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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar takes a dig at the new Taliban government in Afghanistan, of which at least five members are UN-designated terrorists. Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani is also on the FBI’s most-wanted list.
Sajith Kumar refers to a survey that reveals the poor state of education in rural areas under the Covid-19 pandemic to take a shot at the Narendra Modi government’s promise of ‘achhe din‘.
As Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan repeatedly endorses the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, E.P. Unny tries to remind the former cricketer that the politics of the war-torn country may not be as easy to score on as the pitch at The Oval for the fourth England-India Test match.
Manjul contrasts TV presenters’ praise for PM Modi’s few hours of sleep with his government’s continued inaction on the ongoing farmers’ protests against the three contentious laws on agriculture.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has released new rules for Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) account holders, but Kirtish Bhatt highlights the plight of the poor, who will probably ‘need to re-learn’ what employment and salary are.