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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar alludes to the opposition’s charge that the high exposure of LIC and SBI to the Adani Group may have implications for the Indian economy in the backdrop of New York-based investment research firm Hindenburg Research’s report accusing the conglomerate of “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”.
Sandeep Adhwaryu depicts the speculation over the specifics of the Budget 2023 to be presented by Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on 1 February.
Manjul draws on reports suggesting the need for companies around the world to re-evaluate the kind of carbon credits they trade in to offset carbon emissions.
Poking fun at External Affairs minister S. Jaishankar for his remarks that gods Krishna and Hanuman were the “biggest diplomats”, Sajith Kumar speculates how China will view the statement amid the PLA’s standoff with the Indian Army in eastern Ladakh.
Satish Acharya comments on the decision to rename the Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens to Amrit Udyan. Spread over 15 acres, the gardens were earlier known as Mughal Gardens.
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