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In today’s featured cartoon, Satish Acharya takes a swipe at the Modi government’s Covid vaccine strategy, following Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan’s remarks that the aim is to provide the vaccines not to “those who want it” but to “those who need it”.
Alok Nirantar illustrates the rise in Covid cases in Maharashtra, and the potential impact of a lockdown on small traders and their employees.
Kirtish Bhatt on a case of massive voter irregularity in Assam, as 171 votes were cast at a polling booth with only 90 eligible voters.
Mika Aziz on the latest controversy surrounding the Rafale deal, as French media reports of “suspicious payments” made to a middleman who had previously been arrested by India’s Enforcement Directorate.
E.P. Unny on the Allahabad High Court asking the Uttar Pradesh government to consider the viability of vaccinating people of all ages, and to consider a night curfew due to the rise in Covid cases in the state.
Sandeep Adhwaryu focuses on the Pakistani Cabinet’s rejection of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)’s proposal to resume the import of cotton and sugar from India.