministerial teams to 7 places in Bengal where the situation 'is serious' but Mamata says show me criteria for list first.

Sonia Gandhi sets stage for Rahul’s return, sidelines Patel, Antony and other veterans

Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi constitutes a key party committee headed by Dr Manmohan Singh and including Rahul Gandhi and his close aides, leaving out party veterans.

Rahul Gandhi has shown how opposition should behave during crisis, says Uddhav Thackeray

In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana, the Sena said Gandhi recognised the Covid-19 threat well in advance & warned the govt to take necessary steps.

BJP mocks Rahul Gandhi for using ‘strategy, strategic, strategically’ 34 times in 57 mins

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi held a media interaction on the Covid-19 pandemic Thursday, and offered suggestions to Modi govt on how to deal with the crisis.

BJP could finally expand its one-man MP cabinet, functioning under CM for 25 days now

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been acting as a one-man cabinet ever since the BJP toppled the previous Congress govt and took charge on 23 March.

Rahul Gandhi’s advice to PM: Lockdown won’t defeat virus, biggest weapon is more testing

In a virtual press conference, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi calls Modi govt’s financial package for Covid-19 inadequate, asks it to protect people & businesses.

News on TV channel got migrants to gather at Bandra station in Mumbai: Minister Nawab Malik

Speaking to ThePrint, Maharashtra Minorities Affairs Minister Nawab Malik says Modi govt should have a clear policy on migrants stuck due to lockdown.

‘Raj Bhavan ignored’: Governor Dhankhar says CM Mamata didn’t brief him even once on lockdown

Governor Dhankhar says CM Mamata Banerjee hasn’t given him any updates on how Bengal is dealing with Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.

No cabinet in MP yet, so BJP forms Covid-19 task force and ex-health minister is part of it

11-member task force includes CM Shivraj Chouhan and former health minister Tulsi Silawat, who was among the Congress MLAs who brought down the Kamal Nath govt in March.

Modi’s image likely damaged by lifting ban on hydroxychloroquine exports: Subramanian Swamy

The BJP Rajya Sabha MP has said that India lifting the ban on drug exports on the same day that Trump’s 'there may be retaliation' remark makes it look like it backed down.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.